93rd Academy Award Nominations Revealed

After an exhausting precursor season, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has finally unveiled the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards. While plenty went according to plan, there were a few shocks, snubs, and surprises and history was made with several firsts at the Oscars (including two female filmmakers nominated for Best Director in the same year). We dive into all of that in a future piece. For now, here are your Academy Award nominees for 2020.

BEST PICTURE

The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
Mank (Netflix)
Minari (A24)
Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

BEST DIRECTOR

Lee Isaac Chung – Minari (A24)
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
David Fincher – Mank (Netflix)
Thomas Vinterberg – ​Another Round (Nordisk Film)
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

BEST ACTRESS

Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu)
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman (Netflix)
Frances McDormand – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)

BEST ACTOR 

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Anthony Hopkins – The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
Gary Oldman – Mank (Netflix)
Steven Yeun – Minari (A24)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Maria Bakalova – Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon Studios)
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix)
Olivia Colman – The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
Amanda Seyfriend – Mank (Netflix)
Youn Yuh-Jung – Minari (A24)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
LaKeith Stanfield – Judas And The Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Judas And The Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
Minari (A24)
Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon Studios)
The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
The White Tiger (Netflix)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Mank (Netflix)
Minari (A24)
News of the World (Universal Pictures)
Soul (Disney/Pixar)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Fight For You” – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
“Hear My Voice” – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
“Húsavík (My Hometown)” – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Netflix)
“Io Sì (Seen)” – The Life Ahead (Netflix)
“Speak Now” – One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Onward (Disney/Pixar)
Over the Moon (Netflix)
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (Netflix)
Soul (Disney/Pixar)
Wolfwalkers (GKIDS/AppleTV+)

BEST FILM EDITING

The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
Mank (Netflix)
News of the World (Universal Pictures)
Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
Mank (Netflix)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
News of the World (Universal Pictures)
Tenet (Warner Bros.)
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BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Emma. (Focus Features)
Mank (Netflix)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Mulan (Disney)
Pinocchio (Roadside Attractions)

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Emma. (Focus Features)
Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix)
Mank (Netflix)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Pinocchio (Roadside Attractions)

BEST SOUND

Greyhound (Apple TV+)
Mank (Netflix)
News of the World (Universal Pictures)
Soul (Disney)
Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Love and Monsters (Paramount Pictures)
The Midnight Sky (Netflix)
Mulan (Disney)
The One and Only Ivan (Disney)
Tenet (Warner Bros.)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Collective (Magnolia Selects)
Crip Camp (Netflix)
The Mole Agent (Gravitas)
My Octopus Teacher (Netflix)
Time (Amazon Studios)

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

Another Round (Denmark)
Better Days (Hong Kong)
Collective (Romania)
The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia)
Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

Burrow
Genius Loci
If Anything Happens I Love You
Opera
Yes People

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

Colette
A Concerto Is a Conversation
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

Feeling Through
The Letter Room
The Present
Two Distant Strangers
White Eye

FINAL TOTALS

Mank – 10
The Father – 6
Minari – 6
Nomadland – 6
Judas and the Black Messiah – 6
Sound of Metal – 6
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – 6
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – 5
Promising Young Woman – 5
News of the World – 4
One Night in Miami – 3
Soul – 3