Leo finally gets his due after wrestling a bear onscreen to claim Best Actor, while Spotlight surprises Hollywood with an upset Best Picture win.
The 88th Academy Awards, which was held at the Dolby Theatre, had its fair share of exciting moments. Below is the full list of winners for every major category. Find the rest of Newsweek's Oscar coverage here.
BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight- WINNER
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, The Revenant- WINNER
Lenny Abrahamson, Room
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
BEST ACTOR
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant- WINNER
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies - WINNER
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room - WINNER
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl - WINNER
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
ANIMATED FEATURE
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out - WINNER
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Mamie Was There
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Amy - WINNER
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia)
Mustang (France)
Son of Saul (Hungary) - WINNER
Theeb (Jordan)
A War (Denmark)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Big Short - WINNER
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight - WINNER
Straight Outta Compton
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant - WINNER
Sicario
COSTUME DESIGN
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road - WINNER
The Revenant
FILM EDITING
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road - WINNER
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
MAKEUP AND HAIR
Mad Max: Fury Road - WINNER
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant
ORIGINAL SCORE
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight - WINNER
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
ORIGINAL SONG
"Earned It," The Weeknd, 50 Shades of Grey
"Manta Ray," J. Ralph and Antony Hegarty, Racing Extinction
"Simple Song #3," David Lang, Youth
"Til It Happens to You," Dianne Warren and Lady Gaga, The Hunting Ground
"Writing's On the Wall," Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes, Spectre - WINNER
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road - WINNER
The Martian
The Revenant
SOUND EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road - WINNER
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
SOUND MIXING
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road - WINNER
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina - WINNER
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Bear Story - WINNER
Prologue
Sanjay's Super Team
Can't Live Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Stutterer - WINNER
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Body Team 12
Chan, Beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness - WINNER
Last Day of Freedom
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