14th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (2015)

Best Film

	Spotlight
	Brooklyn
	Mad Max: Fury Road
	The Revenant
	Sicario

Best Director

	George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
	Alex Garland - Ex Machina
	Todd Haynes - Carol
	Alejandro G. Iñárritu - The Revenant
	Ridley Scott - The Martian

Best Ensemble

	Spotlight
	The Big Short
	The Hateful Eight
	Steve Jobs
	Straight Outta Compton

Best Actor

	Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
	Matt Damon - The Martian
	Johnny Depp - Black Mass
	Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
	Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl

Best Actress

	Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
	Cate Blanchett - Carol
	Brie Larson - Room
	Sarah Silverman - I Smile Back
	Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Supporting Actor

	Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
	Paul Dano - Love & Mercy
	Tom Hardy - The Revenant
	Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
	Sylvester Stallone - Creed

Best Supporting Actress

	Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
	Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
	Rooney Mara - Carol
	Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
	Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs

Best Adapted Screenplay

	Emma Donoghue - Room
	Drew Goddard - The Martian
	Nick Hornby - Brooklyn
	Phyllis Nagy - Carol
	Aaron Sorkin - Steve Jobs

Best Original Screenplay

	Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley (original story by Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen) - Inside Out
	Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, and Joel Coen - Bridge of Spies
	Alex Garland - Ex Machina
	Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer - Spotlight
	Amy Schumer - Trainwreck

Best Editing

	Margaret Sixel - Mad Max: Fury Road
	Elliot Graham - Steve Jobs
	Stephen Mirrione - The Revenant
	Pietro Scalia - The Martian
	Joe Walker - Sicario

Best Cinematography

	Emmanuel Lubezki - The Revenant
	Yves Bélanger - Brooklyn
	Roger Deakins - Sicario
	Edward Lachman - Carol
	John Seale - Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Art Direction

	Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson - Mad Max: Fury Road
	Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler - Carol
	Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo - Cinderella
	Jeff Melvin, Thomas E. Sanders, and Shane Vieau - Crimson Peak
	Jenny Oman, François Séguin, and Louise Tremblay - Brooklyn

Best Original Score

	Jóhann Jóhannsson - Sicario
	Michael Brook - Brooklyn
	Carter Burwell - Carol
	Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) - Mad Max: Fury Road
	Ennio Morricone - The Hateful Eight

Best Foreign Language Film

	Son of Saul • Hungary
	The Assassin • Taiwan
	Goodnight Mommy • Austria
	Mustang • France
	The Second Mother • Brazil

Best Documentary Film

	Amy
	Best of Enemies
	Cartel Land
	Going Clear
	The Look of Silence

Best Animated Film

	Inside Out
	Anomalisa
	The Good Dinosaur
	The Peanuts Movie
	Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Youth Performance

	Jacob Tremblay - Room
	Abraham Attah - Beasts of No Nation
	Raffey Cassidy - Tomorrowland
	Oona Laurence - Southpaw
	Güneş Şensoy - Mustang