The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the nominees for one of the strangest Oscar seasons of all time. Delayed and extended because of the COVID-19 pandemic, awards season seems to have always and never been happening in 2020-2021, but thankfully some things never change: The Oscars still have pretty predictable taste.
If you thought that the awards field would be utterly shaken up just because streaming services took the lead over theaters, well, do a few mediocre-to-bad prestige dramas have news for you! Mank leads the pack with 10 nominations in some top categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress. With six nominations each, favorites like Minari, Sound of Metal, and Nomadland slightly underperformed while understated underdog The Father and “well, of course they nominated that” choice The Trial of the Chicago 7 overachieved for half a dozen nods each. Behind them were Promising Young Woman (5 nominations), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (5), Soul (3) and One Night in Miami (3).
The 93rd Oscars airs on ABC on April 25, 2021.
See the full list of nominees below:
Best Picture
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Lead Actor
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Gary Oldman, Mank
Steven Yeun, Minari
Lead Actress:
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day, United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Supporting Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
LaKeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah
Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
Director
Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
David Fincher, Mank
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman