Academy Award Nominations: The Revenant Scores 12 & Mad Max: Fury Road Nabs 10


The Oscar nominations were revealed this morning for who is up for the highest honor in the film industry. The reveal was announced by Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Guillermo del Toro, John Krasinski and Ang Lee.

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The awards will be handed out in a ceremony hosted by Chris Rock on February 28 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The Revenant led all films with 12 nominations and coming in second was the leader of our top 15 of 2015Mad Max: Fury Road — which scored 10 nods.

More on the nominations themselves and of course the snubs, so stay with The Movie Mensch all day with our don’t-miss Academy Awards column, Oscar Watch.

Best motion picture of the year

The Big Short

Bridge of Spies

Brooklyn

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Room

Spotlight

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Bryan Cranston in Trumbo

Matt Damon in The Martian

Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant

Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs

Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Christian Bale in The Big Short

Tom Hardy in The Revenant

Mark Ruffalo in Spotlight

Mark Rylance in Bridge of Spies

Sylvester Stallone in Creed

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Cate Blanchett in Carol

Brie Larson in Room

Jennifer Lawrence in Joy

Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years

Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hateful Eight

Rooney Mara in Carol

Rachel McAdams in Spotlight

Alicia Vikander in The Danish Girl

Kate Winslet in Steve Jobs

Best animated feature film of the year

Anomalisa

Boy and the World

Inside Out

Shaun the Sheep Movie

When Marnie Was There

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Achievement in cinematography

Carol

The Hateful Eight

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Revenant

Sicario

Achievement in costume design

Carol, Sandy Powell

Cinderella, Sandy Powell

The Danish Girl, Paco Delgado

Mad Max: Fury Road, Jenny Beavan

The Revenant, Jacqueline West

Achievement in directing

The Big Short, Adam McKay

Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller

The Revenant, Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Room, Lenny Abrahamson

Spotlight, Tom McCarthy

Best documentary feature

Amy

Cartel

The Look of Silence

What Happened, Miss Simone?

Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

Best documentary short subject

Body Team 12

Chau, beyond the Lines

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah

A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness

Last Day of Freedom

Achievement in film editing

The Big Short

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Revenant

Spotlight

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Best foreign language film of the year

Embrace of the Serpent, Colombia

Mustang, France

Son of Saul, Hungary

Theeb, Jordan

A War, Denmark

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

Mad Max: Fury Road

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared

The Revenant

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

Bridge of Spies

Carol

The Hateful Eight

Sicario

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (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

Writing’s On The Wall from Spectre

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Achievement in production design

Bridge of Spies

The Danish Girl

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Best animated short film

Bear Story

Prologue

Sanjay’s Super Team

We Can’t Live without Cosmos

World of Tomorrow

Best live action short film

Ave Maria

Day One

Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)

Shok

Stutterer

Achievement in sound editing

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Sicario

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Achievement in sound mixing

Bridge of Spies

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Achievement in visual effects

Ex Machina

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Adapted screenplay

The Big Short

Brooklyn

Carol

The Martian

Room

Original screenplay

Bridge of Spies

Ex Machina

Inside Out

Spotlight

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