The 15th Annual Golden Schmoes Nominees are announced! (+ IMDB love!)

Thanks to your nominations we have now compiled the final list of nominees for The 15th Annual JoBlo Movie Awards (aka The Golden Schmoes)! Final voting runs from Monday, February 8th through Wednesday, February 24th, with winners to be announced on Friday, February 26th, just ahead of the Oscars!

To note, the Golden Schmoes have been a staple of the site since its inception and we're proud to represent the popular vote and even have our winning results counted in the awards tally at IMDB (see below). So, thanks to everyone who voted and for letting your voice be heard! You'll still get one more shot as we prepare to vote for the winners now that the final nominees are in. Let's get into the final nominees, shall we?

Given the massive impact both MAD MAX: FURY ROAD and STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS have had on the fan community, it's no surprise those led the charge for most nominations (and deservedly so, in my opinion). I was pleasantly surprised to see both EX MACHINA and SICARIO get some strong love, as both have been all but ignored by the so-called "legit" awards shows. Can't beat the fan vote, though, and we got it covered this go round. It was also great to see KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE rack up some solid nominations, as it was no doubt one of the most surprisingly cool flicks of last year.

No records were broken in terms of MOST nominations (which still belongs to Christopher Nolan's INCEPTION with 19 nominations), but some were obviously favored more than others (see the most-nominated below). The selections were well in line with the popular opinion of most cinephiles (or, at least, the Schmoe community) and included a bigger selection of the more popular films we enjoyed this year, rather than an overwhelming dose of "Oscar bait" as is the case with most other awards shows. Overall, I think this is a great representation of some of the best films of 2015 and am proud of the nominee results. Y'all done good! Take a look at the nominees below and start planning out how you'll vote come next week…

MOST NOMINATIONS (2015)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (17)
Mad Max: Fury Road (16)
Ex Machina (10)
Sicario (8)
The Revenant (7)
The Martian (7)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (6)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (5)
Inside Out (5)

Remember that each person can vote ONLY ONCE for the Golden Schmoes, but you needn't be a member of our site to do so. We will also be running our 15TH ANNUAL OSCAR PREDICTION CONTEST this year, so stay tuned for that as well. See previous years' GOLDEN SCHMOES winners below, along with this year's crop of nominations per category. Thanks for participating!

PAST WINNERS:

2014 / 2013 /2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008 / 2007 / 2006 / 2005 / 2004 / 2003 / 2002 / 2001

Voting period: February 8th – 24th, 2016
Winners announcement: Friday February 26th, 2016

The Official 2015 nominees are:

FAVORITE MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Sicario
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Martian

WORST MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Fifty Shades of Grey
Terminator: Genisys
Fantastic Four
Pixels
Jupiter: Ascending

BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
J.J. Abrams – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Ridley Scott – The Martian
Quentin Tarantino – The Hateful Eight

BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
The Hateful Eight
Ex Machina
Inside Out
The Martian
Spotlight

MOST OVERRATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Jurassic World
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Furious 7
The Martian

MOST UNDERRATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Sicario
Ex Machina
The Gift
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

TRIPPIEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR
It Follows
Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road
Ex Machina
The Revenant

BEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR
Spy
Trainwreck
What We Do In The Shadows
The Night Before
Inside Out

BEST HORROR MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Crimson Peak
It Follows
The Visit
Krampus
Bone Tomahawk

BEST ANIMATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Inside Out
Anomolisa
The Good Dinosaur
The Peanuts Movie
Minions

BEST SCI-FI MOVIE OF THE YEAR
The Martian
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
Jurassic World

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS OF THE YEAR
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Mad Max: Fury Road
Jurassic World
The Martian
Ex Machina

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR
Spectre
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Fantastic Four
Jurassic World
Terminator: Genisys

BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE YEAR
Ex Machina
Creed
Mad Max: Fury Road
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Ant-Man

BEST ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Johnny Depp – Black Mass
Michael B. Jordan – Creed
Tom Hardy – Mad Max: Fury Road
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs

BEST ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Brie Larson – Room
Emily Blunt – Sicario
Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Sylvester Stallone – Creed
Benicio Del Toro – Sicario
Oscar Isaac – Ex Machina
Walton Goggins – The Hateful Eight
Tom Hardy – The Revenant

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
Rachel McAdams – Southpaw
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara – Carol

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
Taron Egerton – Kingsman: The Secret Service
Jacob Tremblay – Room
Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
John Boyega – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

FAVORITE CELEBRITY OF THE YEAR
Oscar Isaac
Leonardo DiCaprio
Daisy Ridley
Harrison Ford
Jennifer Lawrence

COOLEST CHARACTER OF THE YEAR
Galahad/Harry Hart – Kingsman: The Secret Service
Furiosa – Mad Max: Fury Road
Han Solo – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Kylo Ren – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Rey – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST MUSIC IN A MOVIE
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Hateful Eight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Straight Outta Compton
Sicario

FAVORITE MOVIE POSTER OF THE YEAR
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario
Ant-Man

BEST TRAILER OF THE YEAR
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Jurassic World

BEST DVD OF THE YEAR
Mad Max: Fury Road
Inside Out
Jurassic World
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Avengers: Age of Ultron

BEST ACTION SEQUENCE OF THE YEAR
Church Fight – Kingsman: The Secret Service
The Final Chase – Mad Max: Fury Road
Final Battle at Starkiller Base – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Bear Attack – The Revenant
Border Crossing Shoot-out – Sicario

MOST MEMORABLE SCENE OF THE YEAR
Bear Attack – The Revenant
Church Fight – Kingsman: The Secret Service
Kylo Ren kills his father – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Dust Storm Chase – Mad Max: Fury Road
"Family Dinner" scene – Sicario

BEST T&A OF THE YEAR
Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
Scarlett Johansson – Avengers: Age of Ultron
Rebecca Ferguson – Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
Alexandra Daddario – San Andreas
Margot Robbie – Focus

BEST LINE OF THE YEAR

"Chewie. We're home." – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
"Baskin Robbins always finds out." – Ant-Man
"Manners maketh man." – Kingsman – The Secret Service
"I'm gonna have to science the shit out of this." – The Martian
"Oh, what a day! What a lovely day!" – Mad Max: Fury Road

VOTING STARTS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8th!