There were surprises in the list of Oscar candidates, which have just been announced. Neither Margot Robbie nor Leonardo DiCaprio, for Barbie y The Moon Killersrespectively, reached the nomination for best leading performers.
Herea section with the ten films that are Oscar candidates, where and how to see them, synopsis, director, main performers and the awards they have won so far.
The actors Zazie Beetz (Joaquin Phoenix’s neighbor in Jokerthe Serie Atlanta, Deadpool 2) and Jack Quaid (son of Denis Quaid and Meg Ryan, seen in Oppenheimer y Scream 5) hosted the announcement of the nominations for the 96th edition of the Oscar in the 23 categories of the Awards Hollywood Academyin a live performance from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theatre.
The announcement could be followed through a global live broadcast on Oscar.com. Oscars.org and the Academy’s digital platforms (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook).
The Oscars will be the culmination of the Hollywood awards season. The 96th Oscar ceremony will be animated by the comedian Jimmy Kimmel and will be held on March 10 in Hollywood, as usual, at the Dolby Theater.
It all started punctually at 5:31 in Los Angeles, 10:31 in Argentina.
This year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences launched a more global campaign for representation, receiving votes from members in 93 countries, marking a milestone.
Below are all the nominations.
Best Supporting Actor
Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction)

Robert De Niro (The Moon Killers)
Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)
Mark Ruffalo (poor creatures)
Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)

Danielle Brooks (The color purple)
Da’Vine Joy Randolph (Those who stay)
Best film

Best address
Justine Triet (Anatomy of a fall)
Martin Scorsese (The Moon Killers)
Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
Yorgos Lanthimos (poor creatures)

Jonathan Glazer (The area of interest)
Best Leading Actor
Paul Giamatti (Those who stay)

Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)
Best leading actress
Lily Gladstone (The Moon Killers)

Sandra Hueller (Anatomy of a fall)
Emma Stone (poor creatures)
Best original screenplay
Anatomy of a fall (Justine Triet, Arthur Harari)
Those who stay (David Hemingson)
Maestro (Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer)

May December (Samy Burch, Alex Mechanic)
Past Lives (Celine Song)
Best adapted screenplay
American Fiction (Cord Jefferson)
Barbie (Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach)

Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan)
poor creatures (Tony McNamara)
The area of interest (Jonathan Glazer)
Best animated film
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best international film
The Snow Society (Spain)

The Teachers’ Lounge (Germany)
The area of interest (United Kingdom)
Best original music
American Fiction (Laura Karpman)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (John Williams)

The Moon Killers (Robbie Robertson)
Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)
poor creatures (Jerskin Fendrix)
Best song
Flamin’ Hot (The Fire Insidethe Diane Warren)
Barbie (I’m Just Kende Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt)
American Simphony (It Never Went AwayJon Batiste, Dan Wilson)
The Moon Killers (Wahzhazhe -A Song for My People-, de Osage Tribal Singers)
Barbie (What Was I Made For?, of Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell)

Best cinematography
Count (Edward Lachman)
The Moon Killers (Rodrigo Prieto)

Maestro (Matthew Libatique)
Oppenheimer (Hoyte van Hoytema)
poor creatures (Robbie Ryan)
best edition
Anatomy of a fall (Laurent Sénéchal)
Those who stay (Kevin Tent)
The Moon Killers (Thelma Schoonmaker)
Oppenheimer (Jennifer Lame)
poor creatures (Yorgos Mavropsaridis)
Best art direction
Barbie (Production design: Sarah Greenwood; Set decoration: Katie Spencer)

The Moon Killers (Production design: Jack Fisk; Set decoration: Adam Willis)
Napoleon (Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff)
Oppenheimer (Production design: Ruth De Jong; Set decoration: Claire Kaufman)
poor creatures (Production design: James Price, Shona Heath; Set decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek)
Best costume design
Barbie (Jacqueline Durran)
The Moon Killers (Jacquelin West)
Napoleon (Janty Yates, Dave Crossman)
Oppenheimer (against Mirojnick)
poor creatures (Holly Waddington)

Best makeup and hair
Golda (Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby, Ashra Kelly-Blue)
Maestro (Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou, Lori McCoy-Bell)
poor creatures (Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, Josh Weston)
The Snow Society (Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí, Montse Ribé)
Better sound
Endurance (Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic)
Maestro (Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic)
Mission: Impossible – Death Sentence Part 1 (Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor)

Oppenheimer (Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo, Kevin O’Connell)
The area of interest (Tarn Willers, Johnnie Burn)
Better visual effects
Endurance (Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts, Neil Corbould)
Godzilla Minus One (Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi, Tatsuji Nojima)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, Theo Bialek)
Mission: Impossible – Death Sentence Part 1 (Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland, Neil Corbould)
Napoleon (Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco, Neil Corbould

Best Feature Documentary
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
Best Short Documentary
The Barber of Little Rock
Best animated short
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
Best live action short
The wonderful story of Henry Sugar