The nominations for the 95th Academy Awards were announced on 24 January 2023 morning. And there are a wide array of movies from sci-fi to biopics, all fighting their way for the golden statuette. The announcements were made by actors Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams. And here is the list of the Oscar 2023 nominations.
Of all the movies nominated in various categories, as predicted by many, it is ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ that has received the maximum number of nods, in 11 categories. This was followed by ‘The Banshees of Inisherin‘ and ‘All Quiet on the Western Front‘ with nine nominations each. Here’s more about the nominations in each category.
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Oscars 2023: The Complete List Of Nominations
Best Picture
‘All Quiet on the Western Front‘
‘Avatar: The Way of Water‘
‘The Banshees of Inisherin‘
‘Elvis‘
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once‘
‘The Fabelmans‘
‘Tár‘
‘Top Gun: Maverick‘
‘Triangle of Sadness‘
‘Women Talking‘
Best Director
Martin McDonagh, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin‘
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once‘
Steven Spielberg, ‘The Fabelmans‘
Todd Field, ‘Tár ‘
Ruben Östlund, ‘Triangle of Sadness‘
Best Lead Actor
Austin Butler, ‘Elvis‘
Colin Farrell, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin‘
Brendan Fraser, ‘The Whale‘
Paul Mescal, ‘Aftersun‘
Bill Nighy, ‘Living‘
Best Lead Actress
Cate Blanchett, ‘Tár‘
Ana de Armas, ‘Blonde‘
Andrea Riseborough, ‘To Leslie‘
Michelle Williams, ‘The Fabelmans‘
Michelle Yeoh, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once‘
Best Supporting Actor
Brendan Gleeson, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin‘
Brian Tyree Henry, ‘Causeway‘
Judd Hirsch, ‘The Fabelmans‘
Barry Keoghan, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin‘
Ke Huy Quan, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once‘
Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett, ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘
Hong Chau, ‘The Whale‘
Kerry Condon, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin‘
Jamie Lee Curtis, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once‘
Stephanie Hsu, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once‘
Best Adapted Screenplay
‘All Quiet on the Western Front‘, Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, and Ian Stokell
‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery‘, Rian Johnson
‘Living‘, Kazuo Ishiguro
‘Top Gun: Maverick‘, Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks
‘Women Talking‘, Sarah Polley
Best Original Screenplay
‘The Banshees of Inisherin‘, Martin McDonagh
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once‘, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
‘The Fabelmans‘, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner
‘Tár‘, Todd Field
‘Triangle of Sadness‘, Ruben Östlund
Best Animated Feature Film
‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio‘
‘Marcel the Shell With Shoes On‘
‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish‘
‘The Sea Beast‘
‘Turning Red‘
Best International Feature Film
‘All Quiet on the Western Front‘, Germany
‘Argentina, 1985‘, Argentina
‘Close‘, Belgium
‘EO‘, Poland
‘The Quiet Girl‘, Ireland
Best Documentary Feature
‘All That Breathes‘
‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed‘
‘Fire of Love‘
‘A House Made of Splinters‘
‘Navalny‘
Best Film Editing
‘The Banshees of Inisherin‘, Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
‘Elvis‘, Matt Villa, and Jonathan Redmond
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once‘, Paul Rogers
‘Tár‘, Monika Willi
‘Top Gun: Maverick‘, Eddie Hamilton
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Best Cinematography
‘All Quiet on the Western Front‘, James Friend
‘Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths‘, Darius Khondji
‘Elvis‘, Mandy Walker
‘Empire of Light‘, Roger Deakins
‘Tár‘, Florian Hoffmeister
Best Costume Design
‘Babylon‘, Mary Zophres
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘, Ruth Carter
‘Elvis‘, Catherine Martin
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once‘, Shirley Kurata
‘Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris‘, Jenny Beavan
Best Makeup And Hairstyling
‘All Quiet on the Western Front‘, Heike Merker, and Linda Eisenhamerová
‘The Batman‘, Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, and Mike Fontaine
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘, Camille Friend and Joel Harlow
‘Elvis‘, Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Aldo Signoretti
‘The Whale‘, Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Anne Marie Bradley
Best Production Design
‘All Quiet on the Western Front‘, Christian M. Goldbeck, and Ernestine Hipper
‘Avatar: The Way of Water‘, Dylan Cole, Ben Procter and Vanessa Cole
‘Babylon‘, Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino
‘Elvis‘, Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy and Bev Dunn
‘The Fabelmans‘, Rick Carter and Karen O’Hara
Best Original Song
Applause from ‘Tell It Like a Woman‘, Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Hold My Hand from ‘Top Gun: Maverick‘, Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
Lift Me Up from ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘, Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler
Naatu Naatu from ‘RRR‘, Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose
This Is a Life from ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once‘, Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne
Best Original Score
‘All Quiet on the Western Front‘, Volker Bertelmann
‘Babylon‘, Justin Hurwitz
‘The Banshees of Inisherin‘, Carter Burwell
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once‘, Son Lux
‘The Fabelmans‘,John Williams
Best Sound
‘All Quiet on the Western Front‘, Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel, and Stefan Korte
‘Avatar: The Way of Water‘, Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, and Michael Hedges
‘The Batman‘, Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray, and Andy Nelson
‘Elvis‘, David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson, and Michael Keller
‘Top Gun: Maverick‘, Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor
Best Visual Effect
‘All Quiet on the Western Front‘, Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar
“Avatar: The Way of Water,” Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
“The Batman,” Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick
“Top Gun: Maverick,” Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R. Fisher
Best Animated Short Film
‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse‘
‘The Flying Sailor‘
‘Ice Merchants‘
‘My Year of Dicks‘
‘An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It‘
Best Live Action Short Film
‘An Irish Goodbye‘
‘Ivalu‘
‘Le Pupille‘
‘Night Ride‘
‘The Red Suitcase‘
Best Documentary Short Film
‘The Elephant Whisperers‘
‘Haulout‘
‘How Do You Measure a Year?‘
‘The Martha Mitchell Effect‘
‘Stranger at the Gate‘
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