The 2023 awards season is in full swing with the recent Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards giving us a hint at what we could expect – and who we could expect to be nominated – at this year’s upcoming Academy Awards.
The most prestigious event on the calendar for everyone working in the industry is set to take place March 12 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, and ahead of the night, the Academy has just announced its 2023 nominations.
Everything Everywhere All at Once leads the charge with 11 nominations – as it should! – with All Quiet on the Western Front and The Banshees of Inisherin following close behind.
Austin Butler, who has been cleaning up so far for his role as Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, is nominated for his first Oscar for Best Actor, and so too is Normal People’s Paul Mescal for his indie film, Aftersun. Ana de Armas and Angela Bassett received nods for their work in Blonde and The Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, respectively and both Lady Gaga and Rihanna are included in the Best Song category. Gaga for “Hold My Hand” and Rihanna for her first song in six years, “Lift Me Up.”
Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly, no women were nominated again in the Best Director category, something the Oscars has been criticised for since its inception over 95 years ago. Despite Sarah Polley’s Women Talking being nominated for Best Picture, she was left out of the list, and so too was Gina Prince-Bythewood, who directed the epic The Woman King, which grossed $70 at the box office. To date, only seven women have ever been recognised for directing and just three have won, all in recent years: Kathryn Bigelow in 2010, Chloe Zhao in 2021 and Jane Campion last year.
Below, check out this year’s full list of nominations.
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 Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Todd Field, Tár
Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Austin Butler, Elvis
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Bill Nighy, Living
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
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 ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
All Quiet on the Western Front
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Living
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Triangle of Sadness
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 CINEMATOGRAPHY
All Quiet on the Western Front
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Elvis
Empire of Light
Tár
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
The Whale
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
The Fabelmans
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 Up,” Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
“Naatu Naatu,” RRR
“This Is a Life,” Everything Everywhere All at Once
BEST SOUND MIXING
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
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
A House Made of Splinters
Navalny
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
All Quiet on the Western Front, Germany
Argentina, 1985, Argentina
Close, Belgium
EO, Poland
The Quiet Girl, Ireland
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
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
FILM EDITING
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
The Elephant Whisperers
Haulout
How Do You Measure a Year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Stranger at the Gate
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
An Irish Goodbye
Ivalu
Le Pupille
Night Ride
The Red Suitcase
