Oscar Nominations 2024: Multiple talking points as nominees revealed

Jonathan Victoria • 25 Jan 2024 Features

Some controversy as usual for this year's Oscars.

The Oscar Nominations in 2024 for the 96th edition of the Academy Awards have brought some controversy, something which seems to happen every year for the ceremony.

While Oppenheimer leads the way in nominations with 13, its Summer blockbuster counterpart Barbie is at the heart of many conversations for being looked over in certain categories.

Many people are unhappy at the fact that both the star of the movie, Margot Robbie, and the film’s director Greta Gerwig were both snubbed for the Best Actress and Best Director awards respectively.

Gerwig and Robbie are still nominated in other categories, though, and America Ferrera is nominated for Best Supporting Actress, so it isn’t completely underrepresented. 

Other films that rightfully found their way into multiple categories are Leonardo DiCaprio’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Poor Things starring Emma Stone.

Interestingly, cult hit and social media phenomenon Saltburn received no nominations despite being recognised at various other film awards. However, it isn’t all too surprising given the controversial films nature and the Academy's tendency to shy away from these sorts of projects.

History has also been made as for the first time at the Academy Awards, three films directed by women have been nominated for Best Picture - Barbie (Greta Gerwig), Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet) and Past Lives (Celine Song).

With all that said, let’s look at the full list of Oscar Nominations for the 2024 ceremony.

Oscar Nominations 2024: 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

Oscar Nominations 2024: Lead Actor

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

Oscar Nominations 2024: 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)

Oscar Nominations 2024: Lead Actress

• Annette Bening ( Nyad )
• Lily Gladstone ( Killers of the Flower Moon )
• Sandra Huller ( Anatomy of a Fall )
• Carey Mulligan ( Maestro )
• Emma Stone ( Poor Things )

Oscar Nominations 2024: Supporting Actress

• Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)
• Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)
• America Ferrera (Barbie)
• Jodie Foster (Nyad)
• Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)

Oscar Nominations 2024: 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 )

Oscar Nominations 2024: Adapted Screenplay

• American Fiction
• Barbie
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• The Zone of Interest

Oscar Nominations 2024: Original Screenplay

• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Holdovers
• Maestro
• May December
• Past Lives

Oscar Nominations 2024: Animated Feature

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

Oscar Nominations 2024: Animated Short Film

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

Oscar Nominations 2024: Live-Action Short Film

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

Oscar Nominations 2024: Documentary Feature Film

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

Oscar Nominations 2024: Documentary Short Film

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

Oscar Nominations 2024: International Feature Film

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

Oscar Nominations 2024: Cinematography

• El Conde
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Oscar Nominations 2024: Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• American Fiction (Cord Jefferson)
• Barbie (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
• Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan)
• Poor Things (Tony McNamara)
• The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer)

Oscar Nominations 2024: Writing (Original Screenplay)

• Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari)
• The Holdovers (David Hemingson)
• Maestro (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
• May December (Sammy Burch & Alex Mechanik)
• Past Lives (Celine Song)

Oscar Nominations 2024: Sound

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

Oscar Nominations 2024: Film Editing

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

Oscar Nominations 2024: Visual Effects

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

Oscar Nominations 2024: Music (Original Score)

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

Oscar Nominations 2024: Music (Original Song)

• The Fire Inside - Flamin' Hot (Diane Warren)
• I'm Just Ken - Barbie (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt)
• It Never Went Away - American Symphony (Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson)
• Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) - Killers of the Flower Moon (Scott George)
• What Was I Made For? - Barbie (Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell)

Oscar Nominations 2024: Costume Design

• Barbie
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Napoleon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

Oscar Nominations 2024: Makeup and Hairstyling

• Golda
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• Society of the Snow

Oscar Nominations 2024: Production Design

• Barbie
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Napoleon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things