The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is celebrating the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California with returning host Jimmy Kimmel. The 2024 Oscars marks the fourth time that Kimmel is hosting the event, and it’s truly shaping up to be a night moviegoers will remember due to some anticipated historic wins. Eager viewers should take note that this year’s ceremony will be starting an hour earlier than usual on ABC in the U.S. at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT.
The 2024 Oscars will be honoring last year’s achievements in cinema, with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer heading into the ceremony as the most-nominated film with 13 nods. Nolan’s biographical/historical thriller became the second highest-grossing Rated-R movie of all time last year, which further fueled its momentum in the awards race. Many are predicting an Oppenheimer sweep at the 2024 Oscars, with Nolan and actors Robert Downey Jr. and Cillian Murphy’s first respective Oscar wins being heavily anticipated along with it also winning the biggest prize of the night: Best Picture. Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema and composer Ludwig Göransson are all but guaranteed to win in their categories as well considering their recent awards streaks.
However, anything can happen on Oscar Sunday as people have learned all too well before. Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things comes behind Oppenheimer with the second most nominations at 11 nods, followed by Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon with 10 and Greta Gerwig’s Barbie with 8. The Best Actress category is still perhaps too tight of a race to call, with it coming down between either Lily Gladstone or Emma Stone. If Gladstone wins for her powerful performance in Killers of the Flower Moon, then she will make history as the first Native American actor to win an Oscar in any of the acting categories. Speaking of the same movie, filmmaker Martin Scorsese’s nod for Best Director at the 2024 Oscars now makes him the most-nominated living director, having earned 10 nominations across his iconic career.
Another race that might be too close to call is for Best Animated Feature, with it either going to Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron or Sony’s hit sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as both wins have been winning back and forth in the awards season. If The Boy and the Heron wins, then it would mark Miyazaki’s second Academy Award win after 2001’s Spirited Away. There are plenty of first-time nominees at the 2024 Oscars as well, including Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer), America Ferrera (Barbie), Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple), Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction), Colman Domingo (Rustin), Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers), Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall), and Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction).
This year’s Academy Awards will once again feature 5 previous acting winners introducing all of the acting nominees on stage for their category — the first time this has happened since 2009. These presenters include Nicolas Cage, Brendan Fraser, Matthew McConaughey, Al Pacino, Jessica Lange, Sally Field, Charlize Theron, Michelle Yeoh, Key Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lupita Nyong’o, Mahershala Ali, Sam Rockwell, and Christoph Waltz. Of course, everyone is excited to see actor Ryan Gosling’s first-ever live performance of “I’m Just Ken,” Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas performing “What Was I Made For?,” and the rest of the Best Original Song contenders as they take the stage.
Stay tuned as we update the full winners list for the 2024 Oscar live! Will the Oppenheimer sweep come true? Will other films like Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest, or Celine Song’s Past Lives be lucky enough to squeeze in a win or two? Tonight we find out. You can also find the winners for the 2024 Golden Globes, Critics Choice, Emmys, and our very own DiscussingFilm Critic Awards right here on our site.
Oscar Nominations 2024
Best Picture
American Fiction (Amazon MGM Studios)
Anatomy of a Fall (Neon)
Barbie (Warner Bros.)
The Holdovers (Focus Features)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Paramount Pictures/Apple Original Films)
Maestro (Netflix)
Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures) – WINNER
Past Lives (A24)
Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
The Zone of Interest (A24)
Best Actor
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer – WINNER
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Best Actress
Annette Bening, Nyad
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Emma Stone, Poor Things – WINNER
Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
America Ferrera, Barbie
Jodie Foster, Nyad
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers – WINNER
Best Supporting Actor
Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction
Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer – WINNER
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
Best Director
Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer – WINNER
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
Original Screenplay
Arthur Harari & Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall – WINNER
David Hemingson, The Holdovers
Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer, Maestro
Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik, May December
Celine Song, Past Lives
Adapted Screenplay
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction – WINNER
Noah Baumbach & Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Tony McNamara, Poor Things
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
Animated Feature
The Boy and the Heron (Studio Ghibli/GKIDS) – WINNER
Elemental (Pixar/Disney)
Nimona (Netflix)
Robot Dreams (Neon)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Animation)
Documentary Feature
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
To Kill a Tiger
20 Days in Mariupol – WINNER
International Feature
Io Capitano (Italy)
Perfect Days (Japan)
Society of the Snow (Spain)
The Teacher’s Lounge (Germany)
The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom) – WINNER
Editing
Laurent Sénéchal, Anatomy of a Fall
Kevin Tent, The Holdovers
Thelma Schoonmaker, Killers of the Flower Moon
Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer – WINNER
Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Poor Things
Cinematography
Edward Lachman, El Conde
Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon
Matthew Libatique, Maestro
Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer – WINNER
Robbie Ryan, Poor Things
Original Score
Laura Karpman, American Fiction
John Williams, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon
Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer – WINNER
Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things
Production Design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things – WINNER
Costume Design
Jacqueline Durran, Barbie
Jacqueline West, Killers of the Flower Moon
Janty Yates & David Crossman, Napoleon
Ellen Mirojnick, Oppenheimer
Holly Waddington, Poor Things – WINNER
Visual Effects
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One – WINNER
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning, Part One
Napoleon
Sound
The Creator
Maestro
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest – WINNER
Makeup and Hairstyling
Golda
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things – WINNER
Society of the Snow
Original Song
“The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot
“I’m Just Ken” from Barbie
“It Never Went Away” from American Symphony
“Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People” from Killers of the Flower Moon
“What Was I Made For?” from Barbie – WINNER
Live-Action Short
The After
Invincible
Night of Fortune
Red, White and Blue
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar – WINNER
Documentary Short
The ABCs of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Island in Between
The Last Repair Shop – WINNER
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
Animated Short
Letter to a Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko – WINNER
