Spotlight picks up another Best Picture win from the Phoenix Film Critics, but does so with only Best Ensemble to go with it. Taking Best Director is Ridley Scott with his first win since the National Board of Review at the top of the season. The rest of the selections, with the exception of Best Original Screenplay, are fairly common selections. Original Screenplay is not unique, but it’s uncommon where Spotlight loses out to another film and this time it’s to Inside Out again.

Award Tallies

(4) Mad Max: Fury Road
(2) Inside Out, The Revenant, Room, Spotlight

The Awards

Best Picture

Spotlight

Best Animated Film

Inside Out

Best Director

Ridley Scott – The Martian

Best Actor

Leonardo Dicaprio – The Revenant

Best Actress

Brie Larson – Room

Best Supporting Actor

Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies

Best Supporting Actress

Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl

Best Original Screenplay

Inside Out

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Big Short

Best Original Score

Bridge of Spies

Best Original Song

See You Again – Furious 7

Best Film Editing

Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Cinematography

The Revenant

Best Production Design

Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Costume Design

Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Visual Effects

Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Foreign Language Film

Son of Saul

Best Documentary Film

He Named Me Malala

Best Ensemble

Spotlight

Overlooked Film of the Year

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Best Breakthrough Performance

Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina

Best Youth Performance

Jacob Tremblay – Room

Phoenix Film Critics Society Data

Year Founded: October 2000
First Awards: 2001 (15)