Another win for Spotlight along with three other awards, including a rare win for director Tom McCarthy. Mad Max: Fury Road took mostly tech awards to tie Spotlight for most prizes while many of the other selections have become standard for this season resulting in no genuine surprises.

Award Tallies

(4) Mad Max: Fury Road, Spotlight
(2) Ex Machina, The Revenant, Room

The Awards

Best Picture

Spotlight

Best Animated Film

Inside Out

Best Director

Tom McCarthy – Spotlight

Best Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant

Best Actress

Brie Larson – Room

Best Supporting Actor

Sylvester Stallone – Creed

Best Supporting Actress

Elizabeth Banks – Love & Mercy

Best Original Screenplay

Spotlight

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Martian

Best Score

The Hateful Eight

Best Song

“See You Again” – Furious 7

Best Film Editing

Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Cinematography

The Revenant

Best Art Direction

Brooklyn

Best Costume Design

Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Visual Effects

Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Foreign Film

Goodnight Mommy

Best Documentary

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

Best Action Film

Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Family Film

Cinderella

Best Horror/Sci-Fi Film

Ex Machina

Best Comedy Film

Trainwreck

Best Ensemble

Spotlight

Breakout Filmmaker

Alex Garland – Ex Machina

Best Youth in Film

Jacob Tremblay – Room

Top Ten Films

1. Spotlight
2. Creed
3. Ex Machina
4. Straight Outta Compton
5. Beasts of No Nation
6. The Martian
7. Mad Max: Fury Road
8. Sicario
9. Legend
10. Room

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Data

First Awards: 1997 (19)