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The full list of nominees in this year’s Oscars is out. I’ve set the films and performances I’ve already seen in bold and I put asterisk after my favorites.

This is the first ever Oscars of my adult life in which the films nominated in the foreign/international category are films that I haven’t seen. I need to catch up especially Japan’s entry. I am not familiar with Wim Wenders’ work.

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“Oppenheimer” has the most number of nominations with 13, followed by “Poor Things” with 11 and “Killers of the Flower Moon” with 10.

Meanwhile, “Barbie,” which I thought would have give Greta Gerwig her second nod for Best Directing fell short. This is Jonathan Glazer’s and Justine Triet’s first nomination, Yorgos Lanthimos’ and Christopher Nolan’s second, and Martin Scorsese’s tenth.

Best Picture

• American Fiction*
• Anatomy of a Fall*
• Barbie**
• The Holdovers***
• Killers of the Flower Moon*
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer**
• Past Lives
• Poor Things**
• The Zone of Interest

Best Directing

• Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest)
• Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things)
• Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
• Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon)
• Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
• Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)*
• Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)**
• Colman Domingo — (Rustin)
• Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)*

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Annette Bening (Nyad)
• Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)*
• Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)**
• Carey Mulligan (Maestro)
• Emma Stone (Poor Things)*

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction)
• Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon)
• Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)*
• Ryan Gosling (Barbie)
• Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things)*

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)
• Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)
• America Ferrera (Barbie)
• Jodie Foster (Nyad)
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)*

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

• Anatomy of a Fall (Arthur Harari & Justine Triet)**
• The Holdovers (David Hemingson)*
• Maestro (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
• May December (Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik)
• Past Lives (Celine Song)

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• American Fiction (Cord Jefferson)
• Barbie (Noah Baumbach & Greta Gerwig)*
• Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan)**
• Poor Things (Tony McNamara)
• The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer)

Best Documentary Feature Film

• Bobi Wine: The People’s President
• The Eternal Memory
• Four Daughters
• To Kill a Tiger
• 20 Days in Mariupol*

Best Animated Feature

• The Boy and the Heron
• Elemental
• Nimona*
• Robot Dreams**
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best International Feature Film

• Io Capitano (Italy)
• Perfect Days (Japan)
• Society of the Snow (Spain)
• The Teacher’s Lounge (Germany)
• The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)

Best Costume Design

• Barbie (Jacqueline Durran)
• Killers of the Flower Moon (Jacqueline West)
• Napoleon (David Crossman & Janty Yates)
• Oppenheimer (Ellen Mirojnick)
• Poor Things (Holly Waddington)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• Golda
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• Society of the Snow

Best Animated Short Film

• Letter to a Pig
• Ninety-Five Senses
• Our Uniform
• Pachyderme
• War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko

Best Live-Action Short Film

• The After
• Invincible
• Knight of Fortune
• Red, White and Blue
• The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Best Original Song

• “The Fire Inside” (Flamin’ Hot)
• “I’m Just Ken” (Barbie)
• “It Never Went Away” (American Symphony)
• “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” (Killers of the Flower Moon)
• “What Was I Made For?” (Barbie)

Best Original Score

• American Fiction (Laura Karpman)
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (John Williams)
• Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)
• Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)
• Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)

Best Documentary Short Film

• The ABCs of Book Banning
• The Barber of Little Rock
• Island in Between
• The Last Repair Shop
• Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó

Best Production Design

• Barbie*
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Napoleon
• Oppenheimer*
• Poor Things

Best Film Editing

• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer*
• Poor Things

Best Sound

• The Creator
• Maestro
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
• Oppenheimer*
• The Zone of Interest

Best Visual Effects

• The Creator
• Godzilla: Minus One*
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning, Part One
• Napoleon

Best Cinematography

• El Conde (Edward Lachman)
• Killers of the Flower Moon (Rodrigo Prieto)
• Maestro (Matthew Libatique)
• Oppenheimer (Hoyte van Hoytema)
• Poor Things (Robbie Ryan)