LOS ANGELES -- Of the 323 films that were eligible for the Best Picture Oscar, only eight will battle it out for the ultimate cinematic honor, including Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel, which lead all films with nine nominations each.
The Golden Globe-winning Boyhood will also vie for Best Picture (and likely win). But Thursday's nominations ceremony ended with a few notable snubs, including The Lego Movie for Best Animated Feature, Selma's David Oyelowo for Best Actor, Selma's Ava DuVernay for Best Director, Cake's Jennifer Aniston for Best Actress, Nightcrawler's Jake Gyllenhaal and Gone Girl for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Chris Pine, Alfonso Cuarón, J.J. Abrams and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominees at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills on Thursday.
Hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, the Oscars will air Feb. 22 on ABC.
Best Picture
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American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Last year's winner: 12 Years a Slave
Best Director
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Birdman, Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Boyhood, Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher, Bennett Miller
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson
The Imitation Game, Morten Tyldum
Last year's winner: Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón
Best Actor
Steve Carell in Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper in American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton in Birdman
Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything
Last year's winner: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Best Actress
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Marion Cotillard in Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones in The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore in Still Alice
Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon in Wild
Last year's winner: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall in The Judge
Ethan Hawke in Boyhood
Edward Norton in Birdman
Mark Ruffalo in Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons in Whiplash
Last year's winner: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette in Boyhood
Laura Dern in Wild
Keira Knightley in The Imitation Game
Emma Stone in Birdman
Meryl Streep in Into the Woods
Last year's winner: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Best Original Screenplay
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler
Last year's winner: Her, Spike Jonze
Best Adapted Screenplay
American Sniper
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Last year's winner: 12 Years a Slave, John Ridley
Best Animated Film
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Last year's winner: Frozen
Best Cinematography
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr. Turner
Unbroken
Last year's winner: Gravity, Emmanuel Lubezki
Best Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Mr. Turner
Last year's winner: The Great Gatsby
Best Documentary Feature
CitizenFour
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga
Last year's winner: 20 Feet from Stardom
Best Documentary Short Subject
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper (La Parka)
White Earth
Last year's winner: The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Best Film Editing
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash
Last year's winner: Gravity
Best Foreign Language Film
Ida, Poland
Leviathan, Russia
Tangerines, Estonia
Timbuktu, Mauritania
Wild Tales, Argentina
Last year's winner: The Great Beauty, Italy
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
Last year's winner: Dallas Buyers Club
Best Original Score
The Grand Budapest Hotel Alexandre Desplat
The Imitation Game Alexandre Desplat
Interstellar, Hans Zimmer
Mr. Turner, Gary Yershon
The Theory of Everything, Jóhann Jóhannsson
Last year's winner: Gravity, Steven Price
Best Original Song
"Everything Is Awesome" from The Lego Movie
"Glory" from Selma
"Grateful" from Beyond the Lights
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You" from Glen Campbell...I'll Be Me
"Lost Stars" from Begin Again
Last year's winner: "Let It Go," Frozen
Best Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner
Last year's winner: The Great Gatsby
Best Animated Short Film
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life
Last year's winner: Mr. Hublot
Best Live Action Short Film
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp
Parveneh
The Phone Call
Last year's winner: Helium
Best Sound Editing
American Sniper
Birdman
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Unbroken
Last year's winner: Gravity
Best Sound Mixing
American Sniper
Birdman
Interstellar
Unbroken
Whiplash
Last year's winner: Gravity
Best Visual Effects
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Last year's winner: Gravity