Oscar Nominations 2016: The Full List

‘The Revenant’ led nominations with nods in 12 categories, including Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio (Photo credit: 20th Century Fox)

On a calm, cool morning like any other in Los Angeles, the fortunes of some young stars are on the brink of a seismic shift. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences today announced the nominations for the 88th annual Academy Awards, and it included a roster of first-time nominees such as Brie Larson, Rachel McAdams and Alicia Vikander. The kudos–and occasionally, future cash–associated with an Oscar makes it the most coveted award of a busy season and one that could change the careers of those picked.
This year, critical favorites such as Brooklyn and Spotlight saw nods in the Best Picture category as did Box  Office hit The Martian. Leonardo DiCaprio came one step closer to the Best Actor Oscar that has so far evaded him, landing a nomination in the category. Sentimental crowd favorite Sylvester Stallone, fresh off his Golden Globe win, snagged a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Creed. Jennifer Lawrence earned her fourth nominations for Joy; Kate Winslet earned her seventh, this year for her Supporting Actress role in Steve Jobs.

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Alejandro González Iñárritu’s frontier saga The Revenant led the nominations, with 12 nods. Mad Max: Fury Road had the next best haul, scoring 10 nominations including Best Picture and Best Director. Among the biggest surprises: Carol did not earn a nod for Best Picture or Best Director, though Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara were both acknowledged for their performances. Straight Outta Compton, which some hoped would have been acknowledged in the Best Picture category, only earned one nomination, for Best Original Screenplay.
Perhaps most disappointing is that zero non-white actors earned nominations this year. Last year’s lack of diversity prompted the hasthag #OscarsSoWhite to start trending in protest and sadly, this year is no exception. Potential candidates, including Will Smith in Concussion or Idris Elba in Beasts of No Nation, were left out, as was long shot hopeful Tangerine. Not a single woman was recognized in the Best Director category. 
The Oscars will be awarded on Feb. 28 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, airing at 7 p.m. ET on ABC. Here’s the full list of nominees:
BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Animalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun The Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
COSTUME DESIGN
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl

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Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
DIRECTING
Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
Lenny Abramson, Room
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look Of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
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

FILM EDITING
The Big Short
Chau, beyond the Lines
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Colombia, Embrace of the Serpent
France, Mustang
Hungary, Son of Saul
Jordan, Theeb
Denmark, A War
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant
Mad Max: Fury Road
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Thomas Newman, Bridge of Spies
Carter Burwell, Carol
Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
Johann Johannsson, Sicario
John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
ORIGINAL SONG
“Earned It,” Fifty Shades of Grey
“Manta Ray,” Racing Extinction
“Simple Song No. 3,” Youth
“Till it Happens to You,” The Hunting Ground
“Writing’s on the Wall,” Spectre

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Stutterer
SOUND EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
SOUND MIXING
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, The Big Short
Nick Hornby, Brooklyn
Phyllis Nagy, Carol
Drew Goddard, The Martian
Emma Donoghue, Room
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Matt Charman, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Bridge of Spies
Alex Garland, Ex Machina
Pete Doctor, Meg LeFauce, and Josh Cooley, Inside Out
Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff, Straight Outta Compton