This year's Oscar nominations are in, and it looks as though Leonardo DiCaprio is the man to beat.
Leo, a frequent nominee but never winner at the Academy Awards, has been handed a Leading Actor nomination for his role in 'The Revenant', a bleak but beautiful tale of a huntsman bent on survival and revenge after he is left for dead by his fellow men in the uncharted frontier of 1820.
'The Revenant' leads the field this year with 12 nominations, including one for Best Director Alejandro Inarritu, last year's winner for 'Birdman'.
The world's biggest film, 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' was recognised in the technical fields, while 'Mad Max: Fury Road' gained veteran director George Miller a Best Picture nomination, as well as for Best Director and in various technical fields, making it the second most nominated film of the year, with 10 nods.
The biggest cheer in the room when the nominations were announced was for Sylvester Stallone, nominated for Best Supporting Actor for 'Creed', the same film which earned him a Golden Globe at the weekend.
Eddie Redmayne, Kate Winslet, Charlotte Rampling and Tom Hardy lead the British charge this year. While Eddie goes head to head with Leo in the hope of doing the double following his win last year, Charlotte Rampling has picked up a nomination for her compelling role in the drama '45 Years'.
Tom Hardy's fans will be delighted their hero has picked up a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his villainous role in 'The Revenant', while Mark Rylance has been recognised for his role of a discovered spy in Steven Spielberg's 'Bridge of Spies'.
Kate Winslet, previously a winner for 'The Reader', is in the shortlist for Best Supporting Actress for 'Steve Jobs', while her co-star Michael Fassbender has been nominated for Best Leading Actor. Writer Aaron Sorkin, however, has been overlooked, as has Quentin Tarantino for his Western 'The Hateful Eight'.
All the nominees in the leading categories below...
BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
BEST DIRECTOR
Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
Lenny Abrhamson, Room
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Leonardo DiCaprio has been nominated for his role in 'The Revenant'
BEST LEAD ACTOR
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Jennifer Lawrence could pick up yet another gong for her role in 'Joy'
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom
BEST 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
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Embrace of the Serpent (Columbia)
Mustang (France)
Son of Saul (HJungary)
Theeb (Jordan)
A War (Denmark)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay's Super Team
We Can't Live Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Earned It," Fifty Shades of Grey
"Manta Ray," Racing Extinction
"Simple Song No. 3," Youth
"'Til It Happens to You," The Haunting Ground
"Writings on the Wall," Spectre
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
COSTUME DESIGN
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Mad Max
The Revenant
The Martian
Star Wars
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant
ORIGINAL SCORE
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Star Wars
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Stutterer
BEST SOUND EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
BEST SOUND MIXING
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Click here for the full list of this year's nominations.
This year's Oscars ceremony will take place on 28 February 2016 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
