2020 Oscar Nominations - 92nd Annual Academy Awards

​Hello, all, and welcome back to The Friendly Film Fan! Just yesterday, I revealed and solidified my final predictions for the 2020 Oscar nominations, which were announced this morning at 8:00. As expected, I was wrong about some, right about others (even went 100% on some categories, such as Supporting Actor and Best Picture), surprised by some nominations, and upset by some absences, but overall, this set of nominees isn’t too far off from where I was expecting them to go. Apollo 11 marks the largest snub by the Academy, as many were expecting it to win the Documentary Feature Oscar come ceremony night, and Klaus comes out of almost nowhere as the biggest surprise of the whole proceeding to steal the spot from Disney-backed sequel Frozen II in the Best Animated Feature category. Other than these, there weren’t many surprises, although a few letdowns were in order: both Jennifer Lopez and Zhao Shuzhen missed out on Supporting Actress (in fact, The Farewell got no nominations at all), with those spots going to Kathy Bates and Scarlett Johansson instead, Greta Gerwig and Taika Waititi fall to Todd Phillips in Best Director (not surprising, but still a bit disappointing), Taron Egerton and Lupita Nyong’o’s SAG momentum could not secure them nominations, and both Rocketman and Dolemite Is My Name missed out on the Costume Design and Makeup categories. It will sure be an Oscars to watch this year, though, despite any letdowns or snubs, as the momentum around the Best Picture and Director categories has shifted dramatically over the past couple of months (even the last couple of days), with 1917 now in the lead to take the win for both, but with The Irishman and Parasite right on its tail. We’ll certainly have a tough job predicting some of these come February 9th, but for now, let’s let that alone for a bit. Here are your official nominees for the 92nd Annual Academy Awards, a.k.a. the 2020 Oscars!

Best Picture:

• Ford v Ferrari
• The Irishman
• Jojo Rabbit
• Joker
• Little Women
• Marriage Story
• 1917
• Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
• Parasite

Best Director:

• Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
• Todd Phillips, Joker
• Sam Mendes, 1917
• Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
• Bong Joon Ho, Parasite

Best Actor:

• Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
• Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
• Adam Driver, Marriage Story
• Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
• Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes

Best Actress:

• Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
• Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
• Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
• Charlize Theron, Bombshell
• Renée Zellweger, Judy

Best Supporting Actor:

• Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
• Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
• Al Pacino, The Irishman
• Joe Pesci, The Irishman
• Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood

Best Supporting Actress:

• Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell
• Laura Dern, Marriage Story
• Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
• Florence Pugh, Little Women
• Margot Robbie, Bombshell

Best Animated Feature:

• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
• I Lost My Body
• Klaus
• Missing Link
• Toy Story 4

Best International Feature Film:

• Corpus Christi (Poland)
• Honeyland (North Macedonia)
• Les Misérables (France)
• Pain and Glory (Spain)
• Parasite (South Korea)

Best Documentary Feature:

• American Factory
• The Cave
• The Edge of Democracy
• For Sama
• Honeyland

Best Cinematography:

• Rodrigo Prieto, The Irishman
• Lawrence Sher, Joker
• Jarin Blaschke, The Lighthouse
• Roger Deakins, 1917
• Robert Richardson, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood

Best Film Editing:

• Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker, Ford v Ferrari
• Thelma Schoonmaker, The Irishman
• Tom Eagles, Jojo Rabbit
• Jeff Groth, Joker
• Jinmo Yang, Parasite

Best Production Design:

• Bob Shaw, The Irishman
• Ra Vincent, Jojo Rabbit
• Dennis Gassner, 1917
• Barbara Ling, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
• Lee Ha Jun, Parasite

Best Costume Design:

• Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson, The Irishman
• Mayes C. Rubeo, Jojo Rabbit
• Mark Bridges, Joker
• Jacqueline Durran, Little Women
• Arianne Phillips, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood

Best Makeup & Hairstyling:

• Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan, & Vivian Baker, Bombshell
• Nicki Ledermann & Kay Georgiou, Joker
• Jeremy Woodhead, Judy
• Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten, & David White, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
• Naomie Donne, Tristan Versluis, & Rebecca Cole, 1917

Best Original Score:

• Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker
• Alexandre Desplat, Little Women
• Randy Newman, Marriage Story
• Thomas Newman, 1917
• John Williams, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Best Original Song:

• “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away,” Toy Story 4
• “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again,” Rocketman
• “I’m Standing With You,” Breakthrough
• “Into The Unknown,” Frozen II
• “Stand Up,” Harriet

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• Steven Zaillian, The Irishman
• Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit
• Todd Phillips & Scott Silver, Joker
• Greta Gerwig, Little Women 
• Anthony McCarten, The Two Popes

Best Original Screenplay:

• Rian Johnson, Knives Out
• Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
• Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns, 1917
• Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Bong Joon Ho & Han Jin Won, Parasite

Best Visual Effects:

• Avengers: Endgame
• The Irishman
• The Lion King
• 1917
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Best Sound Mixing:

• Ad Astra
• Ford v Ferrari
• Joker
• 1917
• Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood

Best Sound Editing:

• Ford v Ferrari
• Joker  
• 1917
• Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Best Live-Action Short:

• Brotherhood
• Nefta Football Club
• The Neighbors’ Window
• Saria
• A Sister

Best Animated Short:

• Dcera (Daughter)
• Hair Love
• Kitbull
• Memorable
• Sister

Best Documentary Short:

• In the Absence
• Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)
• Life Overtakes Me
• St. Louis Superman
• Walk Run Cha-Cha

What are your reactions to these nominations? Do you see any major snubs here? Any pleasant surprises? Let me know in the comments section below! Thanks for reading, and keep an eye out for more Oscar coverage and new movie lists (Best and Worst are around the corner!), coming very soon!
 
- The Friendly Film Fan