THE 90th ACADEMY AWARDS – THE NOMINATIONS
And the nominees are…
BEST PICTURE
1. Call Me By Your Name
2. Darkest Hour
3. Dunkirk
4. Get Out
5. Lady Bird
6. Phantom Thread
7. The Post
8. The Shape of Water
9. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST DIRECTOR
1. Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
2. Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
3. Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
4. Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
5. Jordan Peele, Get Out
BEST ACTOR
1. Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
2. Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
3. Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
4. Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
5. Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
BEST ACTRESS
1. Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
2. Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Margot Robbie, I,Tonya
4. Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
5. Meryl Streep, The Post
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
2. Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
4. Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World
5. Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
2. Allison Janney, I, Tonya
3. Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
4. Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
5. Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
BEST EDITING
1. Baby Driver
2. Dunkirk
3. I, Tonya
4. The Shape of Water
5. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
2. Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
3. Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick
4. Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
5. Jordan Peele, Get Out
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. Scott Frank & James Mangold, Logan
2. James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name
3. Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, The Disaster Artist
4. Aaron Sorkin, Molly’s Game
5. Virgil Williams & Dee Rees, Mudbound
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1. A Fantastic Woman
2. The Insult
3. Loveless
4. On Body and Soul
5. The Square
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049
2. Bruno Delbonnel, Darkest Hour
3. Hoyte van Hoytema, Dunkirk
4. Dan Laustsen, The Shape of Water
5. Rachel Morrison, Mudbound
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Beauty and the Beast
2. Blade Runner 2049
3. Darkest Hour
4. Dunkirk
5. The Shape of Water
BEST SOUND MIXING
1. Baby Driver
2. Blade Runner 2049
3. Dunkirk
4. The Shape of Water
5. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
BEST SOUND EDITING
1. Baby Driver
2. Blade Runner 2049
3. Dunkirk
4. The Shape of Water
5. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Beauty and the Beast
2. Darkest Hour
3. Phantom Thread
4. The Shape of Water
5. Victoria & Abdul
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1. Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
2. Faces Places
3. Icarus
4. Last Man in Aleppo
5. Strong Island
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
1. The Boss Baby
2. The Breadwinner
3. Coco
4. Ferndinand
5. Loving Vincent
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Blade Runner 2049
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
3. Kong: Skull Island
4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
5. War for the Planet of the Apes
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
1. Darkest Hour
2. Victoria & Abdule
3. Wonder
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Carter Burwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbin, Missouri
2. Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
3. Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
4. John Williams, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
5. Hans Zimmer, Dunkirk
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
1. “Mighty River” from Mudbound
2. “Mystery of Love” from Call Me By Your Name
3. “Remember Me” from Coco
4. “Stand Up for Something” from Marshall
5. “This is Me” from The Greatest Showman
Best Documentary Short
1. Edith + Eddie
2. Heaven is a Traffic Jame on the 405
3. Heroin(e)
4. Knife Skills
5. Traffic Stop
Best Animated Short
1. Dear Basketball
2. Garden Party
3. Lou
4. Negative Space
5. Revolting Rhyms
Best Live Action Short
1. DeKalb Elementary
2. The Eleven O’Clock
3. My Nephew Emmett
4. The Silent Child
5. Waut Wote/All of Us
There is a lot to unpack here. It’s no surprise that The Shape of Water leads with 13 nominations. It was one nomination shy of tying La La Land, Titanic, and All About Eve with 14. It’s the favorite as of now to take home Best Picture, but the Academy does love a good surprise like last year’s win for Moonlight. Dunkirk (my pick!) came in second with eight nominations, while Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri boasts seven nominations. I’m really happy to see the love for Phantom Thread with nominations for Best Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actress, Costumes, and Original Score. I am bummed to think that Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Tiffany Haddish, Holly Hunter, Armie Hammer, and Michael Stuhlbarg all failed to received acting nominations for their work. Missing in action is Steven Spielberg and Wonder Woman, which failed to receive any nominations. Also, where is The Lego Batman Movie for Animated Feature. I was certain that would reign supreme over The Boss Baby.
Tune in to find out who will win on Sunday, March 4 on ABC.
