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The Oscar nominations are out this morning, and the major categories broke out this way:

Best Picture

“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix) 

“Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios) 

“The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures) 

“Elvis” (Warner Bros.) 

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24) 

“The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures) 

“Tár” (Focus Features) 

“Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures) 

“Triangle of Sadness” (Neon) 

“Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing) 


Best Lead Actor

Austin Butler (“Elvis”) 

Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inisherin”) 

Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”) 

Paul Mescal (“Aftersun”) 

Bill Nighy (“Living”) 


Best Lead 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 Director 

Martin McDonagh (“The Banshees of Inisherin”) 

Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) 

Steven Spielberg (“The Fabelmans”) 

Todd Field (“Tár”) 

Ruben Östlund (“Triangle of Sadness”) 


Best Adapted Screenplay

“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix)   

“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)  

“Living” (Sony Pictures Classics) 

“Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures) 

“Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing) 


Best Original Screenplay

“The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)  

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)  

“The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)  

“Tár” (Focus Features)  

“Triangle of Sadness” (Neon)