Oscar nominees for the 88th annual awards were announced on Thursday morning live from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences headquarters in Beverly Hills.
The ceremony, hosted by Chris Rock for the second time, will be held on Feb. 28 and air live on ABC.
Here is the full list of nominees for the 2016 Oscars:
Best motion picture of the year:
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Performance by an actor in a leading role:
Bryan Cranston in Trumbo
Matt Damon in The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant
Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl
Performance by an actress in a leading role:
Cate Blanchett in Carol
Brie Larson in Room
Jennifer Lawrence in Joy
Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn
Performance by an actor in a supporting role:
Christian Bale in The Big Short
Tom Hardy in The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo in Spotlight
Mark Rylance in Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone in Creed
Performance by an actress in a supporting role:
Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara in Carol
Rachel McAdams in Spotlight
Alicia Vikander in The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet in Steve Jobs
Achievement in directing:
The Big Short Adam McKay
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
The Revenant Alejandro G. I rritu
Room Lenny Abrahamson
Spotlight Tom McCarthy
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
Best animated feature film of the year:
Anomalisa Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran
Boy and the World Al 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
Best 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 S rensen
What Happened, Miss Simone? Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor
Best foreign language film of the year:
Embrace of the Serpent Colombia
Mustang France
Son of Saul Hungary
Theeb Jordan
A War Denmark
Achievement in cinematography:
Carol Ed Lachman
The Hateful Eight Robert Richardson
Mad Max: Fury Road John Seale
The Revenant Emmanuel Lubezki
Sicario Roger Deakins
Achievement in costume design:
Carol Sandy Powell
Cinderella Sandy Powell
The Danish Girl Paco Delgado
Mad Max: Fury Road Jenny Beavan
The Revenant Jacqueline West
Best 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
Achievement in 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
Achievement in 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 Si n Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score):
Bridge of Spies Thomas Newman
Carol Carter Burwell
The Hateful Eight Ennio Morricone
Sicario J hann J hannsson
Star Wars: The Force Awakens John Williams
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (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
Achievement in 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
Best 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
Best 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
Achievement in sound editing:
Mad Max: Fury Road Mark Mangini a
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Oscar nominees for the 88th annual awards were announced on Thursday morning live from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences headquarters in Beverly Hills.
