Online Film Critics Society Ballot 2015

Below is my December 12th ballot for the 19th annual Online Film Critics Society Awards honoring movies released domestically in the United States during the 2015 calendar year. Group winners are highlighted in red.

Best Picture

#1 Inside Out .

#2 Carol .

#3 Spotlight .

#4 Ex Machina .

#5 Mad Max Fury Road

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#6 Brooklyn

#7 The Revenant

#8 Room

#9 The Martian

#10 Sicario

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Best Animated Film

#1 Inside Out .

#2 Shaun the Sheep Movie

#3 Anomalisa .

#4 The Peanuts Movie

#5 The Good Dinosaur

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Best Film Not in the English Language

#1 Phoenix .

#2 Mustang .

#3 Goodnight Mommy

#4 The Assassin .

DIDN’T WATCH Son of Saul .

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Best Documentary

#1 The Look of Silence

#2 Best of Enemies

#3 Going Clear .

#4 Amy .

DIDN’T WATCH Cartel Land .

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Best Director

#1 George Miller Mad Max Fury Road

#2 Todd Haynes Carol

#3 Ridley Scott The Martian

#4 Denis Villeneuve Sicario

#5 Tom McCarthy Spotlight

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Best Lead Actor

#1 Leonardo DiCaprio The Revenant

#2 Michael Fassbender Steve Jobs

#3 Michael B. Jordan Creed

#4 Matt Damon The Martian

DIDN’T WATCH Ian McKellen Mr. Holmes

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Best Lead Actress

#1 Brie Larson Room

#2 Charlotte Rampling 45 Years

#3 Saoirse Ronan Brooklyn

#4 Cate Blanchett Carol

#5 Charlize Theron Mad Max Fury Road

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Best Supporting Actor

#1 Mark Rylance Bridge of Spies

#2 Sylvester Stallone Creed

#3 Mark Ruffalo Spotlight

#4 Benicio Del Toro Sicario

#5 Oscar Isaac Ex Machina

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Best Supporting Actress

#1 Alicia Vikander The Danish Girl

#2 Rooney Mara Carol

#3 Cynthia Nixon James White

#4 Kate Winslet Steve Jobs

DIDN’T WATCH Kristen Stewart Clouds of Sils Maria

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Best Original Screenplay

#1 Inside Out Pete Docter Ronnie Del Carmen Meg LeFauve Josh Cooley

#2 Spotlight Josh Singer Tom McCarthy . .

#3 Ex Machina Alex Garland . . .

#4 Sicario Taylor Sheridan . . .

#5 Mistress America Greta Gerwig Noah Baumbach .

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Best Adapted Screenplay

#1 Steve Jobs Aaron Sorkin

#2 Brooklyn Nick Hornby

#3 Carol Phyllis Nagy

#4 Room Emma Donoghue

#5 The Martian Drew Goddard

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Best Editing

#1 Mad Max Fury Road Margaret Sixel

#2 Steve Jobs Elliot Graham .

#3 The Revenant Stephen Mirrione .

#4 Sicario Joe Walker .

#5 The Martian Pietro Scalia .

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Best Cinematography

#1 Mad Max Fury Road John Seale

#2 The Assassin Mark Lee Ping Bing .

#3 The Revenant Emmanuel Lubezki .

#4 Carol Edward Lachman .

#5 Sicario Roger Deakins .

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