This is, to date, the most idiosyncratic set of nominations we’ve seen. Brooklyn has its best showing to date, but when a significant portion of the nominees selected aren’t going to compete very well at the Oscars, this list can be taken merely as it is: a group of critics’ choices, not a group of critics’ predictions.

Award Tallies

(5) Brooklyn, Spotlight
(3) Ex Machina, The Hateful Eight, Inside Out, The Revenant, Room, Youth

The Awards

Best Picture

Brooklyn
Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
Spotlight
Youth

Best Director

John Crowley – Brooklyn
Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Paolo Sorrentino – Youth

Best Actor

Christopher Abbott – James White
Michael Caine – Youth
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Tom Hardy – Legend

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett – Carol
Brie Larson – Room
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Bel Powley – The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Saroise Ronan – Brooklyn

Best Supporting Actor

Paul Dano – Love & Mercy
Benicio Del Toro – Sicario
Oscar Issac – Ex Machina
Liev Schreiber – Spotlight
Jacob Tremblay – Room

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Cynthia Nixon – James White
Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina

Best Screenplay

The Big Short
Brooklyn
The Hateful Eight
Inside Out
Spotlight

Best Documentary

Amy
Best of Enemies
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Listen To Me Marlon
The Look of Silence

Best Ensemble

The Big Short
The Hateful Eight
Inside Out
Joy
Spotlight

Breakthrough

Sean Baker – Tangerine (director)
Emory Cohen – Brooklyn (actor)
Bel Powley – The Diary of a Teenage Girl (actress)
Jacob Tremblay – Room (actor)
Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina, The Danish Girl (actress)

Detroit Film Critics Society Data

Year Founded: Spring 2007
First Awards: 2007 (9)