Oscar Nominations 2016: Here Are Your Academy Award Nominees

Immortan Joe, the Wasteland Pope of 'Mad Max: Fury Road', got snubbed!
Immortan Joe, the Wasteland Pope of 'Mad Max: Fury Road', got snubbed! Warner Bros. Pictures

The nominations for the 2016 Oscars were announced this morning by John Krasinski, Guillermo del Toro, Ang Lee and the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cheryl Boone Isaacs. This will be the 88th Academy Awards, which are Sunday, Feb. 28.

Here are the full list of 2016 Oscar nominations. The Academy Award noms seem to hew closely to predictions, but let us know in the comments if you found any surprises.

Oscar Nominees for the 2016 Academy Awards

Best Picture

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

Best Actress

  • Cate Blanchett for Carol
  • Brie Larson for Room
  • Jennifer Lawrence for Joy
  • Charlotte Rampling for 45 Years
  • Saoirse Ronan for Brooklyn

Best Actor

  • Bryan Cranston for Trumbo
  • Matt Damon for The Martian
  • Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant
  • Micheal Fassbender for Steve Jobs
  • Eddie Redmayne for The Danish Girl

Best Supporting Actress

  • Jennifer Jason Leigh for The Hateful Eight
  • Rooney Mara for Carol
  • Rachel McAdams for Spotlight
  • Alicia Vikander for The Danish Girl
  • Kate Winslet for Steve Jobs

Best Supporting Actor

  • Christian Bale for The Big Short
  • Tom Hardy for The Revenant
  • Mark Ruffalo for Spotlight
  • Mark Rylance for Bridge Of Spies
  • Sylvester Stallone for Creed

Best Director

  • The Big Short, Adam McKay
  • Spotlight, Tom McCarthy
  • Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller
  • The Revenant, Alejandro G. Iñárritu
  • Room, Lenny Abrahamson

Adapted Screenplay

  • The Big Short
  • Brooklyn
  • Carol
  • The Martian
  • Room

Original Screenplay

  • Bridge Of Spies
  • Ex Machina
  • Inside Out
  • Spotlight
  • Straight Outta Compton

Film Editing

  • The Big Short
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Revenant
  • Spotlight
  • Star Wars: Episode 7 The Force Awakens

Animated Feature Film

  • Anomalisa
  • Boy And The World
  • Inside Out
  • Shaun The Sheep Movie
  • When Marnie Was There

Documentary Feature

  • Amy
  • Cartel Land
  • The Look of Silence
  • What Happened, Miss Simone
  • Winter On Fire: Ukraine

Foreign Language Film

  • Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia)
  • Mustang (France)
  • Son of Saul (Hungary)
  • Theeb (Jordan)
  • A War (Denmark)

Original Score

  • Thomas Newman, Bridge of Spies
  • Carter Burwell, Carol
  • Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
  • Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sicario
  • John Williams, Star Wars: Episode 7 The Force Awakens

Production Design

  • Bridge of Spies
  • The Danish Girl
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Martian
  • The Revenant

Visual Effects

  • Ex Machina
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Martian
  • The Revenant
  • Star Wars: Episode 7 The Force Awakens

Cinematography

  • Carol
  • The Hateful Eight
  • Mad Mad: Fury Road
  • The Revenant
  • Sicario

Costume Design

  • Carol
  • Cinderella
  • The Danish Girl
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Revenant

The winners will be announced on Feb. 28, at which point we can spend the rest of our lives whining about how they picked the wrong Best Picture yet again.

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