Academy Award Nominations

Here we are, after months of speculation and campaigning, AMPAS have announced the nominees for the upcoming 96th Annual Academy Awards and it is no surprise that the film with the most nominations is “Oppenheimer” with 13. It is closely followed by “Poor Things” with 11 and “Killers of the Flower Moon” with 10.

Despite getting 8 nominations it was not the best day for big contender “Barbie”, missing out in pivotal categories: Editing, Director and Lead Actress. It is usually a precedent that if a film is to have any chance of winning Best Picture it needs an editing and/or a directing nomination, and with Greta Gerwig‘s film missing both, it does not bode well for Barbie in Picture. The only three films to get editing, screenplay and director are the seriously strong Oppenheimer and Poor Things, as well as “Anatomy of a Fall” which racked up an impressive 5 nominations, despite not being submitted for International Film.

The hardest category to predict as usual with the Academy Awards was Documentary Feature, with “American Symphony” missing out. There was no real surprises outside of Annette Bening sneaking into Actress at the expense of Margot Robbie and “The Zone of Interest” earning an Adapted Screenplay nomination ahead of Killers of the Flower Moon.

Finally, with 2 nominations in Visual Effects and Sound, “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” becomes the first film in the franchise to receive a nomination at the Academy Awards.

Full list of Academy Award nominations:

Best Picture

• American Fiction
• Anatomy of a Fall
• Barbie
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Past Lives
• Poor Things
• The Zone of Interest

Best Director

• Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall)
• Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon)
• Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
• Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things)
• Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest)

Best Actor

• Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
• Colman Domingo (Rustin)
• Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)
• Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
• Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)

Best Actress

• Annette Bening (Nyad)
• Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)
• Sandra Huller (Anatomy of a Fall)
• Carey Mulligan (Maestro)
• Emma Stone (Poor Things)

Best Supporting Actor

• Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction)
• Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon)
• Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)
• Ryan Gosling (Barbie)
• Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things)

Best Supporting Actress

• Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)
• Danielle Brooks (The Colour Purple)
• America Ferrera (Barbie)
• Jodie Foster (Nyad)
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)

Adapted Screenplay

• American Fiction
• Barbie
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• The Zone of Interest

Original Screenplay

• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Holdovers
• Maestro
• May December
• Past Lives

International Film

• Io Capitano
• Perfect Days
• Society of the Snow
• The Teachers’ Lounge
• The Zone of Interest

Animated Feature

• The Boy and the Heron
• Elemental
• Nimona
• Robot Dreams
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Documentary Feature

• 20 Days in Mariupol
• Bobi Wine: The People’s President
• The Eternal Memory
• Four Daughters
• To Kill a Tiger

Cinematography

• El Conde
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Editing

• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Costume Design

• Barbie
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Napoleon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Make-Up & Hairstyling

• Golda
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• Society of the Snow

Production Design

• Barbie
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Napoleon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Original Score

• American Fiction
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Original Song

• “It Never Went Away” (American Symphony)
• “I’m Just Ken” (Barbie)
• “What Was I Made For?” (Barbie)
• “The Fire Inside” (Flamin’ Hot)
• “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” (Killers of the Flower Moon)

Sound

• The Creator
• Maestro
• Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
• Oppenheimer
• The Zone of Interest

Visual Effects

• The Creator
• Godzilla Minus One
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
• Napoleon

Animated Short

• Letter to a Pig
• Ninety-Five Senses
• Our Uniform
• Pachyderme
• WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko

Documentary Short

• The ABCs of Book Banning
• The Barber of Little Rock
• Island in Between
• The Last Repair Shop
• Nai Nai & Wai Po

Live Action Short

• The After
• Invincible
• Knight of Fortune
• Red White and Blue
• The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Films with multiple nominations:

• Oppenheimer – 13
• Poor Things – 11
• Killers of the Flower Moon – 10
• Barbie – 8
• Maestro – 7
• American Fiction – 5
• Anatomy of a Fall – 5
• The Holdovers – 5
• The Zone of Interest – 5
• Napoleon – 3
• The Creator – 2
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – 2
• Nyad – 2
• Past Lives – 2
• Society of the Snow – 2