• The 2024 Oscar nominees were announced earlier this week, with the 96th annual Academy Awards taking place on 10th March.
• Like the Golden Globes, Oppenheimer leads the way in terms of nominations with recognition in 13 categories.
• Some surprise nominations include Ryan Gosling for Barbie, and The Fire Inside from Flaming Hot.

This week the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences shared its 2024 Oscar nominees, with the ceremony set to take place a few weeks from now on 10th March.

The event marks the peak of awards season, as we have seen in recent years, has not been without controversy, whether that be reading out the wrong winners or a grown man slapping another.

Hopefully this year’s iteration will remain drama free, but as we saw with the Golden Globes earlier this year, one film in particular is garnering much of the attention – Oppenheimer. It leads the way as far as nominations are concerned with 13, followed by Poor Things from director Yorgos Lanthimos with 11.

Among the Oscar nominees are a few surprises, such as Ryan Gosling, who stole the show as Ken in the Barbie film. He is going up against Robert Downey Jr. in the Best Supporting Actor category, who is likely going to win the award if recent ceremonies are anything to go by.

Gosling features again for his stellar work in I’m Just Ken (featured below), which is nominated for Best Original Song, although What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish (also for Barbie) is tipped as favourite.

Other notable films include Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon with 10 nominations, and the aforementioned Barbie with eight.

The full list of 2024 Oscar nominees are as follows:

Performance by an 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.

Performance by an 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.

Performance by an 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.

Performance by an 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.

Best animated feature film of the year

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

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 directing

• 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 documentary feature film

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

Best documentary short film

• The ABCs of Book Banning,
• The Barber of Little Rock,
• Island in Between,
• The Last Repair Shop,
• Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó.

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 Snow, 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,
• I’m Just Ken from Barbie,
• It Never Went Away from American Symphony,
• Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) from Killers of the Flower Moon,
• What Was I Made For? from Barbie.

Best motion picture of the year

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

Achievement in production design

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

Best animated short film

• Letter to a Pig,
• Ninety-Five Senses,
• Our Uniform,
• Pachyderme,
• WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko.

Best live action short film

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

Achievement in sound

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

Achievement in visual effects

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

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.

Original screenplay

• Anatomy of a Fall, Screenplay by 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.