Here are the 2022 Oscar Nominations

Who made the cut, and who got snubbed?
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The nominations for the 94th Academy Awards are finally here, bringing with them their usual share of surprises, snubs, and reminders to check out more of 2021's best movies.

Dune and The Power of The Dog lead this year's pack of Oscar hopefuls. Denis Villeneuve's desert epic received 10 nominations, while Campion's Western racked up a whopping 12, including Best Picture and Best Director. Campion is the first woman to be nominated twice for Best Director — her first nomination was for 1993's The Piano. Other films up for Best Picture include Don't Look Up and West Side Story.

Elsewhere, the Academy recognized international films in several categories other than Best International Feature Film. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's Drive My Car is nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The Worst Person in the World scored a Best Original Screenplay nomination, and Flee is up for Best Documentary Feature and Best Animated Feature.


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The acting categories were the site of some major snubs and welcome surprises. Both Lady Gaga and Jared Leto were shut out for their performances in House of Gucci, while Jessie Buckley was rightfully recognized for her performance in The Lost Daughter.

To see who else is vying for a golden statuette, check out the full list of the 2022 Oscar nominations:

Best Picture

Belfast

CODA 

Don’t Look Up 

Drive My Car

Dune

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

Nightmare Alley

The Power of the Dog

West Side Story

Best Director

Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car)

Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)

Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)

Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)

Best Lead Actor

Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos)

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)

Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick … Boom!)

Will Smith (King Richard)

Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)

Best Lead Actress

Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)

Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)

Penélope Cruz (Parallel Mothers)

Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)

Kristen Stewart (Spencer)

Best Supporting Actor

Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)

Troy Kotsur (CODA)

Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog)

J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos)

Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)

Best Supporting Actress

Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)

Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)

Judi Dench (Belfast)

Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)

Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)

Best Adapted Screenplay

CODA, Siân Heder

Drive My Car, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe

Dune, Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth

The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal

The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion

Best Original Screenplay

Belfast, Kenneth Branagh

Don’t Look Up, Adam McKay, David Sirota

King Richard, Zach Baylin

Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson

The Worst Person in the World, Eskil Vogt, Joachim Troer

Best Cinematography

Dune, Greig Fraser

Nightmare Alley, Dan Laustsen

The Power of the Dog, Ari Wegner

The Tragedy of Macbeth, Bruno Delbonnel

West Side Story, Janusz Kamiński

Best Animated Feature Film

Encanto

Flee

Luca

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Animated Short Film

"Affairs of the Art"

"Bestia"

"Boxballet"

"Robin Robin"

"The Windshield Wiper"

Best Costume Design

Cruella 

Cyrano 

Dune 

Nightmare Alley 

West Side Story 

Best Original Score

Don’t Look Up, Nicholas Britell

Dune, Hans Zimmer

Encanto, Germaine Franco

Parallel Mothers, Alberto Iglesias

The Power of the Dog, Jonny Greenwood

Best Sound

Belfast 

Dune 

No Time to Die 

The Power of the Dog 

West Side Story

Best Original Song

"Be Alive" (King Richard), Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Dixson

"Dos Oruguitas" (Encanto), Lin-Manuel Miranda

"Down to Joy" (Belfast), Van Morrison

"No Time to Die" (No Time to Die), Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell

"Somehow You Do" (Four Good Days), Diane Warren

Best Documentary Feature

Ascension 

Attica

Flee

Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Writing With Fire 

Best Documentary Short Subject

"Audible"

"Lead Me Home"

"The Queen of Basketball"

"Three Songs for Benazir"

"When We Were Bullies"

Best Film Editing

Don’t Look Up

Dune

King Richard

The Power of the Dog

Tick, Tick … Boom!

Best International Feature Film

Drive My Car (Japan)

Flee (Denmark)

The Hand of God (Italy)

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan)

The Worst Person in the World (Norway)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Coming 2 America

Cruella 

Dune 

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

House of Gucci 

Best Production Design

Dune 

Nightmare Alley 

The Power of the Dog

The Tragedy of Macbeth

West Side Story 

Best Visual Effects

Dune 

Free Guy 

No Time to Die 

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 

Spider-Man: No Way Home 

Best Live Action Short Film

"Ala Kachuu – Take and Run"

"The Dress"

"The Long Goodbye"

"On My Mind"

"Please Hold"

Topics Film Oscars

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Belen Edwards
Entertainment Reporter

Belen Edwards is an Entertainment Reporter at Mashable. She covers movies and TV with a focus on fantasy and science fiction, adaptations, animation, and more nerdy goodness. She is a member of the Critics Choice Association and the Television Critics Association, as well as a Tomatometer-approved critic.

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