'The Revenant', the Leonardo DiCaprio-starrer brutal survival drama, is the front-runner at the 88th Oscars after bagging 12 nominations in major categories of best picture, best actor and director while action thriller 'Mad Max: Fury Road' follows closely with 10 nods.

Both the films have been recognised in the best picture category besides Cold War-set 'Bridge of Spies', period romance 'Brooklyn', space adventure 'The Martian', captivity drama 'Room', recession drama 'Big Short' and news drama 'Spotlight'.