2016 Critics’ Choice Award Nominations

The nominations for the 21 annual Critics’ Choice Awards have been announced, often an important bellwether on the road to Oscar. George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road led the charge with 13 nominations including mention for Best Picture, Best Director and perhaps most telling, Charlize Theron (Monster) was cited for her leading performance. Todd Haynes’ Carol, Ridley Scott’s The Martian and Alejandro González Iñárritu’s The Revenant all earned nine nods a piece.

Mad Max: Fury Road has been having a hell of season so far…at least among critics groups. The caveat for it’s charge with the Critics’ Choice Awards comes that they also have categories that signal the best films and performances in particular genres- like Best Action Film, Best Comedy Film and Best Sci-Fi/Horror Film.

The Critics’ Choice Awards are voted on by members of the Broadcast Film Critics Assocation, which is the largest film critics organization in the United States with a membership that consists of 300 television, radio and online journalists. Winners will be announced on January 17, 2016 (three days after Oscar nominations are announced) in a ceremony hosted by T.J. Miller. Check out the full list of film nominations below:

PICTURE

• The Big Short
• Bridge of Spies
• Brooklyn
• Carol
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Room
• Sicario
• Spotlight

DIRECTOR

• Todd Haynes, Carol
• Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
• Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
• George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
• Ridley Scott, The Martian
• Steven Spielberg, Bridge of Spies

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

ACTRESS

• Cate Blanchett, Carol
• Brie Larson, Room
• Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
• Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
• Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
• Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road

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

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

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Bridge of Spies– Matt Carman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
• Ex Machina– Alex Garland
• The Hateful Eight– Quentin Tarantino
• Inside Out– Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley
• Spotlight– Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• The Big Short– Charles Randolph, Adam McKay
• Brooklyn– Nick Hornby
• The Martian– Drew Goddard
• Room– Emma Donaghue
• Steve Jobs– Aaron Sorkin

ANIMATED FEATURE

• Anomalisa
• The Good Dinosaur
• Inside Out
• The Peanuts Movie
• Shaun the Sheep Movie

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• Amy
• Cartel Land
• Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
• He Named Me Malala
• The Look of Silence
• Where to Invade Next

FOREIGN FILM

• The Assassin
• Goodnight Mommy
• Mustang
• The Second Mother
• Son of Saul

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Carol– Ed Lachman
• The Hateful Eight– Robert Richardson
• Mad Max: Fury Road– John Seale
• The Martian– Dariusz Wolski
• The Revenant– Emmanuel Lubezki
• Sicario– Roger Deakins

PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Bridge of Spies– Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo
• Brooklyn– François Séguin, Jennifer Oman and Louise Tremblay
• Carol– Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
• The Danish Girl– Eve Stewart, Michael Standish
• Mad Max: Fury Road– Colin Gibson
• The Martian– Arthur Max, Celia Bobak

EDITING

• The Big Short– Hank Corwin
• Mad Max: Fury Road– Margaret Sixel
• The Martian– Pietro Scalia
• The Revenant– Stephen Mirrione
• Spotlight– Tom McArdle

COSTUME DESIGN

• Brooklyn– odile Dicks-Mireaux
• Carol– Sandy Powell
• Cinderella– Sandy Powell
• The Danish Girl– Paco Delgado
• Mad Max: Fury Road– Jenny Beaven

SCORE

• Carol– Carter Burwell
• The Hateful Eight– Ennio Morricone
• The Revenant– Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto
• Sicario– Johann Johannsson
• Spotlight– Howard Shore

ORIGINAL SONG

• Fifty Shades of Grey– “Love Me Like You Do”
• Furious 7– “See You Again”
• The Hunting Ground– “Til It Happens to You”
• Love & Mercy– “One Kind of Love”
• Spectre– “Writing’s on the Wall”
• Youth– “Simple Song #3”

HAIR & MAKEUP

• Black Mass
• Carol
• The Danish Girl
• The Hateful Eight
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant

VISUAL EFFECTS

• Ex Machina
• Jurassic World
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• The Walk

ACTION MOVIE

• Furious 7
• Jurassic World
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
• Sicario

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

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

COMEDY

• The Big Short
• Inside Out
• Joy
• Sisters
• Spy
• Trainwreck

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

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

• Tina Fey, Sisters
• Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
• Melissa McCarthy, Spy
• Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
• Lily Tomlin, Grandma

SCI-FI/HORROR FILM

• Ex Machina
• It Follows
• Jurassic World
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian

YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

• Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation
• R.J. Cyler, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
• Shameik Moore, Dope
• Milo Parker, Mr. Holmes
• Jacob Tremblay, Room

ACTING ENSEMBLE

• The Big Short
• The Hateful Eight
• Spotlight
• Straight Outta Compton
• Trumbo