By Matt Neglia
You saw the 2015 NBP Film Community Award Nominations yesterday as voted on by you, the fans of Next Best Picture. But what did the staff of Next Best Picture nominate? We have our own nominations for the 2015 year which we have posted down below for you to see if you are curious to find out how closely our two lists overlapped.
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BEST PICTURE
Brooklyn
Carol
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Steve Jobs
ENSEMBLE
The Big Short
Brooklyn
The Hateful Eight
Spotlight
Steve Jobs
ACTOR
Matt Damon – The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Michael B. Jordan – Creed
Jacob Tremblay – Room
ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Emily Blunt – Sicario
Brie Larson – Room
Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Idris Elba – Beasts Of No Nation
Tom Hardy – The Revenant
Oscar Isaac – Ex Machina
Mark Rylance – Bridge Of Spies
Sylvester Stallone – Creed
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara – Carol
Rachel McAdams – Spotlight
Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
YOUTH PERFORMANCE (20 & Younger)
Abraham Attah – Beasts Of No Nation
RJ Cyler – Me and Earl & The Dying Girl
Shameik Moore – Dope
Milo Parker – Mr. Holmes
Jacob Tremblay – Room
VOICEOVER
Richard Kind – Inside Out
Amy Poehler – Inside Out
Phyllis Smith – Inside Out
James Spader – Avengers: Age Of Ultron
David Thewlis – Anomalisa
BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
Abraham Attah – Beasts Of No Nation
Taron Egerton – Kingsman: The Secret Service
Jason Mitchell – Straight Outta Compton
Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Jacob Tremblay – Room
DIRECTOR
Lenny Abrahamson – Room
Danny Boyle – Steve Jobs
Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant
Todd Haynes – Carol
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
DEBUT DIRECTOR
Joel Edgerton – The Gift
Alex Garland – Ex Machina
Marielle Heller – The Diary Of A Teenage Girl
László Nemes – Son Of Saul
S. Craig Zahler – Bone Tomahawk
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Ex Machina
The Hateful Eight
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room
Steve Jobs
ANIMATED FILM
Anomalisa
Boy And The World
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun The Sheep Movie
FOREIGN FILM
The Assassin
Embrace The Serpent
Mustang
Phoenix
Son Of Saul
DOCUMENTARY
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look Of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter On Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
COSTUME DESIGN
Brooklyn
Carol
Cinderella
Crimson Peak
Mad Max: Fury Road
FILM EDITING
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Steve Jobs
MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Carol
Cinderella
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge Of Spies
Carol
Crimson Peak
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
SCORE
Bridge Of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario
SONG
“Love Me Like You Do” – Fifty Shades Of Grey
“See You Again” – Furious 7
“Til It Happens To You” – The Hunting Ground
“Writing’s On The Wall” – Spectre
“Simple Song #3” – Youth
SOUND EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
SOUND MIXING
Creed
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
ACTION FILM
Ant-Man
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Sicario
COMEDY FILM
The Big Short
Inside Out
Spy
Trainwreck
What We Do In The Shadows
SCI-FI/HORROR
Crimson Peak
Ex Machina
It Follows
The Martian
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
OVERLOOKED FILM (Indie Film With 0 Oscar Nominations)
Dope
The End Of The Tour
The Gift
Love And Mercy
Tangerine
NOMINATION TALLY
Mad Max: Fury Road – 12
Carol – 10
The Revenant – 10
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – 8
Ex Machina – 7
Inside Out – 7
The Martian – 7
Room – 7
Steve Jobs – 7
Brooklyn – 5
The Hateful Eight – 5
Sicario – 5
Spotlight – 4
Beasts Of No Nation – 3
The Big Short – 3
Bridge Of Spies – 3
Creed – 3
Crimson Peak – 3
Anomalisa – 2
Cinderella – 2
Dope – 2
Kingsman: The Secret Service – 2
Son Of Saul – 2
Straight Outta Compton – 2
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