Jennifer Lawrence dan Cate Blanchett terus jadi pilihan pencalonan aktres terbaik oleh Oscar manakala aktres muda, Saoirse Ronan kembali tercalon menerusi kategori yang sama setelah pertama kali dicalonkan ketika usia 13 tahun pada 2007. Chris Rock bakal menjadi hos anugerah tersebut yang bakal berlangsung 28 Februari hadapan. Lihat pencalonan penuh Anugerah Oscar ke-88 di bawah.
 
Filem Terbaik
The Big Short
Bridge Of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
 
Pelakon Lelaki Terbaik
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Micheal Fassbender, Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
 
Pelakon Wanita Terbaik
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
 
Pelakon Pembantu Lelaki Terbaik
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
 
Pelakon Pembantu Wanita Terbaik
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Jobs
 
Pengarah Terbaik
The Big Short, Adam McKay
Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller
The Revenant, Alejandro González Iñárritu
Room, Lenny Abrahamson
Spotlight, Tom McCarthy
 
Suntingan Terbaik
The Big Short, Hank Corwin
Mad Max: Fury Road, Margaret Sixel
The Revenant, Stephen Mirrione
Spotlight, Tom McArdle
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Maryann Brandon dan Mary Jo Markey
 
Filem Bahasa Asing Terbaik
“Embrace of the Serpent” Colombia
“Mustang” France
“Son of Saul” Hungary
“Theeb” Jordan
“A War” Denmark
 
Lagu Terbaik
“Bridge of Spies” Thomas Newman
“Carol” Carter Burwell
“The Hateful Eight” Ennio Morricone
“Sicario” Jóhann Jóhannsson
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” John Williams
 
Rekaan Produksi
“Bridge of Spies” Rekaan Produksi: Adam Stockhausen; Dekorasi Set: Rena DeAngelo dan Bernhard Henrich
“The Danish Girl” Rekaan Produksi: Eve Stewart; Dekorasi Set: Michael Standish
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Rekaan Produksi: Colin Gibson; Dekorasi Set: Lisa Thompson
“The Martian” Rekaan Produksi: Arthur Max; Dekorasi Set: Celia Bobak
“The Revenant” Rekaan Produksi: Jack Fisk; Dekorasi Set: Hamish Purdy
 
Visual Effects
“Ex Machina” Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington dan Sara Bennett
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver dan Andy Williams
“The Martian” Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence dan Steven Warner
“The Revenant” Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith dan Cameron Waldbauer
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan dan Chris Corbould
 
Lakon Layar Adaptasi
“The Big Short” Charles Randolph dan Adam McKay
“Brooklyn” Nick Hornby
“Carol” Phyllis Nagy
“The Martian” Drew Goddard
“Room” Emma Donoghue
 
Lakon Layar
“Bridge of Spies” Matt Charman, Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
“Ex Machina” Alex Garland
“Inside Out” Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Cerita asal oleh Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
“Spotlight”Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
“Straight Outta Compton” Jonathan Herman dan Andrea Berloff; Cerita oleh S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus dan Andrea Berloff
 
Filem Animasi 
Anomalisa, Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran
Boy and the World, Alê Abreu
Inside Out, Pete Docter dan Jonas Rivera
Shaun the Sheep Movie, Mark Burton and Richard Starzak
When Marnie Was There, Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura
 
Sinematografi
Carol, Ed Lachman
The Hateful Eight, Robert Richardson
Mad Max: Fury Road, John Seale
The Revenant, Emmanuel Lubezki
Sicario, Roger Deakins
 
Rekaan Kostum
Carol, Sandy Powell
Cinderella, Sandy Powell
The Danish Girl, Paco Delgado
Mad Max: Fury Road, Jenny Beavan
The Revenant, Jacqueline West
 
Filem Dokumentari
Amy, Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
Cartel Land, Matthew Heineman dan Tom Yellin
The Look of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer dan Signe Byrge Sørensen
What Happened, Miss Simone?, Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby dan Justin Wilkes
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom, Evgeny Afineevsky dan Den Tolmor
 
Dokumentari Subjek Pendek
Body Team 12, David Darg dan Bryn Mooser
Chau, beyond the Lines, Courtney Marsh dan Jerry Franck
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah, Adam Benzine
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Last Day of Freedom, Dee Hibbert-Jones dan Nomi Talisman
 
Solekan dan Dandanan Rambut
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega dan Damian Martin
“The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared” Love Larson dan Eva von Bahr
“The Revenant” Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman dan Robert Pandini
 
Lagu Asal
“Earned It” from “Fifty Shades of Grey” Muzik dan Lirik oleh Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville dan Stephan Moccio
“Manta Ray” from “Racing Extinction” Muzik oleh J. Ralph dan Lirik oleh Antony Hegarty
“Simple Song #3” from “Youth” Muzik dan Lirik oleh David Lang
“Til It Happens To You” from “The Hunting Ground” Muzik dan Lirik oleh Diane Warren dan Lady Gaga
“Writing’s On The Wall” from “Spectre” Muzik dan Lirik oleh Jimmy Napes dan Sam Smith
 
Filem Animasi Pendek
“Bear Story” Gabriel Osorio dan Pato Escala
“Prologue” Richard Williams dan Imogen Sutton
“Sanjay’s Super Team” Sanjay Patel dan Nicole Grindle
“We Can’t Live without Cosmos” Konstantin Bronzit
“World of Tomorrow” Don Hertzfeldt
 
Filem Pendek
“Ave Maria” Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont
“Day One” Henry Hughes
“Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)” Patrick Vollrath
“Shok” Jamie Donoughue
“Stutterer” Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage
 
Suntingan Bunyi
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Mark Mangini and David White
“The Martian” Oliver Tarney
“The Revenant” Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender
“Sicario” Alan Robert Murray
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Matthew Wood and David Acord
 
Adunan Bunyi
Bridge of Spies, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom dan Drew Kunin
Mad Max: Fury Road, Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff dan Ben Osmo
The Martian, Paul Massey, Mark Taylor dan Mac Ruth
The Revenant, Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom dan Chris Duesterdiek
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio dan Stuart Wilson