The Revenant leads the 2016 Oscar nominations with twelve nods, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio.

The Revenant

The Revenant

After the success of The Revenant at the Golden Globes at the weekend, the movie was expected to feature heavily in the nominations with DiCaprio the favourite to scoop Best Actor before they were even announced. He remains on course to win his first Oscar as he has been nominated alongside Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl), Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), Matt Damon (The Martian), and Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs).

While DiCaprio's co-star Tom Hardy has been overlooked at every other major awards ceremony this year, he picked up his first Oscar nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category. Hardy is one of three Brits to feature as Mark Rylance and Christian Bale have also been recognised for their work in Bridge of Spies and The Big Short. Mark Ruffalo and Sylvester Stallone are also in the mix for Creed.

Mad Max: Fury Road was one of the most acclaimed films of 2015 and the blockbuster film picked up ten nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director for George Miller. The Hateful Eight had eight nominations, The Martian picked up seven, while Spotlight, Bridge of Spies and Carol all had six.

While it is surprising that Carol was overlooked for Best Picture, The Revenant, Spotlight, The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, and Room make up the eight films that will battle it out for the night's most prestigious pride.

Despite being overlooked for Best Picture, Cate Blanchett picked another Best Actress nomination for her central performance in the role. Rooney Mara was also recognised in the Best Supporting Actress category.

The Best Actress category is one of the most exciting as Blanchett is nominated alongside Brie Larson, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlotte Rampling and Saoirse Ronan for Room, Joy, 45 Years, and Brooklyn. Lawrence becomes the youngest four-time nominee while veteran Rampling picks up the first Oscar nomination of her career.

Rooney Mara was put in the Best Supporting Actress category - instead of going head to head with Blanchett like at the Golden Globes - and she faces tough competition too as Kate Winslet, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rachel McAdams, and Alicia Vikander all got nods for their work in Steve Jobs, The Hateful Eight, Spotlight, and The Danish Girl.

However, there was more disappointment for Carol in the Best Director category, as Todd Haynes was overlooked. Alejandro González Iñárritu made it two in a row as he was recognised again for The Revenant; he won twelve months ago for the critically acclaimed Birdman.

It remains to be seen if he should win again but he is nominated alongside Adam McKay, George Miller, Lenny Abrahamson, and Tom McCarthy for The Big Short, Mad Max: Fury Road, Room, and Spotlight.

While Inside Out leads the Best Animated Feature category and remains the favourite to win, it failed to muscle its way into the Best Picture category - which was a major shame.

Full List of Oscar Nominees:

- Best Picture

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

- Best Actor

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

- Best Actress

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

- Best Director

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

- Best Supporting Actor

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

- Best Supporting Actress

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

- Best Original Screenplay

  • Bridge of Spies - Matt Charman, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
  • Ex Machina - Alex Garland
  • Inside Out - Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve & Josh Cooley
  • Spotlight - Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer
  • Straight Outta Compton - Jonathan Herman & Andrea Berloff

- Best Adapted Screenplay

  • The Big Short - Adam McKay & Charles Randolph
  • Brooklyn - Nick Hornby
  • Carol - Phyllis Nagy
  • The Martian - Drew Goddard
  • Room - Emma Donoghue

- Best Animated Feature

  • Inside Out
  • Anomalisa
  • Boy and the World
  • 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
  • Mustang
  • Son of Saul
  • Theeb
  • A War

- Best Cinematography

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

- Best Costume Design

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

- Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  • Mad Max; Fury Road
  • The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
  • The Revenant

- Best Original Song

  • 'Til It Happens To You' from The Hunting Ground
  • 'Writing's On The Wall' from Spectre
  • 'Simple Song #3' from Youth
  • 'Earned It' from Fifty Shades of Grey
  • 'Manta Ray' from Racing Extinction

- Best Original Score

  • Bridge of Spies
  • Carol
  • The Hateful Eight
  • Sicario
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens

- 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 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 Visual Effects

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

- 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

- 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 Ok (Alles Wird Gut)
  • Shok
  • Stutterer

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