This year's Oscar nominations have been announced, and it's filled with surprises!
Another year at the red carpet, as the 86th Academy Awards prepare to celebrate the best in filmmaking. Come March 2, we will undoubtedly witness triumphs, disappointments, tears, and excitement, as the stars assemble to pay homage one of the world's greatest artforms.
The Academy announced their Oscar nominees this year at the crack of dawn for most of Hollywood (5:30am PST).
The awards were filled with surprises, such as Gravity tying American Hustle for 10 nominations overall—12 Years a Slave is right behind them with nine nominations—but many of the pieces fell exactly where they were supposed to. So without further adieu, here is the full list of nominees for the 86th Academy Awards. Get ready to make your predictions!
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Christian Bale in “American Hustle”
Bruce Dern in “Nebraska”
Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Chiwetel Ejiofor in “12 Years a Slave”
Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club”
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Barkhad Abdi in “Captain Phillips”
Bradley Cooper in “American Hustle”
Michael Fassbender in “12 Years a Slave”
Jonah Hill in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Jared Leto in “Dallas Buyers Club”
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Amy Adams in “American Hustle”
Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine”
Sandra Bullock in “Gravity”
Judi Dench in “Philomena”
Meryl Streep in “August: Osage County”
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Sally Hawkins in “Blue Jasmine”
Jennifer Lawrence in “American Hustle”
Lupita Nyong’o in “12 Years a Slave”
Julia Roberts in “August: Osage County”
June Squibb in “Nebraska”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
“The Croods”
Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson
“Despicable Me 2”
Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri
“Ernest & Celestine”
Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
“Frozen”
Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
“The Wind Rises”
Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The Grandmaster” Philippe Le Sourd
“Gravity” Emmanuel Lubezki
“Inside Llewyn Davis” Bruno Delbonnel
“Nebraska” Phedon Papamichael
“Prisoners” Roger A. Deakins
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
“American Hustle” Michael Wilkinson
“The Grandmaster” William Chang Suk Ping
“The Great Gatsby” Catherine Martin
“The Invisible Woman” Michael O’Connor
“12 Years a Slave” Patricia Norris
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
“American Hustle” David O. Russell
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón
“Nebraska” Alexander Payne
“12 Years a Slave” Steve McQueen
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Martin Scorsese
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“The Act of Killing” (Drafthouse Films)
A Final Cut for Real Production
“Cutie and the Boxer” (RADiUS-TWC)
An Ex Lion Tamer and Cine Mosaic Production
“Dirty Wars” (IFC Films)
A Civic Bakery Production
“The Square” (Netflix in association with Worldview
Entertainment and Participant Media)
A Noujaim Films and Maktube Production
“20 Feet from Stardom” (RADiUS-TWC)
A Gil Friesen Productions and Tremolo Production
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
“CaveDigger”
A Karoffilms Production
“Facing Fear”
A Jason Cohen Production
“Karama Has No Walls”
A Hot Spot Films Production
“The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life”
A Reed Entertainment Production“Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall”
A Prison Terminal LLC Production
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
“American Hustle” Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
“Captain Phillips” Christopher Rouse
“Dallas Buyers Club” John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
“12 Years a Slave” Joe Walker
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
“The Broken Circle Breakdown”
A Menuet Production
“The Great Beauty”
An Indigo Film Production
“The Hunt”
A Zentropa Entertainments 19 Production
“The Missing Picture”
A Bophana Production
“Omar”
An Omar Production Company Production
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
“Dallas Buyers Club” Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
“Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” Stephen Prouty
“The Lone Ranger” Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)
“The Book Thief” John Williams
“Gravity” Steven Price
“Her” William Butler and Owen Pallett
“Philomena” Alexandre Desplat
“Saving Mr. Banks” Thomas Newman
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Alone Yet Not Alone” from “Alone Yet Not Alone”
“Happy” from “Despicable Me 2”
“Let It Go” from “Frozen”
“The Moon Song” from “Her”
“Ordinary Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”
BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
“American Hustle”
A Columbia Pictures and Annapurna Pictures Production
“Captain Phillips” A Columbia Pictures Production
“Dallas Buyers Club”
A Voltage Pictures, R2 Films, Evolution Independent Production
“Gravity”
A Warner Bros. UK Services Limited Production
“Her”
An Annapurna Production
“Nebraska”
A Paramount Vantage Production
“Philomena”
A Pathé, BBC Films, BFI, Canal+, Cine+ and Baby Cow/Magnolia Mae Production
“12 Years a Slave”
A River Road, Plan B, New Regency Production
“The Wolf of Wall Street”
A Red Granite Production
ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
“American Hustle” Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
“Gravity” Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
“The Great Gatsby” Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
“Her” Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
“12 Years a Slave” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“Feral”
A Daniel Sousa Production
“Get a Horse!”
A Walt Disney Animation Production
“Mr. Hublot”
A Zeilt Production
“Possessions”
A Sunrise Production
“Room on the Broom”
A Magic Light Pictures Production
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)”
A Producciones Africanauan Production
“Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)”
A KG Production
“Helium”
An M & M Production
“Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)”
A Tuffi Films Production
“The Voorman Problem” A Honlodge Production
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
“All Is Lost” Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
“Captain Phillips” Oliver Tarney
“Gravity” Glenn Freemantle
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Brent Burge
“Lone Survivor” Wylie Stateman
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
“Captain Phillips” Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith
“Gravity” Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges,
“Inside Llewyn Davis” Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
“Lone Survivor” Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
“Gravity” Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
“Iron Man 3” Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
“The Lone Ranger” Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier.
“Star Trek Into Darkness” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton.
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Before Midnight” Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy,
“Captain Phillips” Screenplay by Billy Ray
“Philomena” Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
“12 Years a Slave” Screenplay by John Ridley
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Screenplay by Terence Winter
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“American Hustle” Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
“Blue Jasmine” Written by Woody Allen
“Dallas Buyers Club” Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
“Her” Written by Spike Jonze
“Nebraska” Written by Bob Nelson
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