2016 DFCS Awards by DFC January 4, 2016 · 2016 / News Here are the 2016 Denver Film Critics Society nominees and winners. Best Actor Winner Leonardo DiCaprio The Revenant Bryan Cranston Trumbo Matt Damon The Martian Michael Fassbender Steve Jobs Will Smith Concussion Best Actress Winner Brie Larson Room Alicia Vikander The Danish Girl Cate Blanchett Carol Charlize Theron Mad Max: Fury Road Saoirse Ronan Brooklyn Best Adapted Screenplay Winner The Big Short Adam McKay, Charles Randolph Brooklyn Nick Hornby Room Emma Donoghue Steve Jobs Aaron Sorkin The Martian Drew Goddard Best Animated Film Winner Inside Out Anomalisa Shaun the Sheep Movie Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie The Peanuts Movie (original title) The Good Dinosaur Best Comedy Film Winner What We Do in the Shadows Inside Out Joy The Big Short Trainwreck Best Director Winner George Miller Mad Max: Fury Road Alejandro G. Iñárritu The Revenant Lenny Abrahamson Room Ridley Scott The Martian Tom McCarthy Spotlight Best Documentary Film Winner The Look of Silence Amy Cartel Land Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief Listen to Me Marlon Best Foreign Language Film Winner Son of Saul Saul fia (original title) A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Taxi Tehran Taxi (original title) The Assassin Cike Nie Yin Niang (original title) The Fencer Miekkailija (original title) Best Original Score Winner The Hateful Eight Ennio Morricone Mad Max: Fury Road Tom Holkenborg Spotlight Howard Shore Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens John Williams The Revenant Bryce Dessner, Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto Best Original Screenplay Winner Spotlight Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer Ex Machina Alex Garland Inside Out Pete Docter, Josh Cooley, Meg LeFauve The Hateful Eight Quentin Tarantino Trainwreck Amy Schumer Best Original Song Winner Fast & Furious 7 DJ Frank E, Charlie Puth, Wiz Khalifa, Andrew Cedar Song: “See You Again” Shaun the Sheep Movie Ilan Eshkeri, Nick Hodgson, Tim Wheeler Song: “Feels Like Summer” Spectre Sam Smith, Jimmy Napes Song: “Writing’s on the Wall” The Hunting Ground Diane Warren, Lady Gaga Song: “Til It Happens to You” Youth David Lang Song: “Simple Song #3” Best Picture Winner Spotlight Inside Out Mad Max: Fury Road Room The Revenant Best Science-Fiction/Horror Film Winner The Martian Ex Machina It Follows Mad Max: Fury Road Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens Best Supporting Actor Winner Sylvester Stallone Creed Idris Elba Beasts of No Nation Mark Rylance Bridge of Spies Michael Shannon 99 Homes Tom Hardy The Revenant Best Supporting Actress Winner Alicia Vikander Ex Machina Elizabeth Banks Love & Mercy Jennifer Jason Leigh The Hateful Eight Kate Winslet Steve Jobs Rachel McAdams Spotlight Best Visual Effects Winner Mad Max: Fury Road Ex Machina Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens The Martian The Walk Best Writing, Original Screenplay The Lobster 2015 The Lobster 2015 The Lobster 2015 Disclaimer: The following selections are reviewed and selected by DFCS members, who may or may not be a reviewer on this website.
