The nominations are in! The Academy of Motion Picture Arts has revealed its picks for the various categories that would make up the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony, otherwise known as the Oscars, happening on the 9th of February, 2020. The nominees were announced by Issa Rae and John Cho via a live-stream on the official Oscars YouTube channel.
Joker once again led the nominations with a total of 11 nods, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor, though it was closely followed by Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood, The Irishman and 1917 with 10 nominations each. This would mark the second year in a row that a movie based on a comic book is getting a nomination for Best Picture, following Black Panther’s nomination last year, and the second time an actor is in the running for an award playing the character, following Heath Ledger’s posthumous win in the Best Supporting Actor category for his portrayal in The Dark Knight.
Elsewhere, Parasite made history for becoming the first South Korean movie to receive a nomination in the recently-renamed Best International Film category. The movie is also vying for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Production Design and Best Film Editing, so its win in the former seems like more or less a given at this point.
Scarlett Johansson is also looking to make some history of her own with two acting wins in one night, as she received acting nods in both the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories, for her roles in Marriage Story and Jojo Rabbit respectively. Leonardo Dicaprio also received his 5th Best Actor nomination for portraying has-been actor, Rick Dalton, in Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood, an award he finally received for the very first time in 2016 for his role in The Revenant.
The full list of Academy Awards nominations are as follows:
Best Picture
- Ford v Ferrari
- The Irishman
- Jojo Rabbit
- Joker
- Little Women
- Marriage Story
- 1917
- Once Upon a Time In… Hollywood
- Parasite
Best Director
- Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
- Todd Philips, Joker
- Sam Mendes, 1917
- Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time In… Hollywood
- Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Best Actor
- Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time In… Hollywood
- Adam Driver, Marriage Story
- Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
- Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes
Best Actress
- Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
- Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
- Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
- Charlize Theron, Bombshell
- Renée Zellweger, Judy
Best Supporting Actor
- Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
- Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
- Al Pacino, The Irishman
- Joe Pesci, The Irishman
- Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood
Best Supporting Actress
- Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell
- Laura Dern, Marriage Story
- Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
- Florence Pugh, Little Women
- Margot Robbie, Bombshell
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Irishman
- Jojo Rabbit
- Joker
- Little Women
- The Two Popes
Best Original Screenplay
- Knives Out
- Marriage Story
- 1917
- Once Upon a Time In… Hollywood
- Parasite
Best Cinematography
- The Irishman
- Joker
- The Lighthouse
- 1917
- Once Upon a Time In… Hollywood
Best Animated Feature Film
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
- I Lost My Body
- Klaus
- Missing Link
- Toy Story 4
Best Original Score
- Joker
- Little Women
- Marriage Story
- 1917
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Best Original Song
- I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away, Toy Story 4
- (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again, Rocketman
- I’m Standing With You, Breakthrough
- Into The Unknown, Frozen II
- Stand Up, Harriet
Best Production Design
- The Irishman
- Jojo Rabbit
- 1917
- Once Upon a Time In… Hollywood
- Parasite
Best Film Editing
- Ford v Ferrari
- The Irishman
- Jojo Rabbit
- Joker
- Parasite
Best Documentary Feature
- American Factory
- The Cave
- The Edge of Democracy
- For Sama
- Honeyland
Best Documentary Short Subject
- In The Absence
- Learning To Skateboard In a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)
- Life Overtakes Me
- St. Louis Superman
- Walk Run Cha-Cha
Best International Feature Film
- Corpus Christi (Poland)
- Holy Land (North Macedonia)
- Les Misérables (France)
- Pain and Glory (Spain)
- Parasite (South Korea)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Bombshell
- Joker
- Judy
- Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
- 1917
Best Visual Effects
- Avengers: Endgame
- The Irishman
- The Lion King
- 1917
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Best Costume Design
- The Irishman
- Jojo Rabbit
- Joker
- Little Women
- Once Upon a Time In… Hollywood
Best Animated Short Film
- Dcera (Daughter)
- Hair Love
- Kitbull
- Memorable
- Sister
Best Live Action Short Film
- Brotherhood
- Nefta Football Club
- The Neighbors’ Window
- Saria
- A Sister
Best Sound Editing
- Ford v Ferrari
- Joker
- 1917
- Once Upon a Time In… Hollywood
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Best Sound Mixing
- Ad Astra
- Ford v Ferrari
- Joker
- 1917
- Once Upon a Time In… Hollywood
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