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‘The Revenant’ Is Aiming for All of the Oscars

‘The Revenant’ Is Aiming for All of the Oscars

The 2016 Oscar nominations are here—and there are a few surprising omissions. Namely, everyone seems to have forgotten Ridley Scott in the Best Director category. You know what they say, though: You can’t win them all. Unless you’re The Revenant. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s thriller got a whopping 12 Oscar noms. The Revenant was followed closely by Mad Max: Fury Road which racked up an impressive 10 nominations. Here are some of the more notable nominations:

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

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

Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Matt Damon, The Martian

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Read the full list of nominees here.

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