Oscars 2016: Ranking Every Best Film Nominee From Worst To Best

3. The Revenant

Leonardo Di Caprio is wisely tipped to finally bag that Best Actor Oscar for his role as fur trapper Hugh Glass, a man seeking vengeance on the 1820s American frontier, after being savagely attacked by a bear and left for dead in a shallow grave next to the body of his murdered son. As a survival story, The Revenant is definitely one of the best in recent memory. Alejandro G. Iñárritu has delivered a film that is the exact opposite of fellow nominee The Martian. Where that film had intrinsically different ingredients in regards to its lack of a revenge-bent, The Revenant essentially one-ups Ridley Scott's fairly airy outing by legitimately putting Leo through the ringer. The Revenant is now infamous for its intense, draining 9-month(!) shoot in the wilds of Alberta, with its stars being put through freezingly difficult conditions - so tangible on screen that you can feel the chill for yourself. For anyone to turn in a performance as good as Leo's in that kind of climate is definitely the sign of not only a great actor, but a great director also. Don't be surprised if Iñárritu ends up going home with his second Best Picture Oscar in two years, as the man's tenacity and dedication to his vision - which included filming chronologically and only using a miniscule amount of available natural light - are self-evident.