Here Are Your 2021 Oscar Nominees
Even though this year’s awards season, much like time itself over the past calendar year, has felt like it’s stretched on for eons already, it ain’t over yet! In fact, even as we’re still unpacking last night’s Grammys, the grand, glittering carousel of golden trophies spins on — Oscar nominations are now here, and they’re ready for your takes.
One of the largest topics of discussion since the list went wide this morning (March 15) is the historic nature of some key nominations. Chloé Zhao, director of the beautiful and stunning Nomadland, became the first woman of color to earn a Best Director nod, and with Emerald Fennell (who penned and directed the gutsy Promising Young Woman), they represent two women in the Best Director field for the first time ever. Both films got Best Picture nods as well.
That category, by the way, includes both David Fincher’s old Hollywood narrative Mank — the most-nominated film this year, with 10 nods — and Lee Isaac Chung’s much-celebrated homemaking tale Minari, along with The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Sound of Metal, and The Trial of the Chicago 7. The acting categories are a real feast as well: Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield both earned Supporting Actor nods for Black Messiah, while Chadwick Boseman received a posthumous nomination for his Golden Globe-winning turn in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, his final film.
There’s a lot more to digest, so find the full list of 2021 Oscar nominees below. Then see who wins on Sunday, April 25 at 8 p.m. on ABC.
Best Picture
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Director
Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
David Fincher, Mank
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Gary Oldman, Mank
Steven Yeun, Minari
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Lakeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Original Screenplay
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Adapted Screenplay
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
The White Tiger
Best Cinematography
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
News of the World
Nomadland
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Film Editing
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Animated Feature Film
Onward
Over the Moon
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul
Wolfwalkers
Best Animated Short Film
Burrow
Genius Loci
If Anything Happens I Love You
Opera
Yes-People
Best Live-Action Short Film
Feeling Through
The Letter Room
The Present
Two Distant Strangers
White Eye
Best International Feature Film
Another Round
Better Days
Collective
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Best Documentary Feature
Collective
Crip Camp
The Mole Agent
My Octopus Teacher
Time
Best Documentary Short Subject
Colette
A Concerto Is a Conversation
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha
Best Original Score
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Soul
Best Original Song
“Fight For You,” (H.E.R.) – Judas and the Black Messiah
“Hear My Voice,” (Celeste) – The Trial of the Chicago 7
“Husavik,” (Will Ferrell, My Marianne) – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
“Io Si (Seen),” (Laura Pausini) – The Life Ahead
“Speak Now,” (Leslie Odom Jr.) – One Night in Miami
Best Sound
Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
Sound of Metal
Best Costume Design
Emma
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Mulan
Pinocchio
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Pinocchio
Best Production Design
The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
News of the World
Tenet
Best Visual Effects
Love and Monsters
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Tenet