Mad Max: Fury Road leads Critics' Choice nominations

A scene from the film Mad Max: Fury Road.

Mad Max: Fury Road leads the 2016 Critics' Choice Awards nominations.

The movie - starring Charlize Theron, Tom Hardy and Nicholas Hoult - has received 13 nods for the awards which will be held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica California on January 17.

The reboot has received a Best Picture nomination with other nods including Best Director for George Miller, Best Actress In An Action Movie for Charlize and Best Actor In An Action movie for Tom.

It has also received nominations for Cinematography, Production Design, Editing, Costume Design, Hair And Makeup, Visual Effects, Action Movie and Sci-Fi/Horror Movie.

Carol, The Martian and The Revenant have each been nominated for nine awards at the ceremony which will be the first year that the Broadcast Film Critics Association and Broadcast Television Journalists Association have merged their awards.

Spotlight is up for eight awards, The Big Short got seven and The Hateful Eight has received six nominations.

Meanwhile, Fargo has received eight nominations in the TV categories.

The Leftovers and Transparent have six each, The Wiz Live! received five nominations, and Black-ish, Mr. Robot and Penny Dreadful each got four.

21st Annual Critics' Choice Awards Nominees - For a full list of nominees go to criticschoice.com

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

Best Actor
Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
Matt Damon - The Martian
Johnny Depp - Black Mass
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
Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Supporting Actor
Paul Dano - Love & Mercy
Tom Hardy - The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight
Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon - 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone - Creed

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara - Carol
Rachel McAdams - Spotlight
Helen Mirren - Trumbo
Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs

Best Young Actor/Actress
Abraham Attah - Beasts of No Nation
RJ Cyler - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Shameik Moore - Dope
Milo Parker - Mr. Holmes
Jacob Tremblay - Room

Best Acting Ensemble
The Big Short
The Hateful Eight
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Trumbo

Best Director
Todd Haynes - Carol
Alejandro González Iñárritu - The Revenant
Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott - The Martian
Steven Spielberg - Bridge of Spies

Best Original Screenplay
Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - Bridge of Spies
Alex Garland - Ex Machina
Quentin Tarantino - The Hateful Eight
Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley - Inside Out
Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy - Spotlight

Best Adapted Screenplay
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay - The Big Short
Nick Hornby - Brooklyn
Drew Goddard - The Martian
Emma Donoghue - Room
Aaron Sorkin - Steve Jobs

Best Cinematography
Carol - Ed Lachman
The Hateful Eight - Robert Richardson
Mad Max: Fury Road - John Seale
The Martian - Dariusz Wolski
The Revenant - Emmanuel Lubezki
Sicario - Roger Deakins

Best Production Design
Bridge of Spies - Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo
Brooklyn - François Séguin, Jennifer Oman and Louise Tremblay
Carol - Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
The Danish Girl - Eve Stewart, Michael Standish
Mad Max: Fury Road - Colin Gibson
The Martian - Arthur Max, Celia Bobak

Best Editing
The Big Short - Hank Corwin
Mad Max: Fury Road - Margaret Sixel
The Martian - Pietro Scalia
The Revenant - Stephen Mirrione
Spotlight - Tom McArdle

Best Animated Feature
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Action Movie
Furious 7
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Sicario

Best Actor in an Action Movie
Daniel Craig - Spectre
Tom Cruise - Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Tom Hardy - Mad Max: Fury Road
Chris Pratt - Jurassic World
Paul Rudd - Ant-Man

Best Actress in an Action Movie
Emily Blunt - Sicario
Rebecca Ferguson - Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Bryce Dallas Howard - Jurassic World
Jennifer Lawrence - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Comedy
The Big Short
Inside Out
Joy
Sisters
Spy
Trainwreck

Best Actor in a Comedy
Christian Bale - The Big Short
Steve Carell - The Big Short
Robert De Niro - The Intern
Bill Hader - Trainwreck
Jason Statham - Spy

Best Actress in a Comedy
Tina Fey - Sisters
Jennifer Lawrence - Joy
Melissa McCarthy - Spy
Amy Schumer - Trainwreck
Lily Tomlin - Grandma

- Bang! Showbiz