2015 Awards -- North Carolina Film Critics Association Nominees & Winners

Critics out of North Carolina have also gone with Spotlight for the best of the year, also giving it awards for Screenplay and a supporting actor win for Mark Ruffalo. Even though it's a group that doesn't seem to pop up on most radars, the NCFCA is comprised of about 35 members, so it's a decent sized group of writers for sure.

BEST NARRATIVE FILM
Carol
Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
SPOTLIGHT

BEST DIRECTOR
Lenny Abrahamson - "Room"
Todd Haynes - "Carol"
Tom McCarthy - "Spotlight"
GEORGE MILLER - "MAD MAX: FURY ROAD"
Ridley Scott - "The Martian"

BEST ACTOR
Bryan Cranston - "Trumbo"
Matt Damon - "The Martian"
Leonardo DiCaprio - "The Revenant"
MICHAEL FASSBENDER - "STEVE JOBS"
Ian McKellen - "Mr. Holmes"

BEST ACTRESS
Elizabeth Banks - "Love & Mercy"
Cate Blanchett - "Carol"
Brie Larson - "Room"
Charlotte Rampling - "45 Years"
SAOIRSE RONAN - "BROOKLYN"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Paul Dano - "Love & Mercy"
Benicio Del Toro - "Sicario"
MARK RUFFALO - "SPOTLIGHT"
Mark Rylance - "Bridge of Spies"
Sylvester Stallone - "Creed"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Leigh - "The Hateful Eight"
Rooney Mara - "Carol"
Rachel McAdams - "Spotlight"
Helen Mirren - "Trumbo"
ALICIA VIKANDER - "EX MACHINA"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
The Hateful Eight
Inside Out
SPOTLIGHT

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE BIG SHORT
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
INSIDE OUT
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Assassin
Mustang
PHOENIX
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Son of Saul

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
AMY
Finders Keepers
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
Listen to Me Marlon
The Look of Silence

TAR HEEL AWARD (special connection to NC)
RAMIN BAHRANI - "99 HOMES"
Finders Keepers
Peyton Reed - "Ant-Man"