The First Annual KohOscars (Best of 2015)

The inaugural KohOscars ceremony was founded in the winter of 2015 after seeing the nominations for Academy Awards releasing. I believed that this crop did not necessarily represent the year film as accurately as possible. Pulling together a group of friends, we compiled these awards, using the same categories as the Oscars, with some extra ones thrown in for fun.

Best Picture

Anomalisa
The Big Short
Creed
The Hateful Eight
Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Me & Earl & the Dying Girl
Steve Jobs
Straight Outta Compton

Best Director

Adam McKay, The Big Short
Ryan Coogler, Creed
Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott, The Martian
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant
Danny Boyle, Steve Jobs

Best Actor

Matt Damon - The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
Samuel L. Jackson - The Hateful Eight
Michael B. Jordan - Creed
Jacob Tremblay - Room

Best Actress

Lily James - Cinderella
Brie Larson - Room
Melissa McCarthy - Spy
Amy Poehler - Inside Out
Daisy Ridley - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale - The Big Short
Steve Carell - The Big Short
Benicio del Toro - Sicario
Walton Goggins - The Hateful Eight
Jason Segel - The End of the Tour
Kurt Russell - The Hateful Eight
Sylvester Stallone - Creed

Best Supporting Actress

Jessica Chastain - The Martian
Olivia Cooke - Me & Earl & the Dying Girl
Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
Kristen Stewart - American Ultra
Tessa Thompson - Creed
Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs

Best Original Screenplay

American Ultra - Max Landis
Anomalisa - Charlie Kaufman
Dope - Rick Famuyiwa
Ex Machina - Alex Garland
The Hateful Eight - Quentin Tarantino
Inside Out - Pete Docter, Josh Cooley, Ronnie del Carmen, and Meg LaFauve
Straight Outta Compton - Andrea Berloff, Jonathan Herman, S. Leigh Savidge, and Alan Wenkus

Best Adapted Screenplay

Beasts of No Nation - Cary Joji Fukunaga (based on the novel by Uzodinma Iweala)
The Big Short - Adam McKay & Charles Randolph (based on the book by Michael Lewis)
Creed - Ryan Coogler & Aaron Covington (based on characters created by Sylvester Stallone)
The Martian - Drew Goddard (based on the novel by Andy Weir)
Me & Earl & the Dying Girl - Jesse Andrews (based on his novel)
Room - Emma Donoghue (based on her novel)
Steve Jobs - Aaron Sorkin (based on the book by Walter Isaacson)

Best Cameo

Jimmy Fallon - Jurassic World
Donald Glover - The Martian
Selena Gomez - The Big Short
Hugh Jackman - Me & Earl & the Dying Girl
Stan Lee - Ant-Man
Stan Lee - Avengers: Age of Ultron
Margot Robbie - The Big Short

Best Animated Feature

Anomalisa
Home
Inside Out
The Little Prince
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

Best Comic Book Movie

Ant-Man
Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Kingsman: The Secret Service

Best Sequel

Avengers: Age of Ultron
Creed
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Spectre
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Cinematography

Creed - Maryse Alberti
The Hateful Eight - Robert Richardson
Macbeth - Adam Arkapaw
Mad Max: Fury Road - John Seale
The Martian - Darius Wolski
The Revenant - Emmanuel Lubezki
Spectre - Hoyte van Hoytema

Best Film Editing

The Big Short - Hank Corwin
Creed - Claudia Castello & Michael P. Shawver
Dope - Lee Haugen
Ex Machina - Mark Day
Mad Max: Fury Road - Margaret Sixel
The Martian - Pietro Scalia
Steve Jobs - Elliot Graham

Best Production Design

Anomalisa - John Joyce & Huy Vu
The Hateful Eight - Yohei Taneda
Kingsman: The Secret Service - Paul Kirby
Macbeth - Fiona Crombie
Mad Max: Fury Road - Colin Gibson
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Rick Carter & Darren Gilford
Steve Jobs - Guy Hendrix Dyas

Best Original Score

Creed - Ludwig Goransson
The Hateful Eight - Ennio Morricone
Inside Out - Michael Giacchino
Mad Max: Fury Road - Junkie XL
Spectre - Thomas Newman
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - John Williams
Steve Jobs - Daniel Pemberton

Best Original Song

“Earned It,” Fifty Shades of Grey (music & lyrics by The Weeknd, Stephan Moccio, DaHeala, & Belly)
“The Fire,” Creed (music & lyircs by The Roots)
“Love Me Like You Do,” Fifty Shades of Grey (music & lyrics by Savan Kotecha, Tove Lo, Max Martin, Ali Payami, & Ilya Salmanzadeh)
“One Kind of Love,” Love & Mercy (music & lyrics by Scott Montgomery Bennett & Brian Wilson)
“See You Again,” Furious 7 (music & lyrics by DJ Frank E, Andrew Cedar, Charlie Puth, & Wiz Khalifa)
“Till It Happens to You,” The Hunting Grounds (music & lyrics by Lady Gaga & Diane Warren)
“Writing’s On the Wall,” Spectre (music by Sam Smith; lyrics by Jimmy Napes)