Christopher Nolan’s latest film, ‘Oppenheimer‘ has emerged as a frontrunner at the upcoming Oscars, securing a whopping 13 nominations, the Academy Awards announced Tuesday in Los Angeles.
The biographical thriller film about the life of Robert Oppenheimer, a theoretical physicist, is nominated for several top honours, including Best Film, Best Director, and Adapted Screenplay. At the Golden Globes earlier this month, it won five awards, including the best drama motion picture.
Notably, this could mark Nolan’s first-ever Oscar win, having previously received five nominations. The star-studded cast, including Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, and Emily Blunt, are also vying for individual accolades.
In a close second, Yorgos Lanthimos’s feminist fantasy, ‘Poor Things’ received 11 nominations, followed by Martin Scorsese’s true crime epic, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon‘ with 10 nods, while ‘Barbie‘ garnered 8 nominations.
Winners for 2025 Academy Awards will be announced on March 10 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles, with acclaimed comedian and 2023 Primetime Emmy contender Jimmy Kimmel returning for second consecutive year as the host. The awards will be aired live on Walt Disney Co’s ABC network, and on M-Net in South Africa.
Below is a full list of the 2024 Oscar nominees:
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
Best Director
- Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest)
- Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things)
- Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
- Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon)
- Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall)
Best Actor
- Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
- Colman Domingo (Rustin)
- Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)
- Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
- Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)
Best Actress
- Annette Bening (Nyad)
- Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)
- Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)
- Carey Mulligan (Maestro)
- Emma Stone (Poor Things)
Best 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)
Best Supporting Actress
- Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)
- Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple(
- America Ferrera (Barbie)
- Jodie Foster (Nyad)
- Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)
Original Screenplay
- Anatomy of a Fall
- The Holdovers
- May December
- Maestro
- Past Lives
Adapted Screenplay
- American Fiction
- Barbie
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
- The Zone of Interest
Animated Feature
- The Boy and the Heron
- Elemental
- Nimona
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Robot Dreams
Production Design
- Barbie
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Napoleon
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
Costume Design
- Barbie
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Napoleon
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
Cinematography
- El Conde
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Maestro
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
Editing
- Anatomy of a Fall
- The Holdovers
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
Makeup and Hairstyling
- Golda
- Maestro
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
- Society of the Snow
Sound
- The Creator
- Maestro
- Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One
- Oppenheimer
- The Zone of Interest
Visual Effects
- The Creator
- Godzilla Minus One
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One
- Napoleon
Original Score
- American Fiction
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
Original Song
- The Fire Inside (Flamin’ Hot)
- I’m Just Ken (Barbie)
- It Never Went Away (American Symphony)
- Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People): (Killers of the Flower Moon)
- What Was I Made For? (Barbie)
Documentary Feature
- Bobi Wine: The People’s President
- The Eternal Memory
- Four Daughters
- To Kill a Tiger
- 20 Days in Mariupol
International Feature
- The Teachers’ Lounge (Germany)
- Io Capitano (Italy)
- Perfect Days (Japan)
- Society of the Snow (Spain)
- The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)
Animated Short
- Letter to a Pig
- Ninety-Five Senses
- Our Uniform
- Pachyderme
- War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
Documentary Short
- The ABCs of Book Banning
- The Barber of Little Rock
- Island in Between
- The Last Repair Shop
- Nai Nai & Wai Po
Live-Action Short
- The After
- Invincible
- Knight of Fortune
- Red, White and Blue
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
