Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s groundbreaking sci-fi hit accumulated a total of 11 nods in the Best Picture Category, with individual honors for the lead actors, Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Stephanie Hsu.
After months of predictions and conspiracies, the long wait has finally come to an end. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has finally revealed the nominees for the 2023 Oscars Awards. As announced by actors Allison Williams (M3GAN) and Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal), the 95th Academy Awards will be live-streamed from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in California.
This year’s nominations included award-winning gems like Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, Tar, and The Fabelmans, as well as much-anticipated blockbusters like Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water. Netflix’s highly-acclaimed drama, All Quiet on the Western Front, which received 14 BAFTA nominations, also made it to the list, together with the tragicomedy The Banshees of Inisherin.
Oscars 2023: Complete List of Nominees
Gracing this year’s Oscars Awards night is Jimmy Kimmel, who has served as host for the 2017 and 2018 ceremonies, with Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner as producers. With such diversified and topnotch catalog nominees, CEO Bill Kramer shared that: “We’re moving forward. It’s going to be a return to a show that’s about a love of cinema, international cinema, and diverse artists. And it’s our 95th Oscars, so there are going to be some great legacy surprises.”
Wondering who made it to the Oscars 2023 nominations? See the complete list below.
Best Picture
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Elvis
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- The Fabelmans
- TÁR
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Triangle of Sadness
- Women Talking
Best Director
- Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
- Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
- Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)
- Todd Field (TÁR)
- Ruben Östlund (Triangle of Sadness)
Best Actor
- Austin Butler (Elvis)
- Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
- Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
- Paul Mescal (Aftersun)
- Bill Nighy (Living)
Best Actress
- Cate Blanchett (TÁR)
- Ana de Armas (Blonde)
- Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie)
- Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans)
- Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Supporting Actor
- Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)
- Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway)
- Judd Hirsch (The Fabelmans)
- Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin)
- Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Supporting Actress
- Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
- Hong Chau (The Whale)
- Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin)
- Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
- Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
- Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, and Ian Stokell (All Quiet on the Western Front)
- Rian Johnson (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)
- Kazuo Ishiguro (Living)
- Screenplay by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie, story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks (Top Gun: Maverick)
- Sarah Polley (Women Talking)
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
- Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
- Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
- Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner (The Fabelmans)
- Todd Field (TÁR)
- Ruben Östlund (Triangle of Sadness)
Best Animated Feature Film
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
- Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
- The Sea Beast
- Turning Red
Best International Feature Film
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Argentina, 1985
- Close
- EO
- The Quiet Girl
Best Documentary Feature
- All That Breathes
- All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
- Fire of Love
- A House Made of Splinters
- Navalny
Best Film Editing
- Mikkel E.G. Nielsen (The Banshees of Inisherin)
- Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond (Elvis)
- Paul Rogers (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
- Monika Willi (TÁR)
- Eddie Hamilton (Top Gun: Maverick)
Best Cinematography
- James Friend (All Quiet on the Western Front)
- Darius Khondji (Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths)
- Mandy Walker (Elvis)
- Roger Deakins (Empire of Light)
- Florian Hoffmeister (TÁR)
Best Costume Design
- Mary Zophres (Babylon)
- Ruth E. Carter (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
- Catherine Martin (Elvis)
- Shirley Kurata (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
- Jenny Beavan(Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová (All Quiet on the Western Front)
- Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, and Mike Fontaine (The Batman)
- Camille Friend and Joel Harlow (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
- Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Aldo Signoretti (Elvis)
- Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Anne Marie Bradley (The Whale)
Best Production Design
- Christian M. Goldbeck and Ernestine Hipper (All Quiet on the Western Front)
- Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, and Vanessa Cole (Avatar: The Way of Water)
- Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino (Babylon)
- Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, and Bev Dunn (Elvis)
- Rick Carter and Karen O’Hara (The Fabelmans)
Best Music (Original Song)
- “Applause” (Tell It Like a Woman)
- “Hold My Hand” (Top Gun: Maverick)
- “Lift Me Up” (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
- “Naatu Naatu” (RRR)
- “This Is a Life” (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Music (Original Score)
- Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front)
- Justin Hurwitz (Babylon)
- Carter Burwell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
- Son Lux (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
- John Williams (The Fabelmans)
Best Sound
- Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel, and Stefan Korte (All Quiet on the Western Front)
- Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, and Michael Hedges (Avatar: The Way of Water)
- Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray, and Andy Nelson(The Batman)
- David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson, and Michael Keller (Elvis)
- Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor (Top Gun: Maverick)
Best Visual Effects
- Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank, and Kamil Jafar (All Quiet on the Western Front)
- Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett (Avatar: The Way of Water)
- Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, and Dominic Tuohy (The Batman)
- Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White, and Dan Sudick (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
- Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, and Scott R. Fisher (Top Gun: Maverick)
Best Animated Short Film
- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse
- The Flying Sailor
- Ice Merchants
- My Year of Dicks
- An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake, and I Think I Believe It
Best Live Action Short Film
- An Irish Goodbye
- Ivalu
- Le Pupille
- Night Ride
- The Red Suitcase
Best Documentary Short
- The Elephant Whisperers
- Haulout
- How Do You Measure a Year?
- The Martha Mitchell Effect
- Stranger at the Gate
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