The nominees for the 88th Academy Awards were revealed this week with a total of 8 films up for Best Picture. The awards will be held on February 28th at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood and is to be hosted by comedian Chris Rock.

Here's the full list of the 2015 Academy Award nominees…

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

DIRECTOR:
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant
Adam McKay – The Big Short
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
Lenny Abrahamson – Room

ACTOR:
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Matt Damon – The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl

ACTRESS:
Brie Larson – Room
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years

SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Christian Bale – The Big Short
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
Tom Hardy – The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Sylvester Stallone – Creed

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara – Carol
Rachel McAdams – Spotlight
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Bridge of Spies – Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Ex Machina – Alex Garland
Inside Out
Spotlight – Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
Straight Outta Compton

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Brooklyn – Nick Hornby
The Big Short – Charles Randolph, Adam McKay
Carol – Phyllis Nagy
The Martian – Drew Goddard
Room – Emma Donoghue

ANIMATED FEATURE:
Anomalisa
Boy & The World
Inside Out
Shaun The Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia)
Mustang (France)
Son of Saul (Hungary)
Theeb (Jordan)
A War (Denmark)

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

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Body Team 12
Chau, Beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
Last Day of Freedom

ANIMATED SHORT:
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay's Super Team
We Can't Live without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow

LIVE-ACTION SHORT:
Ave Maria
Day One
Shok
Stutterer
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)

VISUAL EFFECTS:
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant

COSTUME DESIGN:
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

MAKE-UP & HAIR:
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant

FILM EDITING:
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

SOUND MIXING:
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

SOUND EDITING:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

ORIGINAL SCORE:
Bridge of Spies – Thomas Newman
Carol – Carter Burwell
The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone
Sicario – Jóhann Jóhannsson
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams

ORIGINAL SONG:
Earned It from Fifty Shades of Grey
Manta Ray from Racing Extinction
Til It Happens To You from The Hunting Ground
Simple Song #3 from Youth
Writing's On The Wall from Spectre

Let us know your thoughts on this years selection of nominees in the comments!

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From the Movie Gorilla