The Oscars Are Here…
The 2019 Oscars might not have a host, but the show will go on.
The Oscars are the highest recognition in cinema, honouring the best films, film performances, and technical achievements in film over the past year. And in 2019, one of the most intriguing things about the awards is that there’s no absolute frontrunner for Best Picture.
Up to 10 movies can be nominated in the Best Picture category, and the 2019 Oscars are poised to yield an incredible variety of films among the Best Picture nominees.
Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book, two movies that have both been the subject of controversy, had big nights at the Golden Globes earlier this month, with each one winning a Best Picture trophy (in the drama and comedy or musical categories, respectively). If both films are nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, those conversation surrounding those controversies may follow.
The 2019 Best Picture nominees could also include critically acclaimed box office hits like A Star Is Born (which made $400 million worldwide) and Black Panther ($1.3 billion worldwide) as well as arthouse fare like The Favourite and If Beale Street Could Talk.
2019 could also be the year that Netflix earns its first Best Picture nomination, for the director Alfonso Cuarón’s favorite Roma.
The 2019 Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 24, and will air live on ABC at 8 pm Eastern/5 pm Pacific.
We will keep this list of nominees updated as they are announced:
Best Picture
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Roma
A Star is Born
Vice
Actor in a Leading Role
Christian Bale, Vice
Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
Willem DaFoe, At Eternity’s Gate
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
Actress in a Leading Role
Yalitza Arapicio, Roma
Glenn Close, The Wife
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Lady Gaga, A Star is Born
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams, Vice
Marina de Tavira Roma,
Regina King, If Beale String Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Adam Driver, BlackKlansman
Sam Elliot, A Star is Born
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me
Sam Rockwell, Vice
Directing
BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee
Cold War, Paweł Pawlikowski
The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos
Roma, Alfonso Cuaron
Vice, Adam McKay
Adapted Screenplay
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Joel and Ethan Coen
BlacKkKlansman, Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee
Can You Ever Forgive Me, Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins
A Star is Born, Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters
Original Screenplay
The Favourite, Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
First Reformed, Paul Schrader
Green Book, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly
Roma, Alfonso Cuarón
Vice, Adam McKay
Foreign Language Film
Capernaum, Lebanon
Cold War, Poland
Never Look Away, Germany
Roma, Mexico
Shoplifters, Japan
Animated Feature
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Original Score
Black Panther
BlacKkLlansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Mary Poppins Returns
Original Song
“All the Stars,” Black Panther
“I’ll Fight,” RBG
“The Place Where Lost Things Go,” Mary Poppins Returns
“Shallow,” A Star Is Born
“When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings,” The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Documentary Short
Black Sheep
End Game
Lifeboat
A Night at the Garden
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Cinematography
Cold War, Lukasz, Zal
The Favourite, Robbie Ryan
Never Look Away, Caleb Deschanel
Roma, Alfonso Cuaron
A Star is Born, Matthew Libatique
Best Documentary Feature
Free Solo
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Of Fathers and Sons
RBG
Production Design
Black Panther
The Favourite
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma
Sound Mixing
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Roma
A Star is Born
Costume Design
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots
Film Editing
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Vice
Sound Editing
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
A Quiet Place
Roma
Animated Short Film
Animal Behavior
Bao
Late Afternoon
One Small Step
Weekends
Live Action Short
Detainment
Fauve
Marguerite
Mother
Skin
Makeup and Hairstyle
Border
Mary Queen of Scots
Vice
Visual Effects
Avengers: Infinity War
Christopher Robin
First Man
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story