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List of 88th annual Academy Award nominations is announced

Complete list of 88th Annual Academy Award nominations announced Thursday:

1. Best Picture: “The Big Short,” ”Bridge of Spies,” ”Brooklyn,” ”Mad Max: Fury Road,” ”The Martian,” ”The Revenant,” ”Room,” ”Spotlight.”

2. Actor: Bryan Cranston, “Trumbo”; Matt Damon, “The Martian”; Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”; Michael Fassbender, “Steve Jobs”; Eddie Redmayne, “The Danish Girl.”

3. Actress: Cate Blanchett, “Carol”; Brie Larson, “Room”; Jennifer Lawrence, “Joy”; Charlotte Rampling, “45 Years”; Saoirse Ronan, “Brooklyn.”

4. Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, “The Big Short”; Tom Hardy, “The Revenant”; Mark Ruffalo, “Spotlight”; Mark Rylance, “Bridge of Spies”; Sylvester Stallone, “Creed.”

5. Supporting Actress: Jennifer Jason Leigh, “The Hateful Eight”; Rooney Mara, “Carol”; Rachel McAdams, “Spotlight”; Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl”; Kate Winslet, “Steve Jobs.”

6. Directing: “The Big Short,” Adam McKay; “Mad Max: Fury Road,” George Miller; “The Revenant,” Alejandro G. Inarritu; “Room,” Lenny Abrahamson; “Spotlight,” Tom McCarthy.

7. Foreign Language Film: “Embrace of the Serpent,” ”Mustang,” ”Son of Saul,” ”Theeb,” ”A War.”

8. Adapted Screenplay: “The Big Short,” ”Brooklyn,” ”Carol,” ”The Martian,” ”Room.”

9. Original Screenplay: “Bridge of Spies,” ”Ex Machina,” ”Inside Out,” ”Spotlight,” ”Straight Outta Compton.”

10. Animated Feature Film: “Anomalisa,” ”Boy and the World,” ”Inside Out,” ”Shaun the Sheep Movie,” ”When Marnie Was There.”

11. Production Design: “Bridge of Spies,” ”The Danish Girl,” ”Mad Max: Fury Road,” ”The Martian,” ”The Revenant.”

12. Cinematography: “Carol,” ”The Hateful Eight,” ”Mad Max: Fury Road,” ”The Revenant,” ”Sicario.”

13. Sound Mixing: “Bridge of Spies,” ”Mad Max: Fury Road,” ”The Martian,” ”The Revenant,” ”Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

14. Sound Editing: “Mad Max: Fury Road,” ”The Martian,” ”The Revenant,” ”Sicario,” ”Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

15. Original Score: “Bridge of Spies,” ”Carol,” ”The Hateful Eight,” ”Sicario,” ”Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

16. Original Song: “Earned It” from “Fifty Shades of Grey”; “Manta Ray” from “Racing Extinction”; “Simple Song #3” from “Youth”; “Til It Happens To You” from “The Hunting Ground”; “Writing’s on the Wall” from “Spectre.”

17. Costume Design: “Carol,” ”Cinderella,” ”The Danish Girl,” ”Mad Max: Fury Road,” ”The Revenant.”

18. Documentary Feature: “Amy,” ”Cartel Land,” ”The Look of Silence,” ”What Happened, Miss Simone?,” ”Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom.”

19. 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.”

20. Film Editing: “The Big Short,” ”Mad Max: Fury Road,” ”The Revenant,” ”Spotlight,” ”Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

21. Makeup and Hairstyling: “Mad Max: Fury Road,” ”The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared,” ”The Revenant.”

22. Animated Short Film: “Bear Story,” ”Prologue,” ”Sanjay’s Super Team,” ”We Can’t Live Without Cosmos,” ”World of Tomorrow”

23. Live Action Short Film: “Ave Maria,” ”Day One,” ”Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut),” ”Shok,” ”Stutterer.”

24. Visual Effects: “Ex Machina,” ”Mad Max: Fury Road,” ”The Martian,” ”The Revenant,” ”Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

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