The Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice and Screen Actors Guild Awards have all been and gone, paving the way for the biggest night of the year in film: the Academy Awards.
This year will mark the award ceremony’s 90th anniversary and the nominees have just been announced. As expected, they follow a similar pattern to the previous ceremonies with a handful of the same titles vying for the top honours.
The Shape of Water leads the nominations with 13 nods (just one below the current record), followed by Dunkirk which received eight. Both movies are listed in the ‘Best Picture’ category along with seven other films including Gary Oldman’s Darkest Hour and the Greta Gerwig-directed Lady Bird starring Saoirse Ronan.
Frances McDormand is nominated for Best Actress for her part in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, the same role for which she won at both the Golden Globes and a Screen Actors Guild Awards this year already. Also in the category is Margot Robbie for I, Tonya, Meryl Streep for The Post, Saoirse Ronan for Lady Bird and Sally Hawkins for The Shape of Water.
Gary Oldman is nominated again for Best Actor for The Darkest Hour and is joined by Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread), Denzel Washington (Roman J. Israel, Esq.), Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out), Timothée Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name) and James Franco (The Disaster Artist).
See the nominations below…
Best Picture
Call Me by Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Actress in a Leading Role
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie in, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Meryl Streep, The Post
Actor in a Leading Role
Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq
Actor in a Leading Role
Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq
Costume Design
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Victoria and Abdul
Original Score
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Production Design
Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2019
Darkest hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Actor in a Supporting Role
Willem Dafoe, Florida Project
Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Christopher Plummer, All The Money in the World
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Actress in a Supporting Role
Mary J Blige, Mudbound
Allison Janney I, Tonya
Leslie Manville, Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
Directing
Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan
Get Out, Jordan Peele
Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig
Phantom Thread, Paul Thomas Anderson
The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro
Original Song
Mighty River from Mudbound
Mystery Of Love from Call Me by Your Name
Remember Me from Coco
Stand Up For Something from Marshall
This Is Me from The Greatest Showman
Adapted Screenplay
Call Me by Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Logan
Molly’s Game
Mudbound
Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Shape of Water
Now, see the winners from the 2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards to get a glimpse of who might take home an Oscar this year.
