This morning, the 93rd annual Oscar Nominations were announced, and I've listed them all below for your convenience. Like always, there were plenty of snubs and surprises. But overall, it's a fantastic selection of nominees. Yesterday, I published My 2021 Oscar Nominee Picks and Predictions, where I put forth my hypothetical ballots and predictions for what would be announced this morning. I've put the nominees I correctly predicted in bold, gold text, and the ones I picked on my ballot that were actually nominated in red text. I predicted 3 categories accurately, and all but one or two of the nominees in 15 different categories. For most of the categories I missed, a nominee I would have chosen got in instead, so I'm glad to have been wrong after all! A win-win in my book.
My Thoughts
While there are some snubs and surprises I'll get to momentarily, I'm delighted with these nominees for the most part. I didn't consider the possibility of Thomas Vinterberg swooping into Best Director and taking Aaron Sorkin's supposed slot. Still, I'm thrilled it happened because Another Round was one of my favorite films of last year. Another thing that's drawn a lot of attention is that Lakeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya were nominated for Supporting Actor from Judas and the Black Messiah, which feels like major category fraud since both are leads and Stanfield campaigned as the lead. Nevertheless, they are two great performances, so I'm glad to see them recognized at least. Plenty of groundbreaking nominations happened in the acting categories, and it's the first time two women have been nominated for Best Director in the same year. This year, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing combined into one Best Sound category, so that's a bit disappointing because the two are very different. I'm thrilled to see a swell of support for The Father, Minari, Promising Young Woman, Judas and the Black Messiah, and Sound of Metal among my other favorites.
Surprises: LaKeith Stanfield and Paul Raci for Best Supporting Actor (yay!), Thomas Vinterberg for Best Director, Sound of Metal for Best Picture, Da 5 Bloods for Best Original Score, and Eurovision for Best Original Song.
Snubs: Tenet for Best Film Editing and Best Original Score, Delroy Lindo, Ben Affleck, and Mads Mikkelsen for Best Actor, Han Ye-ri and Rosamund Pike for Best Actress, Alan Kim and Chadwick Boseman for Best Supporting Actor, Helena Zengel for Best Supporting Actress, Spike Lee, Regina King, Christopher Nolan, and Florian Zeller for Best Director, and lastly Da 5 Bloods, Palm Springs, The Invisible Man, I Care A Lot, Never Rarely Sometimes Always across the board for netting 0 nominations (with Da 5 Bloods only nominated for Original Score).
Nominations
Best Picture
"The Father"
"Judas and the Black Messiah"
"Mank"
"Minari"
"Nomadland"
"Promising Young Woman"
"Sound of Metal"
"The Trial of the Chicago 7"
Best Director
Emerald Fennell, "Promising Young Woman"
David Fincher, "Mank"
Lee Isaac Chung, "Minari"
Thomas Vinterberg, "Another Round"
Chloé Zhao, "Nomadland"
*Best Actor*
Riz Ahmed, "Sound of Metal"
Chadwick Boseman, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
Anthony Hopkins, "The Father"
Gary Oldman, "Mank"
Steven Yeun, "Minari"
*Best Actress*
Viola Davis, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
Andra Day, "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"
Vanessa Kirby, "Pieces of a Woman"
Frances McDormand, "Nomadland"
Carey Mulligan, "Promising Young Woman"
*Best Supporting Actor*
Sacha Baron Cohen, "The Trial of the Chicago 7"
Daniel Kaluuya, "Judas and the Black Messiah"
Daniel Kaluuya, "Judas and the Black Messiah"
Leslie Odom Jr., "One Night in Miami"
Paul Raci, "Sound of Metal"
LaKeith Stanfield, "Judas and the Black Messiah"
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova, "Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm"
Glenn Close, "Hillbilly Elegy"
Olivia Colman, "The Father"
Amanda Seyfried, "Mank"
Youn Yuh-Jung, "Minari"
Best Original Screenplay
"Judas and the Black Messiah"
"Minari"
"Promising Young Woman"
"Sound of Metal"
"The Trial of the Chicago 7"
Best Adapted Screenplay
"Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm"
"The Father"
"Nomadland"
"One Night in Miami"
"The White Tiger"
Best Film Editing
"The Father"
"Nomadland"
"Promising Young Woman"
"Sound of Metal"
"The Trial of the Chicago 7"
Best Cinematography
"Judas and the Black Messiah"
"Mank"
"News of the World"
"Nomadland"
"The Trial of the Chicago 7"
Best Costume Design
"Emma"
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
"Mank"
"Mulan"
"Pinocchio"
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
"Emma"
"Hillbilly Elegy"
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
"Mank"
"Pinocchio"
Best Production Design
"The Father"
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
"Mank"
"News of the World"
"Tenet"
Best Visual Effects
"Love and Monsters"
"The Midnight Sky"
"Mulan"
"The One and Only Ivan"
"Tenet"
Best Sound
"Greyhound"
"Mank"
"News of the World"
"Soul"
"Sound of Metal"
Best Original Song
"Fight For You" from "Judas and the Black Messiah"
"Hear My Voice" from "The Trial of the Chicago 7"
"Húsavík" from "Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga"
"Io Si (Seen)" from "The Life Ahead"
"Speak Now" from "One Night in Miami"
Best Original Score
"Da 5 Bloods"
"Mank"
"Minari"
"News of the World"
"Soul"
Best Animated Feature
"Onward"
"Over The Moon"
"A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon"
"Soul"
"Wolfwalkers"
Best Short Film, Live Action
"Feeling Through"
"The Letter Room"
"The Present"
"Two Distant Strangers"
"White Eye"
Best Short Film, Animated
"Burrow"
"Genius Loci"
"If Anything Happens I Love You"
"Opera"
"Yes People"
Best Documentary Feature
"Collective"
"Crip Camp"
"The Mole Agent"
"My Octopus Teacher"
"Time"
Best Documentary, Short Subject
"Collette"
"A Concerto is a Conversation"
"Do Not Split"
"Hunger Ward"
"A Love Song for Latasha"
"A Concerto is a Conversation"
"Do Not Split"
"Hunger Ward"
"A Love Song for Latasha"
Best International Feature
"Another Round""Better Days"
"Collective"
"The Man Who Sold His Skin"
"Quo Vadis, Aida?"
