88th Academy Award Nominees: Full List, Front Runners & Favourites

The list of nominees for the 88th Academy Awards have unleashed an epic filmy battle. All details here.

We’re one step closer to the final winners of the 88th Academy awards. Atleast we know who we should be rooting for! So here goes-

Who’s In the BIG race?

Best Actor: Bryan Cranston, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Fassbender, Eddie Redmayne

Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Brie Larson, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlotte Rampling, Saoirse Ronan

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

Best Direction: Adam McKay (The Big Short), George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road), Alejandro G. Inarritu (The Revenant), Lenny Abrahamson (Room), Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Mark Ruffalo, Mark Rylance, Sylvester Stallone

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), Rooney Mara (Carol), Rachel McAdams (Spotlight), Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl), Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

Check out the full list of nominees. Can’t really tell a winner without knowing competition!

We are all rooting for DiCaprio big time!

Is this it! Can it be? Go Leonardo! No one more deserving, or more unjustly overlooked! #Oscars #OscarNoms https://t.co/VZbfoPjJfe

— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) January 14, 2016

Give it to @LeoDiCaprio this time. #Oscars2016

— Reynan Pingoy (@itsreynanmen) January 14, 2016

But some disappointment out there about the 88th Academy Awards being an ‘all-white’ affair.

For the second year in a row, all 20 acting nominees are white. No #OscarNoms for Will Smith or Idris Elba. #OscarsSoWhite 2.0, some say.

— Joe Fryer (@joefryer) January 14, 2016

No Idris Elba, No Will Smith, No Michael B. Jordan, No Ryan Coogler, No F. Gary Gray, No Jason Mitchell, No Creed BP.. #OscarNoms

— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) January 14, 2016

Are you wondering if the Oscars will be a repeat of the Golden Globes? Read our analysis here.

The Strongest Contenders

Carol bags six nominations

The Revenant has a total of 12 nominations

BAFTA and Oscar nominations for Adam McKay

Star Wars: The Force Awakens scores five nominations

Jennifer Lawrence becomes the youngest actor ever to have got four Oscar nominations.

Best Picture Nominees

Eight nominees in the Best Picture category! Looks like the jury had a hard time narrowing down. Well, this one certainly won’t be easy.

Congrats to our Best Picture nominees #Oscars #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/V85Fdtr05r

— The Academy (@TheAcademy) January 14, 2016