American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street lead the nominations for this year’s MTV Movie Awards with eight nominations each.Both films have snagged eight nods apiece, while The Hunger Games: Catching Fire follows closely behind with seven nominations, and raunchy comedy We’re the Millers has six.
Hustle, Wall Street and Catching Fire will all compete for the Movie of the Year prize, along with 12 Years a Slave– which earned the prestigious Best Picture prize at the Academy Awards on Sunday – and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
Jennifer Lawrence and Sandra Bullock lead the Best Actress nominations for Catching Fire and Gravity, respectively, and they are joined in the category by Jennifer’s American Hustle co-star Amy Adams, We’re the Millers star Jennifer Aniston and recently crowned Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o for 12 Years a Slave.
Meanwhile, Best Actor nominees include Dallas Buyers Club leading man Matthew McConaughey – who won the equivalent award at the Oscars – Chiwetel Ejiofor ( 12 Years), Josh Hutcherson ( Catching Fire), Leonardo DiCaprio ( Wall Street) and Bradley Cooper ( American Hustle).
The humorous movie awards will also crown winners for Best Kiss, Best Shirtless Performance and WTF Moment.
Nominees for the topless award include Zac Efron for That Awkward Moment and Australian hunk Chris Hemsworth for Thor: The Dark World.
Cameron Diaz has also earned a nomination for WTF Moment following her infamous sex scene with a car in The Counselor.
The 2014 MTV Movie Awards, hosted by Conan O’Brien, take place on April 13 and will emanate from the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles.
Full list of nominees for the 2014 MTV Movie Award:
MOVIE OF THE YEAR
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Amy Adams – American Hustle
Jennifer Aniston – We’re the Millers
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Josh Hutcherson – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Liam James – The Way Way Back
Michael B. Jordan – Fruitvale Station
Will Poulter – We’re the Millers
Margot Robbie – The Wolf of Wall Street
Miles Teller – The Spectacular Now
BEST KISS
Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams – American Hustle
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson – Don Jon
James Franco, Ashley Benson and Vanessa Hudgens – Spring Breakers
Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller – The Spectacular Now
Emma Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and Will Poulter – We’re the Millers
BEST FIGHT
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues – Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner and Steve Carell vs. James Marsden vs. Sacha Baron Cohen vs. Kanye West vs. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler vs. Jim Carrey and Marion Cotillard vs. Will Smith vs. Liam Neeson and John C. Reilly vs. Greg Kinnear
Identity Thief – Jason Bateman vs. Melissa McCarthy
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug– Orlando Bloom and Evangeline Lilly vs. Orcs
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Sam Claflin vs. Mutant Monkeys
This is the End– Jonah Hill vs. James Franco and Seth Rogen
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Kevin Hart – Ride Along
Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street
Johnny Knoxville – Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Melissa McCarthy – The Heat
Jason Sudeikis – We’re the Millers
BEST SCARED-AS-S**T PERFORMANCE
Rose Byrne – Insidious: Chapter 2
Jessica Chastain – Mama
Vera Farmiga – The Conjuring
Ethan Hawke – The Purge
Brad Pitt – World War Z
BEST ON-SCREEN DUO
Amy Adams and Christian Bale – American Hustle
Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club
Vin Diesel and Paul Walker – Fast & Furious 6
Ice Cube and Kevin Hart – Ride Along
Jonah Hill and Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST SHIRTLESS PERFORMANCE
Jennifer Aniston – We’re the Millers
Sam Claflin – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
Zac Efron – That Awkward Moment
Chris Hemsworth – Thor: The Dark World
#WTF MOMENT
Steve Carell, Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd and David Koechner – Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
The Channel 4 News Team’s afternoon is no longer a delight as their speeding van filled with bowling balls, scorpions and hot oil takes a tumble on the highway
Johnny Knoxville and Jackson Nicoll – Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Johnny Knoxville and Jackson Nicoll manage to strike fear into a room full of unsuspecting beauty pageant-loving parents thanks to a bump n’ grind dance routine to a Warrant classic
Cameron Diaz – The Counselor
Having sex in a car is pretty much a rite of passage, but having sex with a car? Cameron Diaz’s Malkina gets down and dirty with a bright yellow Ferrari to show the world how it’s done
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
Leonardo DiCaprio’s iconic portrayal of excessive Wall Street player Jordan Belfort takes a turn for the insane when he takes his Lamborghini for a spin
Danny McBride and Channing Tatum – This is the End
Danny McBride shows an apocalyptic world, and uncomfortable cinema viewers everywhere, that there’s no better pet than a scantily-clad Channing Tatum
BEST VILLAIN
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Benedict Cumberbatch – Star Trek into Darkness
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
Mila Kunis – Oz The Great and Powerful
Donald Sutherland – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
BEST ON-SCREEN TRANSFORMATION
Christian Bale – American Hustle
Elizabeth Banks – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Orlando Bloom – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club
BEST MUSICAL MOMENT
Backstreet Boys, Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen and Craig Robinson – This is the End
Spoiler alert! Backstreet Boys reunite in heaven to perform “Everybody” with signature boy band moves and flair for this unforgettable apocalyptic ending
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
Lawrence cleans and dances her frustrations away as she mouths the words to 70s classic “Live and Let Die”
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
During his wedding reception, DiCaprio’s fraudulent Jordan Belfort pops and locks it to Bo Diddley’s “Pretty Thing”
Melissa McCarthy – Identity Thief
To ease the tension of stealing Sandy’s identity, McCarthy’s Diana shows her musical range as she attempts to sing along with the car radio — and even hits that high note in “Barracuda”
Will Poulter – We’re the Millers
With eyes wide shut, Poulter’s Kenny Rossmore throws it back to the 90s with a hilarious rendition of TLC’s “Waterfalls”
BEST CAMEO PERFORMANCE
Robert De Niro – American Hustle
Amy Poehler and Tina Fey – Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Kanye West – Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Joan Rivers – Iron Man 3
Rihanna – This is the End
BEST HERO
Henry Cavill as Clark Kent – Man of Steel
Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man – Iron Man 3
Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Chris Hemsworth as Thor – Thor: The Dark World
Channing Tatum as John Cale – White House Down
