The 2024 Oscar nominations reflect a very good year in film, one packed with eccentric storytelling on an epic scale. As expected, Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Barbie were among the most recognized, with Oppenheimer picking up 13 nominations across all major categories, including Best Picture, Director, Lead and Supporting Actor, and Writing.
Poor Things received 11 nominations, while Killers of the Flower Moon received 10, including Martin Scorsese for Director, Lily Gladstone for Lead Actress, Robert De Niro for Supporting Actor, and Robbie Robertson for his score. Bradley Cooper’s Maestro also received seven nominations (including Makeup and Hairstyling), while the widely liked The Holdovers picked up five.
In the music categories, perennial nominee Diane Warren once again made the list with her original song for the Hulu film Flamin’ Hot, while Barbie’s “I’m Just Ken” and “What Was I Made For?” received two slots. The other nominees were Scott George’s “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from Killers of the Flower Moon and “It Never Went Away,” from the Jon Batiste documentary American Symphony. In original score, Consequence Composer of 2023 Ludwig Göransson’s work for Oppenheimer will be going up against the music from Flower Moon, Poor Things, American Fiction, and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. (Congrats to John Williams on his 54th nomination.)
Foreign cinema also had a strong presence outside the International Feature Film category, which isn’t always a common occurrence. Yet Anatomy of a Fall received five nominations (including one for Sandra Hüller’s exemplary lead performance), as did Jonathan Glazer’s haunting The Zone of Interest (which also happens to star Hüller). In addition, the twice-nominated Past Lives, while not technically a foreign film, was shot partially in Korea/Korean and the extraordinary Godzilla Minus One received a visual effects nod— proving that The Academy truly has gotten over its fear of subtitles.
Picking up stray nominations include Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One for sound and visual effects, Ridley Scott’s Napoleon for costume design, production design, and visual effects, and Hayao Miyazaki’s most recent masterpiece, The Boy and the Heron, for Animated Feature. As always, there are snubs and disappointments to discuss, but a strong year in film usually means a strong year in nominations, and 2024 is no exception.
Below are the nominees. The 96th Academy Awards will be handed out on Sunday, March 10th. Jimmy Kimmel will once again host.
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
Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
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
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 Supporting Role
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
America Ferrera, Barbie
Jodie Foster, Nyad
Da/Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Animated Short Film
Letter to a Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko
Costume Design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Live Action Short Film
The After
Invincible
Knight of Fortune
Red, White and Blue
The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar
Makeup and Hairstyling
Golda
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Society of the Snow
Music (Original Score)
American Fiction
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
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
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Cinematography
El Conde
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Directing
Anatomy of a Fall
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
Documentary Feature Film
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
To Kill a Tiger
20 Days in Mariupol
Documentary Short Film
The ABCs of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Island In Between
The Last Repair Shop
Nai Nai & Wai Po
Film Editing
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
International Feature Film
Io Capitano
Perfect Days
Society of the Snow
The Teachers’ Lounge
The Zone of Interest
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 Made For?”, Barbie
Production Design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
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
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