The nominations for the 96th Oscars have been announced and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer leads the pack with 13 nominations. That’s followed by Searchlight’s Poor Things with 11 nominations, Apple Original Films’ Killers of the Flower Moon with 10 nominations, and Warner Bros’ Barbie got eight noms. All of these films are nominated for Best Picture.
I’m not surprised that these are the films that landed the most nominations. But I was super surprised that Barbie has a couple of big snubs. Greta Gerwig did not land a nomination for Best Director, and Margot Robbie did not get the Best Actress nom, which was surprising because Ryan Gosling was nominated for Best Supporting Actor, which is ridiculous; and America Ferrera landed a nom for Best Supporting Actress. The best performance in that movie, though, came from Robbie, so that’s confusing.
Out of all the Best Picture Nominations, I personally want to see The Holdovers win. That was my favorite film on the list. Oppenheimer will probably end up winning, though. But, they are going up against some other really good films, so we’ll have to wait and see!
Godzilla Minus One also landed that Best Visual Effects Oscar nomination, making it the first Godzilla movie ever nominated for an Oscar, which is cool! Then there’s an animated short that was nominated titled Ninety-Five Senses, that a friend of mine worked on, so that was awesome to see get nominated.
Anyway, check out the full list of nominations below and let us know what you think! What film do you want to see win Best Picture? What other nominations would you like to see win?
Best Picture
Directing
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
Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Actor in a Supporting Role
Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction
Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr, Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening, Nyad
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Emma Stone, Poor Things
Actress in a Supporting Role
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
America Ferrera, Barbie
Jodie Foster, Nyad
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
American Fiction
Barbie
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Maestro
May December
Past Lives
Animated Feature Film
Cinematography
Costume Design
Documentary Feature Film
Documentary Short Film
Film Editing
International Feature Film
Io Capitano
Perfect Days
Society of the Snow
The Teachers’ Lounge
The Zone of Interest
Makeup and Hairstyling
Golda
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Society of the Snow
Music (Original Score)
Music (Original Song)
“The Fire Inside”, Flamin’ Hot
“I’m Just Ken”, Barbie
“It Never Went Away”, American Symphony
“Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)”, Killers of the Flower Moon
“What Was I Mader For?”, Barbie
Production Design
Short Film (Animated)
Short Film (Live Action)
Sound
Visual Effects
