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Oscar Nominations 2016 Complete List: Who Will Win Big At The 88th Academy Awards?

By Lindsay McCane
Published on: 01:12 PST, Jan 14, 2016

The Oscars are quickly approaching, and the nominees have been revealed!

On Thursday, January 14, actor John Krasinski, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, and filmmakers Guillermo del Toro and Ang Lee announced the nominees for the 88th Academy Awards at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

del Toro and Lee announced the nominees for the following categories: Animated Feature Film, Cinematography, Costume Design, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Song, Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing. Krasinski and Boone Isaacs then revealed the nominees for the remaining categories, including: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Directing, Film Editing, Foreign Language Film, Original Score, Best Picture, Production Design, Visual Effects, Adapted Screenplay, and Original Screenplay.

More than 400 media representatives from around the world attended the Nominations Announcement, which was a live news conference streamed on www.oscars.org/live.

Check out the complete list of Oscar 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
  • Micheal Fassbender, Steve Jobs
  • Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Best Actress

  • Cate Blanchett, Carol
  • Brie Larson, Room
  • Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
  • Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
  • Sioarse 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 Winslett, Steve Jobs

Directing

  • The Big Short
  • Mad Max
  • The Revenant
  • Room
  • Spotlight

Film Editing

  • Big Short
  • Mad Max
  • The Revenant
  • Spotlight
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Foreign Language Film

  • Embrace Of The Serpent
  • Mustang
  • Son Of Saul
  • A War
  • Theeb

Original Score

  • Bridge of Spies
  • Carol
  • The Hateful Eight
  • Sicario
  • Star Wars

Production Design

  • Bridge Of Spies
  • The Danish Girl
  • Mad Max
  • The Martian
  • The Revenant

Visual Effects

  • Ex Machina
  • Mad Max
  • The Revenant
  • Star Wars
  • The Martian

Adapted Screenplay

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

Original Screenplay

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

Animated Feature Film

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

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

Documentary Feature

  • Amy
  • Cartel Land
  • The Look of Silence
  • What Happened, Miss Simone
  • Ukraine

Documentary Short Subject

  • Body Team 12
  • A Girl In The River: The Price of Forgivenes
  • Last Day Of Freedom
  • Chau, Beyond the Lines
  • Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah

Makeup and Hairstyling

  • Mad Max
  • 100 Year Old Man
  • The Revenant

Original Song

  • “Earned It,” 50 Shades Of Gray
  • “Mata Ray,” Racing Extinction
  • “Simple Song #3,” Youth
  • “Til It Happens To You,” The Hunting Ground
  • “Writing’s On The Wall,” Spectre

Animated Short Film

  • World Of Tomorrow
  • Bear Story
  • Prologue
  • Sanjay’s Super Team
  • We Can’t Live Without Cosmos

Live Action Short Film

  • Ave Maria
  • Day One
  • Everything Will Be OK
  • Shock
  • Sutter

Sound Editing

  • Mad Max
  • 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

The 88th Academy Awards will be hosted by comedian Chris Rock, and will take place on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood. The Oscars will air on ABC at 7:00 p.m. ET. This marks Rock’s second time hosting the awards show. He previously hosted the 77th Academy Awards in 2005.

“I’m so glad to be hosting the Oscars,” Rock said. “It’s great to be back.”

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