As a movie year, 2023 was full of surprises, with the calendar dominated by the smash success of Barbenheimer. BARBIE and OPPENHEIMER were both propelled to the billion-dollar mark and into cultural icon status. Titles like POOR THINGS and THE HOLDOVERS made their marks at the end of the year, and now all four of those movies are Oscar frontrunners.
The 2024 Oscar Nominations honor a wide range of movies, in ways that are both widely expected and totally surprising. OPPENHEIMER leads the pack with 13 nominations; POOR THINGS has 11, BARBIE has ten, and THE HOLDOVERS has five.
There are surprises, too, such as the first Oscar nomination (really!) for Wes Anderson, whose Netflix short THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR is nominated. And GODZILLA MINUS ONE scored a Visual Effects nomination, making it the first Godzilla movie to get an Oscar nomination.
Here are all the 2024 Oscar nominations. You can see many of these movies during our Oscar Movie Week, passes for which are on sale now!
The Best Picture Oscar Nominees
Let's get straight to the big question. What movie will win the 2024 Best Picture Oscar? The Best Picture nominees for 2024 are:
AMERICAN FICTION, Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, Producers
ANATOMY OF A FALL, Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, Producers
BARBIE David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, Producers
THE HOLDOVERS, Mark Johnson, Producer
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, Producers
MAESTRO, Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
OPPENHEIMER, Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, Producers
PAST LIVES, David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, Producers
POOR THINGS, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, Producers
THE ZONE OF INTEREST, James Wilson, Producer
OPPENHEIMER is certainly the most obvious Best Picture frontrunner, but the award isn't entirely locked up. A different movie could still win Best Picture. Want to know how?
How Does Oscar Voting Work?
Here's how Oscar voting works. The Academy uses a Ranked Choice Vote, or preferential ballot, to determine each winner. A movie needs 50% plus one vote to win. Each member submits a ballot with the nominees ranked in order of preference. But it's not as simple as just seeing which movie gets the most votes.
With ten films nominated, there's a good chance that a winner will not emerge based only on first choices. In that case, ballots are redistributed from the bottom up. Let's say THE XYZ MOVIE came in last based on tallies of the top picks for each ballot. Then the votes for that film are redistributed to whatever movies were ranked second on ballots that had THE XYZ MOVIE as their top pick. The video below shows how this works.
If no winner has emerged, then the lowest-scoring movie is knocked out. The tallies remain, and the ballots for the film with the fewest votes are redistributed again according to the number two movie on each ballot. If a ballot's second pick has been knocked out, then the movie ranked number 3 on that ballot gets a vote. This repeats until there's a winner.
So even if many voters like BARBIE or KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON enough to rank it second or third, that movie could still win.
The 2024 Oscar Nominations for Acting
Here are the acting nominations for the 2024 Oscars. There are pleasant surprises, like Colman Domingo's nom for RUSTIN and Annette Bening and Jodie Foster for the relatively little-seen NYAD.
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper in MAESTRO
Colman Domingo in RUSTIN
Paul Giamatti in THE HOLDOVERS
Cillian Murphy in OPPENHEIMER
Jeffrey Wright in AMERICAN FICTION
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening in NYAD
Lily Gladstone in KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Sandra Hüller in ANATOMY OF A FALL
Carey Mulligan in MAESTRO
Emma Stone in POOR THINGS
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Sterling K. Brown in AMERICAN FICTION
Robert De Niro in KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Robert Downey Jr. in OPPENHEIMER
Ryan Gosling in BARBIE
Mark Ruffalo in POOR THINGS
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Emily Blunt in OPPENHEIMER
Danielle Brooks in THE COLOR PURPLE
America Ferrera in BARBIE
Jodie Foster in NYAD
Da'Vine Joy Randolph in THE HOLDOVERS
The 2024 Best Director Oscar Nominations
Here are the nominees for Best Director. The notable absence is Greta Gerwig, who did not get a nomination for BARBIE.
ANATOMY OF A FALL, Justine Triet
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, Martin Scorsese
OPPENHEIMER, Christopher Nolan
POOR THINGS, Yorgos Lanthimos
THE ZONE OF INTEREST, Jonathan Glazer
The 2024 Oscar Nominations for Best Animated, Documentary, and Short Films
As mentioned above, one standout nomination in this batch is for Wes Anderson — his first. The Best Animated Feature Film is always a fun category too, with a mix of expected and studio titles such as THE BOY AND THE HERON and ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, but also some smaller and excellent movies like NIMONA and ROBOT DREAMS.
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
THE BOY AND THE HERON, Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
ELEMENTAL, Peter Sohn and Denise Ream
NIMONA, Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary
ROBOT DREAMS, Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal
Best Documentary Feature Film
BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE'S PRESIDENT, Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek
THE ETERNAL MEMORY, Nominees to be determined
FOUR DAUGHTERS, Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha
TO KILL A TIGER, Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL, Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath
Best Documentary Short Film
THE ABCS OF BOOK BANNING, Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic
THE BARBER OF LITTLE ROCK, John Hoffman and Christine Turner
ISLAND IN BETWEEN, S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien
THE LAST REPAIR SHOP, Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
NǍI NAI & WÀI PÓ, Sean Wang and Sam Davis
Best Animated Short Film
LETTER TO A PIG, Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter
NINETY-FIVE SENSES, Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess
OUR UNIFORM, Yegane Moghaddam
PACHYDERME, Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius
WAR IS OVER!, Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko" Dave Mullins and Brad Booker
Best Live-Action Short Film
THE AFTER, Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham
INVINCIBLE, Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron
KNIGHT OF FORTUNE, Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk
RED, WHITE AND BLUE, Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane
THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR, Wes Anderson and Steven Rales
The 2024 Oscar Nominations for Screenwriting, Music, and Technical Achievement
Here are the rest of the nominations, with the major noms for titles like NAPOLEON, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, and, as mentioned, GODZILLA MINUS ONE.
Best Adapted Screenplay
AMERICAN FICTION, Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson
BARBIE, Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach
OPPENHEIMER, Written for the screen by Christopher Nolan
POOR THINGS, Screenplay by Tony McNamara
THE ZONE OF INTEREST, Written by Jonathan Glazer
Best Original Screenplay
ANATOMY OF A FALL, Screenplay - Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
THE HOLDOVERS, Written by David Hemingson
MAESTRO, Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer
MAY DECEMBER, Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik
PAST LIVES, Written by Celine Song
Achievement in Cinematography
EL CONDE, Edward Lachman
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, Rodrigo Prieto
MAESTRO, Matthew Libatique
OPPENHEIMER, Hoyte van Hoytema
POOR THINGS, Robbie Ryan
Achievement in Costume Design
BARBIE, Jacqueline Durran
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, Jacqueline West
NAPOLEON, Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
OPPENHEIMER, Ellen Mirojnick
POOR THINGS, Holly Waddington
Achievement in Film Editing
ANATOMY OF A FALL, Laurent Sénéchal
THE HOLDOVERS, Kevin Tent
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, Thelma Schoonmaker
OPPENHEIMER, Jennifer Lame
POOR THINGS, Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Best International Feature Film of the Year
IO CAPITANO, Italy
PERFECT DAYS, Japan
SOCIETY OF THE SNOW, Spain
THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE, Germany
THE ZONE OF INTEREST, United Kingdom
Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling
GOLDA, Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue
MAESTRO, Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell
OPPENHEIMER, Luisa Abel
POOR THINGS, Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston
SOCIETY OF THE STONE, Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé
Achievement in Music written for Motion Pictures (Original score)
AMERICAN FICTION, Laura Karpman
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY, John Williams
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, Robbie Robertson
OPPENHEIMER, Ludwig Göransson
POOR THINGS, Jerskin Fendrix
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original song)
"The Fire Inside" from FLAMIN' HOT, Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
"I'm Just Ken" from BARBIE, Music and Lyric by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
"It Never Went Away" from AMERICAN SYMPHONY, Music and Lyric by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson
"Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)" from KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, Music and Lyric by Scott George
"What Was I Made For?" from BARBIE, Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
Achievement in Production Design
BARBIE, Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
NAPOLEON, Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff
OPPENHEIMER, Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman
POOR THINGS, Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek
Achievement in Sound
THE CREATOR, Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic
MAESTRO, Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE, Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor
OPPENHEIMER, Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O'Connell
THE ZONE OF INTEREST, Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn
Achievement in Visual Effects
THE CREATOR, Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould
GODZILLA MINUS ONE, Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3, Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE, Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould
NAPOLEON, Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould
The 2024 Oscar winners will be announced on March 12.
All images courtesy of Searchlight Pictures and Universal Pictures.