These are the nominees for the 14th SFFCC Awards. Winners are listed at the top of each list:
| Best Film | Best Director |
|---|
- Spotlight
- Brooklyn
- Carol
- Love & Mercy
- Fury Road
| - George Miller – Fury Road
- John Crowley – Brooklyn
- Todd Haynes – Carol
- Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant
- Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
|
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
|---|
- Paul Dano – Love & Mercy
- Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
- Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
- Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
- Ian McKellen – Mr. Holmes
| - Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
- Cate Blanchett – Carol
- Brie Larson – Room
- Rooney Mara – Carol
- Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
|
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
|---|
- Michael Shannon – 99 Homes
- Paul Dano – Love & Mercy
- Benicio del Toro – Sicario
- Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
- Sylvester Stallone – Creed
| - Mya Taylor – Tangerine
- Elizabeth Banks – Love & Mercy
- Helen Mirren – Trumbo
- Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
- Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
|
| Best Screenplay – Original | Best Screenplay – Adapted |
|---|
- Michael Alan Lerner and Oren Moverman – Love & Mercy
- Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch – Tangerine
- Alex Garland – Ex Machina
- Taylor Sheridan – Sicario
- Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
| - Nick Hornby – Brooklyn
- Emma Donoghue – Room
- Drew Goddard – The Martian
- Andrew Haigh – 45 Years
- Marielle Heller – The Diary of a Teenage Girl
- Phyllis Nagy – Carol
|
| Best Animated Feature | Best Foreign Language Film |
|---|
- Anomalisa
- Boy and the World
- Inside Out
- The Peanuts Movie
- Shaun the Sheep Movie
| - ' Son of Saul
- The Assassin
- Goodnight Mommy
- A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
- Timbuktu
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| Best Cinematography | Best Editing |
|---|
- John Seale – Fury Road
- Mark Lee Ping Bin – The Assassin
- Edward Lachman – Carol
- Emmanuel Lubezki – The Revenant
- Roger Deakins – Sicario
| - Margaret Sixel – Fury Road
- Hank Corwin – The Big Short
- Dino Jonsäter – Love & Mercy
- Stephen Mirrione – The Revenant
- Joe Walker – Sicario
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| Best Documentary Film | Best Production Design |
|---|
- Listen to Me Marlon
- Amy
- Best of Enemies
- The Look of Silence
- Meru
| - Carol
- Bridge of Spies
- Brooklyn
- Fury Road
- The Revenant
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1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.floridafilmcritics.com/2015/12/21/carol-leads-2015-florida-film-critics-awards-nominations/ |title=San Francisco Critics Name 'Spotlight' Best Picture |last=Hayes |first=Kerry |date=December 14, 2015 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |accessdate=December 14, 2015}}