Nominations for the 88th Academy Awards were announced on Thursday evening, and The Revenant dominated the field, earning nods in 12 different categories, including Best Picture. In recent weeks, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 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 of a morning that was filled with them.
Also vying for the film world’s 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 Miller’s 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 Scott’s sci-fi survival tale landed five nominations, including a Best Actor nomination for Matt Damon (he’ll 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.
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 that’s rounded out by Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence, and Charlotte Rampling.
On the other hand, Todd Haynes’ Carol, a revered period melodrama about a love affair that blossoms between two women in Fifties Manhattan, didn’t receive the same love from the Academy as it has from 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 González Iñárritu, 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: Ukraine’s 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
”Writing’s 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
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
