The nominations for the 2023 Oscars have been announced. After last year’s ceremony was plagued by Will Smith storming the stage and slapping presenter Chris Rock, which overshadowed the night’s biggest winners including CODA’s historic Best Picture win, the Oscars are returning for hopefully a controversy-free ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. The 95th Academy Awards will honor the year’s best in film, from moving dramas like Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans, Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin, and the Daniels’ multiverse movie Everything Everywhere All at Once, to the year’s two biggest blockbusters in Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water.
Now, the 2023 Oscars nominations have officially been announced.
The full list of nominations was revealed during a live ceremony from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater, hosted by Oscar-nominated actor Riz Ahmed and M3GAN star Allison Williams. See the full list of Oscar nominees below:
Best Picture
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking
Best Directing
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
Best Adapted Screenplay
All Quiet on the Western Front
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Living
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking
Best Original Screenplay
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Triangle of Sadness
Best International Feature Film
All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)
Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)
Close (Belgium)
EO (Poland)
The Quiet Girl (Ireland)
.jpg?q=50&fit=crop&w=1500&dpr=1.5)
Best Documentary Feature Film
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
A House Made of Splinters
Navalny
Best Cinematography
All Quiet on the Western Front
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Elvis
Empire of Light
Tár
Best Animated Feature Film
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Sea Beast
Turning Red
Best Film Editing
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Costume Design
Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Best Sound
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Original Score
All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Best Live-Action Short Film
An Irish Goodbye
Ivalu
Le Pupille
Night Ride
The Red Suitcase
Best Animated Short Film
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse
The Flying Sailor
Ice Merchants
My Year of Dicks
An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It
Best Original Song
“Applause” from Tell It like a Woman
“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick
“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
“Naatu Naatu” from RRR
“This Is A Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Documentary Short Subject
The Elephant Whisperers
Haulout
How Do You Measure a Year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Stranger at the Gate
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
The Whale
Best Production Design
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
The Fabelmans
Best Visual Effects
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Top Gun: Maverick
Breaking Down The 2023 Oscars Nominations
In terms of total Oscar nominations, Everything Everywhere All at Once leads the way with 11 nominations, including Best Picture and several acting categories. The Banshees of Inisherin and All Quiet on the Western Front are both close behind with nine nominations each. If total nominations are indicative of who will take home Best Picture, which they sometimes are, these are the three films that should be competing for the night's highest honor, with the Daniels' indie darling the early frontrunner to take home the top prize, especially after winning some important precursor awards.
As expected, it will be a three-way race between Butler, Farrell, and Fraser for Best Actor in a Leading Role. During this award season, Butler and Farrell both won Golden Globes, with Fraser being snubbed, though his acclaimed comeback performance in The Whale could be enough to endear Academy voters for an Oscar win. On the other side, the Actress in a Leading Role race should be just as competitive between Blanchett, Yeoh, and Williams. Though the Tár actress could be considered a slight favorite to win her third Academy Award, Yeoh (who is the first Asian actor ever nominated in the category) should not be overlooked here.
Now that the 2023 Oscars nominations have been announced, there are a wide variety of films represented this year, including a Marvel movie, period dramas, action blockbusters, tragicomedies like Banshees, indies like Triangle of Sadness, and of course the genre-bending film that is Everything Everywhere All at Once. The year's two biggest blockbusters are also represented nicely, with Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water both receiving Best Picture nods. Last year's ceremony brought several surprises, from CODA winning Best Picture to Will Smith winning Best Actor soon after slapping Chris Rock, so expect the unexpected when the 2023 Oscars airs March 12 on ABC.
Source: Oscars