The shape-shifting commercial smash “Everything Everywhere All At Once” leads the upcoming Oscars with 11 nominations, including one for ‘Best Picture,’ ‘Best Director,’ and four total in three acting categories. Among the other ‘Best Picture’ nominations, the flavor varies from big-budget blockbusters (“Avatar: The Way of Water,” “Top Gun: Maverick”) to introspective character studies (“The Fabelmans,” “The Banshees of Inisherin”) to arthouse provocations (“Tár,” “Triangle of Sadness,” “Women Talking”). Netflix’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” and the Baz’d biopic “Elvis” round out the category.
After a bountiful Golden Globes haul, the casts of “Everything” and “Banshees” dominated the acting categories, each film commanding four total slots. The only other films with multiple performers nominated were “The Fabelmans” and “The Whale.” The ‘Best Actress’ nominations is headlined by Cate Blanchette (“Tár”) who has won two Oscars already, Michelle Williams (“The Fabelmans”), who has four previous nominations, and newcomers Michalle Yeoh (“Everything”), Ana de Armas (“Blonde”), and Andrea Riseborough (“To Leslie”), whose nomination for her turn as an alcoholic single mother benefitted from a grassroots campaign spearheaded by the likes of Jane Fonda and Gwenyth Paltrow.
First-Time Nominations Show Some Surprises
In the ‘Best Acting’ categories, veterans Colin Farrell (“Banshees”), Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”), and Bill Nighy (“Living”) are all receiving the first nominations of their decades-long careers. They’re accompanied by rising newcomers Austin Butler (“Elvis”), and Paul Mescal (“Aftersun”). Six of the ten supporting nominations are in “Banshees” (Kerry Condon for actress, Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan for actor) and “Everything” (Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu as actress, and front runner Ke Huy Quan as actor).
All of the men in the ‘Best Director’ category also had films in the ‘Best Picture’ race. With his tenth ‘Best Director’ nomination, Steven Spielberg breaks a tie with Martin Scorsese for second most of all time, behind William Wyler’s 12. Spielberg is the only person to receive nominations in six decades. The other directors — Todd Field, Martin McDonagh, Ruben Östlund, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert — are first-time nominations in the category.
The 95th Academy Awards will air on March 12th in Los Angeles. Below is a full list of nominees. Later this week, we’ll continue our coverage with an article about this year’s biggest headlines, including a summary of the surprises and snubs.
Best Picture
“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Amusement Park Films)
“Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
“The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
“Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
“The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
“Tár” (Focus Features)
“Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
“Triangle of Sadness” (Neon)
“Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
Best Director
Martin McDonagh (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Steven Spielberg (“The Fabelmans”)
Todd Field (“Tár”)
Ruben Östlund (“Triangle of Sadness”)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett (“Tár”)
Ana de Armas (“Blonde”)
Andrea Riseborough (“To Leslie”)
Michelle Williams (“The Fabelmans”)
Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Austin Butler (“Elvis”)
Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”)
Paul Mescal (“Aftersun”)
Bill Nighy (“Living”)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”)
Hong Chau (“The Whale”)
Kerry Condon (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Jamie Lee Curtis (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Stephanie Hsu (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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”)
Cinematography
“All Quiet on the Western Front” (James Friend)
“Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” (Darius Khondji)
“Elvis” (Mandy Walker)
“Empire of Light” (Roger Deakins)
“Tár” (Florian Hoffmeister)
Film Editing
“The Banshees of Inisherin” (Mikkel E.G. Nielsen)
“Elvis”(Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond)
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” (Paul Rogers)
“Tár” (Monika Willi)
“Top Gun: Maverick” (Eddie Hamilton)
Writing — Original Screenplay
“The Banshees of Inisherin” (Martin McDonagh)
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert)
“The Fabelmans” (Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner)
“Tár” (Todd Field)
“Triangle of Sadness” (Ruben Östlund)
Writing — Adapted Screenplay
“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Screenplay by Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, and Ian Stokell)
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Rian Johnson)
“Living” (Kazuo Ishiguro)
“Top Gun: Maverick” (Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks)
“Women Talking” (Sarah Polley)
Production Design
“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper)
“Avatar: The Way of Water” (Production Design: Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; Set Decoration: Vanessa Cole)
“Babylon” (Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino)
“Elvis” (Production Design: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration: Bev Dunn)
“The Fabelmans” (Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara)
International Feature Film
“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Germany)
“Argentina, 1985” (Argentina)
“Close” (Belgium)
“EO” (Poland)
“The Quiet Girl” (Ireland)
Animated Feature Film
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, and Alex Bulkley)
“Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” (Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan, and Paul Mezey)
“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” (Joel Crawford and Mark Swift)
“The Sea Beast” (Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger)
“Turning Red” (Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins)
Short Film — Animated
“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” (Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud)
“The Flying Sailor” (Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby)
“Ice Merchants” (João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano)
“My Year of Dicks” (Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon)
“An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It” (Lachlan Pendragon)
Documentary Feature Film
“All That Breathes” (Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann, and Teddy Leifer)
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” (Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin, and Yoni Golijov)
“Fire of Love” (Sara Dosa, Shane Boris, and Ina Fichman)
“A House Made of Splinters” (Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström)
“Navalny” (Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, and Shane Boris)
Documentary Short Film
“The Elephant Whisperers” (Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga)
“Haulout” (Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev)
“How Do You Measure a Year?” (Jay Rosenblatt)
“The Martha Mitchell Effect” (Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison)
“Stranger at the Gate” (Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones)
Short Film — Live Action
“An Irish Goodbye” (Tom Berkeley and Ross White)
“Ivalu” (Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan)
“Le Pupille” (Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón)
“Night Ride” (Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen)
“The Red Suitcase” (Cyrus Neshvad)
Visual Effects
“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar)
“Avatar: The Way of Water” (Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett)
“The Batman” (Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, and Dominic Tuohy)
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White, and Dan Sudick)“Top Gun: Maverick” (Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, and Scott R. Fisher)
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”)
Music — Original Score
“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Volker Bertelmann)
“Babylon” (Justin Hurwitz)
“The Banshees of Inisherin” (Carter Burwell)
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” (Son Lux)
“The Fabelmans” (John Williams)
Sound
“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel, and Stefan Korte)
“Avatar: The Way of Water” (Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, and Michael Hedges)
“The Batman” (Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray, and Andy Nelson)
“Elvis” (David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson, and Michael Keller)
“Top Gun: Maverick” (Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor)
Makeup and Hairstyling
“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová)
“The Batman” (Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, and Mike Fontaine)
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Camille Friend and Joel Harlow)
“Elvis” (Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Aldo Signoretti)
“The Whale” (Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Anne Marie Bradley)
Costume Design
“Babylon” (Mary Zophres)
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Ruth Carter)
“Elvis” (Catherine Martin)
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” (Shirley Kurata)
“Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” (Jenny Beavan)
