Here we go! The most anticipated nominations of the year are finally in, the Oscars Nominations 2020! To be honest, this list is not unexpected, but there are a few highlights, surprises, and snubs.
Highlights The Best Picture category, for the second year in a row, features a film also nominated for Best Foreign Language film. Netflix’s juggernaut Roma took home top many awards while Parasite becomes this year’s contender. Netflix has two nominations for Best Picture this year with Marriage Story and The Irishman. Scarlett Johansson is nominated for two awards in two categories for Marriage Story and JoJo Rabbit, which is also nominated for Best Picture. The current race for top honors is truly between 1917, The Irishman and Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood as all have won Best Picture at other award shows.
Surprises Little Women is nominated for Best Picture with nominations for both Saoirse Ronan and Florence Pugh. Director Greta Gerwig was annoyingly ignored just continuing the story that the Academy has room for improvement. Bombshell has a few acting nominations but was not included in Best Picture. Knives Out was nominated for Best Original Screenplay. It is hard to get a comedy nominated for Best Picture, so this is a good alternative.
Snubs As mentioned, Greta Gerwig wasn’t nominated for Best Director, but neither was Marriage Story director Noah Baumbach. Jennifer Lopez has garnered several nominations elsewhere for Hustlers, but she didn’t make the cut for Oscar gold. Awkwafina won Best Actress for The Farewell at the Golden Globes but was not included in the Oscar race, in fact, this film was not included for any nominations. Downton Abbey was a fan favorite this summer but was not included in the Best Costume or Best Production Design categories as expected. Frozen II also didn’t make the cut for Best Animated Feature, though many believed it was stronger than the first film which won Best Animated Feature in 2014. Lastly, a snub goes to Avengers: Endgame which hasn’t been discussed much this award season, but it feels as though Joker made a stronger case. So only one superhero feature could edge into Best Picture. Disappointing for Marvel fans, but I guess the Academy is mostly into DC, who knew?
Check out the full list of nominations below!
BEST PICTURE
“Ford v Ferrari”
“The Irishman”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Joker”
“Little Women”
“Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood”
“Marriage Story”
“1917”
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kathy Bates, “Richard Jewell”
Laura Dern, “Marriage Story” – WINNER
Scarlett Johansson, “Jojo Rabbit”
Florence Pugh, “Little Women”
Margot Robbie, “Bombshell”
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Tom Hanks, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
Anthony Hopkins, “The Two Popes”
Al Pacino, “The Irishman”
Joe Pesci, “The Irishman”
Brad Pitt, “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood” – WINNER
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
South Korea, “Parasite” – WINNER
Spain, “Pain and Glory”
France, “Les Misérables”
North Macedonia, “Honeyland”
Poland, “Corpus Christi”
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)
“In the Absence”
“Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)” – WINNER
“Life Overtakes Me”
“St. Louis Superman”
“Walk Run Cha-Cha”
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“American Factory” – WINNER
“The Edge of Democracy”
“Honeyland”
“For Sama”
“The Cave”
ORIGINAL SONG
“I’m Standing With You,” “Breakthrough”
“Into the Unknown,” “Frozen II”
“Stand Up,” “Harriet”
“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again,” “Rocketman” – WINNER
“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away,” “Toy Story 4”
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
“I Lost My Body”
“Klaus”
“Missing Link”
“Toy Story 4” – WINNER
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“The Irishman”
“Jojo Rabbit” – WINNER
“Little Women”
“The Two Popes”
“Joker”
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Marriage Story”
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
“Parasite” – WINNER
“Knives Out”
“1917”
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Antonio Banderas, “Pain and Glory”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood”
Adam Driver, “Marriage Story”
Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker” – WINNER
Jonathan Pryce, “The Two Popes”
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cynthia Erivo, “Harriet”
Scarlett Johansson, “Marriage Story”
Saoirse Ronan, “Little Women”
Renée Zellweger, “Judy” – WINNER
Charlize Theron, “Bombshell”
DIRECTOR
Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman”
Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
Bong Joon-ho, “Parasite” – WINNER
Sam Mendes, “1917”
Todd Phillips, “Joker”
PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” – WINNER
“The Irishman”
“1917”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Parasite”
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“1917” – WINNER
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
“The Irishman”
“Joker”
“The Lighthouse”
COSTUME DESIGN
“Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”
“Little Women” – WINNER
“The Irishman”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Joker”
SOUND EDITING
“1917”
“Ford v Ferrari” – WINNER
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
“Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”
“Joker”
SOUND MIXING
“1917” – WINNER
“Ford v Ferrari”
“Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”
“Ad Astra”
“Joker”
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“Dcera (Daughter)”
“Hair Love” – WINNER
“Kitbull”
“Memorable”
“Sister”
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“Brotherhood”
“Nefta Football Club”
“The Neighbors’ Window” – WINNER
“Saria”
“A Sister”
ORIGINAL SCORE
“1917,” Thomas Newman
“Joker,” Hildur Guðnadóttir – WINNER
“Little Women,” Alexandre Desplat
“Marriage Story,” Randy Newman
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” John Williams
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Avengers: Endgame”
“The Lion King”
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
“The Irishman”
“1917” – WINNER
FILM EDITING
“The Irishman”
“Ford v Ferrari” – WINNER
“Parasite”
“Joker”
“Jojo Rabbit”
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
“Bombshell” – WINNER
“Joker”
“Judy”
“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
“1917”
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