21st Empire Awards


The 21st Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2015 and took place on 20 March 2016 in London, England.
' was the most awarded film with five winnings, including Best Director. Other winners included ', with four awards, and the two times winner Spectre. The honorary awards were given to Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci and Paddy Considine.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

  • Spectre
  • * 45 Years
  • * Legend
  • * Macbeth
  • * Suffragette
  • J. J. Abrams —
  • * Ryan Coogler — Creed
  • * Alejandro G. Iñárritu — The Revenant
  • * George Miller — '
  • * Ridley Scott — The Martian
  • Adam McKay, Charles Randolph — The Big Short
  • * Quentin Tarantino — The Hateful Eight
  • * Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer — Spotlight
  • * Aaron Sorkin — Steve Jobs
  • * Amy Schumer — Trainwreck
  • Matt Damon — The Martian
  • * Leonardo DiCaprio — The Revenant
  • * Michael Fassbender — Macbeth & Steve Jobs
  • * Tom Hardy — Legend & '
  • * Michael B. Jordan — Creed
  • Alicia Vikander — The Danish Girl
  • * Emily Blunt — Sicario
  • * Brie Larson — Room
  • * Jennifer Lawrence — '
  • * Charlize Theron — '
  • John Boyega —
  • * Abraham Attah — Beasts of No Nation
  • * Thomas Mann — Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
  • * Jason Mitchell — Straight Outta Compton
  • * Jacob Tremblay — Room
  • Daisy Ridley —
  • * Olivia Cooke — Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
  • * Rebecca Ferguson — '
  • * Maika Monroe — It Follows
  • * Bel Powley — The Diary of a Teenage Girl
  • Spy
  • * Ant-Man
  • * Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
  • * Trainwreck
  • * Inside Out
  • The Hallow
  • * Crimson Peak
  • * '
  • * It Follows
  • * Krampus
  • * '
  • * Jurassic World
  • * '
  • * The Martian
  • Spectre
  • * Bridge Of Spies
  • * The Gift
  • * '
  • * Sicario
  • Inside Out
  • * Minions
  • * Shaun the Sheep Movie
  • * Song of the Sea
  • * The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
  • Amy
  • * Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
  • * He Named Me Malala
  • * The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
  • * Making a Murderer
  • World of Tomorrow
  • * Kung Fury
  • * Lava
  • * Sanjay's Super Team
  • * Stutterer
  • * The Hateful Eight
  • * The Martian
  • * Sicario
  • * Straight Outta Compton
  • * Crimson Peak
  • * '
  • * The Martian
  • * '
  • * Carol
  • * Cinderella
  • * Crimson Peak
  • * '
  • * Crimson Peak
  • * The Danish Girl
  • * The Revenant
  • * '
  • * Ant-Man
  • * Jurassic World
  • * '
  • * The Revenant
  • This Is England '90
  • * Marvel's Daredevil
  • * Fargo
  • * Game of Thrones
  • * Marvel's Jessica Jones
  • * Bloodborne
  • * Fallout 4
  • * '
  • * '
  • Empire Hero Award: Stanley Tucci''
  • Empire Inspiration Award: Paddy Considine
  • Empire Legend Award: Alan Rickman
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    Multiple awards

    The following films received multiple awards:
    AwardsFilm
    5'
    4'
    2Spectre

    Multiple nominations

    The following films received multiple nominations:
    AwardsFilm
    10'
    9'
    6The Martian
    5The Revenant
    4Crimson Peak
    3Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
    3Sicario
    3The Hateful Eight
    3'
    2Ant-Man
    2Creed
    2Inside Out
    2It Follows
    2Jurassic World
    2Legend
    2Macbeth
    2'
    2Room
    2Spectre
    2Steve Jobs
    2Straight Outta Compton
    2The Danish Girl
    2Trainwreck