Crossfader’s 2016 Oscars Ballot

For our Oscars predictions, we had the entire Crossfader staff get together and vote on who will take home the Oscar, who should take home the Oscar, and who shouldn’t have even shown up in the first place. 

Best Picture

• The Big Short
• Bridge of Spies
• Brooklyn
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Room
• Spotlight

Who Will Win: THE REVENANT

Who Should Win: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: THE MARTIAN

Actor in a Leading Role

• Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
• Matt Damon, The Martian
• Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
• Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
• Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Who Will Win: Leonardo DiCaprio

Who Should Win: Leonardo DiCaprio

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: Eddie Redmayne

Actress in a Leading Role

• Cate Blanchett, Carol
• Brie Larson, Room
• Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
• Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
• Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Who Will Win: Brie Larson

Who Should Win: Brie Larson

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: Jennifer Lawrence

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Christian Bale, The Big Short
• Tom Hardy, The Revenant
• Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
• Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
• Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Who Will Win: Sylvester Stallone

Who Should Win: Tom Hardy

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: Sylvester Stallone

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
• Rooney Mara, Carol
• Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
• Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
• Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Who Will Win: Alicia Vikander

Who Should Win: Alicia Vikander

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: Jennifer Jason Leigh

Animated Feature Film

• Anomalisa
• Boy and the World
• Inside Out
• Shaun the Sheep Movie
• When Marnie Was There

Who Will Win: INSIDE OUT

Who Should Win: WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE

Cinematography

• Carol
• The Hateful Eight
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant
• Sicario

Who Will Win: THE REVENANT

Who Should Win: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: CAROL

Costume Design

• Carol
• Cinderella
• The Danish Girl
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant

Who Will Win: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Who Should Win: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: THE REVENANT

Directing

• The Big Short
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant
• Room
• Spotlight

Who Will Win: THE REVENANT

Who Should Win: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: THE REVENANT

Documentary (Feature)

• Amy
• Cartel Land
• The Look of Silence
• What Happened, Miss Simone?
• Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

Who Will Win: AMY

Who Should Win: THE LOOK OF SILENCE

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE?

Documentary (Short Subject)

• Body Team 12
• Chau, beyond the Lines
• Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
• A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
• Last Day of Freedom

Who Will Win: BODY TEAM 12

Who Should Win: A GIRL IN THE RIVER: THE PRICE OF FORGIVENESS

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: LAST DAY OF FREEDOM

Film Editing

• The Big Short
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant
• Spotlight
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Who Will Win: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Who Should Win: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

Foreign Language Film

• Embrace of the Serpent
• Mustang
• Son of Saul
• Theeb
• A War

Who Will Win: SON OF SAUL

Who Should Win: SON OF SAUL

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: A WAR

Makeup and Hairstyling

• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
• The Revenant

Who Will Win: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Who Should Win: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: THE REVENANT

Music (Original Score)

• Bridge of Spies
• Carol
• The Hateful Eight
• Sicario
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Who Will Win: THE HATEFUL EIGHT

Who Should Win: THE HATEFUL EIGHT

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: BRIDGE OF SPIES

Music (Original Song)

• “Earned It,” Fifty Shades of Grey
• “Manta Ray,” Racing Extinction
• “Simple Song #3,” Youth
• “Til It Happens To You,” The Hunting Ground
• “Writing’s On The Wall,” Spectre

Who Will Win: “Writing’s On the Wall”

Who Should Win: “Simple Song #3”

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: “Earned It”

Production Design

• Bridge of Spies
• The Danish Girl
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant

Who Will Win: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Who Should Win: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: THE DANISH GIRL

Short Film (Animated)

• Bear Story
• Prologue
• Sanjay’s Super Team
• We Can’t Live without Cosmos
• World of Tomorrow

Who Will Win: WORLD OF TOMORROW

Who Should Win: WORLD OF TOMORROW

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: PROLOGUE

Short Film (Live Action)

• Ave Maria
• Day One
• Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
• Shok
• Stutterer

Who Will Win: AVE MARIA

Who Should Win: AVE MARIA

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: DAY ONE

Sound Editing

• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Sicario
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Who Will Win: STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

Who Should Win: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: THE REVENANT

Sound Mixing

• Bridge of Spies
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Who Will Win: THE REVENANT

Who Should Win: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: BRIDGE OF SPIES

Visual Effects

• Ex Machina
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Who Will Win: STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

Who Should Win: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: THE REVENANT

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• The Big Short
• Brooklyn
• Carol
• The Martian
• Room

Who Will Win: THE BIG SHORT

Who Should Win: THE BIG SHORT

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: THE MARTIAN

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• Bridge of Spies
• Ex Machina
• Inside Out
• Spotlight
• Straight Outta Compton

Who Will Win: SPOTLIGHT

Who Should Win: EX MACHINA

Who Shouldn’t Be Nominated: BRIDGE OF SPIES