It’s that time in the cinematic calendar again as we wait for the golden statues to be handed out to its new rightful owners. The Oscars race is definitely nearing its end as this year’s official nominees have been announced Tuesday, by Andy Serkis and breakout comedienne Tiffany Haddish with the help of several A-listers Gal Gadot, Salma Hayek, Priyanka Chopra, Rebel Wilson, and Zoe Saldana to name a few, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California.
Guillermo del Torro’s The Shape of Water collected the most nominations at 13, including Best Actress for Sally Hawkins and Best Director, and Best Picture. This is followed by the Winston Churchill historical drama Darkest Hour at 7 nominations, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri at six.
Several expected frontrunners made the list including Best Actress bets Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) and Meryl Streep (The Post). Timothée Chalamet, of Call me by your Name fame made its way to the roster of Best Actor nominees together, but his onscreen partner, Armie Hammer, who was previously nominated at the Globes didn’t score a nod. Chalamet joins early favorites Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) and Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out). Phantom Thread star Daniel Day Lewis, who reportedly announced retirement from acting last year also scored a nomination in a role that would probably be his last.
After her Golden Globes snub for Best Director, Greta Gerwig gets nominated for Lady Bird while Golden Globes nominees Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri) and yes, Steven Spielberg (The Post), didn’t make the cut. Christopher Nolan, of Inception and The Dark Knight trilogy fame, finally received a nomination for Best Director for his film, Dunkirk.
Here’s the full list of nominees for 2018:
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
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 SUPPORTING ROLE
Willem Dafoe, The 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
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Meryl Streep, The Post
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
BEST DIRECTOR
Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan
Get Out, Jordan Peele
Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig
Phantom Thread, Paul Thomas Anderson
The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Dear Basketball
Garden Party
Lou
Negative Space
Revolting Rhymes
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
DeKalb Elementary
The Eleven O’Clock
My Nephew Emmett
The Silent Child
Watu Wote/All of Us
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Faces Places
Icarus
Last Men in Aleppo
Strong Island
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Edith+Eddie
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Heroin(e)
Knife Skills
Traffic Stop
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Fantastic Woman
The Insult
Loveless
On Body and Soul
The Square
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Call Me by Your Name, James Ivory
The Disaster Artist, Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
Logan, Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green
Molly’s Game, Aaron Sorkin
Mudbound, Virgil Williams and Dee Rees
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
The Big Sick, Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
Get Out, Jordan Peele
Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Martin McDonagh
The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Three Billboards
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
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Mudbound
The Shape of Water
FILM EDITING
Baby Driver
Dunkirk
I, Tonya
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards
COSTUME DESIGN
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Victoria and Abdul
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Darkest Hour
Victoria & Abdul
Wonder
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
SOUND EDITING
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
SOUND MIXING
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
VISUAL EFFECTS
Blade Runner 2049
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Kong: Skull Island
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes
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