My Dream 2015 Oscar Ballot

Best Picture
1. Carol
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. Son of Saul
4. Inside Out
5. 45 Years
Runners-Up: The Duke of Burgundy, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Spotlight, Tangerine, Room
Honorable Mentions: Sicario, The Look of Silence, Ex Machina, Girlhood, Brooklyn
(I would have had Phoenix, Jafar Panahi's Taxi, and Timbuktu on my runners-up, but they weren't eligible for this year's Oscars)

Best Director
1. George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Todd Haynes, Carol
3. Lazlo Nemes, Son of Saul
4. Peter Strickland, The Duke of Burgundy
5. Sean Baker, Tangerine
Runners-Up: Celine Sciamma, Girlhood; Andrew Haigh, 45 Years; Mia Hansen-Love, Eden; Dennis Villeneuve, Sicario
Honorable Mentions: Spike Lee, Chi-Raq; Yann Demange, '71; Deniz Gamze Erguven, Mustang; John Crowley, Brooklyn; Alex Garland, Ex Machina
(I would have had Hsiao-Hsien Hou for The Assassin in my top 5, Abderrahmane Sissako for Timbuktu in my runners-up, and Damian Szifron for Wild Tales in my honorable mentions, but they weren't eligible)

Best Actor
1. Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
2. Geza Rohrig, Son of Saul
3. Michael B. Jordan, Creed
4. Christopher Abbot, James White
5. Jacob Tremblay, Room
Runners-Up: Paul Dano, Love & Mercy; Tom Courtenay, 45 Years; Andrew Garfield, 99 Homes; Jason Segal, The End of the Tour; Jack O'Connell, '71
Honorable Mentions: Ben Mendelsohn, Mississippi Grind; Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation; Felix de Givry, Eden; Matt Damon, The Martian; Bill Hader, Trainwreck

Best Actress
1. Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
2. Cate Blanchett, Carol
3. Brie Larson, Room
4. Rooney Mara, Carol
5. Bel Powley, The Diary of a Teenage Girl
(I would have had Ronit Elkabetz from Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem and Nina Hoss from Phoenix, but they weren't eligible for the Oscars this year)
Runners-Up: Teyonah Parris, Chi-Raq; Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn; Karidja Toure, Girlhood; Arielle Holmes, Heaven Knows What; Elisabeth Olsen, Queen of Earth
Honorable Mentions: Blythe Danner, I'll See You in My Dreams; Lily Tomlin, Grandma; Sidse Babett Knudsen, The Duke of Burgundy; Juliette Binoche, Clouds of Sils Maria; Rinko Kikuchi, Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter

Best Supporting Actor
1. Benicio del Toro, Sicario
2. Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
3. Oscar Isaac, Ex Machina
4. Jason Mitchell, Straight Outta Compton
5. Emory Cohen, Brooklyn
Runners-Up: Stanley Tucci, Spotlight; Alexander Skarsgard, The Diary of a Teenage Girl; Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Tom at the Farm; Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies; Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Honorable Mentions: Kyle Chandler, Carol; Michael Stuhlbarg, Steve Jobs; Richard Jenkins, Bone Tomahawk; John Cena, Trainwreck; Jason Statham, Spy

Best Supporting Actress
1. Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars
2. Cynthia Nixon, James White
3. Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
4. Kristen Wiig, The Diary of a Teenage Girl
5. Assa Sylla, Girlhood
Runners-Up: Sarah Paulson, Carol; Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs; Katherine Waterston, Queen of Earth; Elizabeth Banks, Love & Mercy; Kristen Stewart, Clouds of Sils Maria
Honorable Mentions: Tessa Tompson, Creed; Rose Byrne, Spy; Jada Pinkett Smith, Magic Mike XXL; Jessica Chastain, Crimson Peak; Phyllis Smith, Inside Out
(I would have has Erica Riva for Wild Tales in my honorable mentions, but she wasn't eligible)

Best Original Screenplay
1. Tom McCarthy and John Singer, Spotlight
2. Alex Garland, Ex Machina
3. Pete Docter, Josh Cooley, and Meg LeFauve, Inside Out
4. Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch, Tangerine
5. Celina Sciamma, Girlhood
Runners-Up: Mia and Sven Hansen-Love, Eden; Ramin Bahrani, Amir Nader, and Bahareh Azimi, 99 Homes; Anna Buylaert, John Maclean, Slow West; Taylor Sheridan, Sicario; Peter Strickland, The Duke of Burgundy
Honorable Mentions: Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee, Chi-Raq; Oren Moverman and Michael Alan Lerner, Love & Mercy; Lazlo Nemes and Clara Royer, Son of Saul; Deniz Gamze Erguven and Alice Winoccour, Mustang; Paul Weitz, Grandma
(Robit and Shlomi Elkabetz for Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, Demian Szifron for Wild Tales. and Anna Muylaert for The Second Mother not eligible)

Best Adapted Screenplay
(Disclaimer: I'm just going based on what I think is the best script. Since I don't read books (ew), I don't really know who did the best job actually adapting previous material)
1. Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs
2. Andrew Haigh, 45 Years
3. Emma Donoghue, Room
4. Phyllis Nagy, Carol
5. David Marguilles, The End of the Tour
Runners-Up: Marielle Heller, The Diary of a Teenage Girl; Nick Hornby, Brooklyn; Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, The Big Short; Ronald Brownstein and Joshua Safdie, Heaven Knows What; Drew Goddard, The Martian
Honorable Mentions: George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, and Nick Lathouris, Mad Max: Fury Road; Cary Joji Fukunaga, Beasts of No Nation; Ryan Coogler and Aaron Covington, Creed; Keiko Niwa; Masashi Ando, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, and David Freedman, When Marnie Was There; Charlie Kaufman, Anomalisa
(Cristian Petzold and Harun Farocki for Phoenix not eligible)

Best Cinematography
1. The Revenant
2. Son of Saul
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Carol
5. Creed
(I would have had The Assassin but it wasn't eligible)

Best Costume Design
1. Brooklyn
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. Carol
4. Crimson Peak
5. The Duke of Burgundy

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
3. Crimson Peak

Best Film Editing
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Carol
3. Sicario
4. Creed
5. Steve Jobs

Best Original Score
1. Carol
2. It Follows
3. Sicario
4. Mad Max: Fury Road
5. Steve Jobs

Best Original Song
1. "Flashlight," Pitch Perfect 2
2. "I'll See You in My Dreams," I'll See You in My Dreams
3. "Seems Like Summer," Shaun the Sheep
4. "Simple Song #3," Youth
5. "Fighting Stronger," Creed

Best Production Design
1. Crimson Peak
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. Brooklyn
4. The Duke of Burgundy
5. Carol

Best Sound Editing/Mixing
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Ex Machina
3. Sicario
4. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
5. Love & Mercy

Best Visual Effects
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
3. The Walk
4. Ant-Man
5. Ex Machina

Best Animated Feature:
1. Inside Out
2. Shaun the Sheep Movie
3. Boy and the World
4. Anomalisa
5. When Marnie Was There

Best Documentary Feature:
1. The Look of Silence
2. Amy
3. Listen to Me Marlon
4. Cartel Land
5. Best of Enemies

Best Foreign Language Film:
(Only considering the official submissions from each country in this category)
1. Son of Saul (Hungary)
2. Mustang (France)
3. Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia)
4. The Assassin (Taiwan)
5. The Club (Chile)