While many people are still coming to terms with some of the surprise nominees from yesterday’s Screen Actors Guild Award announcement, the Golden Globes have now weighed in with their contenders.

In the dramatic fields, the romantic drama Carol leads the way with a healthy five nominations, including a place on the Best Motion Picture (Drama) shortlist.

Central stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara are both competing in the Best Actress (Drama) category, while filmmaker Todd Haynes and composer Carter Burwell are in contention for Best Director and Best Original Score.

Carol faces stern competition in the Drama category from a solid mix of films that consist of the western thriller The Revenant, the indie drama Room, the factual drama Spotlight, and more surprisingly, the post-apocalyptic blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road.

In the acting line-ups, Alicia Vikander receives two Globe nods, including a Best Actress (Drama) nod for the factual drama The Danish Girl. Additionally, the Swedish star also earns a surprise Supporting Actress mention for the indie sci-fi Ex Machina.

Brie Larson (Room) and Irish starlet Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn) also contest Best Actress (Drama) while the Best Actor (Drama) field sees early Oscar favourite Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) and last year’s category winner Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl) compete against Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs), and Will Smith (Concussion).

On the lighter side of things, the fact-based satire The Big Short is up for four prizes, including Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical).

Additionally, leading men Christian Bale and Steve Carell go head-to-head in the Best Actor (Comedy/Musical) category, while filmmaker Adam McKay is in contention for Best Screenplay.

Despite controversy over its genre placement, the sci-fi blockbuster The Martian is acknowledged in the Best Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical) line-up alongside the autobiographical dramedy Joy and hit comedies Spy and Trainwreck.

Matt Damon (The Martian) and Al Pacino (Danny Collins) are among those recognised on the Best Actor (Comedy/Musical) shortlist while Hollywood favourite Jennifer Lawrence (Joy) faces off against Amy Schumer (Trainwreck) and Dame Maggie Smith (The Lady in the Van) in the Best Actress (Comedy/Musical) category.

Meanwhile, British actresses Dame Helen Mirren (Trumbo) and Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs) fight it out for the Best Supporting Actress gong while fellow homegrown stars Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation) and Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies) are up against surprise contender Sylvester Stallone (Creed) in the Best Supporting Actor field.

The rest of the notable acting nominees include Paul Dano (Love & Mercy), Jane Fonda (Youth), Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), Melissa McCarthy (Spy), Mark Ruffalo (Infinity Polar Bear), Michael Shannon (99 Homes) and Lily Tomlin (Grandma).

On the filmmaker front, veteran British filmmaker Ridley Scott (The Martian) finds himself up against the likes of Alejandro González Iñárritu (The Revenant), Tom McCarthy (Spotlight), and George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road) in the Best Director category.

Elsewhere, blockbusters Fifty Shades of Grey, Furious 7 and Spectre are shortlisted in the Best Original Song category alongside Brian Wilson’s stirring ballad “One Kind of Love” from Love & Mercy.

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

Finally, Hungary’s Son of Saul and French pair The Brand New Testament and Mustang are among the primary contenders for Best Foreign Language Film.

Once again, a number of notable acting performances were ignored by the Globes, including Johnny Depp (Black Mass), Tom Hanks (Bridge of Spies), Charlotte Rampling (45 Years), Jacob Tremblay (Room) and Spotlight trio Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams.

The 73rd Golden Globe Awards will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on 10 January 2016 with controversial British comedian Ricky Gervais back as host for a fourth time.

The full list of Globe (film) nominations are below (winner predictions in blue):

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

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

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

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

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

BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE (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 IN A MOTION PICTURE
Jane Fonda, YOUTH
Jennifer Jason Leigh, THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Helen Mirren, TRUMBO
Alicia Vikander, EX MACHINA
Kate Winslet, STEVE JOBS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE
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 FILM
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)