The 2024 Oscar nominations were revealed today, with “Oppenheimer” topping the field with 13 nominations and “Poor Things” coming in second with 11. The 96th Academy Awards take place in the wake of a year that witnessed the epic World War II biopic directed by Christopher Nolan and the “Barbie” sensation, both of which brought in hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office.
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The announcement on Tuesday was not without its surprises: Greta Gerwig, who was nominated for best director for “Barbie” (she and Noah Baumbach were nominated for the film’s adapted screenplay), and star Margot Robbie, who was also nominated for best picture, did not receive an acting nomination. (“To say that I’m disappointed that they are not nominated in their respective categories would be an understatement,” Ryan Gosling, who received a nomination for his portrayal of Ken, stated). Leonardo DiCaprio, a previous Oscar winner who starred in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” was not nominated for an acting award this year either.
Lily Gladstone, DiCaprio’s co-star, made history by being the first Native American to receive a Best Actress nomination. After not receiving a Golden Globe nomination for her role in “Barbie,” America Ferrera received a nod for Best Supporting Actress, while Justine Triet became the ninth woman to be nominated for Best Director for “Anatomy of a Fall.” The complete list of Oscar nominees for this year is as follows:
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 Hüller, “Anatomy of a Fall”
• Carey Mulligan, “Maestro”
• Emma Stone, “Poor Things”
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 supporting actress
• Emily Blunt, “Oppenheimer”
• Danielle Brooks, “The Color Purple”
• America Ferrera, “Barbie”
• Jodie Foster, “Nyad”
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”
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”
International feature film
• “Io Capitano,” Italy
• “Perfect Days,” Japan
• “Society of the Snow,” Spain
• “The Teachers’ Lounge,” Germany
• “The Zone of Interest,” United Kingdom
Animated feature film
• “The Boy and the Heron”
• “Elemental”
• “Nimona”
• “Robot Dreams”
• “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Adapted screenplay
• “American Fiction”
• “Barbie”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Poor Things”
• “The Zone of Interest”
Original screenplay
• “Anatomy of a Fall”
• “The Holdovers”
• “Maestro”
• “May December”
• “Past Lives”
Visual effects
• “The Creator”
• “Godzilla Minus One”
• “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
• “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
• “Napoleon”
Original score
• “American Fiction”
• “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”
• “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Poor Things”
Original song
• “It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony”
• “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie”
• “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie”
• “The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot”
• “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Documentary feature film
• “20 Days in Mariupol”
• “Bobi Wine: The People’s President”
• “The Eternal Memory”
• “Four Daughters”
• “To Kill a Tiger”
Cinematography
• “El Conde”
• “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• “Maestro”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Poor Things”
Costume design
• “Barbie”
• “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• “Napoleon”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Poor Things”
Animated short film
• “Letter to a Pig”
• “Ninety-Five Senses”
• “Our Uniform”
• “Pachyderm”
• “War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko”
Live-action short film
• “The After”
• “Invincible”
• “Knight of Fortune”
• “Red, White and Blue”
• “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”
Documentary short film
• “The ABCs of Book Banning”
• “The Barber of Little Rock”
• “Island in Between”
• “The Last Repair Shop”
• “Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó”
Film editing
• “Anatomy of a Fall”
• “The Holdovers”
• “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Poor Things”
Sound
• “The Creator”
• “Maestro”
• “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “The Zone of Interest”
Production design
• “Barbie”
• “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• “Napoleon”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Poor Things”
Makeup and hairstyling
• “Golda”
• “Maestro”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Poor Things”
• “Society of the Snow”
With 13 nominations, Christopher Nolan’s drama about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the head of the ultra-secret Manhattan Project that produced the atomic bomb, led the BAFTA Film Award nominations last week. “Poor Things,” which starred Emma Stone and was directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, was nominated for eleven Oscars in the United Kingdom.
“Oppenheimer” took home five Golden Globes, including Best Drama Motion Picture earlier this month. The Globe for Best Director went to Nolan. Best actor in a drama went to Cillian Murphy for his depiction of the titular role, while best-supporting actor went to co-star Robert Downey Jr.
Lily Gladstone, a first-time Globe candidate, took up the Best Drama Actress trophy for her role in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
Poor Things’ took home the Golden Globe for Best Musical or Comedy Film, and Stone was named the best actress in the field. For Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers,” Paul Giamatti won Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Giamatti’s co-star, and another first-time Globe contender took home the Best Supporting Actress trophy.
Nine Globes, including Best Director, were among the nominations for “Barbie”. Two were awarded: the new prize for cinematic and box office accomplishment and the best original song for Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made for?”
Barbie vs. Oppenheimer: An Oscars Confrontation
Is this the year of ‘Barbie’ or ‘Oppenheimer’ for films? This season’s biggest cinematic question was brought up by the 96th Academy Award nominations. Since they each received several nominations (Barbie with eight and Oppenheimer with 13), we still don’t fully know. Either way, it will give us even another justification to refer to him as “Barbenheimer.”
The New York Times’s awards-season columnist Kyle Buchanan was correct when he said that it was difficult to predict which film, if any, would win big in the categories of best picture, best director, best actor, and best actress due to the abundance of excellent films and outstanding talent we have seen this past year. “Oppenheimer,” “Barbie,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “The Holdovers,” and “Poor Things” were all nominated for best picture, and most of the other categories as well.
With 13 nominations, Oppenheimer leads the 96th Oscar nominations.
Following a turbulent film year characterized by strikes and work stoppages, Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated biopic “Oppenheimer” received an overwhelming 13 nominations from the Academy Awards on Tuesday.
Viewed as the front-runner for best film, Christopher Nolan’s three-hour opus garnered several honors for the sweeping craft of the J. Robert Oppenheimer drama, as well as nominations for best picture and Nolan’s directing, as well as acting from Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., and Emily Blunt.
Even though Nolan is renowned as the big-canvas auteur of his day, none of his films have taken home the Best Picture Oscar. But this may be the year. Considering the unusual success of his long drama filled with discourse and historical turbulence that nonetheless brought in close to $1 billion, director Christopher Nolan referred to Oppenheimer as “one of the great American stories” during a Tuesday interview.
“I love Hollywood movies and I think studio filmmaking can do anything,” Nolan remarked. “I don’t know what to say, really, about receiving this kind of recognition from the academy, and how thrilling it was to see audiences react to that this summer.” It undoubtedly strengthens our belief in the potential of studio filmmaking.
“Barbie,” the biggest hit of the year, had somewhat fewer nominations than its co-star in the Barbenheimer frenzy. With over $1.4 billion in ticket sales, Greta Gerwig’s feminist comedy was nominated for eight awards, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Ryan Gosling, and two Best Song nominees, “What Was I Made For” and “I Just Ken.”
Surprisingly, Gerwig was excluded from the competition for best director. In 2018, she received a nomination for best director for her first solo feature film, “Lady Bird.” Gerwig was only the fifth woman to be nominated for the prize at that point. Since then, best director awards have gone to Jane Campion for “The Power of the Dog” and Chloé Zhao for “Nomadland.” Before those victories, the only other woman to win the Academy Award for Best Picture was Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker,” 2010).
With 11 and 10 nods respectively, Martin Scorsese’s Osage epic “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Frankenstein satire “Poor Things” were also warmly received.
The actress Lily Gladstone from “Killers of the Flower Moon” was the first Native American to receive a Best Actress nomination. Scorsese received a nomination for best director for the tenth time. However, Leonardo DiCaprio did not win best actor. The first Indigenous nominee for best score was the late Robbie Robertson, who passed away in August.
Through phone from Pawhuska, Oklahoma, Gladstone remarked, “It happens to be that I’m carrying this honor right now (but) it’s all so long overdue.” Gladstone traveled there to be near her character. “I think a lot of stereotypes people have about Indigenous women, particularly Native American women, are being shattered by casting Indigenous talent in these roles and highlighting their humanity and characters—just the way that all of the sisters exist on screen is a real moment of restoration.”
“Poor Things,” a dark fantasy set in the Victorian era that centers on Bella Baxter’s sexual awakening, was well praised for its traditional fantasy design and won accolades for Emma Stone’s starring role, Mark Ruffalo’s supporting role, and director Lanthimos’ direction.
Beyond the Nominations: An Examination of Barbie and Oppenheimer’s Oscar Career
Oppenheimer, Barbie, Poor Things, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Holdovers, Maestro, American Fiction, Past Lives, Anatomy of a Fall, and The Zone of Interest were the ten films that were nominated for Best Picture.
That group, which mirrored the candidates for the Producers Guild Awards, performed pretty much as predicted and was a very good bunch of films, according to critics. Three of the best picture candidates, directed by women for the first time, are Gerwig’s “Barbie,” Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall,” and Celine Song’s “Past Lives,” which is also up for best director.
However, there were several surprises in other areas.
One of the most contested categories was believed to be the best actor. Murphy, Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”), Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction”), Bradley Cooper (“Maestro”), and Colman Domingo (“Rustin”) were ultimately the nominees. After Ian McKellen for the 1998 film “Gods and Monsters,” Domingo became the second homosexual male to receive a nomination for playing a gay character for his role as civil rights pioneer Bayard Rustin.
With five nominations, Cord Jefferson’s perceptive drama “American Fiction,” which tells the story of a disgruntled novelist, had an exceptionally successful day. Sterling K. Brown received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor as part of it. That group was completed by Robert De Niro (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), Downey, Gosling, and Ruffalo.
It was also hotly fought for best actress. The other nominations were Sandra Hüller (“Anatomy of a Fall”), Carey Mulligan (“Maestro”), and Annette Bening (“Nyad”) in addition to Gladstone and Stone. That excluded “Barbie” star Margot Robbie and “The Colour Purple” actress Fantasia Barrino.
The front-runner for supporting actress, Da’Vine Joy Randolph of “The Holdovers,” kept advancing towards her first Oscar. Blunt, America Ferrera (“Barbie”), Danielle Brooks (“The Colour Purple”), and Jodie Foster (“Nyad”) joined her. Even though Brooks was the only contender for the film, “The Colour Purple,” had higher expectations going into the awards season.
“It all deeply humbles me since I know that neither you nor any of us can achieve these goals on our own. Brooks stated over Zoom from New Zealand, where she is filming a movie, “That’s not how it works.” “I felt that coming in right after Miss Oprah Winfrey was a big task. But you know, right now I feel like I’m doing this for the Colour Purple team.
The four front-runners for the Oscars, “Oppenheimer,” “Barbie,” “Poor Things,” and “Killers of the Flower Moon,” formed a maximalist quartet. Nolan’s extensive Biography. Gerwig’s almost melodious. The Dark Western directed by Scorsese. The lavishly created fantasy of Lanthimos. Each used a variety of cinematic techniques to deliver ambitious, frequently unsettling, big-screen tales. Additionally, all of them—including “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Apple’s most expensive film to date—had successful theatrical premieres that delayed streaming for several months.
In its 178-year existence, the Associated Press received its first Oscar nomination for “20 Days in Mariupol,” Mstyslav Chernov’s terrifying account of the beleaguered Ukrainian city and the final remaining foreign journalists following the Russian invasion. The joint production of “Frontline” from PBS and the AP was nominated for best documentary, along with “To Kill a Tiger,” “Four Daughters,” “Bobi Wine: The People’s President,” and “The Eternal Memory.”
“Society of the Snow” (Spain), “The Zone of Interest” (UK), “The Teachers’ Lounge” (Germany), “Io Capitano” (Italy), and “Perfect Days” (Japan) were the films nominated for best international film.
John Williams received a 49th Academy Award nomination for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” soundtrack. Concurrently, Godzilla is making his Oscars debut after seven decades in motion pictures. A visual effects nomination was received for “Godzilla Minus One.”
The best picture lineup of films, which included Netflix’s “Maestro” and all of which were in theatres for at least a month, representing the industry’s rebalancing following years of experimentation during the pandemic. Despite Netflix’s impressive haul of 18 nominations, the consensus in the industry has returned to the belief that the majority of films are released in theatres. Both Apple and Amazon, which acquired MGM in 2022, have prioritized theatrical movies.
Oscar voters are ready to do something they haven’t done in a long time: give their top prize to a big-budget blockbuster, as seen by the overwhelming support shown for “Oppenheimer.” Even while “Oppenheimer” isn’t your typical big-screen extravaganza, the Academy has historically awarded best picture to smaller films like “CODA,” “Nomadland,” and the winner of last year’s Oscar, “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” “Argo,” starring Ben Affleck, was the last best picture winner to gross over $100 million in its own country in 2012. In the United States and Canada, “Oppenheimer” brought in $326.8 million, and over $1 billion worldwide.
In the past, blockbusters have contributed to higher Oscar ratings. The Academy Awards may suffer from the glut of award shows (a fallout from last year’s strikes), but Barbenheimer’s attendance might improve the ABC program on March 10. The ceremony will now take place at 7 p.m. EST, with Jimmy Kimmel serving as host once again.
