MTV Movie Awards Breakdown: See What Each Movie Is Nominated For

The MTV Movie Awards are this weekend, and just looking at the nominations, we can tell it's going to be an eclectic show this year. American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street are on top, tied with eight nominations each, and Catching Fire is up there too, followed by We're the Millers and 12 Years a Slave. Did I mention it's a weird mix? It is. Take a look at what each movie is nominated for ahead of Sunday's ceremony hosted by Conan O'Brien. Source: Lionsgate

American Hustle

Eight nominations total:

  • Movie of the year
  • Best female performance, Amy Adams
  • Best male performance, Bradley Cooper
  • Best onscreen duo, Amy Adams and Christian Bale
  • Best kiss, Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams
  • Best musical moment, Jennifer Lawrence
  • Best onscreen transformation, Christian Bale
  • Best camero performance, Robert De Niro

The Wolf of Wall Street

Eight nominations total:

  • Movie of the year
  • Best male performance, Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Best comedic performance, Jonah Hill
  • Breakthrough performance, Margot Robbie
  • Best onscreen duo, Jonah Hill and Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Best shirtless performance, Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Best #WTF moment, the overdose
  • Best musical moment, Leonardo DiCaprio

Catching Fire

Eight nominations total:

  • Movie of the year
  • Best female performance, Jennifer Lawrence
  • Best male performance, Josh Hutcherson
  • Best shirtless performance, Sam Claflin
  • Best fight, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Sam Claflin vs. mutant monkeys
  • Best villain, Donald Sutherland
  • Best onscreen transformation, Elizabeth Banks
  • Favorite character, Katniss

We're the Millers

Six nominations total:

  • Best female performance, Jennifer Aniston
  • Best comedic performance, Jason Sudeikis
  • Breakthrough performance, Will Poulter
  • Best shirtless performance, Jennifer Aniston
  • Best kiss, Emma Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, and Will Poulter
  • Best musical moment, Will Poulter

12 Years a Slave

Four nominations total:

  • Movie of the year
  • Best female performance, Lupita Nyong'o
  • Best male performance, Chiwetel Ejiofor
  • Best villain, Michael Fassbender

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Four nominations total:

  • Movie of the year
  • Best fight, Orlando Bloom and Evangeline Lilly vs. orcs
  • Best onscreen transformation, Orlando Bloom
  • Best hero, Martin Freeman

Dallas Buyers Club

Four nominations total:

  • Best male performance, Matthew McConaughey
  • Best onscreen duo, Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto
  • Best onscreen transformation, Matthew McConaughey
  • Best onscreen transformation, Jared Leto

This Is the End

Four nominations total:

  • Best fight, Jonah Hill vs. James Franco and Seth Rogen
  • Best #WTF moment, the gimp reveal
  • Best musical moment, Backstreet Boys, Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen, and Craig Robinson
  • Best cameo performance, Rihanna

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Four nominations total:

  • Best fight, 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
  • Best #WTF moment, the van crashes
  • Best cameo performance, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey
  • Best cameo performance, Kanye West

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

Two nominations total:

  • Best comedic performance, Johnny Knoxville
  • Best #WTF moment, the dance routine

Ride Along

Two nominations total:

  • Best comedic performance, Kevin Hart
  • Best onscreen duo, Ice Cube and Kevin Hart

Thor: The Dark World

Three nominations total:

  • Best shirtless performance, Chris Hemsworth
  • Best hero, Chris Hemsworth
  • Favorite character, Loki

Identity Thief

Two nominations total:

  • Best fight, Jason Bateman vs. Melissa McCarthy
  • Best musical moment, Melissa McCarthy

Star Trek Into Darkness

Two nominations total:

  • Best villain, Benedict Cumberbatch
  • Favorite character, Khan

The Spectacular Now

Two nominations total:

  • Breakthrough performance, Miles Teller
  • Best kiss, Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller

Source: A24 Films

The Way Way Back

One nomination total:

  • Breakthrough performance, Liam James

Fruitvale Station

One nomination total:

  • Breakthrough performance, Michael B. Jordan

Insidious: Chapter 2

One nomination total:

  • Best scared-as-sh*t performance, Rose Byrne

Mama

One nomination total:

  • Best scared-as-sh*t performance, Jessica Chastain

The Heat

One nomination total:

  • Best comedic performance, Melissa McCarthy

The Conjuring

One nomination total:

  • Best scared-as-sh*t performance, Vera Farmiga

Source: New Line Cinema

The Purge

One nomination total:

  • Best scared-as-sh*t performance, Ethan Hawke

World War Z

One nomination total:

  • Best scared-as-sh*t performance, Brad Pitt

Fast & Furious 6

One nomination total:

  • Best onscreen duo, Paul Walker and Vin Diesel

That Awkward Moment

One nomination total:

  • Best shirtless performance, Zac Efron

The Counselor

One nomination total:

  • Best #WTF moment, the car-sex scene

Captain Phillips

One nomination total:

  • Best villain, Barkhad Abdi

Oz the Great and Powerful

One nomination total:

  • Best villain, Mila Kunis

Gravity

One nomination total:

  • Best female performance, Sandra Bullock

Iron Man 3

Two nominations total:

  • Best cameo performance, Joan Rivers
  • Best hero, Robert Downey Jr.

Man of Steel

One nomination total:

  • Best hero, Henry Cavill

White House Down

One nomination total:

  • Best hero, Channing Tatum

Divergent

One nomination total:

  • Favorite character, Tris

Veronica Mars

One nomination total:

  • Favorite character, Veronica Mars
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