2024 Oscar nominations: surprises and silver screen milestones.

The anticipation surrounding the 2024 Oscar nominations has reached its climax, and this year's lineup is nothing short of intriguing. While the glamorous Barbie remains a strong contender, Christopher Nolan's ambitious Oppenheimer and Yorgos Lanthimos' compelling Poor Things have emerged as frontrunners, each boasting an impressive number of nominations.

Oppenheimer is leading the pack with a staggering 13 nominations, coming close to the record for the most nominations held by a film. All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land share the record with 14 nominations each. Meanwhile, Poor Things is not far behind Oppenheimer in the race, securing nominations in 11 categories.

The future is female.

2024 is shaping up to be a historical year for film, with three female-directed films receiving nominations in the Best Picture category for the first time ever. Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall, Greta Gerwig's Barbie, and Celine Song's Past Lives have paved the way for female directors, marking a significant milestone for the 96th Academy Awards.


Come on Barbie, let’s go party!

America Ferrera and Ryan Gosling, who delivered impeccable performances in their supporting roles, have both secured nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Actor.

While lead actress Margot Robbie wasn’t recognised in the Best Actress category, she is up for Best Picture as a producer of the film, alongside David Heyman, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner. Meanwhile director Greta Gerwig, has been nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay alongside writer Noah Baumbach.

Despite the nomination controversies, it’s important to note that Barbie sits in the top 5 for the highest nominated films of this year’s Academy Awards, with 8 nominations sitting firmly under its belt. If Barbie is able to maintain its momentum gained after the recent Golden Globes, it is more than likely for the film to take out the win for Best Original Song, meaning a potential back-to-back victory for Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell with their song “What Was I Made For?”. Barbie is also pitched to be a strong contender in the Costume Design and Production Design categories for its exceptional efforts in bringing the vibrant, pink-drenched Barbieland to life on the big screen.


Past Lives pulls through.

It’s an exciting time for Celine Song whose wildly impressive debut, Past Lives, has received two nominations, for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. Better yet, Past Lives alongside The Zone of Interest and Anatomy of a Fall have already made history, with this being the first year that more than one non-English language film has been nominated for Best Picture.


The Color Purple hits a high note.

Danielle Brooks gave a powerhouse performance in Blitz Bazawule's musical remake of The Color Purple and to the delight of many, managed to land a nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Whilst a bittersweet nomination for Brooks as the solo nominee of the film, Brooks says taking home the Oscar for telling Sofia’s powerful story would signal something important and profound to those watching, “It would mean honouring all of the Sofias that have ever lived, it would be a win for them.”


Killers of the Flower Moon blooms big records.

If securing 10 nominations wasn’t groundbreaking enough, Lily Gladstone has made Oscars history as the first Native American Best Actress nominee for Killers of the Flower Moon. The film also secured a Best Director nomination for Martin Scorsese, making this a record-breaking nomination for him as he surpasses previous record holder Steven Spielberg with his 10th nomination in this category.


Godzilla’s roaring recognition.

The Oscars' seven decade-long snubbing of a certain giant lizard is over. Godzilla has received its first ever Academy Award nomination with the surprise hit Godzilla Minus One. The film’s director and VFX supervisor Takashi Yamazki said in a statement, "I had not set my sights on being nominated, but I am very happy to have been brought to this place... I think it is a wonderful day for Godzilla!” Godzilla Minus One is up for nomination in the category of Best Visual Effects alongside The Creator, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, and Napoleon.

Read the full list of nominees below:

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

Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest

Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things

Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall

 

Best Actress

Annette Bening, Nyad

Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall

Carey Mulligan, Maestro

Emma Stone, Poor Things

 

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper, Maestro

Colman Domingo, Rustin

Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer

Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

 

Best Supporting Actress

Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple

America Ferrera, Barbie

Jodie Foster, Nyad

Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

 

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 Original Screenplay

Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall

David Hemingson, The Holdovers

Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer, Maestro

Samy Burch, May December

Celine Song, Past Lives

 

Best Adapted Screenplay

Cord Jefferson, American Fiction

Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie

Tony McNamara, Poor Things

Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest

 

Best International Feature

Io Capitano, Italy

Perfect Days, Japan

Society of the Snow, Spain

The Teacher’s Lounge, Germany

The Zone of Interest, United Kingdom

 

Best Animated Feature

The Boy and the Heron

Elemental

Nimona

Robot Dreams

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

 

Best Documentary Feature

Bobi Wine: The People’s President

The Eternal Memory

Four Daughters

To Kill a Tiger

20 Days in Mariupol

 

Best Cinematography

El Conde

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

 

Best Editing

Anatomy of a Fall

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

 

Best Costume Design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

 

Best Hair and Makeup

Golda

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Society of the Snow

 

Best Sound

The Creator

Maestro

Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One

Oppenheimer

The Zone of Interest

 

Best Visual Effects

The Creator

Godzilla Minus One

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One

Napoleon

 

Best Production Design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

 

Best Original Song

“What Was I Made For?”, Billie Eilish and Finneas, Barbie

“I’m Just Ken,” Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, Barbie

“The Fire Inside,” Diane Warren, Flamin’ Hot

“It Never Went Away,” Jon Batiste, American Symphony

“Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People),” Osage Tribal Singers, Killers of the Flower Moon

 

Best Original Score

American Fiction

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

 

Best Live-Action Short

The After

Invincible

Knight of Fortune

Red, White and Blue

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Best Animated Short

Letter to a Pig

Ninety-Five Senses

Our Uniform

Pachyderme

WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko

 

Best Documentary Short

The ABCs of Book Banning

The Barber of Little Rock

Island in Between

The Last Repair Shop

Nai Nai & Wai Po

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