See full gallery on TechnoBuffaloSo, Deadpool didn’t land any nominations like everyone had hoped, despite getting buzz leading up to February’s ceremony. Really, it’s no surprise considering how strong the competition was. There’d be controversy had it replaced any of the Best Picture nominations.
While genre fans will be disappointed by Deadpool’s failure to garner a nomination, geek fans will still recognize a few names on the list. Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival got a Best Picture nod, as did Hidden Figures, a biographical drama about female African-American mathematicians at NASA. (If you haven’t seen either, do yourself a favor and check them out.)
But the real winner is Damien Chazelle’s La La Land, which grabbed 14 nods, tying Titanic and All About Eve for the record of most nominations. The critically-acclaimed musical has been scooping up awards left and right, so it’s no surprise to see it receive more love from the Academy.
Other Best Picture nominees include Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Lion, and Moonlight, among others. On the animated front, Zootopia and Moana are up for feature film, along with the excellent Kubo and the Two Strings, a movie that went criminally underrated last year.
The full list of nominations is below. The biggest surprises? Finding Dory received no nominations, while The Lobster received a nod for original screenplay. (That’s another movie you should really check out.)
(I’m seriously disappointed Taika Waititi’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople didn’t get any recognition.)
Best Picture
La La Land
Moonlight
Manchester by the Sea
Arrival
Lion
Hacksaw Ridge
Hidden Figures
Fences
Hell or High Water
Best Director
Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)
Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge)
Damien Chazelle (La La Land)
Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester By The Sea)
Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Emma Stone, La La Land
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester By The Sea
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Denzel Washington, Fences
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Dev Patel, Lion
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
Best Animated Feature Film
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootoopia
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Manchester by the Sea by Kenneth Lonergan
Hell or High Water by Taylor Sheridan
La La Land by Damien Chazelle
20th Century Women by Mike Mills
The Lobster by Efthymis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Lion by Luke Davis
Arrival by Eric Heisserer
Moonlight by Barry Jenkins
Hidden Figures by Theodore Melfi and Allison Schroeder
Fences by August Wilson
Best Original Song
“Audition” (La La Land)
“Can’t Stop the Feeling!” (Trolls)
“City of Stars” (La La Land)
“The Empty Chair” (Jim: The James Foley Story)
“How Far I’ll Go” (Moana)
Best Original Score
Jackie (Micachu)
La La Land (Justin Hurwitz)
Lion (Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka)
Moonlight (Nicholas Britell)
Passengers (Thomas Newman)
Best Cinematography
Arrival
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Best Make-Up and Hairstyling
A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond
Suicide Squad
Best Visual Effects
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The Jungle Book
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beats and Where to Find Them
Arrival
The BFG
Kubo and the Two Strings
A Monster Calls
Best Production Design
Arrival (Patrice Vermette)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Stuart Craig)
Hail Caesar
La La Land (Sandy Reynolds-Wasco, David Wasco)
Passengers (Guy Hendrix Dyas)
Best Sound Mixing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
LaLa Land
Rogue One
13 Hours
Best Sound Editing
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully