Revenant, Mad Max Dominate 2016 Oscar Nominations

Nominations for the 88th Academy Awards were announced on Thursday morning, and The Revenant dominated the field, earning nods in 12 different categories, including Best Picture. In recent weeks, Alejandro Gonzlez Irritus epic saga of frontier revenge has seemed like one of the only sure things in an otherwise unusually unpredictable field, but the sheer number of nominations it received was one of the biggest surprises ofa morning that was filled with them.

Also vying for the film worlds top prize are The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, Room, and Spotlight.Of those films, Mad Max: Fury Road was given the biggest reason to smile, as George Millers blockbuster reboot of his beloved post-apocalyptic series drove away with 10 nominations, including one for Best Director. The Martian was another big winner epitomizing an Oscar field that skews more towards studio hits than it has in recent years, Ridley Scotts sci-fi survival tale landed five nominations, including a Best Actor nomination for Matt Damon (hell face off against The Revenant star Leonardo DiCaprio). Even Star Wars: The Force Awakens managed to blast away with four nominations, highlighted by a nod for Best Editing.

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The morning was also kind to a number of smaller films, including Sundance charmer Brooklyn (three nominations), and the harrowingly claustrophobic Room (four nominations). The leading ladies from those two films, Saoirse Ronan and Brie Larson, respectively, will square off in a Best Actress race thats rounded out by Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence, and Charlotte Rampling.

On the other hand, Todd HaynesCarol, a revered period melodrama about a love affair that blossoms between two women in Fifties Manhattan, didnt receive the same love from the Academy as it hasfrom critics, and was denied nominations for either Best Picture or Best Director.

The 88th Academy Awards will be held on February 28th. The ceremony will air on ABC, and will be hosted by Chris Rock. Check out the complete list of nominations below.

Best Picture:
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

Best Actor:
Bryan Cranston,Trumbo
Matt Damon,The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio,The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett,Carol
Brie Larson,Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling,45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Best Supporting Actor:
Christian Bale,The Big Short
Tom Hardy,The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Best Supporting Actress:
Jennifer Jason Leigh,The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams,Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Best Directing:
Adam McKay,The Big Short
George Miller,Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu, The Revenant
Lenny Abrahmson, Room
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

Best Animated Feature:
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There

Best Documentary Feature:
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraines Fight for Freedom

Best Foreign Language Film:
Embrace of the Serpent(Colombia)
Mustang(France)
Son of Saul(Hungary)
Theeb(Jordan)
A War(Denmark

Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room

Best Original Screenplay:
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton

Best Cinematography:
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario

Best Original Song:
Earned It from Fifty Shades of Grey
Manta Ray from Racing Extinction
Simple Song #3 from Youth
Til It Happens To You from The Hunting Ground
Writings on the Wall from Spectre

Best Original Score:
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight
The Revenant
Sicario

Best Film Editing:
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Production Design:
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant

Best Costume Design:
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

Best Sound Editing:
Mad 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 Visual Effects:
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant

Best Short Film (Live Action):
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay
Shok
Stutter

Best Documentary, Short Subject:
Body Team 12
Chau, Beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Specters of the Shoah
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Last Day of Freedom

Best Short Film (Animated):
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjays Super Team
We Cant Live Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow