With many people still coming to terms with some of the surprise nominees from yesterday’s Screen Actor’s Guild Award announcement, the HFPA (Hollywood Foreign Press Association) have weighed in their contenders for early next year.

The romantic drama Carol leads the way with five nominations, including Motion Picture (Drama) and Director for filmmaker Todd Haynes. Central stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara are both nodded in Actress (Drama) while the film’s composer Carter Burwell was shortlisted in Original Score.

The film faces stern competition in the Drama category from the western thriller The Revenant as well as the media-based drama Spotlight, the indie drama Room and more surprisingly, the post-apocalyptic blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road.

Along with Haynes, the Director field is also contested by Alejandro González Iñárritu (The Revenant), Tom McCarthy (Spotlight), George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road) and Ridley Scott (The Martian).

 

In the Actor (Drama) category, Leonardo DiCaprio will be targeting his third Globe win for his performance in The Revenant and is joined by Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs), Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl) and Will Smith (Concussion). However, there was no sign of Johnny Depp despite his Screen Actor’s Guild nod for Black Mass yesterday.

In the Actress (Drama) field, Blanchett and Mara find themselves up against a trio of Hollywood starlets in Brie Larson (Room), Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn) and Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl) who also receives a surprise mention in Supporting Actress for her role in the sci-fi drama Ex Machina.

Her competition in that category consists of British actresses Dame Helen Mirren (Trumbo) and Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs) and seasoned stars Jane Fonda (Youth) and Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight).

Having both been nominated for their television work this year, British duo Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation) and Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies) are shortlisted in the Supporting Actor field alongside Paul Dano (Love & Mercy), Michael Shannon (99 Homes) and surprise contender Sylvester Stallone (Creed).

 

The Comedy/Musical categories see the financial-crisis flick The Big Short up for four awards, which include two Actor (Comedy/Musical) nods for Christian Bale and Steve Carell. In Best Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical), the film is also up against Ridley Scott’s sci-fi blockbuster The Martian, David O. Russell’s Joy and smash hit comedies Spy and Trainwreck.

Bale and Carrell are competing in their category with Matt Damon (The Martian) as well as veteran Al Pacino (Danny Collins) and surprise nominee Mark Ruffalo (Infinity Polar Bear).

The Actress (Comedy/Musical) line-up sees Hollywood favourite Jennifer Lawrence (Joy) go head-to-head with the likes of British veteran Dame Maggie Smith (The Lady in the Van) and comedian actresses Melissa McCarthy (Spy) and Amy Schumer (Trainwreck).

Blockbusters like 50 Shades of Grey (“Love Me Like You Do”), Furious 7 (“See You Again”) and Spectre (Writing’s on the Wall) are shortlisted in the Original Song category alongside Brian Wilson’s stirring ballad “One Kind of Love” from Love & Mercy.

Pixar duo Inside Out and The Good Dinosaur are nominated in Best Animated Film along with Anomalisa, The Peanuts Movie and Aardman’s Shaun the Sheep Movie.

The 2016 Golden Globes awards will take place in Los Angeles on 10 January 2016 with controversial British comedian Ricky Gervais hosting for the fourth time.

The full list of nominees are below (winner predictions in blue):

BEST MOTION PICTURE (DRAMA)
CAROL
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
THE REVENANT
ROOM
SPOTLIGHT

BEST ACTRESS (DRAMA)
Cate Blanchett, CAROL
Brie Larson, ROOM
Rooney Mara, CAROL
Saoirse Ronan, BROOKLYN
Alicia Vikander, THE DANISH GIRL

BEST ACTOR (DRAMA)
Bryan Cranston, TRUMBO
Leonardo DiCaprio, THE REVENANT
Michael Fassbender, STEVE JOBS
Eddie Redmayne, THE DANISH GIRL
Will Smith, CONCUSSION

 

BEST MOTION PICTURE (COMEDY/MUSICAL)
THE BIG SHORT
JOY
THE MARTIAN
SPY
TRAINWRECK

BEST ACTRESS (COMEDY/MUSICAL)
Jennifer Lawrence, JOY
Melissa McCarthy, SPY
Amy Schumer, TRAINWRECK
Maggie Smith, THE LADY IN THE VAN
Lily Tomlin, GRANDMA

BEST ACTOR (COMEDY/MUSICAL)
Christian Bale, THE BIG SHORT
Steve Carell, THE BIG SHORT
Matt Damon, THE MARTIAN
Al Pacino, DANNY COLLINS
Mark Ruffalo, INFINITY POLAR BEAR

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jane Fonda, YOUTH
Jennifer Jason Leigh, THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Helen Mirren, TRUMBO
Alicia Vikander, EX MACHINA
Kate Winslet, STEVE JOBS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Paul Dano, LOVE & MERCY
Idris Elba, BEASTS OF NO NATION
Mark Rylance, BRIDGE OF SPIES
Michael Shannon, 99 HOMES
Sylvester Stallone, CREED

BEST DIRECTOR
Todd Haynes, CAROL
Alejandro González Iñárritu, THE REVENANT
Tom McCarthy, SPOTLIGHT
George Miller, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Ridley Scott, THE MARTIAN

 

BEST SCREENPLAY
THE BIG SHORT (Adam McKay & Charles Randolph)
THE HATEFUL EIGHT (Quentin Tarantino)
ROOM (Emma Donoghue)
SPOTLIGHT (Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer)
STEVE JOBS (Aaron Sorkin)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
CAROL (Carter Burwell)
THE DANISH GIRL (Alexandre Desplat)
THE HATEFUL EIGHT (Ennio Morricone)
THE REVENANT (Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto)
STEVE JOBS (Daniel Pemberton)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (“Love Me Like You Do”)
FURIOUS 7 (“See You Again”)
LOVE & MERCY (“One Kind of Love”)
SPECTRE (“Writing’s on the Wall”)
YOUTH (“Simple Song #3”)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
ANOMALISA
THE GOOD DINOSAUR
INSIDE OUT
THE PEANUTS MOVIE
SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT (France)
THE CLUB (Chile)
THE FENCER (Finland)
MUSTANG (France)
SON OF SAUL (Hungary)