Bright and early this morning, John Krasinski, Ang Lee, Guillermo del Toro and Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominations for this year's Oscars. Leading the way with 12 nods is Leonardo DiCaprio's suffering simulation "The Revenant," followed by – get this – "Mad Max: Fury Road," the face-melting summer action movie of your most wonderful sand-blasted dreams. 

Despite those hefty nomination hauls, the race is still very wide open and will take some sorting out over the next several weeks. In the meantime, here's your full list of nominees.

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 Animated Film

• "Anomalisa"
• "Boy and the World"
• "Inside Out"
• "Shaun the Sheep Movie"
• "When Marnie Was There"

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 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

• "Amy"
• "Cartel Land"
• "The Look of Silence"
• "What Happened, Miss Simone?"
• "Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom"

Best Documentary - Short Subject

• "Body Team 12"
• "Claude Lanzmann: Specters of the Shoah"
• "A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness"
• "Last Day of Freedom"
• "War Within the Walls"

Best Editing

• "The Big Short"
• "Mad Max: Fury Road"
• "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
• "The Revenant"
• "Spotlight"

Best Foreign Film

• "Embrace of the Serpent"
• "Mustang"
• "Son of Saul"
• "Theeb"
• "A War"

Best Makeup/Hair

• "The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared"
• "Mad Max: Fury Road"
• "The Revenant"

Best Original Score

• "Bridge of Spies"
• "Carol"
• "The Hateful Eight"
• "Sicario"
• "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"

Best Original Song

• "Earned It" from "Fifty Shades of Grey"
• "Manta Ray" from "Racing Extinction"
• "Simple Song #3" from "Youth"
• "Til It Happens To You" from "The Hunting Ground"
• "Writing's On The Wall" from "Spectre"

Best Production Design

• "Bridge of Spies"
• "The Danish Girl"
• "Mad Max: Fury Road"
• "The Martian"
• "The Revenant"

Best Animated Short Film

• "Bear Story (Historia de un Oso)"
• "Prologue"
• "Sanjay's Super Team"
• "We Can't Live Without Cosmos"
• "World of Tomorrow"

Best Live Action Short Film

• "Ave Maria"
• "Day One"
• "Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)"
• "Shok"
• "Stutterer"

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"
• "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
• "The Revenant"

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"

The actual awards won't be dished out until Sunday, Feb. 28. Until then, feel free to spend the next month and a half debating and discussing your favorites – and trying to wrap your head around the phrase "Academy Award nominated 'Fifty Shades of Grey'."