The 2016 Oscar nominations were announced this morning by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and as usual features a few surprises alongside the expected nods. The Revenant earned a whopping 12 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor, while George Miller’s Mad Max reboot earned 10 nominations including Best Picture, and Best Director.
Some notable exclusions from this year’s list include Ridley Scott for directing The Martian which received nods for Best Picture and Best Actor by Matt Damon, as well as Steven Spielberg for Bridge of Spies which also earned a nomination for Best Picture. A hashtag is already making the rounds on social media, #OscarsSoWhite, after not one minority actor was recognized with nominations. There were plenty of outstanding performances this year by the likes of Ryan Coogler in Creed and Will Smith in Concussion, and F. Gary Gray’s directing of Straight Outta Compton was passed over as well.
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Check out the complete list of 2016 Oscar nominations for the awards show below and let us know what you think of the nominations and who you think shouldn’t have been snubbed this year in the comments, or on Google+, Twitter, or Facebook. The 88th Academy Awards ceremony airs on Sunday, February 28, 2016 on ABC and is set to be hosted by Chris Rock.
Best Picture
- The Big Short
Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers - Bridge of Spies
Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers - Brooklyn
Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers - Mad Max: Fury Road
Doug Mitchell and George Miller, Producers - The Martian
Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam, Producers - The Revenant
Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon, Producers - Room
Ed Guiney, Producer - Spotlight
Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, Producers
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, The Danish Girl
- Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Directing
- The Big Short, Adam McKay
- Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller
- The Revenant, Alejandro G. Iñárritu
- Room, Lenny Abrahamson
- Spotlight, Tom McCarthy
Film Editing
- The Big Short
Hank Corwin - Mad Max: Fury Road
Margaret Sixel - The Revenant
Stephen Mirrione - Spotlight
Tom McArdle - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey
Foreign Language Film
- Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia)
- Mustang (France)
- Son of Saul (Hungary)
- Theeb (Jordan)
- A War (Denmark)
Original Score
- Bridge of Spies
Thomas Newman - Carol
Carter Burwell - The Hateful Eight
Ennio Morricone - Sicario
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
John Williams
Production Design
- Bridge of Spies
Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich - The Danish Girl
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Michael Standish - Mad Max: Fury Road
Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson - The Martian
Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak - The Revenant
Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Hamish Purdy
Visual Effects
- Ex Machina
Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett - Mad Max: Fury Road
Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams - The Martian
Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner - The Revenant
Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
Adapted Screenplay
- The Big Short
Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay - Brooklyn
Screenplay by Nick Hornby - Carol
Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy - The Martian
Screenplay by Drew Goddard - Room
Screenplay by Emma Donoghue
Original Screenplay
- Bridge of Spies
Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - Ex Machina
Written by Alex Garland - Inside Out
Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen - Spotlight
Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy - Straight Outta Compton
Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff
Animated Feature Film
- Anomalisa
Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran - Boy and the World
Alê Abreu - Inside Out
Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera - Shaun the Sheep Movie
Mark Burton and Richard Starzak - When Marnie Was There
Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura
Cinematography
- Carol
Ed Lachman - The Hateful Eight
Robert Richardson - Mad Max: Fury Road
John Seale - The Revenant
Emmanuel Lubezki - Sicario
Roger Deakins
Costume Design
- Carol
Sandy Powell - Cinderella
Sandy Powell - The Danish Girl
Paco Delgado - Mad Max: Fury Road
Jenny Beavan - The Revenant
Jacqueline West
Documentary Feature
- Amy
Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees - Cartel Land
Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin - The Look of Silence
Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen - What Happened, Miss Simone?
Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes - Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor
Documentary Short Subject
- Body Team 12
David Darg and Bryn Mooser - Chau, Beyond the Lines
Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck - Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
Adam Benzine - A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy - Last Day of Freedom
Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman
Makeup and Hairstyling
- Mad Max: Fury Road
Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin - The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
Love Larson and Eva von Bahr - The Revenant
Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini
Original Song
- “Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey
Music and Lyric by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio - “Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction
Music by J. Ralph and Lyric by Antony Hegarty - “Simple Song #3” from Youth
Music and Lyric by David Lang - “Til It Happens To You” from The Hunting Ground
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga - “Writing’s On The Wall” from Spectre
Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
Animated Short Film
- Bear Story
Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala - Prologue
Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton - Sanjay’s Super Team
Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle - We Can’t Live without Cosmos
Konstantin Bronzit - World of Tomorrow
Don Hertzfeldt
Live Action Short Film
- Ave Maria
Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont - Day One
Henry Hughes - Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Patrick Vollrath - Shok
Jamie Donoughue - Stutterer
Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage
Sound Editing
- Mad Max: Fury Road
Mark Mangini and David White - The Martian
Oliver Tarney - The Revenant
Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender - Sicario
Alan Robert Murray - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Matthew Wood and David Acord
Sound Mixing
- Bridge of Spies
Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin - Mad Max: Fury Road
Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo - The Martian
Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth - The Revenant
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
