
Following close behind La La Land this year is Barry Jenkin's Moonlight with eight nominations which could result in less, but potentially higher profile wins. It's not hard to imagine Moonlight taking both Picture and Director out from under La La Land and I honestly wouldn't mind either as both films are more than deserving of the praise they've received this year. It also seems likely that at least Mahershala Ali will score a win for his work in Moonlight, but Naomie Harris' screen time was too limited to get her a win, not to mention she's up against Viola Davis in Fences. The Denzel Washington film received a number of nominations in the major categories including Picture, Actor, and Adapted Screenplay, but it will likely go home with only the single win for Davis. Coming from where we were last year and the year before though, the fact the two leading nominees for Best Supporting Actress are black says a lot about the diversity in both this years films and nominees. Speaking of diversity, the underrated Lion scored a healthy amount of love from the Academy as both Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman scored Supporting Acting noms as well as Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, and Best Picture. I was rather struck by this obvious attempt at Oscar bait despite it being exactly that, but would have loved to have seen Lion's littlest star, Sunny Pawar, sneak into that Best Actor category in place of Viggo Mortensen for Captain Fantastic which feels like a case of the Academy not being able to come up with anyone else. I wasn't a fan of that film, to be frank, but even if I was this would feel like a pick out of left field.
There isn't much more to say about this years crop as most of what was nominated was expected to be nominated. Seeing Michael Shannon get a nod for his supporting work in the underseen and underappreciated Nocturnal Animals was nice, as is the love for Hell or High Water, and though I haven't seen 20th Century Women yet I imagine it deserved that Original Screenplay nod (nice to see The Lobster included here as well) and much more (Annette Benning in place of Streep, perhaps?). It should also be noted Martin Scorsese's Silence was more or less shut out sans a Cinematography nod with Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge earning a Best Picture, Director, and Actor nom for star Andrew Garfield who deserved recognition this year for something as we was fantastic both in Hacksaw and the aforementioned Silence. Outside of a few nice little touches it is clear this years Oscars will be what we all expected them to be though, a showdown between La La Land and Moonlight for Picture and Director with the Best Actress race shaping up to be the most interesting of the bunch.
Check out the full list of nominees below and catch the broadcast on February 26th at 7 p.m. Eastern on ABC hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
Nominations for the 89th Academy Awards
Best Picture
“Arrival”
“Fences”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“Hell or High Water”
“Hidden Figures”
“La La Land”
"Lion"
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Moonlight”
Best Actress
Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”
Ruth Negga, “Loving”
Natalie Portman, “Jackie”
Emma Stone, “La La Land”
Meryl Streep, “Florence Foster Jenkins”
Best Actor
Casey Affleck, “Manchester by The Sea”
Andrew Garfield, “Hacksaw Ridge”
Ryan Gosling, “La La Land”
Viggo Mortensen, “Captain Fantastic”
Denzel Washington, “Fences”
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”
Jeff Bridges, “Hell or High Water”
Lucas Hedges, “Manchester by the Sea”
Dev Patel, “Lion”
Michael Shannon, “Nocturnal Animals”
Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis, “Fences”
Naomie Harris, “Moonlight”
Nicole Kidman, “Lion”
Octavia Spencer, “Hidden Figures”
Michelle Williams, “Manchester by the Sea”
Best Director
Denis Villeneuve, “Arrival”
Mel Gibson, “Hacksaw Ridge”
Damien Chazelle, “La La Land”
Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea”
Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”
Best Original Screenplay
“Hell or High Water”
“La La Land”
“The Lobster”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“20th Century Women”
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Arrival”
“Fences”
“Hidden Figures”
“Lion”
“Moonlight”
Cinematography
“Arrival”
“La La Land”
“Lion”
“Moonlight”
“Silence”
Best Documentary Short Subject
“Extremis”
“4.1 Miles”
“Joe’s Violin”
“Watani: My Homeland”
“The White Helmets”
Best Animated Feature
“Kubo and the Two Strings”
“Moana”
“My Life as a Zucchini”
“The Red Turtle”
“Zootopia”
Best Animated Short
“Blind Vaysha”
“Borrowed Time”
“Pear Cider and Cigarettes”
“Pearl”
“Piper”
Best Original Song
“Audition” — “La La Land”
“Can’t Stop the Feeling” — “Trolls”
“City of Stars” — “La La Land”
“The Empty Chair” — “Jim: The James Foley Story.”
“How Far I’ll Go” — “Moana”
Best Live Action Short
“Ennemis Interieurs”
“La Femme et le TGV”
“Silent Nights”
“Sing”
“Timecode”
Best Foreign Film
“Land of Mine”
“A Man Called Ove”
“The Salesman”
“Tanna”
“Toni Erdmann”
Best Sound Editing
“Arrival”
“Deepwater Horizon”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“La La Land”
“Sully”
Best Sound Mixing
“Arrival”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“La La Land”
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
“13 hours”
Best Production Design
“Arrival”
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“Hail, Caesar!”
“La La Land”
“Passengers”
Best Costume Design
“Allied”
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“Florence Foster Jenkins”
“Jackie”
“La La Land”
Best Original Score
“Jackie”
“La La Land”
“Lion”
“Moonlight”
“Passengers”
VFX
“Deepwater Horizon”
“Dr. Strange”
“The Jungle Book”
“Kubo and the Two Strings”
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
Best Makeup
“A Man Called Ove”
“Star Trek Beyond”
“Suicide Squad”
Best Documentary Feature
“Fire at Sea”
“I Am Not Your Negro”
“Life, Animated”
“OJ: Made in America:
“13th”
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