Unlike the years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, last year’s Academy Awards were held in a socially distanced outdoor space, and this year the Oscars are back to their old self.
The 2022 edition of the Academy Awards nominations have been the most closely watched for a long time as the last year has seen some incredible movies released, with just as amazing performances by actors.
From indie movies such as The Lost Daughter, starring Olivia Colman – who had won an Oscar previously, and Licorice Pizza, to huge budget releases such as Dune and West Side Story, directed by Steven Spielberg, and other critically acclaimed films such as Parallel Mothers, and The Power Of The Dog – are the ones you’ll want to keep an eye on as awards season begins…
These are the categories, submissions and actors that have been nominated this year…
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 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 Actress
- Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye
- Olivia Colman - The Lost Daughter
- Penelope 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 Director
- Kenneth Branagh - Belfast
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi - Drive My Car
- Paul Thomas Anderson - Licorice Pizza
- Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog
- Steven Spielberg - West Side Story
Best Adapted Screenplay
- CODA
- Drive My Car
- Dune
- The Lost Daughter
- The Power of the Dog
Best Original Screenplay
- Belfast
- Don’t Look Up
- King Richard
- Licorice Pizza
- The Worst Person in the World
Best Documentary Feature
- Ascension
- Attica
- Flee
- Summer of Soul
- Writing With Fire
Best Animated Feature Film
- Encanto
- Flee
- Luca
- The Mitchells vs. the Machines
- Raya and the Last Dragon
Best International Feature Film
- Drive My Car (Japan)
- Flee (Denmark)
- The Hand of God (Italy)
- Yanna (Bhutan)
- The Worst Person in the World (Norway)
Best Cinematography
- Dune
- Nightmare Alley
- The Power of the Dog
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
- West Side Story
Best Film Editing
- Don’t Look Up
- Dune
- King Richard
- The Power of the Dog
- Tick, Tick…Boom!
Best Music (Original Score)
- Don’t Look Up
- Dune
- Encanto
- Parallel Mothers
- The Power of the Dog
Best Music (Original Song)
- “Be Alive,” King Richard - Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Dixson
- “Dos Oroguitos,” 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 Production Design
- Dune
- Nightmare Alley
- Power
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
- West Side Story
Best Costume Design
- Cruella
- Cyrano
- Dune
- Nightmare Alley
- West Side Story
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Coming 2 America
- Cruella
- Dune
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye
- House of Gucci
Best Sound
- Belfast
- Dune
- No Time To Die
- The Power of the Dog
- 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 Kacchu – Take and Run
- The Dress
- The Long Goodbye
- On My Mind
- Please Hold
Best Animated Short Film
- Affairs of the Art
- Bestia
- Boxballet
- Robin Robin
- The Windshield Wiper
Best Documentary Short Subject
- Audible
- Lead Me Home
- The Queen of Basketball
- Three Songs of Benazir
- When We Were Bullies
