Straight Outta Compton may have gotten snubbed at the Oscars, but the MTV Movie Awards are looking to make that up. On Tuesday (March 8), MTV announced the nominees for its annual best-of film award show, and the N.W.A. biopic fared well, earning three nods, including Movie of the Year.
In addition to the biggest award of the evening, Straight Outta Compton is nominated for two other major MTV Movie Awards: True Story and Breakthrough Performance for O'Shea Jackson Jr., who portrayed his father Ice Cube in the movie.
Straight Outta Compton isn't the only music-centric flick to get nominated at the MTV Movie Awards. Pitch Perfect 2, which stars Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson as members of a college a cappella group, is also nominated for four awards.
Music documentaries also fared well this year at the MTV Movie Awards. Amy and What Happened, Miss Simone? are up for Best Documentary as well as The Hunting Ground, which features the survivor anthem "Til It Happens to You" by Lady Gaga.
MTV Movie Awards 2016 Nominees
Movie of the Year:
Straight Outta Compton
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Creed
Deadpool
Jurassic World
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
True Story:
Straight Outta Compton
Concussion
Joy
Steve Jobs
The Big Short
The Revenant
Documentary:
Amy
What Happened, Miss Simone?
The Hunting Ground
Cartel Land
He Named Me Malala
The Wolfpack
Best Female Performance:
Anna Kendrick, Pitch Perfect 2
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road
Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Morena Baccarin, Deadpool
Best Male Performance:
Chris Pratt, Jurassic World
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Matt Damon, The Martian
Michael B Jordan, Creed
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
Will Smith, Concussion
Breakthrough Performance:
O'Shea Jackson Jr., Straight Outta Compton
Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Brie Larson, Room
Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey
John Boyega, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Comedic Performance:
Rebel Wilson, Pitch Perfect 2
Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Kevin Hart, Ride Along 2
Melissa McCarthy, Spy
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
Will Ferrell, Get Hard
Best Action Performance:
Chris Pratt, Jurassic World
Dwayne Johnson, San Andreas
Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 2
John Boyega, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
Vin Diesel, Furious 7
Best Hero:
Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road
Chris Evans, Avengers: Age of Ultron
Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Dwayne Johnson, San Andreas
Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 2
Paul Rudd, Ant-Man
Best Villan:
Adam Driver, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Ed Skrein, Deadpool
Hugh Keays-Byrne, Mad Max: Fury Road
James Spader, Avengers: Age of Ultron
Samuel L Jackson, Kingsman: The Secret Service
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Best Virtual Performance:
Amy Poehler, Inside Out
Andy Serkis, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Jack Black, Kung Fu Panda 3
James Spader, Avengers: Age of Ultron
Lupita Nyong'o, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Seth McFarlene, Ted 2
Ensemble Cast:
Pitch Perfect 2
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Furious 7
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 2
Trainwreck
Best Kiss:
Rebel Wilson & Adam DeVine, Pitch Perfect 2
Amy Schumer & Bill Hader, Trainwreck
Dakota Johnson & Jamie Dornan, Fifty Shades of Grey
Leslie Mann & Chris Hemsworth, Vacation
Margot Robbie & Will Smith, Focus
Morena Baccarin & Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
Best Fight:
Ryan Reynolds vs. Ed Skrein, Deadpool
Leonardo DiCaprio vs. The Bear, The Revenant
Charlize Theron vs. Tom Hardy, Mad Max: Fury Road
Robert Downey Jr. vs. Mark Ruffalo, Avengers: Age of Ultron
Daisy Ridley vs. Adam Diver, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Melissa McCarthy vs. Nargis Fakhri, Spy
The 2016 MTV Movie Awards are set to take place on Sunday, April 10.
