The 2016 Empire Awards nominations have been announced

The 2016 Empire Awards nominations have been announced, and it looks like Mad Max: Fury Foad and Star Wars: The Force Awakens are leading the pack, with awards BAFTA-winning The Revenant and The Martian closely following.

Suffragette, Creed and Straight Outta Compton which have been notably ignored by other awards bodies, also secured nods from the famous movie magazine.

New categories introduced this year include Best Documentary which sees a nomination for hit show Making a Murderer amongst others. There is a big showing from TV and games also. This year’s awards will be the biggest yet and they will be hosted by David Walliams in his film-awards hosting debut.

The film-going public and readers of Empire magazine have shortlisted these nominations and are again invited to vote for the winners from Thursday. The awards show is on Sunday 20th March.

Here they are in full.

BEST MALE NEWCOMER

• Abraham Attah (Beasts Of No Nation)
• John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
• Thomas Mann (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl)
• Jason Mitchell (Straight Outta Compton)
• Jacob Tremblay (Room)

BEST FEMALE NEWCOMER

• Olivia Cooke (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl)
• Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation)
• Maika Monroe (It Follows)
• Bel Powley (The Diary of a Teenage Girl)
• Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

BEST SCI-FI/FANTASY

• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2
• Jurassic World
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST COMEDY presented by Absolute Radio

• Ant-Man
• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
• Spy
• Trainwreck
• Inside Out

BEST HORROR

• Crimson Peak
• The Hallow
• Insidious: Chapter 3
• It Follows
• Krampus

BEST THRILLER presented by Corinthia Hotel London

• Bridge of Spies
• The Gift
• Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation
• Sicario
• Spectre

BEST BRITISH FILM presented by The Hollywood Reporter

• 45 Years
• Legend
• Macbeth
• Spectre
• Suffragette

JAMESON BEST ACTOR

• Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
• Matt Damon (The Martian)
• Michael Fassbender (Macbeth/Steve Jobs)
• Tom Hardy (Legend/Mad Max: Fury Road)
• Michael B. Jordan (Creed)

BEST ACTRESS

• Emily Blunt (Sicario)
• Brie Larson (Room)
• Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2)
• Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road)
• Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)

BEST DIRECTOR

• J. J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
• Ryan Coogler (Creed)
• Alejandro González Iñárritu (The Revenant)
• George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
• Ridley Scott (The Martian)

BEST FILM presented by Sky Movies

• The Hateful Eight
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST TV SERIES

• Daredevil
• Fargo
• Game Of Thrones
• Jessica Jones
• This Is England ’90

BEST SCREENPLAY

• The Big Short — Adam McKay, Charles Randolph
• The Hateful Eight – Quentin Tarantino
• Spotlight — Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer
• Steve Jobs – Aaron Sorkin
• Trainwreck — Amy Schumer

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• Inside Out
• Minions
• Shaun the Sheep the Movie
• Song Of The Sea
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Amy
• Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
• He Named Me Malala
• The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
• Making a Murderer

BEST SOUNDTRACK

• The Hateful Eight
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• Sicario
• Straight Outta Compton

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Carol
• Cinderella
• Crimson Peak
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST MAKE-UP & HAIRSTYLING

• Crimson Peak
• The Danish Girl
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Ant-Man
• Jurassic World
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST SHORT FILM presented by Jameson Irish Whiskey

• Kung Fury
• Lava
• Sanjay’s Super Team
• Stutterer
• World Of Tomorrow

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Crimson Peak
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST GAME

• Batman: Arkham Knight
• Bloodborne
• Fallout 4
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt