The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, is taking place on February 9th, and with all of the wonderful films that were nominated this year, the Oscars will be a load of fun for the whole family!
Now, because we are publishing this article before the Oscars, I am going to focus on some of the biggest categories for the nominations! If you want a full comprehensive list, you can visit the link here! In addition, there are several films that garnered multiple nominations! JOKER received the most nominations with 11; The Irishman, 1917, and Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood, all received 10 nominations each and there were many other movies that got multiple nominations!
Performance by an actor in a leading role nominees:
- Antonio Banderas:PAIN AND GLORY
- Leonardo DiCaprio:ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
- Adam Driver:MARRIAGE STORY
- Joaquin Phoenix:JOKER
- Jonathan Pryce:THE TWO POPES
For those of you that want a more in-depth review of Marriage Story (which got five other reviews besides this one), we at The Mountaineer already wrote an in-depth article all about it and you can read more about it here!
Performance by an actress in a leading role nominees:
- Cynthia Erivo:HARRIET
- Scarlett Johansson:MARRIAGE STORY
- Saoirse Ronan:LITTLE WOMEN
- Charlize Theron:BOMBSHELL
- Renée Zellweger:JUDY
Best animated feature film of the year nominees:
- HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD: Dean DeBlois, Bradford Lewis and Bonnie Arnold
- I LOST MY BODY: Jérémy Clapin and Marc du Pontavice
- KLAUS: Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh and Marisa Román
- MISSING LINK: Chris Butler, Arianne Sutner and Travis Knight
- TOY STORY 4: Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen and Jonas Rivera
Achievement in directing nominees:
- THE IRISHMAN: Martin Scorsese
- JOKER: Todd Phillips
- 1917: Sam Mendes
- ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD: Quentin Tarantino
- PARASITE: Bong Joon Ho
Parasite, directed by Bong Joon Ho, is one of the break-out movies of the year, gaining critical acclaim worldwide. It got five other nominations, tying with Jojo Rabbit, Little Women, and Marriage Story.
Best documentary feature nominees:
- AMERICAN FACTORY: Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert and Jeff Reichert
- THE CAVE: Feras Fayyad, Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær
- THE EDGE OF DEMOCRACY: Petra Costa, Joanna Natasegara, Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan
- FOR SAMA: Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts
- HONEYLAND: Ljubo Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska and Atanas Georgiev
Best international feature film of the year nominees:
- CORPUS CHRISTI Poland: Directed by Jan Komasa
- HONEYLAND North Macedonia: Directed by Ljubo Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska
- LES MISÉRABLES France: Directed by Ladj Ly
- PAIN AND GLORY Spain: Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
- PARASITE South Korea: Directed by Bong Joon Ho
Best motion picture of the year nominees:
- FORD V FERRARI: Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and James Mangold, Producers
- THE IRISHMAN: Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers
- JOJO RABBIT: Carthew Neal, Taika Waititi and Chelsea Winstanley, Producers
- JOKER: Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers
- LITTLE WOMEN: Amy Pascal, Producer
- MARRIAGE STORY: Noah Baumbach and David Heyman, Producers
- 1917: Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren and Callum McDougall, Producers
- ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD: David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh and Quentin Tarantino, Producers
- PARASITE: Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers
Best animated short film nominees:
- DCERA (Daughter): Daria Kashcheeva
- HAIR LOVE: Matthew A. Cherry & Karen Rupert Toliver
- KITBULL: Rosana Sullivan & Kathryn Hendrickson
- MEMORABLE: Bruno Collet & Jean-Francois Le Corre
- SISTER: Siqi Song
Now, I know that I am not on the Academy Award Committee, but if Hair Love does not win this category, you need to throw the whole award show away. I LOVE this short story: it made me cry TWICE (I’m not sure why I am acting like that is a big deal though, since I cry about everything). PLEASE go watch it!
Original screenplay nominees:
- KNIVES OUT: Rian Johnson
- MARRIAGE STORY: Noah Baumbach
- 1917: Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns
- ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD: Quentin Tarantino
- PARASITE: Bong Joon Ho & Han Jin Won
The Oscars have garnered a lot of buzz this year because of the multiple nominations for thousands of amazing films and the hard work of actors and actresses worldwide.
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