Oscars 2016 nominations: The films we want to see recognised from Room and The Revenant to Mad Max: Fury Road

Our predictions based on who we want to see earn nods are in, and there's a few more 'out there' suggestions

Mad Max: Fury Road has got a lot of love from The Independent's digital culture team (Warner Bros)

As Hollywood’s finest await the outcome of the Oscars nominations announcement, it’s time to consider who we hope that Academy will plump for this year.

The Revenant, Spotlight and Bridge of Spies are strong frontrunners for gongs but there are a number of outliers we want to take home little gold men at the ceremony on Sunday 28 February.

Alicia Vikander deserves a double nod for Ex Machina and The Danish Girl, while Idris Elba’s fearsome turn in Beasts of Nation, Rooney Mara’s beautifully understated performance in Carol and Charlize Theron’s serious ass-kicking in Mad Max: Fury Road should also be recognised.

Carol, The Big Short and The Revenant are among our favourite movies from the past year, with Mad Max: Fury Road and Room also getting lots of love from the team.

Alejandro G Inarritu looks set to take Best Director for The Revenant but our fingers are firmly crossed that Todd Haynes gets a look in for Carol.

Check out the nominations list as we’d like to see it:

Best Picture

Spotlight

The Revenant

The Big Short Carol

The Lobster

The Martian

Bridge of Spies

Mad Max: Fury Road

Room

Straight Outta Compton

The Revenant - Trailer

Best Actress

Brie Larson - Room

Rooney Mara - Carol

Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years

Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl

Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant

Tom Hardy - Legend (at least for Ronnie)

Bryan Cranston - Trumbo

O’Shea Jackson Jr - Straight Outta Compton

Michael B Jordan - Creed

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight

Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina

Jada Pinkett Smith - Magic Mike XXL

Rachel McAdams - Spotlight

Jane Fonda - Youth

Best Supporting Actor

Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies

Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation

Jacob Tremblay - Room

Michael Fassbender - Slow West

Oscar Isaac - Ex Machina

Best Director

Alejandro G Inarritu - The Revenant

George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road

Todd Haynes - Carol

Ridley Scott - The Martian

Tom McCarthy - Spotlight