At long last, the time has come: the 2017 Oscar nominations are finally here. After months of guessing and prognosticating, the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences have finally weighed in with their picks for the very best of cinema in 2016, and the results are intriguing.
La La Land, unsurprisingly, leads the pack with a whopping 14 nominations. It now ties with Titanic and All About Eve for the most nominations of all time, as the film scored nods in almost every major category and then some. Moonlight also fared well with eight nominations in total, including Best Picture, Director, and Adapted Screenplay. Meanwhile, Martin Scorsese's masterful Silence scored just a single nomination, for Best Cinematography. Instead of Scorsese making the Best Director cut, it was Mel Gibson, scoring his first Oscar nomination since 1995's Braveheart, for which he won.
In terms of surprises, Amy Adams was shockingly passed over for a Best Actress nomination for Arrival, while it wasn't Aaron Taylor-Johnson who got in for Nocturnal Animals, but instead Michael Shannon.
As for Deadpool, while the superhero movie landed a number of precursor nominations from the likes of the WGA and PGA, it ended up with zero Oscar nominations. I surmised as much in my predictions yesterday—this never really felt like the kind of movie the Academy would go for, with Adapted Screenplay serving as its best shot.
Click here for a deeper analysis on the biggest snubs and surprises from today's nominations. Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the 89th Academy Awards will be held on February 26th, broadcast live on ABC.
Best Picture
La La Land
Moonlight
Manchester by the Sea
Arrival
Lion
Hidden Figures
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Fences
Best Director
Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
Mel Gibson - Hacksaw Ridge
Best Actress
Emma Stone – La La Land
Natalie Portman – Jackie
Isabelle Huppert – Elle
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins
Ruth Negga - Loving
Best Actor
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
Denzel Washington – Fences
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling – La La Land
Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis – Fences
Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
Naomie Harris – Moonlight
Nicole Kidman – Lion
Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
Dev Patel – Lion
Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea
Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals
Best Adapted Screenplay
Moonlight – Barry Jenkins, Tarell McCraney
Arrival – Eric Heisserer
Lion – Luke Davies
Fences – August Wilson
Hidden Figures - Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi
Best Original Screenplay
La La Land – Damien Chazelle
Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan
Hell or High Water – Taylor Sheridan
The Lobster – Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos
20th Century Women - Mike Mills
Best Cinematography
Linus Sandgren – La La Land
Bradford Young – Arrival
Greig Fraser – Lion
James Laxton – Moonlight
Rodrigo Prieto – Silence
Best Animated Feature
Zootopia
Moana
Kubo and the Two Strings
The Red Turtle
My Life as a Zucchini
Best Documentary Feature
O.J.: Made in America
13th
I Am Not Your Negro
Fire at Sea
Life, Animated
Best Foreign Language Film
Tanna - Australia
Land of Mine - Denmark
Toni Erdmann - Germany
The Salesman - Iran
A Man Called Ove - Sweden
Best Original Song
“Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” – La La Land
“City of Stars” – La La Land
“How Far I’ll Go” – Moana
“Can’t Stop the Feeling” – Trolls
"The Empty Chair" - Jim: The James Foley Story
Best Original Score
La La Land – Justin Hurwitz
Lion – Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka
Moonlight – Nicholas Britell
Jackie – Mica Levi
Passengers - Thomas Newman
Best Film Editing
La La Land – Tom Cross
Moonlight – Joi McMillon, Nat Sanders
Hacksaw Ridge – John Gilbert
Arrival – Joe Walker
Hell or High Water - Jake Roberts
Best Visual Effects
Deepwater Horizon
The Jungle Book
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Doctor Strange
Kubo and the Two Strings
Best Costume Design
Allied - Joanna Johnston
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Colleen Atwood
Florence Foster Jenkins - Consolata Boyle
Jackie - Madeline Fontaine
La La Land - Mary Zophres
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Suicide Squad - Alessandro Bertolazzi
A Man Called Ove - Love Larson and Eva Con Bahr
Star Trek Beyond - S. Anne Carroll and Joel Harlow
Best Production Design
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Stuart Craig, James Hambige, Anna Pinnock
Hail, Caesar! - Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh
La La Land - David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
Arrival - Patrice Vermette
Passengers - Guy Hendrix Dyas
Best Sound Editing
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully