The morning of Oscars nominations is crucial for many reasons. It serves to briefly unite a pair of celebrities with virtually nothing in common for a televised name reading. It ignites heated online debate between people who should probably be getting ready for work. It also offers moments of surprising reprieve from the onslaught of Oscar campaigning—glimmers of genuine celebration for deserving first-time nominees.
Everything Everywhere All at Once is the most nominated film this year with 11 nominations covering all the major categories, while The Banshees of Inisherin’s more grounded story follows with nine. All Quiet on the Western Front follows with eight nominations, which if nothing else, proves how far Netflix will go to promote a potential Best Picture winner.
In a somewhat surprising twist, Baz Luhrmann’s zany biopic Elvis beats Steven Spielberg’s “love letter to cinema” The Fabelmans, with Elvis earning eight nominations in comparison to The Fabelmans’ seven. However, The Fabelmans did score John Williams a nomination for his score, now making Williams’ the oldest Oscar nominee.
Once again the Oscars continue to baffle film fans by nominating Women Talking for both Best Picture and Sarah Polley for Best Adapted Screenplay but failed to acknowledge her feat in the Best Director category. Similarly, Baz Luhrmann has once again failed to earn a Best Director nod for his esoteric vision, but Elvis has earned a Best Picture nomination.
The awards themselves will air on Sunday, March 12 at 8 PM on ABC, with Jimmy Kimmel set to return as the host.
Before then, make sure to catch up with all the nominations:
Best Picture All Quiet on the Western Front Avatar: The Way of Water The Banshees of Inisherin Elvis Everything Everywhere All at Once The Fabelmans TÁR Top Gun: Maverick Triangle of Sadness Women Talking
Best Director Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans Todd Field, TÁR Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness
Best Actress Cate Blanchett, TÁR Ana de Armas, Blonde Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Actor Austin Butler, Elvis Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin Brendan Fraser, The Whale Paul Mescal, Aftersun Bill Nighy, Living
Best Supporting Actor Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Supporting Actress Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Hong Chau, The Whale Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Animated Feature Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Turning Red Puss in Boots: The Last Wish The Sea Beast
Animated Short Film The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse The Flying Sailor Ice Merchants My Year of Dicks An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It
Best Adapted Screenplay All Quiet on the Western Front Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Living Top Gun: Maverick Women Talking
Best Original Screenplay Everything Everywhere All at Once TÁR The Fabelmans The Banshees of Inisherin Triangle of Sadness
Documentary Feature Film All That Breathes All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Fire of Love A House Made of Splinters Navalny
Documentary Short Film The Elephant Whisperers Haulout How Do You Measure a Year? The Martha Mitchell Effect Stranger at the Gate
Live Action Short Film An Irish Goodbye Ivalu Le Pupille Night Ride The Red Suitcase
Best International Feature Film All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany) Argentina, 1985 (Argentina) Close (Belgium) EO (Poland) The Quiet Girl (Ireland)
Best Editing Elvis Everything Everywhere All at Once Top Gun: Maverick TÁR The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Sound All Quiet on the Western Front Avatar: The Way of Water The Batman Elvis Top Gun: Maverick
Best Production Design Avatar: The Way of Water All Quiet on the Western Front Babylon Elvis The Fabelmans
Best Music (Original Score) All Quiet on the Western Front Babylon The Banshees of Inisherin Everything Everywhere All at Once The Fabelmans
Best Music (Original Song) “Applause”, Tell It like a Woman “Hold My Hand”, Top Gun: Maverick “Lift Me Up”, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever “Naatu Naatu”, RRR “This Is A Life”, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Makeup and Hairstyling All Quiet on the Western Front The Batman Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Elvis The Whale
Best Costume Design Babylon Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Elvis Everything Everywhere All at Once Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Best Visual Effects Avatar: The Way of Water All Quiet on the Western Front The Batman Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Top Gun: Maverick
Best Cinematography All Quiet on the Western Front Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Elvis Empire of Light Tár