Sinners Sets New Record With 16 Oscar Nominations
Maybe I should watch Sinners again, because while it was fine and I liked it, a record-breaking 16 noms seems a bit much. It’d be cool if Michael B. Jordan won Best Actor (a split vote between Leo and Timothée could give him the win), since he was obviously the best part of the movie. If you haven’t seen his first film with Ryan Coogler, go back and watch the excellent Fruitvale Station. While you’re at it, go back even further and watch him in The Wire, but be warned, it’s heartbreaking.
Biggest and best surprise of the morning is seeing Come See Me In The Good Light nominated for Best Documentary, and I also love that the entire cast of Sentimental Value is nominated. The sister played by Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas was a quiet scene stealer, and she deserves Best Supporting Actress. The F1 nomination is a hilarious joke, proving that there are still plenty of Oscar voters who are completely out of touch. On the other hand, the most fantastic news is that the horrendous shitshow Wicked was completely snubbed, receiving a very deserved zero nominations. Voters were smart enough not only to recognize that it sucked even more than the 2024 version, but also that it was filmed at the exact same time as that first movie, so nominating it again in all the tech categories (makeup, costumes, production design, etc.) would be absurd and redundant. Full list of Oscar nominations:
Best motion picture of the year
“Bugonia” (Focus Features)
“F1” (Apple)
“Frankenstein” (Netflix)
“Hamnet” (Focus Features)
“Marty Supreme” (A24)
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.)
“The Secret Agent” (Neon)
“Sentimental Value” (Neon)
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
“Train Dreams” (Netflix)
Achievement in directing
“Hamnet” (Focus Features) Chloé Zhao
“Marty Supreme” (A24) Josh Safdie
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) Paul Thomas Anderson
“Sentimental Value” (Neon) Joachim Trier
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ryan Coogler
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Timothée Chalamet in “Marty Supreme” (A24)
Leonardo DiCaprio in “One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.)
Ethan Hawke in “Blue Moon” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Michael B. Jordan in “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
Wagner Moura in “The Secret Agent” (Neon)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Benicio Del Toro in “One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.)
Jacob Elordi in “Frankenstein” (Netflix)
Delroy Lindo in “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
Sean Penn in “One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.)
Stellan Skarsgård in “Sentimental Value” (Neon)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Jessie Buckley in “Hamnet” (Focus Features)
Rose Byrne in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” (A24)
Kate Hudson in “Song Sung Blue” (Focus Features)
Renate Reinsve in “Sentimental Value” (Neon)
Emma Stone in “Bugonia” (Focus Features)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Elle Fanning in “Sentimental Value” (Neon)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in “Sentimental Value” (Neon)
Amy Madigan in “Weapons” (Warner Bros.)
Wunmi Mosaku in “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
Teyana Taylor in “One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.)
Adapted screenplay
“Bugonia” (Focus Features)
“Frankenstein” (Netflix)
“Hamnet” (Focus Features)
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.)
“Train Dreams” (Netflix)
Original Screenplay
“Blue Moon” (Sony Pictures Classics)
“It Was Just an Accident” (Neon)
“Marty Supreme” (A24)
“Sentimental Value” (Neon)
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
Achievement in film editing
“F1” (Apple) Stephen Mirrione
“Marty Supreme” (A24)
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.)
“Sentimental Value” (Neon)
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
Best international feature film of the year
“The Secret Agent”
“It Was Just an Accident”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sirāt”
“The Voice of Hind Rajab”
Best animated feature film of the year
“Arco” (Neon)
“Elio” (Walt Disney)
“KPop Demon Hunters” (Netflix)
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” (GKIDS)
“Zootopia 2” (Walt Disney)
Best animated short film
“Butterfly” (Sacrebleu Productions)
“Forevergreen”
“The Girl Who Cried Pearls” (National Film Board of Canada)
“Retirement Plan”
“The Three Sisters” (Polydont Films/Rymanco Ventures)
Achievement in casting
“Hamnet” (Focus Features) Nina Gold
“Marty Supreme” (A24) Jennifer Venditti
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) Cassandra Kulukundis
“The Secret Agent” (Neon) Gabriel Domingues
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Francine Maisler
Achievement in cinematography
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Dan Laustsen
“Marty Supreme” (A24) Darius Khondji
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) Michael Bauman
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Autumn Durald Arkapaw
“Train Dreams” (Netflix) Adolpho Veloso
Achievement in costume design
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” (Walt Disney) Deborah L. Scott
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Kate Hawley
“Hamnet” (Focus Features) Malgosia Turzanska
“Marty Supreme” (A24) Miyako Bellizzi
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ruth E. Carter
Best documentary feature film
“The Alabama Solution” (HBO Documentary Films)
“Come See Me in the Good Light” (Apple)
“Cutting through Rocks”
“Mr. Nobody against Putin” (PINK)
“The Perfect Neighbor” (Netflix)
Best documentary short film
“All the Empty Rooms” (Netflix)
“Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud” (HBO)
“Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”” (Sky)
“The Devil Is Busy” (HBO)
“Perfectly a Strangeness” (Second Sight Pictures)
Best live action short film
“Butcher’s Stain”
“A Friend of Dorothy”
“Jane Austen’s Period Drama”
“The Singers” (Netflix)
“Two People Exchanging Saliva”
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
“Frankenstein” (Netflix)
“Kokuho” (GKIDS)
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
“The Smashing Machine” (A24)
“The Ugly Stepsister” (Independent Film Company/Shudder)
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“Bugonia” (Focus Features) Jerskin Fendrix
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) Alexandre Desplat
“Hamnet” (Focus Features) Max Richter
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) Jonny Greenwood
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) Ludwig Goransso
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless” (MasterClass/Greenwich Entertainment)
“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” (Netflix)
“I Lied To You” from “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
“Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!” (Viva Verdi!)
“Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams” (Netflix)
Achievement in production design
“Frankenstein” (Netflix)
“Hamnet” (Focus Features)
“Marty Supreme” (A24)
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.)
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
Achievement in sound
“F1” (Apple)
“Frankenstein” (Netflix)
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.)
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
“Sirāt” (Neon) Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle,
Achievement in visual effects
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” (Walt Disney)
“F1” (Apple)
“Jurassic World Rebirth” (Universal)
“The Lost Bus” (Apple)
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
