Nominations for the 2024 Academy Awards were announced today, led by Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Barbie.
Oppenheimer snagged 13 nominations, Poor Things got 11, followed by Killers of the Flower Moon with 10, and Barbie with eight. These four films are contending for the Best Picture Oscar, along with six other movies: American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Maestro, Past Lives and The Zone of Interest.
The much-awaited nominees in 23 categories were announced in a live feed from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater, with Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid doing the honors. The final winners will be announced on Sunday, March 10 when the 96th Academy Awards will be presented in the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood, hosted again by Jimmy Kimmel.
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things is a steampunk-inflected film about a Victorian-era woman brought back to life after her suicide. It stars Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo in a comedic jaunt around Europe and Egypt. Stone also received a nomination for Best Actress and Ruffalo captured one for Best Supporting Actor.
Among the other nominees are two Japanese productions: Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus One (Best Visual Effects) and Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron (Best Animation). Both are set during the WWII era. Yamazaki’s film imagines Japan being attacked by monsters, while Miyazaki’s is an anime about a young boy who enters a fantastical world while mourning for his mother.
Following is a complete list of this year’s Oscar nominees:
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 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 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 director
• Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet
• Killers of the Flower Moon – Martin Scorsese
• Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
• Poor Things – Yorgos Lanthimos
• The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer
Best adapted screenplay
• American Fiction
• Barbie
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• The Zone of Interest
Best original screenplay
• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Holdovers
• Maestro
• May December
• Past Lives
Best original song
• The Fire Inside – Flamin’ Hot (Diane Warren)
• I’m Just Ken – Barbie (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt)
• It Never Went Away – American Symphony (Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson)
• Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) – Killers of the Flower Moon (Scott George)
• What Was I Made For? – Barbie (Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell)
Best original score
• American Fiction
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
Best international feature
• Io Capitano
• Perfect Days
• Society of the Snow
• The Teachers’ Lounge
• The Zone of Interest
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 costume design
• Barbie
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Napoleon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
Best make-up and hairstyling
• Golda
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• Society of the Snow
Best production design
• Barbie
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Napoleon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
Best sound
• The Creator
• Maestro
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
• Oppenheimer
• The Zone of Interest
Best film editing
• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
Best cinematography
• El Conde
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
Best visual effects
• The Creator
• Godzilla Minus One
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
• Napoleon
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
• Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó