By John Corrado

The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards have just been announced. Leading the pack is the audacious musical Emilia Pérez with thirteen nominations, a huge win for Netflix. It’s followed closely by The Brutalist and Wicked with ten nominations apiece.

The Best Picture lineup is rounded out by Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, Nickel Boys, I’m Still Here, The Substance, and Wicked. The biggest surprise here is I’m Still Here getting into the lineup of ten, in addition to receiving nominations for Fernanda Torres in Best Actress and International Feature.

Other big surprises this morning include Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan both getting in for their performances in The Apprentice, A Complete Unknown‘s James Mangold in Director over Conclave‘s Edward Berger, and Monica Barbaro in Supporting Actress for A Complete Unknown (a particularly welcome surprise). The Robert Eggers horror film Nosferatu got four below-the-line nominations, and the Latvian Animated Feature contender Flow also scored a coveted slot in International Feature.

Some of the biggest snubs were Clarence Maclin missing in Supporting Actor with Sing Sing, being unfortunately absent from the Best Picture lineup, despite receiving three other nominations (including Song). Other notable omissions are A Real Pain in Picture, Kneecap in International, and Will & Harper in Documentary Feature, with Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers also sadly getting completely shut out (no score, song, editing, cinematography, or screenplay nods). Guadagnino’s Queer was also shut out, with Daniel Craig being snubbed.

Though perhaps more of a long shot, Margaret Qualley also missed the Supporting Actress lineup for The Substance. But the film itself had an incredible showing nonetheless with its five nominations, including Demi Moore being the frontrunner for Best Actress, and Coralie Fargeat getting a much deserved slot in Director for the visionary horror satire. Fellow Cannes favourite Anora also figured prominently with six, including Sean Baker in Director, Mikey Madison in Actress, and Yura Borisov in Supporting Actor. These are the types of films I love to see rewarded.

As a final note, the Best Animated Feature category is surely one of the strongest lineups in recent memory, including Flow, Inside Out 2, Memoir of a Snail, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and The Wild Robot. All excellent films.

The full list of Oscar nominations in all 23 categories is below. The winners will be announced on Sunday, March 2nd beginning at 7:00 PM.

Best Picture
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked

Best Director
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Sean Baker – Anora
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
James Mangold – A Complete Unknown

Best Actress
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here

Best Actor
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice

Best Supporting Actress
Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Best Supporting Actor
Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice

Best Adapted Screenplay
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing

Best Original Screenplay
Anora
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance

Best Animated Feature
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Best Documentary Feature
Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane

Best International Feature Film
Emilia Pérez (France)
Flow (Latvia)
The Girl with the Needle (Denmark)
I’m Still Here (Brazil)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)

Best Cinematography
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu

Best Costume Design
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Film Editing
Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Best Production Design
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Original Score
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot

Best Original Song
Elton John: Never Too Late – “Never Too Late”
Emilia Pérez – “El Mal”
Emilia Pérez – “Mi Camino”
Sing Sing – “Like A Bird”
The Six Triple Eight – “The Journey”

Best Sound
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot

Best Visual Effects
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked

Best Animated Short Film
Beautiful Men
In the Shadow of the Cypress
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!

Best Documentary Short Film
Death by Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Live Action Short Film
A Lien
Anuja
I’m Not a Robot
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent