The nominations for the 95th Academy Awards have been announced, with sci-fi family drama, Everything Everywhere all at Once, leading the pack with 11 nods, followed by German anti-war movie, All Quiet on the Western Front, and Irish black comedy, The Banshees of Inisherin, with both nabbing nine nominations.
Several categories announced during the televised ceremony in Los Angeles, California on Tuesday made history.
For the first time, two sequels — Top Gun: Maverick and, Avatar: The Way of Water — were nominated for best picture. Malaysian Michelle Yeoh, who starred in the genre-bending, Everything Everywhere all at Once, has been hailed as the first Asian woman to be nominated for best actress since the awards were first held in 1929. Some consider Yeoh as the second. Merle Oberon, a biracial actress was nominated in 1936, but had concealed her mother’s Sri Lankan ancestry.
Some criticised the lack of Black women in the best actress category, with neither Viola Davis nor Danielle Deadwyler recognised, despite being seen as leading contenders in advance of the nominations for their roles in, The Woman King, and, Till, respectively.
The snub comes amid a years-long push to make the awards more inclusive.
No Black women at all for Best Actress
-No Viola
-No Danielle DeadwylerNo Best Directing nod for Ryan Coogler or Gina Prince-Bythewood either😒 #Oscars2023
— Shanelle Genai✨ (@shanellegenai) January 24, 2023
In the best supporting actress category, Angela Bassett became the first star in a Marvel superhero movie ever to earn an Oscar acting nomination for, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Meanwhile, the song, Naatu Naatu, from the Telegu-language Indian film, RRR, also broke barriers, becoming the first song from a completely Indian production to be nominated for the prestigious award. The film followed two Indian revolutionaries’ struggle against British colonial rule.
Here are all the nominees for the main categories. Winners will be announced on March 12:
Everything has led to this. Congratulations to our 18 Academy Award nominees including Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Whale, Aftersun, Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, Close, and Causeway! #Oscars2023 pic.twitter.com/F469dcv9fQ
— A24 (@A24) January 24, 2023
Best picture
- All Quiet on the Western Front – Netflix
- Avatar: The Way of Water – 20th Century Studios
- The Banshees of Inisherin – Searchlight Pictures
- Elvis – Warner Bros
- Everything Everywhere All at Once – A24
- The Fabelmans – Universal Pictures
- Tár – Focus Features
- Top Gun: Maverick – Paramount Pictures
- Triangle of Sadness – NEON
- Women Talking – United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures
#BansheesMovie has been nominated for NINE Academy Awards including BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR Martin McDonagh, BEST ACTOR Colin Farrell, BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan, and BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Kerry Condon! #Oscars95 pic.twitter.com/xjyN0Gzzqc
— The Banshees of Inisherin (@Banshees_Movie) January 24, 2023
Best actress
- Cate Blanchett in Tár
- Ana de Armas in Blonde
- Andrea Riseborough in To Leslie
- Michelle Williams in The Fabelmans
- Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best actor
- Austin Butler in Elvis
- Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin
- Brendan Fraser in The Whale
- Paul Mescal in Aftersun
- Bill Nighy in Living
Congrats to everyone involved with our 16 Academy Award® nominations this morning — we couldn’t be more proud!! pic.twitter.com/MWZL2Huk6K
— Netflix (@netflix) January 24, 2023
Best director
- Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin – Searchlight Pictures
- Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once – A24
- Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans – Universal Pictures
- Todd Field, Tár – Focus Features
- Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness – NEON
Original screenplay
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- The Fabelmans
- Tár
- Triangle of Sadness
Adapted screenplay
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
- Living
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Women Talking
Best supporting actor
- Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway
- Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans
- Brendan Gleeson – Banshees on Inisherin
- Barry Keoghan – Banshees of Inisherin
- Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best supporting actress
- 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
Congratulations to Angela Bassett for her Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: #WakandaForever! #OscarsNom pic.twitter.com/mCSdcZm3uP
— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) January 24, 2023
Cinematography
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
- Elvis
- Empire of Light
- Tár
Costume design
- Babylon
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Elvis
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Mrs Harris Goes to Paris
Film editing
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Elvis
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Tár
- Top Gun: Maverick
Documentary feature
- All That Breathes
- All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
- Fire of Love
- A House Made of Splinters
- Navalny
Original song
- Applause – Tell It like a Woman
- Hold My Hand – Top Gun: Maverick
- Lift Me Up – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Naatu Naatu – RRR
- This Is A Life – Everything Everywhere All at Once
WE CREATED HISTORY!! 🇮🇳
Proud and privileged to share that #NaatuNaatu has been nominated for Best Original Song at the 95th Academy Awards. #Oscars #RRRMovie pic.twitter.com/qzWBiotjSe
— RRR Movie (@RRRMovie) January 24, 2023
Best international film
- All Quiet on the Western Front – Germany
- Argentina, 1985 – Argentina
- Close – Belgium
- EO – Poland
- The Quiet Girl – Ireland
Best animated feature
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Netflix
- Marcel the Shell With Shoes On – A24
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Universal Pictures
- The Sea Beast
- Turning Red – Walt Disney
Best animated short film
- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
- The Flying Sailor
- Ice Merchants
- My Year of D***s
- An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It
Score
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Babylon
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- The Fabelmans
Live action short
- An Irish Goodbye
- Ivalu
- Le Pupille
- Night Ride
- The Red Suitcase
Documentary short
- The Elephant Whisperers
- Haulout
- How Do You Measure a Year?
- The Martha Mitchell Effect
- Stranger at the Gate
Production design
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Babylon
- Elvis
- The Fabelmans
German Netflix film, All Quiet on the Western Front, snagged another Best Picture nomination. https://t.co/zLVRT7oB8B #Oscars2023 pic.twitter.com/ZxhehJpLiw
— Forbes (@Forbes) January 24, 2023
Makeup and hairstyling
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- The Batman
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Elvis
- The Whale
Sound
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- The Batman
- Elvis
- Top Gun: Maverick
Visual Effects
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- The Batman
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Top Gun: Maverick
