2023 Oscar Nominations: Snubs and Dubs

Safa Ali

January 28, 2023

Entertainment

The 95th Academy Awards ceremony will be presented, on March 12, 2023, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It will honour films released in 2022 and will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

The nominations have been released, and there are some big surprises and upsets among contenders. 

Absurdist sci-fi Everything Everywhere All At Once leads with 11 nominations. All Quiet on the Western Front and The Banshees of Inisherin also saw strong performances with nominations in 9 categories. 

Other notable nominations include Michelle Yeoh, who became the first Asian actress to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, Angela Bassett for becoming the first actor to be recognized by the Oscars for a Marvel film, and two sequels entering the race for Best Picture- Avatar: The Way of Water and Top Gun: Maverick.

See below for the complete list of nominations. 

Best Picture 

• Everything Everywhere All At Once - 11

• All Quiet on the Western Front - 9

• The Banshees of Inisherin -9

• Elvis - 8

• The Fablemans - 7

• Top Gun: Maverick - 6

• Tár - 6

• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - 5

• Avatar: The Way of Water - 4

Best Actress

• Cate Blanchett - Tár

• Ana de Armas - Blonde

• Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Actor

• Austin Butler - Elvis 

• Colin Farrell - The Banshees of Inisherin

• Brendan Fraser - The Whale 

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 Ostlund - Triangle of Sadness

Best Cinematography

• All Quiet on the Western Front

• Elvis

• Tar

• Empire of Light

Best Editing 

• The Banshees of Inisherin

• Elvis

• Everything Everywhere All At Once

• Tar

• Top Gun: Maverick

Best Original Screenplay 

• The Banshees of Inisherin

• Everything Everywhere All At Once

• The Fablemans

• Tar

• Triangle of Sadness

Best Adapted Screenplay

• All Quiet on the Western Front

• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

• Living

• Top Gun: Maverick

• Women Talking

Best Animated Feature

• Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio

• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

• The Sea Beast

• Turning Red

Best International Film

• All Quiet on the Western Front

• Argentina, 1985

• Close

• EO

• The Quiet Girl

Best Original Score

• All Quiet on the Western Front

• Babylon

• The Banshees of Inisherin

• Everything Everywhere All at Once

• The Fabelmans

Best Original Song

• Applause - Tell It Like a Woman

• Hold My Hand – Top Gun: Maverick

• Lift Me – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

• Naatu Naatu – RRR

• This Is a Life - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Costume Design

• Babylon

• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

• Elvis

• Everything Everywhere All at Once

• Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Best Cinematography

• All Quiet on the Western Front

• Bardo

• Elvis

• Empire of Light

• Tár

Best Documentary Feature

• All That Breathes

• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

• Fire of Love

• A House Made of Splinters

• Navalny

Best Short Documentary

• The Elephant Whisperers

• Haulout

• How Do You Measure a Year?

• The Martha Mitchell Effect

• Stranger at the Gate

Best Short Film (Animation)

• 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 Short Film (Live-action)

• An Irish Goodbye

• Le Pupille

• The Red Suitcase

• Ivalu

• Night Ride

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• All Quiet on the Western Front

• The Batman

• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

• Elvis

• The Whale

Best Sound

• All Quiet on the Western Front

• Avatar: The Way of Water

• The Batman

• Elvis

• Top Gun: Maverick

Best Visual Effects

• All Quiet on the Western Front

• Avatar: The Way of Water

• The Batman

• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

• Top Gun: Maverick
  
  

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