Mad Max: Fury Road leads Critics Choice Awards nominations

The movie starring Charlize Theron, Tom Hardy and Nicholas Hoult has received 13 nods for the awards which will be held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica California on 17 January. The reboot has received a Best Picture nomination with other nods including Best Director for George Miller, Best Actress and Best Actress In An Action Movie for Charlize and Best Actor In An Action movie for Tom.

It has also received nominations for Cinematography, Production Design, Editing, Costume Design, Hair And Makeup, Visual Effects, Action Movie and Sci-Fi/Horror Movie.

Carol, The Martian and The Revenant have each been nominated for nine awards at the ceremony which will be the first year that the Broadcast Film Critics Association and Broadcast Television Journalists Association have merged their awards.

Spotlight is up for eight awards, The Big Short got seven and The Hateful Eigh has received six nominations.

Meanwhile, Fargo has received eight nominations in the TV categories.

The Leftovers and Transparent have six each, The Wiz Live! received five nominations, and Black-ish, Mr. Robot and Penny Dreadful each got four.

Here are the Critics' Choice Awards nominees:

Best Picture

The Big Short

Bridge of Spies

Brooklyn

Carol

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Room

Sicario

Spotlight

Best Actor

Bryan Cranston - Trumbo

Matt Damon - The Martian

Johnny Depp - Black Mass

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

Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Supporting Actor

Paul Dano - Love & Mercy

Tom Hardy - The Revenant

Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight

Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies

Michael Shannon - 99 Homes

Sylvester Stallone - Creed

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight

Rooney Mara - Carol

Rachel McAdams - Spotlight

Helen Mirren - Trumbo

Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl

Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs

Best Young Actor/Actress

Abraham Attah - Beasts of No Nation

RJ Cyler - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Shameik Moore - Dope

Milo Parker - Mr. Holmes

Jacob Tremblay - Room

Best Acting Ensemble

The Big Short

The Hateful Eight

Spotlight

Straight Outta Compton

Trumbo

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Best Director

Todd Haynes - Carol

Alejandro Gonz lez I rritu - The Revenant

Tom McCarthy - Spotlight

George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road

Ridley Scott - The Martian

Steven Spielberg - Bridge of Spies

Best Original Screenplay

Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - Bridge of Spies

Alex Garland - Ex Machina

Quentin Tarantino - The Hateful Eight

Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley - Inside Out

Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy - Spotlight

Best Adapted Screenplay

Charles Randolph and Adam McKay - The Big Short

Nick Hornby - Brooklyn

Drew Goddard - The Martian

Emma Donoghue - Room

Aaron Sorkin - Steve Jobs

Best Editing

The Big Short - Hank Corwin

Mad Max: Fury Road - Margaret Sixel

The Martian - Pietro Scalia

The Revenant - Stephen Mirrione

Spotlight - Tom McArdle

Best Animated Feature

Anomalisa

The Good Dinosaur

Inside Out

The Peanuts Movie

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Action Movie

Furious 7

Jurassic World

Mad Max: Fury Road

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

Sicario

Best Actor in an Action Movie

Daniel Craig - Spectre

Tom Cruise - Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

Tom Hardy - Mad Max: Fury Road

Chris Pratt - Jurassic World

Paul Rudd - Ant-Man

Best Actress in an Action Movie

Emily Blunt - Sicario

Rebecca Ferguson - Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

Bryce Dallas Howard - Jurassic World

Jennifer Lawrence - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Comedy

The Big Short

Inside Out

Joy

Sisters

Spy

Trainwreck

Best Actor in a Comedy

Christian Bale - The Big Short

Steve Carell - The Big Short

Robert De Niro - The Intern

Bill Hader - Trainwreck

Jason Statham - Spy

Best Actress in a Comedy

Tina Fey - Sisters

Jennifer Lawrence - Joy

Melissa McCarthy - Spy

Amy Schumer - Trainwreck

Lily Tomlin - Grandma

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