Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller, U.S.
Carol Todd Haynes, U.S.
Spotlight Tom McCarthy, U.S.
Inside Out Pete Docter & Ronnie del Carmen, U.S.
Clouds of Sils Maria Olivier Assayas, France
Phoenix Christian Petzold, Germany
Ex Machina Alex Garland, U.K.
Brooklyn John Crowley, U.K.
The Assassin Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan
Tangerine Sean Baker, U.S.
The Big Short Adam McKay, U.S.
Anomalisa Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson, U.S.
Sicario Denis Villeneuve, U.S.
Room Lenny Abrahamson, Canada/Ireland
The Revenant Alejandro G. Iñárritu, U.S.
Son of Saul László Nemes, Hungary
Bridge of Spies Steven Spielberg, U.S.
It Follows David Robert Mitchell, U.S.
45 Years Andrew Haigh, U.K.
Mistress America Noah Baumbach, U.S.
The Hateful Eight Quentin Tarantino, U.S.
The Look of Silence Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark/Indonesia
Timbuktu Abderrahmane Sissako, Mauritania/France
The Martian Ridley Scott, U.S.
Love & Mercy Bill Pohlad, U.S.
Creed Ryan Coogler, U.S.
The Duke of Burgundy Peter Strickland, U.K.
Amy Asif Kapadia, U.K.
Steve Jobs Danny Boyle, U.S.
The Diary of a Teenage Girl Marielle Heller, U.S.
The End of the Tour James Ponsoldt, U.S.
Taxi Jafar Panahi, Iran
Wild Tales Damián Szifron, Argentina/Spain
Jauja Lisandro Alonso, Argentina
Hard to Be a God Aleksei German, Russia
In Jackson Heights Frederick Wiseman, U.S.
What We Do in the Shadows Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi, New Zealand/U.S.
The Forbidden Room Guy Maddin & Evan Johnson, Canada
Queen of Earth Alex Ross Perry, U.S.
Victoria Sebastian Schipper, Germany
Arabian Nights Miguel Gomes, Portugal
Magic Mike XXL Gregory Jacobs, U.S.
About Elly Asghar Farhadi, Iran
Beasts of No Nation Cary Joji Fukunaga, U.S.
Experimenter Michael Almereyda, U.S.
Far From the Madding Crowd Thomas Vinterberg, U.K.
Blackhat Michael Mann, U.S.
Mustang Deniz Gamze Ergüven, France/Turkey/Germany
Chi-Raq Spike Lee, U.S.
Crimson Peak Guillermo del Toro, U.S.
