2016 Oscars Winners List - Were There Any Surprises?

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The 88th Mad Max: Fury Road were leading the pack with the most Oscar nominations (that includes a Best Picture nod for both movies), while such actors as Brie Larson and - yes, at long last - Leonardo DiCaprio were expected to take home the gold for their performances. Of course, it wouldn't be the Oscars without at least one or two "upsets" or "surprise winners," now would it?

Read on for the complete list of winners for the 88th Annual Academy Awards!

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Best Picture

Spotlight movie (2015) review

The Big Short

Bridge of Spies

Brooklyn

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Room

WINNER: Spotlight

Best Director

The Revenant - Alejandro González Iñárritu and Leonardo DiCaprio

Adam McKay, The Big Short

George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road

WINNER: Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant

Lenny Abrahamson, Room

Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

Best Actor

revenant-trailer-leonardo-dicaprio

Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

Matt Damon, The Martian

WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs

Eddie Redmyane, The Danish Girl

Best Actress

Room trailer and reviews with Brie Larson

Cate Blanchett, Carol

WINNER: Brie Larson, Room

Jennifer Lawrence, Joy

Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years

Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Best Adapted Screenplay

The cast of The Big Short

WINNER: Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, The Big Short

Nick Hornby, Brooklyn

Phyllis Nagy, Carol

Drew Goddard, The Martian

Emma Donohue, Room

Best Original Screenplay

Spotlight - Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, and Brian D'Arcy James

Matt Charman and Coen Bros., Bridge of Spies

Alex Garland, Ex Machina

Josh Cooley, Peter Docter, and Megan LeFauve, Inside Out

WINNER: Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, Spotlight

Andrea Berloff, Jonathan Herman, S. Leigh Savidge and Alan Wenkus, Straight Outta Compton

Best ing Actor

Mark Rylance in Bridge of Spies - 2016 Oscar winner

Christian Bale, The Big Short

Tom Hardy, The Revenant

Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight

WINNER: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies

Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Best ing Actress

Alicia Vikander as Gerda Gottlieb in 'The Danish Girl'

Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight

Rooney Mara, Carol

Rachel McAdams, Spotlight

WINNER: Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Best Animated Feature

Disney Dirty Jokes Inside Out Bear

Anomalisa

Boy and the World

WINNER: Inside Out

Shaun the Sheep Movie

When Marnie Was There

Best Original Song

James Bond - Spectre

“Earned It”, Fifty Shades of Grey

“Manta Ray”, Racing Extinction

“Simple Song No. 3”, Youth

“Til It Happens To You”, The Hunting Ground

WINNER: “Writing’s on the Wall”, Spectre