Eddie Redmayne, who plays a transgender pioneer Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl, is in the running to repeat his 2015 success, competing against The Revenant star Leonardo DiCaprio for the best actor award.

DiCaprio has been nominated four times before but is yet to win an Academy Award.

Other contenders for best actor include Michael Fassbender for biopic Steve Jobs, Matt Damon for space saga The Martian and Bryan Cranston for Trumbo, in which he portrays real-life Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.

Australian actress Cate Blanchett is nominated for best actress for her role in Carol, veteran British actress Charlotte Rampling is up for the marital drama 45 Years, Brie Larson for Room, Jennifer Lawfrence for Joy and Saoirse Ronan for Brooklyn.

Kate Winslet is up for best supporting actress in Steve Jobs whilst Golden Globe winner and sentimental favourite Sylvester Stallone is nominated for the supporting actor in Creed.

The George Miller film Mad Max: Fury Road’s ten nominations marks the biggest nod to Australian nominees at the Academy Awards since 2002 when Moulin Rouge! and Lord of the Rings saw 13 Australians nominated.

Here is a full list of nominations for the 2016 Academy Awards, to be held in Los Angeles in a ceremony hosted by Chris Rock on 28 February, 2016. (Monday February 29 Australian time).

Best picture 
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

Best actor 
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Matt Damon – The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl

Best actress
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Brie Larson – Room
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn

Best supporting actor
Christian Bale – The Big Short
Tom Hardy – The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone – Creed

Best supporting actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara – Carol
Rachel McAdams – Spotlight
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs

Best director
Lenny Abrahamson – Room
Alejandro G Inarritu – The Revenant
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
Adam McKay – The Big Short
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best adapted screenplay
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room

Best original screenplay
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton

Best animated film
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There

Best foreign language film
Embrace of the Serpent – Colombia
Mustang – France
Son of Saul – Hungary
Theeb – Jordan
A War – Denmark

Best animated short
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow

Best cinematography
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario

Best costume design
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

Best documentary feature
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

Best documentary short
Body Team 12
Chau, Beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Last Day of Freedom

Best editing
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best live action short
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Stutterer

Best make-up and hair
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant

Best original score
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best original song
Earned It, The Weeknd – Fifty Shades of Grey
Manta Ray, J Ralph & Antony – Racing Extinction
Simple Song #3, Sumi Jo – Youth
Til It Happens To You, Lady Gaga – The Hunting Ground
Writing’s On the Wall, Sam Smith – Spectre

Best production design
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant

Best sound editing
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best sound mixing
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best visual effects
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens