The day is finally here! The Academy Award nominations have been announced. Did your favorite movies get nominated? Were they snubbed? What about the actors? It’s time to take a look at all of the nominees for the 2020 Oscars!
Best Picture
1917
Ford v Ferrari
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
The Irishman
Little Women
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite
My Thoughts: For once in my life, I’ve seen and reviewed every Best Picture nominee before the Oscars! You can click on each movie's name to read my review. Truthfully, I think this is the best that the lineup has been in years. I’d love to see a Once Upon a Time in Hollywood win, but would be happy with the majority of these nominees winning. I’m one of the 5 people in the world who doesn’t love Parasite. I appreciate it on a technical level, but don’t find it to be the incredible cinematic masterpiece that everyone hails it to be. I also think Joker could easily be replaced with something else. While it exists as a compelling character study, I don’t see it as Best Picture material. I think this is going to be a close 3-way race between Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Parasite, and 1917 for Best Picture.
Best Director
Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Sam Mendes, 1917
Todd Phillips, Joker
Snubs: Hmmm it would be impressive if the Academy could find space to nominate one female director like Greta Gerwig (Little Women), Marielle Heller (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood), Lulu Wang (The Farewell), or Lorene Scafaria (Hustlers). I guess that would be too difficult though. Also, Noah Baumbach for Marriage story or Taika Waititi for Jojo Rabbit?! Is the Academy really saying Todd Phillips is better than them?
Best Actor
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
My Thoughts: This group of nominees are here so I can campaign exclusively for Adam Driver and Leonardo DiCaprio until Oscar night. They are the true and deserving winners. I hope they tie and get on stage to sing while accepting their awards since both of their characters had a musical number. Leo can sing Green Door while Adam sings Being Alive. The cold hard reality is that this scenario will never happen and Joaquin Phoenix is going to win this award and then thank the Academy for giving him plant based food.
Snubs: TARON EGERTON. He deserved this award after his incredibly performance in Rocketman. Is the Academy really trying to tell me that Rami Malek was more deserving of Best Actor after lip-synching through Bohemian Rhapsody? I cannot accept that.
Best Actress
Charlize Theron, Bombshell
Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
Renèe Zellweger, Judy
Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
My Thoughts: This is Saoirse Ronan’s 4th Oscar nomination at age 25 (Atonement, Brooklyn, Lady Bird, Little Women) which is incredible. She can’t be stopped! This year also marks Scarlett Johansson’s first Oscar nomination ever. Pretty shocking but true. (She’s deservedly nominated twice this year). Both actresses will probably have to wait a little longer to win anything because Renee Zellweger is sweeping at every awards show for her portrayal of Judy Garland.
Snubs: It would’ve been nice to see Awkwafina get nominated for The Farewell. Especially after she just won the Golden Globe!
Best Supporting Actor
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
My Thoughts: This is Brad Pitt’s award and that’s pretty much settled. It’s great to see Tom Hanks nominated for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood marking his first nomination in 20 years!!! (His last was for Cast Away) Whoever didn’t vote for him in Captain Phillips needs to rethink their life decisions because that was a Best Actor performance if I’ve ever seen one.
Best Supporting Actress
Florence Pugh, Little Women
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell
Margot Robbie, Bombshell
Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
Snubs: The lack of a Jennifer Lopez nomination is just pathetic. Lopez has received nominations everywhere throughout awards season so I truly don’t understand what happened here. Her role in Hustlers is 10 times more demanding than what Laura Dern (who will win the award) is doing in Marriage Story. This is coming from someone who loves Marriage Story!
Surprises: Obviously, Kathy Bates is a surprise. Truly did not see that one coming. I’m really happy to see Scarlett Johansson here. I didn’t think she would make it for Jojo Rabbit because most of the buzz is in the lead actress category, but her character ties that film together in such a pivotal way.
Best Original Screenplay
1917, Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Knives Out, Rian Johnson
Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino
Parasite, Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Irishman, Steve Zaillian
Jojo Rabbit, Taika Waititi
Joker, Todd Phillips and Scott Silver
Little Women, Greta Gerwig
The Two Popes, Anthony McCarten
Best Cinematography
1917, Roger Deakins
The Irishman, Rodrigo Prieto
Joker, Lawrence Sher
The Lighthouse, Jarin Blaschke
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Robert Richardson
Best Documentary
American Factory
The Cave
The Edge of Democracy
For Sama
Honeyland
Best Foreign Language Film
Corpus Cristi
Honeyland
Les Miserables
Pain and Glory
Parasite
Best Costume Design
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Snubs: Someone please explain how Joker is nominated in costume design but Rocketman and Downton Abbey aren’t anywhere to be found. Did the Academy watch those movies? How does that make any sense?
Best Film Editing
Ford v Ferrari
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Parasite
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
1917
Bombshell
Joker
Judy
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Best Production Design
1917
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite
Best Score
1917
Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker
Best Original Song
I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away from Toy Story 4, Randy Newman
I’m Gonna Love Me Again from Rocketman, Elton John and Bernie Taupin
I’m Standing with You from Breakthrough, Dianne Warren
Into the Unknown from Frozen II, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Stand Up from Harriet, Joshuah Campbell and Cynthia Erivo
Best Visual Effects
1917
Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman
The Lion King
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Best Sound Editing
1917
Ford v Ferrari
Joker
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Best Sound Mixing
1917
Ad Astra
Ford v Ferrari
Joker
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Animated Feature
How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
I Lost My Body
Klaus
Missing Link
Toy Story 4
Snubs: Where is Frozen 2? How is it not nominated for Best Animated Feature?! I thought it was way better than Toy Story 4!
Best Animated Short
Dcera
Hair Love
Kitbull
Memorable
Sister
Best Documentary Short
In the Absence
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone
Life Overtakes Me
St. Louis Superman
Walk Run Cha-Cha
Best Live Action Short
A Sister
Brotherhood
Nefta Football Club
The Neighbors’ Window
Saria
That does it for the full list of Oscar nominees! Congrats for making it through this full list. You deserve an Oscar for reading all of the nominees. If you want a tally of who leads the pack, Joker has the most nominations with 11 total, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, 1917, and The Irishman follow closely behind with 10 nominations. What do you think will win Best Picture, Actor and Actress on Oscar night? The Oscars will air Sunday, February 9th on ABC. Get your ballots ready!