OSCARS 2017: The Nominations

Image: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images

Image: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images

Chris Luckett

This was a year without many surprises — unless you consider La La Land tying the record for the most Academy Award nominations surprising. More analysis and review will be written in the weeks to come about this year’s crop of nominees, but for now, the nominations…


BEST PICTURE

Image: Roadside Attractions

Image: Roadside Attractions

Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight


BEST DIRECTOR

Damien Chazelle (La La Land)
Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge)
Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)
Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)
Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)


BEST ACTOR

Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge)
Ryan Gosling (La La Land)
Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic)
Denzel Washington (Fences)


BEST ACTRESS

Image: Lionsgate

Image: Lionsgate

Isabelle Huppert (Elle)
Ruth Negga (Loving)
Natalie Portman (Jackie)

Emma Stone (La La Land)
Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins)


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)
Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water)
Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea)
Dev Patel (Lion)
Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals)


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Viola Davis (Fences)
Naomie Harris (Moonlight)
Nicole Kidman (Lion)
Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures)
Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)


BEST SCREENPLAY (ORIGINAL)

20th Century Women
Hell or High Water
La La Land
The Lobster
Manchester by the Sea


BEST SCREENPLAY (ADAPTED)

Arrival
Fences
Hidden Figures
Lion
Moonlight


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Image: Focus Features

Image: Focus Features

Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia


BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FEATURE

Land of Mine (Denmark)
A Man Called Ove (Sweden)
The Salesman (Iran)
Tanna (Australia)
Toni Erdmann
 (Germany)


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Arrival
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Silence


BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Allied
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land


BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

13th
Fire at Sea
I am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
OJ: Made in America


BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Extremis
Frame 394
Joe’s Violin
Watani: My Homeland
The White Helmets


BEST EDITING

Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Moonlight


BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

Image: Paramount Pictures

Image: Paramount Pictures

A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond
Suicide Squad


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Jackie
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers


BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” (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 PRODUCTION DESIGN

Image: Warner Bros.

Image: Warner Bros.

Arrival
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
La La Land
Passengers


BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Pearl
Piper


BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE-ACTION)

Ennemis Intérieurs
La Femme et le TGV
Silent Nights
Sing (Mindecki)
Timecode


BEST SOUND EDITING

Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully


BEST SOUND MIXING

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Image: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Image: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story


The 89th Academy Awards ceremony will be held on February 26, 2017.

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