The nominations for the 2024 Academy Awards have been announced overnight in the United States. Christopher Nolan’s biopic Oppenheimer leads the way, with 13 nominations ahead of Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things (11 nominations), Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon (10) and Barbie (8).

Oppenheimer. Image supplied

Best picture will be decided between Oppenheimer, American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie,
The Holdovers,
Killers of the Flower Moon,
Maestro,
 Past Lives,
Poor Things
and The Zone of Interest.

Bradley Cooper (Maestro), Colman Domingo (Rustin), Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers), Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) and
Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction) will contest Best actor in a leading role. The Best actress in a leading role nominees are Annette Bening (Nyad), Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon), Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall), Carey Mulligan (Maestro) and
Emma Stone for Poor Things.

Anatomy of a Fall. Image supplied

The Academy Award for best direction nominees are Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall), Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon), Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer),  Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things) and Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest)

Best original score nominations have been settled on American Fiction (scored by composer Laura Karpman),...