The Academy Awards managed to be controversial, predictable and surprising this year. The Revenant picked up the Oscars for Best Director, Best Actor and Best Cinematography but failed to bag Best Film - this went to Spotlight.
Mad Max: Fury Road scooped up the most awards overall - winning six of those gold statuettes - many in the more technical categories.
Brie Larson won the Academy Award for best actress for her superb performance in Room. Mark Rylance won the best supporting actor category for his role in Bridge Of Spies and Alicia Vikander won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her part in Ex Machina.
As widely predicted, Inside Out won best animation and Son Of Saul won best foreign language film.
Meanwhile, Amy won the award for best documentary.
Here are all of the 2016 Academy Award winners in full:
Best Picture
Winner: Spotlight
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Room
The Revenant
Best Director
Winner: Alejandro G Iñárritu – The Revenant
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Adam McKay – The Big Short
Lenny Abrahamson - Room
Best Actress
Winner: Brie Larson – Room
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
Jennifer Lawrence - Joy
Best Actor
Winner: Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Matt Damon – The Martian
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara – Carol
Rachel McAdams - Spotlight
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
Sylvestor Stallone - Creed
Christian Bale – The Big Short
Tom Hardy - The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Best Animation
Winner: Inside Out
Anomalisa
Boy And The World
Shaun The Sheep
When Marnie Was There
Best Cinematography
Winner: Emmanuel Lubezki - The Revenant
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario
Best Documentary Feature
Winner: Amy
Cartel Land
The Look Of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Spotlight
Bridge Of Spies
Inside Out
Straight Outta Compton
Ex Machina
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
Room
The Martian
Best Film Editing
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road
The Big Short
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Visual Effects
Winner: Ex Machina
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Best Production Design
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road
Bridge Of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Best Costume Design
Winner: Jenny Beavan - Mad Max: Fury Road
Carol
The Danish Girl
Cinderella
The Revenant
Best Original Song
Winner: Writings On The Wall - Spectre
Earned It - 50 Shades of Grey
Til It Happens To You - The Hunting Ground
Manta Ray - Racing Extinction
Simple Song 3 - Youth
Best Original Score
Winner: The Hateful 8
Bridge Of Spies
Carol
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: Son Of Saul
Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
Theeb
A War
Best Sound Editing
Winner: Mad Max : Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Animated Short Film
Winner: Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Superteam
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
Best Live Action Short Film
Winner: Stutterer
Ava Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay
Shok
Best Sound Mixing
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road
Bridge Of Spies
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Make Up And Hair
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared
The Revenant
Best Documentary - Short Subject
Winner: A Girl In The River: The Price Of Forgiveness
Body Team 12
Chau, Byeond The Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
Last Day Of Freedom
My Predictions... How Did I Do?
Last week, I decided to publish my Oscar 2016 predictions. These were not the awards that I would have given, but what I thought the Academy might award.
Well, I didn't do too badly... but I did get a few of the big ones wrong! (Hangs head in shame)
I was surprised that the Academy chose Mark Rylance over Sylvester Stallone for best supporting actor. Surprised but very pleased that the British Actor got some well deserved recognition.
I also thought that Kate Winslet might get best supporting actress. However, I was really glad to see Alicia Vikander get the award for her superb performance in Ex Machina.
Meanwhile, I predicted that Cartel Land would get best documentary. The Oscar actually went to Amy. Of all the categories, this one was the hardest for me to predict. Amy is superb and had all of the momentum... but I still feel that Cartel Land is the better, more impressive film.
Most embarrassing of all... I got best picture wrong! Doh! I thought that the Oscar would go to The Revenant. I can only take comfort in the fact that the award eventually went to Spotlight - which would have been my choice.
Must do better next year!
What did you think of the Academy Awards this year? I'd love to know your thoughts on all of the winners and losers. Let me know by laving a comment in the box below!