The nominees for the 91st Academy Awards were announced earlier this morning. Keep reading for a full list of nominees. I won’t be making my predictions just yet. There are still a number of awards to be handed out between now and the Oscars. Many of these are historically good indicators of who will win the Oscar. Look for my predictions in the week or so leading up to the Oscars. But in the meantime, if you’re curious as to who I would have nominated for the “Big 6” (Best Picture, Best Director, Lead Actor/Actress, Supporting Actor/Actress) you can check out my 2018 Year in Review post.
The categories are listed in the order in which they were announced.
Supporting Actress
Amy Adams – Vice
Marina de Tavira – Roma
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
Costume Design
Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots
Sound Mixing
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Roma
A Star is Born
Sound Editing
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
A Quiet Place
Roma
Animated Short
Animal Behavior
Bao
Late Afternoon
One Small Step
Weekends
Live Action Short
Detainment
Fauve
Marguerite
Mother
Skin
Original Score
Black Panther
BlackKklansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Mary Poppins Returns
Film Editing
BlackKklansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Vice
Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Adam Driver- BlackKklansman
Sam Elliott – A Star is Born
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell – Vice
Best Foreign Language Film
Capernaum – Lebanon
Cold War – Poland
Never Look Away – Germany
Roma – Mexico
Shoplifters – Japan
Best Documentary Short Subject
Black Sheep
End Game
Lifeboat
A Night at the Garden
Period. End of Sentence.
Documentary Feature
Free Solo
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Of Fathers and Sons
RBG
Production Design
Black Panther
The Favourite
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma
Cinematography
Cold War
The Favourite
Never Look Away
Roma
A Star is Born
Visual Effects
Avengers: Infinity War
Christopher Robin
First Man
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Makeup and Hairstyling
Border
Mary Queen of Scots
Vice
Animated Feature
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Original Song
“All the Stars” – Black Panther
“I’ll fight” – RBG
“The Place Where Lost Things Go” – Mary Poppins Returns
“Shallow” – A Star is Born
“When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” – Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Adapted Screenplay
Ballad of Buster Scruggs – Joel Coen & Etan Coen
BlackKklansman – Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee
Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
If Beale Street Could Talk – Barry Jenkins
A Star is Born – Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters
Original Screenplay
The Favourite – Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
First Reformed – Paul Schrader
Green Book – Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly
Roma – Alfonso Cuaron
Vice – Adam McKay
Lead Actor
Christian Bale – Vice
Bradley Cooper – A Star is Born
Willem Dafoe – At Eternity’s Gate
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen – Green Book
Lead Actress
Yalitza Aparicio – Roma
Glenn Close – The Wife
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Lady Gaga – A Star is Born
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Best Director
BlackKklansman – Spike Lee
Cold War – Pawel Pawlikowski
The Favourite – Yorgos Lanthimos
Roma – Alfonso Caution
Vice – Adam McKay
Best Picture
Black Panther
BlackKklansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Roma
A Star is Born
Vice
Final notes/thoughts
Roma and The Favourite led the way 10 nominations each; Vice and A Star is Born followed with 8; Black Panther ended up with 7 nominations. Bradley Cooper was left off the Best Director nominations, while Pawel Pawlikowski was surprisingly nominated for his work on Cold War. There were four “sure thing” nominations for Best Actor, and Willem Dafoe nabbed the fifth. For Supporting Actress, Marina de Tavira (Roma) was a surprise I doubt many saw coming. Best Picture had no real twists in the nominations, though the category did only end up with 8 nominees.
The Academy Awards ceremony airs on Sunday, February 24th on ABC.
