21st Critics' Choice Awards


The 21st Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 17, 2016 at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport, honoring the finest achievements of 2015 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on A&E and hosted by T.J. Miller. The nominees were announced on December 14, 2015. In addition, this year marked the first time the awards were presented with the Critics' Choice Television Awards.

Winners and nominees


Spotlight
  • The Big Short
  • Bridge of Spies
  • Brooklyn
  • Carol
  • '
  • The Martian
  • The Revenant
  • Room
  • Sicario
  • '
George Miller –
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant as Hugh Glass
Brie Larson – Room as Joy "Ma" Newsome
Sylvester Stallone – Creed as Rocky Balboa
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl as Gerda Wegener
Jacob Tremblay – Room as Jack Newsome
Spotlight
  • The Big Short
  • The Hateful Eight
  • Straight Outta Compton
  • Trumbo
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer – Spotlight
Adam McKay and Charles Randolph – The Big Short
Inside Out

  • Furious 7
  • Jurassic World
  • '
  • Sicario
  • '
Tom Hardy – ' as Max Rockatansky
Charlize Theron – ' as Imperator Furiosa
Amy
  • Cartel Land
  • Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
  • He Named Me Malala
  • The Look of Silence
  • Where to Invade Next
The Big Short
  • Inside Out
  • Joy
  • Sisters
  • Spy
  • Trainwreck
  • Ted 2
Christian Bale – The Big Short as Michael Burry
Amy Schumer – Trainwreck as Amy Townsend
Ex Machina
  • It Follows
  • Jurassic World
  • '
  • The Martian
Son of Saul • Hungary
Colin Gibson –
Emmanuel Lubezki – The Revenant
Jenny Beavan –
Margaret Sixel –

  • Black Mass
  • Carol
  • The Danish Girl
  • The Hateful Eight
  • The Revenant

  • Ex Machina
  • Jurassic World
  • The Martian
  • The Revenant
  • The Walk
Ennio Morricone – The Hateful Eight
"See You Again" – Furious 7
  • "Love Me like You Do" – Fifty Shades of Grey
  • "One Kind of Love" – Love & Mercy
  • "Simple Song #3" – Youth
  • "Til It Happens to You" – The Hunting Ground
  • "Writing's on the Wall" – Spectre''

Louis XIII Genius Award

Industrial Light & Magic

Critics' Choice MVP Award

Amy Schumer

"Most Bingeworthy" Fan-Voted Award

Outlander

''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' controversy

The film screened too late for the vast majority of the Broadcast Film Critics Association to see it in time for consideration for the awards. But after what an email to members called "an unprecedented cry out" from its membership, the BFCA's board of directors called a "special referendum" on adding the movie to the 10 candidates for Best Picture, which it won. The BFCA faced immediate criticism, including from its own members, over what many saw as an attempt to increase ratings for the awards ceremony's broadcast on A&E on January 17. Two members, Eric Melin, and Scott Renshaw of Salt Lake City Weekly, resigned in protest.
Melin, in an open letter, said:
Similarly in another open letter, Scott Renshaw said:

Films by multiple nominations and wins

The following twenty-five films received multiple nominations:
NominationsFilm
13
'
9Carol
9The Martian
9The Revenant
8
Spotlight
7
The Big Short
6
The Hateful Eight
5Bridge of Spies
5Brooklyn
5The Danish Girl
5Jurassic World
5Sicario
4
Room
3Ex Machina
3Inside Out
3Joy
3'
3Spy
3Steve Jobs
3Trainwreck
3Trumbo
2Black Mass
2Furious 7
2Love & Mercy
2Sisters
2Spectre

The following five films received multiple awards:
AwardsFilm
9
3The Big Short
3Spotlight
2The Revenant
2Room