The nominations for the 95th Oscars were announced today, January 24, 2023, by actors Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams. It was live-streamed online and broadcast on ABC during the Good Morning America television show.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences consists of more than 10,000 members worldwide that are filmmakers, artists, and executives in the industry. Voting for each of the seventeen categories is done by the Academy members in that branch, so actors are nominating actors and directors nominate directors.The Animated Feature Film and International Feature Film categories are voted upon by "multi-branch screening committees" (according to the press release from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. All members may vote for the Best Picture nominees.

The press release mentions that voting was the highest in history and 80 countries were represented. Now that the nomination process is complete, the voting for the winners will begin March 2, 2023 and will end March 7.

The 95th Oscars will be awarded during a live ceremony Sunday, March 12, 2023 at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC.

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Academy Award Nominations - By Category

Some of these movies are playing in theaters, while some have already made it to home video. Being nominated usually causes some of them to make a return appearance, so head over to the Academy Award® Winners and Nominees page to see where and when they're playing!

Best motion picture of the year

• All Quiet on the Western Front - Malte Grunert, Producer
• Avatar: The Way of Water - James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
• The Banshees of Inisherin - Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers
• Elvis - Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick, and Schuyler Weiss, Producers
• Everything Everywhere All At Once - Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, and Jonathan Wang, Producers
• The Fabelmans - Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg, and Tony Kushner, Producers
• TÁR (Tar) - Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan, and Scott Lambert, Producers
• Top Gun: Maverick - Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison, and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
• Triangle of Sadness - Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober, Producers
• Women Talking - Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Frances McDormand, Producers

Best animated feature film of the year

• Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio - Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley
• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On - Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan, and Paul Mezey
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish - Joel Crawford and Mark Swift
• The Sea Beast - Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger
• Turning Red - Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins

Best international feature film of the year

• All Quiet on the Western Front - Germany
• Argentina, 1985 - Argentina
• Close - Belgium
• EO - Poland
• The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin) - Ireland

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Austin Butler in Elvis
• Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin
• Brendan Fraser in The Whale
• Paul Mescal in Aftersun
• Bill Nighy in Living

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Brendan Gleeson in The Banshees of Inisherin
• Brian Tyree Henry in Causeway
• Judd Hirsch in The Fabelmans
• Barry Keoghan in The Banshees of Inisherin
• Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All At Once

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Cate Blanchett in TÁR (Tar)
• Ana de Armas in Blonde
• Andrea Riseborough in To Leslie
• Michelle Williams in The Fabelmans
• Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All At Once

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Hong Chau in The Whale
• Kerry Condon in The Banshees of Inisherin
• Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All At Once

Achievement in directing

• The Banshees of Inisherin - Martin McDonagh
• Everything Everywhere All At Once - Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
• The Fabelmans - Steven Spielberg
• TÁR (Tar) - Todd Field
• Triangle of Sadness - Ruben Östlund

Adapted screenplay

• All Quiet on the Western Front - Screenplay by Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell
• Glass Onion, A Knives Out Mystery - Written by Rian Johnson
• Living - Written by Kazuo Ishiguro
• Top Gun: Maverick - Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks
• Women Talking - Screenplay by Sarah Polley

Original screenplay

• The Banshees of Inisherin - Written by Martin McDonagh
• Everything Everywhere All At Once - Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
• The Fabelmans - Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner
• TÁR (Tar) - Written by Todd Field
• Triangle of Sadness - Written by Ruben Östlund

Achievement in cinematography

• All Quiet on the Western Front - James Friend
• Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths - Darius Khondji
• Elvis - Mandy Walker
• Empire of Light - Roger Deakins
• TÁR (Tar) - Florian Hoffmeister

Achievement in costume design

• Babylon - Mary Zophres
• "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" Ruth Carter
• Elvis - Catherine Martin
• Everything Everywhere All At Once - Shirley Kurata
• Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris - Jenny Beavan

Best documentary feature

• All That Breathes - Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann, and Teddy Leifer
• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed - Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin, and Yoni Golijov
• Fire of Love - Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman
• A House Made of Splinters - Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström
• Navalny - Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, and Shane Boris

Achievement in film editing

• The Banshees of Inisherin - Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
• Elvis - Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond
• Everything Everywhere All At Once - Paul Rogers
• TÁR (Tar) - Monika Willi
• Top Gun: Maverick - Eddie Hamilton

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

• All Quiet on the Western Front - Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová
• The Batman - Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, and Mike Fontaine
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Camille Friend and Joel Harlow
• Elvis - Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Aldo Signoretti
• The Whale - Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• All Quiet on the Western Front - Volker Bertelmann
• Babylon - Justin Hurwitz
• The Banshees of Inisherin - Carter Burwell
• Everything Everywhere All At Once - Son Lux
• The Fabelmans - John Williams

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• "Applause" from Tell It Like a Woman
  Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
• "Hold My Hand" from Top Gun: Maverick
  Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
• "Lift Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
  Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler
• "Naatu Naatu" from RRR (Rise Roar Revolt)
  Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose
• "This Is A Life" from Everything Everywhere All At Once
  Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne, and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne

Achievement in production design

• All Quiet on the Western Front - Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper
• Avatar: The Way of Water - Production Design: Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; Set Decoration: Vanessa Cole
• Babylon - Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
• Elvis - Production Design: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration: Bev Dunn
• The Fabelmans - Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara

Achievement in sound

• All Quiet on the Western Front - Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel, and Stefan Korte
• Avatar: The Way of Water - Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, and Michael Hedges
• The Batman - Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray, and Andy Nelson
• Elvis - David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson, and Michael Keller
• Top Gun: Maverick - Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor

Achievement in visual effects

• All Quiet on the Western Front - Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank, and Kamil Jafar
• Avatar: The Way of Water - Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett
• The Batman - Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, and Dominic Tuohy
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White, and Dan Sudick
• Top Gun: Maverick - Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, and Scott R. Fisher

Best documentary short subject

• The Elephant Whisperers - Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga
• Haulout - Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev
• How Do You Measure a Year? - Jay Rosenblatt
• The Martha Mitchell Effect - Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison
• Stranger at the Gate - Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones

Best animated short film

• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse - Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud
• The Flying Sailor - Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
• Ice Merchants - João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano
• My Year of Dicks - Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon
• An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It - Lachlan Pendragon

Best live action short film

• An Irish Goodbye - Tom Berkeley and Ross White
• My Year of Dicks - Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan
• Le pupille (The Pupils) - Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón
• Night Ride - Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen
• The Red Suitcase - Cyrus Neshvad