2017 Oscar Nominations

Singing the praises of La La Land

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 89th Academy Awards early Tuesday morning, recognizing the best films, filmmakers, and on- and off-screen talent of 2016.

Leading all films with 14 nominations—six more than any other movie—was Damien Chazelle's musical La La Land, fresh off of its record-setting seven wins at the Golden Globes earlier this month. La La Land's total of 14 Oscar nominations is also a record, tying it with All About Eve and Titanic, and it is the first original musical to get a best picture nomination since 1979's All That Jazz.

Other major best picture contenders Moonlight and Manchester by the Sea also placed among the top of the pack in total nominations, with eight and six, respectively.

Listed below are the 2017 Academy Award nominees in all 24 categories.

Best picture and director

Best picture

Metascore / Film / Producers
▣	Arrival Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder and David Linde
▣	Fences Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington and Todd Black
▣	Hacksaw Ridge Bill Mechanic and David Permut
▣	Hell or High Water Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn
▣	Hidden Figures Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams and Theodore Melfi
▣	La La Land Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz and Marc Platt
▣	Lion Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Angie Fielder
▣	Manchester by the Sea Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck and Kevin J. Walsh
▣	Moonlight Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner

Nine films were nominated for best picture this year after eight received nominations in each of the previous two years. None of the nine can be considered surprises, and the film most likely just missing the cut was Jackie, which received three nominations in other categories. (Other potential titles in the just-missed-out pool include Nocturnal Animals and Loving, both of which, like Jackie, received a decent number of best picture nominations from other organizations.)

Director

Nominee	Film	Career Oscar Totals*
		Noms.	Wins
Denis Villeneuve	Arrival	1	0
Mel Gibson	Hacksaw Ridge	3	2
Damien Chazelle	La La Land	3	0
Kenneth Longergan	Manchester by the Sea	4	0
Barry Jenkins	Moonlight	2	0

* All career Oscar nomination totals on this page include today's nominations.

This is probably a two-man race between Damien Chazelle and Barry Jenkins, either of whom would be a first-time Oscar winner. (Both are also nominated in the screenplay categories.) Mel Gibson is the biggest surprise here, having failed to gain much traction with many of the other awards organizations, though the Academy clearly liked his film, giving it six total nominations this year. (He also is the sole nominee here with a previous Oscar win as a director.) His inclusion likely comes at the expense of Hell or High Water's David Mackenzie or perhaps Fences director Denzel Washington.

 

Writing

Original screenplay

Nominee	Film	Career Oscar Totals
		Noms.	Wins
Taylor Sheridan	Hell or High Water	1	0
Damien Chazelle	La La Land	3	0
Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou	The Lobster	1	0
Kenneth Lonergan	Manchester by the Sea	4	0
Mike Mills	20th Century Women	1	0

Adapted screenplay

Nominee	Film	Career Oscar Totals
		Noms.	Wins
Eric Heisserer	Arrival	1	0
August Wilson	Fences	1	0
Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi	Hidden Figures	1/2	0
Luke Davies	Lion	1	0
Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney	Moonlight	2/1	0

The Academy's controversial decision to consider Moonlight an adapted, rather than original, screenplay—it is very loosley based on a never-produced play by Tarell Alvin McCraney—should mean a trophy for Moonlight in a category that Arrival had seemed a lock to win just over a month ago. The move also clears a major contender from a still very competitive original screenplay field that could see the win go to Chazelle, Sheridan, or Lonergan, with the latter possibly having a slight edge (unless La La Land begins to look like it will dominate this year's Oscars).

Acting

Lead actress

Nominee	Film	Career Oscar Totals
		Noms.	Wins
Isabelle Huppert	Elle	1	0
Ruth Negga	Loving	1	0
Natalie Portman	Jackie	3	1
Emma Stone	La La Land	2	0
Meryl Streep	Florence Foster Jenkins	20	3

Perhaps the biggest snub among this year's nominees can be found here, where Arrival's Amy Adams was widely expected to secure a nomination. 20th Century Women's Annette Bening is another potential nominee missing from the list, though there isn't an obvious name among the five nominees that stands out as not belonging. (All five have collected multiple nominations from other awards groups.)

Lead actor

Nominee	Film	Career Oscar Totals
		Noms.	Wins
Casey Affleck	Manchester by the Sea	2	0
Andrew Garfield	Hacksaw Ridge	1	0
Ryan Gosling	La La Land	2	0
Viggo Mortensen	Captain Fantastic	2	0
Denzel Washington	Fences	8	2

There are no surprises here, as the five favorites to be nominated had their names read Tuesday morning. If there are snubs to be found, Sully's Tom Hanks and Loving's Joel Edgerton are the names that come to mind. Casey Affleck is the favorite to win, while Denzel Washington is just the seventh person to receive best picture and acting nominations for the same film.

Supporting actress

Nominee	Film	Career Oscar Totals
		Noms.	Wins
Viola Davis	Fences	3	0
Naomie Harris	Moonlight	1	0
Nicole Kidman	Lion	4	1
Octavia Spencer	Hidden Figures	2	1
Michelle Williams	Manchester by the Sea	4	0

While critic groups have been opting for the likes of indie stars Greta Gerwig (20th Century Women) and Lily Gladstone (Certain Women) in this category in addition to favorites like Viola Davis and Naomie Harris, the Academy's selections are again as predicted and unsurprising.

Supporting actor

Nominee	Film	Career Oscar Totals
		Noms.	Wins
Mahershala Ali	Moonlight	1	0
Jeff Bridges	Hell or High Water	7	1
Lucas Hedges	Manchester by the Sea	1	0
Dev Patel	Lion	1	0
Michael Shannon	Nocturnal Animals	2	0

Yet again, we have no obvious surprises or snubs here, with the closest to the latter probably being either Ben Foster (Hell or High Water) or Golden Globe winner Aaron Taylor-Johnson (whose Nocturnal Animals co-star Michael Shannon likely got the nod instead). Ali has been dominating the category throughout awards season, though Bridges should not be ruled out, given that the Academy has already honored him with a trophy.

Other best film nominations

Animated feature

Metascore / Film / Producers
▣	Kubo and the Two Strings Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner
▣	Moana John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer
▣	My Life As a Zucchini Claude Barras and Max Karli
▣	The Red Turtle Michael Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki
▣	Zootopia Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer

Unusually, two foreign films made the cut. The oddly titled My Life As a Zucchini is actually a French-language Swiss production that has yet to open in the United States (it will do so next month), while the extremely well-reviewed The Red Turtle is a multi-nation affair that is co-produced by Japan's Studio Ghibli. Their inclusion likely came at the expense of Pixar's Finding Dory and, possibly, the R-rated Sausage Party.

Documentary feature

Metascore / Film / Producers
▣	Fire at Sea Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo
▣	I Am Not Your Negro Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety and Hébert Peck
▣	Life, Animated Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman
▣	O.J.: Made in America Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow
▣	13th Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Howard Barish

O.J.: Made in America is now the longest film to receive an Oscar nomination in any category. Its inclusion here is somewhat controversial, not because it is undeserving (in fact, it is one of 2016's best films), but because it is best known as a television miniseries. Producers opted to screen it in two theaters as a nearly eight-hour film the weekend before it debuted on TV in the hopes of securing an Oscar nomination, and it did just that. (It will also be eligible for Emmys next year.) The biggest snub, based on the number of awards and nominations it won elsewhere, is the political documentary Weiner, while other missing names include Gleason and the artsy Cameraperson.

Foreign-language feature

Metascore / Film / Country of Origin
▣	Land of Mine Denmark
▣	A Man Called Ove Sweden
▣	The Salesman Iran
▣	Tanna Australia
▣	Toni Erdmann Germany

The biggest snub in the foreign film category is the widely heralded French drama Elle, though that was known coming into the morning, as the Academy failed to include it on their shortlist last month.

Short subjects

Animated Short
Blind Vaysha Theodore Ushev
Borrowed Time Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj
Pear Cider and Cigarettes Robert Valley and Cara Speller
Pearl Patrick Osborne
Piper Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer

Documentary Short
Extremis Dan Krauss
4.1 Miles Daphne Matziaraki
Joe's Violin Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen
Watani: My Homeland Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis
The White Helmets Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

Live-Action Short
Ennemis Intérieurs Sélim Azzazi
La Femme et le TGV Timo von Gunten and Giacun Caduff
Silent Nights Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson
Sing Kristof Deák and Anna Udvardy
Timecode Juanjo Giménez

Music

Original score

Composer	Film	Career Oscar Totals
		Noms.	Wins
Mica Levi	Jackie	1	0
Justin Hurwitz	La La Land	3	0
Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka	Lion	1	0
Nicholas Britell	Moonlight	1	0
Thomas Newman	Passengers	14	0

Original song

Song/Composer	Performer	Film
"Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul	Emma Stone	La La Land
"Can't Stop the Feeling" by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster	Justin Timberlake	Trolls
"City of Stars" by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul	Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone	La La Land
"The Empty Chair" by J. Ralph and Sting	Sting	Jim: The James Foley Story
"How Far I'll Go" by Lin-Manuel Miranda	Alessia Cara	Moana

Technical categories

Cinematography

Nominee	Film	Career Oscar Totals
		Noms.	Wins
Bradford Young	Arrival	1	0
Linus Sandgren	La La Land	1	0
Greig Fraser	Lion	1	0
James Laxton	Moonlight	1	0
Rodrigo Prieto	Silence	2	0

Film Editing

Nominee	Film	Career Oscar Totals
		Noms.	Wins
Joe Walker	Arrival	2	0
John Gilbert	Hacksaw Ridge	2	0
Jake Roberts	Hell or High Water	1	0
Tom Cross	La La Land	2	1
Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon	Moonlight	1	0

Costumes/Makeup

Costume Design	Makeup and Hairstyling
Allied	A Man Called Ove
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	Star Trek Beyond
Florence Foster Jenkins	Suicide Squad
Jackie
La La Land

Sound

Sound Editing	Sound Mixing
Arrival	Arrival
Deepwater Horizon	Hacksaw Ridge
Hacksaw Ridge	La La Land
La La Land	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Sully	13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Visuals

Production Design	Visual Effects
Arrival	Deepwater Horizon
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	Doctor Strange
Hail, Caesar!	The Jungle Book
La La Land	Kubo and the Two Strings
Passengers	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

More Oscar coverage to come

Jimmy Kimmel will host the Oscars for the first time when the 89th Annual Academy Awards ceremony airs live on ABC on Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 7:00p ET / 4:00p PT. Look for additional Oscars coverage on this site over the next month, including a chance for you to predict this year's winners as well as a roundup of Oscar predictions from dozens of critics and industry experts. You can also check out our 2016-17 Film Awards Scorecard for a compilation of this season's movie awards from 57 different organizations.

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