Another year passes and another chance approaches for those in the film industry to claim the top honors at this year’s Academy Awards.

The 87th Academy Awards is scheduled for the 22nd of February 2015 and the nominations have just been announced.

The nominees for the main categories are below and you can read the full list on the Oscars official website.

Best film:

• American Sniper
• Birdman
• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Selma
• The Theory of Everything
• Whiplash

Best director:

• Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
• Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
• Alejandro G Inarritu (Birdman)
• Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game)
• Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher)

Best actor:

• Steve Carell (Foxcatcher)
• Bradley Cooper (American Sniper)
• Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)
• Michael Keaton (Birdman)
• Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)

Best actress

• Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night)
• Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)
• Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
• Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
• Reese Witherspoon (Wild)

So what do we think? Is there anything missing from this selection and who do you think will take the top awards?