The 2018 Oscar Nominations Include Some Pleasant Surprises: See the Complete List
This year's list is filled with history-making nominations.
Already saving the date for the 2018 Oscars? We are, too — and we're all in good company. Half of Hollywood was out of bed before 6 A.M. this morning to hear the nominations for the industry's most prestigious awards ceremony. Of course, we too had to tune in live as Tiffany Haddish and Andy Serkis announced the nominees from all 24 categories at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
The women's rights-oriented #MeToo and Time's Up movements have been hot topics in Hollywood, which led to speculation before this morning's broadcast about how the 2018 ceremony would recognize women in the industry. For example, men have dominated wins in the Best Director category for years. The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow, who won the Academy Award in 2009, is the only female director to have ever taken home the statue, and only four women have ever been nominated. So many wondered if Lady Bird director Greta Gerwig would receive an Oscar nomination this year — and in the end, she did.
There was also talk that cinematographer Rachel Morrison could make Oscar history if she was nominated for her work in Mudbound. The nod would make Morrison the first woman to ever be nominated in the category, and ultimately she did receive a nod. Mary J. Blige was also nominated for her work in Mudbound as Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
On the flipside, there was some speculation as to how James Franco would fare in the nominations. While Franco took home Best Actor awards for his work in The Disaster Artist at the 2018 Golden Globes and Critics' Choice Awards, he has since been accused of sexual misconduct by five women. And, at the 2018 Women's March, actress Scarlett Johansson called him out for wearing a Time's Up pin at the Golden Globes. Coincidentally or not, he was not nominated for an Oscar. However, Christopher Plummer, who replaced Kevin Spacey in All The Money in the World after the latter was accused of sexual misconduct, did receive a nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
Some less controversial or surprising nominations came in the Best Picture category, where award season frontrunners such as Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and The Shape of Water earned nods. Other top nod-earners included Dunkirk, which was nominated in eight categories, and Get Out, which has the chance to take home the gold in five categories.
Who will win? Only time, and a star-studded awards ceremony, will tell. Jimmy Kimmel will host the 2018 Oscars, which will be broadcast on ABC from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on March 4. Check out the full list of 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
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, Esquire
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
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 Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Actress in a Supporting Role
Mary J. Blige - Mudbound
Allison Janney - I, Tonya
Lesley Manville - Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer - The Shape of Water
Animated Feature Film
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent
Cinematography
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Mudbound
The Shape of Water
Costume Design
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
The Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Victoria & Abdul
Director
Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk
Jordan Peele - Get Out
Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird
Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom Thread
Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water
Documentary (Feature)
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Faces Places
Icarus
Last Men in Aleppo
Strong Island
Documentary (Short Subject)
Edith + Eddie
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Heroin(e)
Knife Skills
Traffic Stop
Film Editing
Baby Driver
Dunkirk
I, Tonya
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Foreign Language Film
A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
The Insult (Lebanon)
Loveless (Russia)
On Body and Soul (Hungary)
The Square (Sweden)
Makeup and Hairstyling
Darkest Hour
Victoria & Abdul
Wonder
Music (Original Score)
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Three Bilboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Music (Original Song)
"Mighty River" - Mudbound (Music and lyric by Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson)
"Mystery of Love" - Call Me by Your Name (Music and lyric by Sufjan Stevens)
"Remember Me" - Coco (Music and lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez)
"Stand Up For Something" - Marshall (Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Lonnie R. Lynn and Diane Warren)
"This Is Me" - The Greatest Showman (Music and Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul)Production Design
Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
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
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
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
James Ivory - Call Me By Your Name
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber - The Disaster Artist
Scott Frank & James Mangold (screenplay) and Michael Green; James Mangold (story)- Logan
Aaron Sorkin - Molly's Game
Virgil Williams and Dee Rees - Mudbound
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani - The Big Sick
Jordan Peele - Get Out
Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird
Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor (screenplay); Guillermo del Toro (story) - The Shape of Water
Martin McDonagh - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri