Academy Awards 2016: The Revenant and Mad Max: Fury Road lead Oscar nominations

By Philippa Hawker
Updated January 20 2016 - 10:13am, first published January 15 2016 - 6:11am
Leonardo DiCaprio is the favourite to win the Oscar for Best Actor for his performance as frontiersman Hugh Glass the remarkable survival epic <i>The Revenant</i>.
Leonardo DiCaprio is the favourite to win the Oscar for Best Actor for his performance as frontiersman Hugh Glass the remarkable survival epic <i>The Revenant</i>.
Cate Blanchett, right, was nominated for Best Actress and Rooney Mara was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for their performances in lesbian love story <i>Carol</i>. Photo: Wilson Webb
Cate Blanchett, right, was nominated for Best Actress and Rooney Mara was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for their performances in lesbian love story <i>Carol</i>. Photo: Wilson Webb
<i>Mad Max: Fury Road</i>, starring Tom Hardy as Max, was nominated for 10 Oscars. Photo: Jasin Boland/Warner Bros.
<i>Mad Max: Fury Road</i>, starring Tom Hardy as Max, was nominated for 10 Oscars. Photo: Jasin Boland/Warner Bros.
Nominated for Best Director ... Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu started scouting remote wilderness locations five years ago for <i>The Revenant</i>. Photo: Jose Haro
Nominated for Best Director ... Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu started scouting remote wilderness locations five years ago for <i>The Revenant</i>. Photo: Jose Haro
Film director George Miller leads an impressive assortment of Australian nominees with his post-apocalyptic sequel <i>.Mad Max: Fury Road</i>. Photo: James Brickwood
Film director George Miller leads an impressive assortment of Australian nominees with his post-apocalyptic sequel <i>.Mad Max: Fury Road</i>. Photo: James Brickwood

The Revenant leads the nominations at the 88th Academy Awards this year with 12 nominations, closely followed by George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road with 10.

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