93rd Academy Award Nominations
Oscar nominations were announced on March 15th and now is the time to catch up on some of the best films of 2020. The film industry, from blockbuster to independent, suffered a major blow due to the pandemic. Movie theaters are a thing of the past and online streaming services are dominating, making release and reception harder than in the past. Despite the setbacks the pandemic has put on the world and on creators, this past year has yielded some incredible movies, from dramas to documentaries to animated features. Now is the time to catch up on some great films before the 93rd Academy Awards on April 25th! Check out the list of nominees below! Looking for more films to watch? Check out our article on 22 Must Watch Movies for Black History Month.
Major Nominations
The Father — available on Amazon Prime Video
Best Picture
Best Actor, Anthony Hopkins
Best Supporting Actress, Olivia Colman
Adapted Screenplay
Production Design
Editing
Judas and the Black Messiah — available on Demand (April 2nd)
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actor, Daniel Kaluuya
Best Supporting Actor, Lakeith Stanfield
Original Screenplay
Cinematography, Sean Bobbitt
Song, “Fight for You”
Mank — available on Netflix
Best Picture
Best Director, David Fincher
Best Actor, Gary Oldman
Best Supporting Actress, Amanda Seyfried
Production Design
Costume Design
Cinematography, Erik Messerschmidt
Makeup & Hairstyling
Sound
Score
Minari — available on Demand
Best Picture
Best Director, Lee Isaac Chung
Best Actor, Steven Yeun
Best Supporting Actress, Yuh-Jung Youn
Original Screenplay
Score
Nomadland — available on Hulu
Best Picture
Best Director, Chloé Zhao
Best Actress, Frances McDormand
Adapted Screenplay
Cinematography, Joshua James Richards
Editing
Promising Young Woman — available on Demand
Best Picture
Best Director, Emerald Fennell
Best Actress, Carey Mulligan
Original Screenplay
Editing
Sound of Metal — available on Amazon Prime Video
Best Picture
Best Actor, Riz Ahmed
Best Supporting Actor, Paul Raci
Original Screenplay
Editing
Sound
The Trial of the Chicago 7 — available on Netflix
Best Supporting Actor, Sacha Baron Cohen
Original Screenplay
Cinematography, Phedon Papamichael
Editing
Song, “Hear My Voice”
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom — available on Netflix
Best Actor, Chadwick Boseman
Best Actress, Viola Davis
Production Design
Costume Design
Makeup & Hairstyling
News of the World — available on Demand
Cinematography, Dariusz Wolski
Sound
Score
Production Design
One Night in Miami — available on Amazon Prime Video
Best Supporting Actor, Leslie Odom Jr.
Adapted Screenplay
Song, “Speak Now”
Another Round — available on Hulu and On Demand
Best Director, Thomas Vinterberg
International Feature, Denmark
Hillbilly Elegy — available on Netflix
Best Supporting Actress, Glenn Close
Makeup & Hairstyling
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm — available on Amazon Prime Video
Best Supporting Actress, Maria Bakalova
Adapted Screenplay
Mulan — available on Disney Plus
Costume Design
Visual Effects
Pinocchio — available on Demand
Costume Design
Makeup & Hairstyling
Tenet — available on Demand
Production Design
Visual Effects
Soul — available on Disney Plus
Sound
Score
Animated Feature
White Tiger — available on Netflix
Adapted Screenplay
Da 5 Bloods — available on Netflix
Score
The United States vs. Billie Holiday — available on Hulu
Best Actress, Andra Day
Pieces of a Woman — available on Netflix
Best Actress, Vanessa Kirby
Emma — available on Hulu, HBO Max and On Demand
Makeup & Hairstyling
Other Nominations
Animated Feature
Onward
Over the Moon
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Wolfwalkers
Documentary Feature
Collective
Crip Camp
The Mole Agent
My Octopus Teacher
Time
Live-Action Short
Feeling Through
The Letter Room
The Present
Two Distant Strangers
White Eye
Documentary Short
Colette
A Concerto Is a Conversation
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha
Animated Short
Burrow
Genius Loci
If Anything Happens I Love You
Opera
Yes-People
International Feature
Better Days — Hong Kong
The Man Who Sold His Skin — Tunisia
Quo Vadis, Aida? — Bosnia and Herzegovina
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