The nominees for the 88th Annual Academy Awards — celebrating the very best in film — were announced Thursday morning. Guillermo del Toro, Ang Lee and John Krasinski read the nominations live at 8:30 a.m. ET.
The brutal frontier saga “The Revenant” leads the 88th annual Academy Awards with 12 nominations, while the acting categories were again filled entirely by white performers.
The strong showing for “The Revenant,” including a best actor nod for Leonardo DiCaprio, follows its win at the Golden Globes. It sets director Alejandro Inarritu for a possible back-to-back win following his best-picture winning “Birdman.”
George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” followed with 10 nominations, including best picture. Ridley Scott’s sci-fi epic “The Martian” landed 7 nominations, including best picture, but no best director nod for Scott.
See the full list of nominations here:
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, “Carol”
Brie Larson, “Room”
Jennifer Lawrence, “Joy”
Charlotte Rampling, “45 Years”
Saoirse Ronan, “Brooklyn”
Best Actor
Brian Cranston, “Trumbo”
Matt Damon, “The Martian”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”
Michael Fassbender, “Jobs”
Eddie Redmayne, “The Danish Girl”
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh, “The Hateful Eight”
Rooney Mara, “Carol”
Rachel McAdams, “Spotlight”
Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl”
Kate Winslet, “Jobs”
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, “The Big Short”
Tom Hardy, “The Revenant”
Mark Ruffalo, “Spotlight”
Mark Rylance, “Bridge of Spies”
Sylvester Stallone, “Creed”
Best Picture
“Big Short”
“Bridge of Spies”
“Brooklyn”
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
“The Martian”
“The Revenant”
“Room”
“Spotlight”
Best Directing
Adam McKay, “The Big Short”
George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, “The Revenant”
Lenny Abramson, “Room”
Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight”
Best Original Screenplay
“Bridge of Spies”
“Ex Machina”
“Inside Out”
“Spotlight”
“Straight Outta Compton”
Best Adapted Screenplay
“The Big Short”
“Brooklyn”
“Carol”
“The Martian”
“Room”
Best Foreign Film
“Embrace the Serpent” (Colombia)
“Mustang” (France)
“Son of Saul” (Hungary)
“Theeb” (Jordan)
“A War” (Denmark)
Best Animated Feature
“Anomalisa”
“Boy and the World””Inside Out”
“Shaun and the Sheep Movie”
“When Marnie Was There”
Best Documentary Feature
“Amy”
“Cartel Land”
“The Look of Silence”
“What Happened, Miss Simone?”
“Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom”
Best Visual Effects
“Ex Machina”
“Mad Max”
“The Martian”
“The Revenant”
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
Best Score
“Bridge of Spies”
“Carol”
“The Hateful Eight”
“Sicario”
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
Best Song
“Earned It” (“Fifty Shades of Grey”)
“Manta Ray” (“Racing Extinction”)
“Simple Song #3” (“Youth”)
“Til It Happens to You” (“The Hunting Ground”)
“Writing’s on the wall” (“Spectre”)
Best Cinematography
“Carol”
“The Hateful Eight”
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
“Sicario”
“The Revenant”
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
“The 100-Year Old Man”
“The Revenant”
Best Costume Design
“Carol”
“Cinderella”
“The Danish Girl”
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
“The Revenant”
Best Production Design
“Bridge of Spies”
“The Danish Girl”
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
“The Martian”
The Revenant”
Best Film Editing
“The Big Short”
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
“The Revenant”
“Spotlight”
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
Best Sound Editing
“Max: Fury Road”
“The Martian”
“The Revenant”
“Sicario”
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
Best Sound Mixing
“Bridge of Spies”
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
“The Martian”
“The Revenant”
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
Best Short Film, Animated
“Bear Story”
“Prologue”
“Sanjay’s Super Team”
“We Can’t Live Without Cosmos”
“World Of Tomorrow”
Best Short Film, Live Action
“Ave Maria”
“Day One”
“Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)”
“Shok”
“Stutterer”
Best Documentary Short Subject
“Body Team 12”
“Chan, Beyond the Lines”
“Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoab”
“A Girl the River: The Price of Forgiveness”
“Last Day of Freedom”
Chris Rock will host the 88th annual Academy Awards on Feb. 28.
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