The nominations for the 2023 Oscars have been announced. After last year’s ceremony was plagued by Will Smith storming the stage and slapping presenter Chris Rock, which overshadowed the night’s biggest winners including CODA’s historic Best Picture win, the Oscars are returning for hopefully a controversy-free ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. The 95th Academy Awards will honor the year’s best in film, from moving dramas like Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans, Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin, and the Daniels’ multiverse movie Everything Everywhere All at Once, to the year’s two biggest blockbusters in Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water.
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Now, the 2023 ​​​​​​Oscars nominations have officially been announced.

The full list of nominations was revealed during a live ceremony from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater, hosted by Oscar-nominated actor Riz Ahmed and M3GAN star Allison Williams. See the full list of Oscar nominees below:

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 Directing
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans

Todd Field, Tár

Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett, Tár

Ana de Armas, Blonde

Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie

Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans

Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Austin Butler, Elvis

Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin

Brendan Fraser, The Whale

Paul Mescal, Aftersun

Bill Nighy, Living

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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 Actor in a Supporting Role
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 Adapted Screenplay
All Quiet on the Western Front

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Living

Top Gun: Maverick

Women Talking

Best Original Screenplay
The Banshees of Inisherin

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Fabelmans

Tár

Triangle of Sadness

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 Film
All That Breathes

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Fire of Love

A House Made of Splinters

Navalny

Best Cinematography
All Quiet on the Western Front

Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

Elvis

Empire of Light

Tár

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 Film Editing
The Banshees of Inisherin

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Tár

Top Gun: Maverick

Best Costume Design
Babylon

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Best Sound
All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Batman

Elvis

Top Gun: Maverick

Best Original Score
All Quiet on the Western Front

Babylon

The Banshees of Inisherin

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Fabelmans

Best Live-Action Short Film
An Irish Goodbye

Ivalu

Le Pupille

Night Ride

The Red Suitcase

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 Original Song
“Applause” from Tell It like a Woman

“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick

“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

“Naatu Naatu” from RRR

“This Is A Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Documentary Short Subject
The Elephant Whisperers

Haulout

How Do You Measure a Year?

The Martha Mitchell Effect

Stranger at the Gate

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
All Quiet on the Western Front

The Batman

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Elvis

The Whale

Best Production Design
All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

Babylon

Elvis

The Fabelmans

Best Visual Effects
All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Batman

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Top Gun: Maverick

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Breaking Down The 2023 Oscars Nominations

In terms of total Oscar nominations, Everything Everywhere All at Once leads the way with 11 nominations, including Best Picture and several acting categories. The Banshees of Inisherin and All Quiet on the Western Front are both close behind with nine nominations each. If total nominations are indicative of who will take home Best Picture, which they sometimes are, these are the three films that should be competing for the night’s highest honor, with the Daniels’ indie darling the early frontrunner to take home the top prize, especially after winning some important precursor awards.

As expected, it will be a three-way race between Butler, Farrell, and Fraser for Best Actor in a Leading Role. During this award season, Butler and Farrell both won Golden Globes, with Fraser being snubbed, though his acclaimed comeback performance in The Whale could be enough to endear Academy voters for an Oscar win. On the other side, the Actress in a Leading Role race should be just as competitive between Blanchett, Yeoh, and Williams. Though the Tár actress could be considered a slight favorite to win her third Academy Award, Yeoh (who is the first Asian actor ever nominated in the category) should not be overlooked here.

Now that the 2023 Oscars nominations have been announced, there are a wide variety of films represented this year, including a Marvel movie, period dramas, action blockbusters, tragicomedies like Banshees, indies like Triangle of Sadness, and of course the genre-bending film that is Everything Everywhere All at Once. The year’s two biggest blockbusters are also represented nicely, with Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water both receiving Best Picture nods. Last year’s ceremony brought several surprises, from CODA winning Best Picture to Will Smith winning Best Actor soon after slapping Chris Rock, so expect the unexpected when the 2023 Oscars airs March 12 on ABC.

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