Oscars 2024: ‘Oppenheimer’ Leads Nominations with 13; Lily Gladstone, John Williams, Martin Scorsese Make History

Judging by the nominees announced this morning, the 2024 Academy Awards are shaping up to be an historical affair, with both an early 20th century biopic and western epic, a Victorian-set comedy and a film rooted in generational childhood nostalgia leading the pack. Meanwhile, Lily Gladstone made history as the first Indigenous Best Actress nominee for her role in Killers of the Flower Moon and the film’s director, Martin Scorsese, 81, edged Steven Spielberg for the record for most Best Director nominations for a living director (10). Scorsese is now also the oldest ever nominated director and could eclipse the record for the oldest Best Director winner, which was set by Clint Eastwood in 2005 at age 74 for Million Dollar Baby. And with a Best Original Score nod for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, legendary composer John Williams extended two records he already held: oldest Oscar nominee (91) and most nominated living person (54). Williams has won five Oscars and trails only Walt Disney’s 59 nods on the list of most Oscar nominated person of all time.

 

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer leads the nominations for the 2024 Academy Awards.

The biographical thriller, starring Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, received 13 nominations when they were unveiled by Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid on Tuesday.

The nominations included Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Murphy, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr. and Best Supporting Actress for Emily Blunt, among others.

Poor Things came closely behind with 11, followed by Killers of the Flower Moon with 10 and Barbie with eight.

All four films were nominated for Best Picture along with American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Maestro, Past Lives and The Zone of Interest.

Murphy was shortlisted for Best Actor beside Bradley Cooper (Maestro), Colman Domingo (Rustin), Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) and Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction), while the Best Actress line-up consisted of Carey Mulligan (Maestro), Emma Stone (Poor Things), Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall), Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) and Annette Bening (Nyad).

Gladstone’s nomination got the biggest cheer from the studio audience in Los Angeles during the broadcast. She made history by becoming the first Native American to be nominated for best actress.

The 96th annual Academy Awards will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday 10 March.

The full list of nominees is as follows:

 

Best Picture

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

 

Best Actress

Annette Bening, Nyad
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Emma Stone, Poor Things

 

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

 

Best Supporting Actress

Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
America Ferrera, Barbie
Jodie Foster, Nyad
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

 

Best Supporting Actor

Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction
Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things

 

Best Director

Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest

 

Best Original Screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Maestro
May December
Past Lives

 

Best Adapted Screenplay

American Fiction
Barbie
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest

 

Best Cinematography

El Conde
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

 

Best Original Score

American Fiction
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

 

Best Original Song

“The Fire Inside,” Flamin’ Hot
“I’m Just Ken,” Barbie
“It Never Went Away,” American Symphony
“Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People),” Killers of the Flower Moon
“What Was I Made For?” Barbie

 

Best Editing

Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

 

Best Production Design

Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

 

Best Costume Design

Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Golda
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Society of the Snow

 

Best Sound

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

 

Best Visual Effects

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

 

Best International Feature

Io Capitano
Perfect Days
Society of the Snow
The Teachers’ Lounge
The Zone of Interest

 

Best Animated Feature

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

 

Best Animated Short

Letter to a Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko

 

Best Live-Action Short

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

 

Best Documentary Feature

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

 

Best Documentary Short

The ABCs of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Island in Between
The Last Repair Shop
Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó

 

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