Oscar Nominations Predictions 2016

Best Picture
1. The Revenant
2. Spotlight
3. The Big Short
4. The Martian
5. Mad Max: Fury Road
6. Brooklyn
7. Bridge of Spies
8. Carol
9. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
10. Inside Out
11. Straight Outta Compton
12. Room
13. Sicario
14. Trumbo
15. The Hateful Eight

Best Director
1. Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant
2. Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
3. Ridley Scott, The Martian
4. George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
5. Adam McKay, The Big Short
6. Todd Haynes, Carol
7. Steven Spielberg, Bridge of Spies
8. Denis Villeneuve, Sicario
9. Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight
10. John Crowley, Brooklyn

Best Actress
1. Brie Larson, Room
2. Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
3. Cate Blanchett, Carol
4. Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
5. Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
6. Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
7. Rooney Mara, Carol
8. Carey Mulligan, Suffragette
9. Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van
10. Lily Tomlin, Grandma

Best Actor
1. Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
2. Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
3. Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
4. Matt Damon, The Martian
5. Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
6. Johnny Depp, Black Mass
7. Michael B. Jordan, Creed
8. Will Smith, Concussion
9. Steve Carell, The Big Short
10. Tom Hanks, Bridge of Spies

Best Supporting Actress
1. Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
2. Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
3. Rooney Mara, Carol
4. Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
5. Helen Mirren, Trumbo
6. Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
7. Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
8. Jane Fonda, Youth
9. Kristen Stewart, Clouds of Sils Maria
10. Julie Walters, Brooklyn

Best Supporting Actor
1. Sylvester Stallone, Creed
2. Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
3. Christian Bale, The Big Short
4. Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
5. Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
6. Benicio Del Toro, Sicario
7. Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
8. Jacob Tremblay, Room
9. Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
10. Michael Keaton, Spotlight

Best Original Screenplay
1. Spotlight
2. Inside Out
3. The Hateful Eight
4. Bridge of Spies
5. Ex Machina
6. Sicario
7. Straight Outta Compton
8. Trainwreck
9. Joy
10. 99 Homes

Best Adapted Screenplay
1. The Big Short
2. Steve Jobs
3. The Martian
4. Carol
5. Room
6. Brooklyn
7. The Revenant
8. Trumbo
9. Anomalisa
10. Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Film Editing
1. The Big Short
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. The Revenant
4. The Martian
5. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
6. Sicario
7. Bridge of Spies
8. Spotlight
9. Steve Jobs
10. Room

Best Cinematography
1. The Revenant
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. Sicario
4. Carol
5. The Hateful Eight
6. Bridge of Spies
7. The Martian
8. Room
9. Son of Saul
10. The Assassin

Best Costume Design
1. Carol
2. Cinderella
3. Brooklyn
4. Mad Max: Fury Road
5. The Danish Girl
6. Trumbo
7. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
8. Crimson Peak
9. The Revenant
10. The Hateful Eight

Best Production Design
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Carol
3. The Martian
4. Bridge of Spies
5. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
6. The Revenant
7. Brooklyn
8. The Danish Girl
9. Crimson Peak
10. Cinderella

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. The Revenant
3. Black Mass
4. Mr. Holmes
5. Legend
6. The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
7. Concussion

Best Original Score
1. The Hateful Eight
2. Sicario
3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
4. Carol
5. The Danish Girl
6. Bridge of Spies
7. Spotlight
8. Steve Jobs
9. Mad Max: Fury Road
10. Inside Out

Best Original Song
1. "Til It Happens to You", The Hunting Grounds
2. "See You Again", Furious 7
3. "Writing's On the Wall", Spectre
4. "Simple Song #3", Youth
5. "I'll See You In My Dreams", I'll See You In My Dreams
I have no idea how to rank the rest.

Best Sound Mixing
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
3. The Revenant
4. Bridge of Spies
5. The Martian
6. The Hateful Eight
7. Sicario
8. Spectre
9. Jurassic World
10. Straight Outta Compton

Best Sound Editing
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
3. The Revenant
4. The Martian
5. The Hateful Eight
6. Bridge of Spies
7. Sicario
8. Jurassic World
9. Spectre
10. Inside Out

Best Visual Effects
1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. The Revenant
4. The Martian
5. The Walk
6. Jurassic World
7. Ex Machina
8. Ant-Man
9. Avengers: Age of Ultron
10. Tomorrowland

Best Foreign Language Film
1. Son of Saul
2. Mustang
3. Labyrinth of Lies
4. Viva
5. Theeb
6. The Brand New Testament
7. The Fencer
8. A War
9. Embrace of the Serpent

Best Animated Feature
1. Inside Out
2. Anomalisa
3. The Peanuts Movie
4. Shaun the Sheep Movie
5. The Good Dinosaur
6. The Prophet
7. Minions
8. Boy and the World
9. When Marnie Was There
10. Home

Best Documentary Feature
1. Amy
2. The Look of Silence
Other possibilities:
He Named Me Malala
Where to Invade Next
Meru
Heart of a Dog
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief