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OSCARS 2016: Academy Award Nominations For Best Picture

The 88th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), will honor the best films of 2015 and will take place on February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. The list of nominees has published on 14/01/2016. Here is the list of nominations in the category of Best Motion Picture.

The Big Short

Directed by Adam McKay
With Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt

Four denizens of the world of high-finance predict the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s, and decide to take on the big banks for their greed and lack of foresight.

Bridge of Spies

Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan

During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.

Brooklyn

Directed by John Crowley
With Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent

An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.

Mad Max: Fury Road

Directed by George Miller
With Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz

A woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in post apocalyptic Australia in search for her homeland with the help of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper, and a drifter named Max.

The Martian

Directed by Ridley Scott
With Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Kate Mara

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

The Revenant

Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
With Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson

A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820's fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.

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Room

Room

Directed by Lenny Abrahamson
With Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers, Wendy Crewson

After five-year-old Jack and his mother escape from the enclosed surroundings that Jack has known his entire life, the boy makes a thrilling discovery.

Spotlight

Directed by Tom McCarthy
With Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.