‘Oppenheimer’ Leads Oscar Nominations 2024 with 13 Nods, While ‘Poor Things’ Earns an Impressive 11

The Oscar nominations 2024 featured Christopher Nolan‘s “Oppenheimer” earning thirteen nods across different categories.

At this year’s Oscars, which air live on ABC at 7 p.m. ET/4 PT on March 10, “Oppenheimer” is up for best picture, best actor (Cillian Murphy), best supporting actor (Robert Downey Jr.), and best supporting actress (Emily Blunt). Tuesday morning, it was revealed that Martin Scorsese‘s Western crime tale “Killers of the Flower Moon” had won 10 awards and “Poor Things” had won 11.

Five movies, including Greta Gerwig‘s “Barbie,” “The Holdovers” (a holiday movie set in the 1970s), “American Fiction” (a racial satire), “Past Lives” (a romantic drama), “Maestro” (a biopic of Leonard Bernstein), “Anatomy of a Fall” (a French courtroom thriller), and “The Zone of Interest” (a Holocaust drama), will be competing for Hollywood’s top award, “Best picture.“

There are three movies made by women this year for the first time: “Past Lives” by Celine Song, “Anatomy of a Fall” by Greta Gerwig, and “Anatomy of a Fall” by Justine Triet. However, only Triet was nominated for “Best Director.“

Lily Gladstone, who became famous in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” was the first Native American to be named for best actor. He or she made history. Emma Stone (“Poor Things“), Carey Mulligan (“Maestro“), Sandra Hüller (“Anatomy of a Fall“), and Annette Bening (“Nyad“) are also in the running.

The best actor group includes Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers“), Bradley Cooper (“Maestro“) and first-time nominees Murphy, Colman Domingo (“Rustin“) and Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction“).

Downey looks like he’ll win the award for best supporting actor, but he has to first beat Ryan Gosling (“Barbie“), Robert De Niro (“Killers of the Flower Moon“), Sterling K. Brown (“American Fiction“), and Mark Ruffalo (“Poor Things“). A tough group of actors to beat.

Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Holdovers“) along with Blunt, Danielle Brooks (“The Color Purple“), Jodie Foster (“Nyad“), and America Ferrera (“Barbie“) has been nominated for the best supporting actress.

See the full list of contenders For Oscar Nominations 2024 :

Best picture

• American Fiction
• Anatomy of a Fall
• Barbie
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Past Lives
• Poor Things
• The Zone of Interest

Best actor

• Bradley Cooper – Maestro
• Colman Domingo – Rustin
• Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
• Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
• Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Best actress

• Annette Bening – Nyad
• Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
• Sandra Huller – Anatomy of a Fall
• Carey Mulligan – Maestro
• Emma Stone – Poor Things

Best supporting actress

• Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
• Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
• America Ferrera – Barbie
• Jodie Foster – Nyad
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

Best supporting actor

• Sterling K Brown – American Fiction
• Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
• Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer
• Ryan Gosling – Barbie
• Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

Best director

• 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

Best adapted screenplay

• American Fiction
• Barbie
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• The Zone of Interest

Best original screenplay

• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Holdovers
• Maestro
• May December
• Past Lives

Best original song

• The Fire Inside – Flamin’ Hot (Diane Warren)
• I’m Just Ken – Barbie (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt)
• It Never Went Away – American Symphony (Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson)
• Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) – Killers of the Flower Moon (Scott George)
• What Was I Made For? – Barbie (Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell)

Best original score

• American Fiction
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Best international feature

• Io Capitano
• Perfect Days
• Society of the Snow
• The Teachers’ Lounge
• The Zone of Interest

Best animated feature

• The Boy and the Heron
• Elemental
• Nimona
• Robot Dreams
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best documentary feature

• Bobi Wine: The People’s President
• The Eternal Memory
• Four Daughters
• To Kill a Tiger
• 20 Days in Mariupol

Best costume design

• Barbie
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Napoleon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Best make-up and hairstyling

• Golda
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• Society of the Snow

Best production design

• Barbie
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Napoleon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Best sound

• The Creator
• Maestro
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
• Oppenheimer
• The Zone of Interest

Best film editing

• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Best cinematography

• El Conde
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Best visual effects

• The Creator
• Godzilla Minus One
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
• Napoleon

Best live action short

• The After
• Invincible
• Knight of Fortune
• Red, White and Blue
• The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Best animated short

• Letter to a Pig
• Ninety-Five Senses
• Our Uniform
• Pachyderme
• War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko

Best documentary short

• The ABCs of Book Banning
• The Barber of Little Rock
• Island In Between
• The Last Repair Shop
• Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó

The 96th Academy Awards will be handed out at a ceremony in Los Angeles on 10 March.

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