The 14th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 7, 2015.
Best Film
- Spotlight
- Brooklyn
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Revenant
- Sicario
Best Director
- George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
- Alex Garland – Ex Machina
- Todd Haynes – Carol
- Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant
- Ridley Scott – The Martian
Best Actor
- Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
- Matt Damon – The Martian
- Johnny Depp – Black Mass
- Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
- Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
Best Actress
- Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
- Cate Blanchett – Carol
- Brie Larson – Room
- Sarah Silverman – I Smile Back
- Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Supporting Actor
- Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation
- Paul Dano – Love & Mercy
- Tom Hardy – The Revenant
- Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
- Sylvester Stallone – Creed
Best Supporting Actress
- Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
- Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
- Rooney Mara – Carol
- Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
- Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Emma Donoghue – Room
- Drew Goddard – The Martian
- Nick Hornby – Brooklyn
- Phyllis Nagy – Carol
- Aaron Sorkin – Steve Jobs
Best Original Screenplay
- Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley (original story by Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen) – Inside Out
- Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, and Joel Coen – Bridge of Spies
- Alex Garland – Ex Machina
- Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer – Spotlight
- Amy Schumer – Trainwreck
Best Ensemble
- Spotlight
- The Big Short
- The Hateful Eight
- Steve Jobs
- Straight Outta Compton
Best Animated Film
- Inside Out
- Anomalisa
- The Good Dinosaur
- The Peanuts Movie
- Shaun the Sheep Movie
Best Documentary Film
- Amy
- Best of Enemies
- Cartel Land
- Going Clear
- The Look of Silence
Best Foreign Language Film
- Son of Saul • Hungary
- The Assassin • Taiwan
- Goodnight Mommy • Austria
- Mustang • France
- The Second Mother • Brazil
Best Art Direction
- Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson – Mad Max: Fury Road
- Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler – Carol
- Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo – Cinderella
- Jeff Melvin, Thomas E. Sanders, and Shane Vieau – Crimson Peak
- Jenny Oman, François Séguin, and Louise Tremblay – Brooklyn
Best Cinematography
- Emmanuel Lubezki – The Revenant
- Yves Bélanger – Brooklyn
- Roger Deakins – Sicario
- Edward Lachman – Carol
- John Seale – Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Editing
- Margaret Sixel – Mad Max: Fury Road
- Elliot Graham – Steve Jobs
- Stephen Mirrione – The Revenant
- Pietro Scalia – The Martian
- Joe Walker – Sicario
Best Original Score
- Jóhann Jóhannsson – Sicario
- Michael Brook – Brooklyn
- Carter Burwell – Carol
- Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) – Mad Max: Fury Road
- Ennio Morricone – The Hateful Eight
Best Youth Performance
- Jacob Tremblay – Room
- Abraham Attah – Beasts of No Nation
- Raffey Cassidy – Tomorrowland
- Oona Laurence – Southpaw
Güneş Şensoy – Mustang