After a long, hard year for the film industry, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences have revealed the 2021 Oscars nominations, leaving few surprised at the list of nominees. Due to the pandemic limitation of movie theathers, this year's prospective nominees were allowed to submit streaming-only films, a major change from the Academy's strict rule about theatrical releases.
As has been the norm in recent years, Netflix collected the most nominations this year with a total for 35. The streaming giant's big winner was Mank, the David Fincher-directed film about the making of Citizen Kane, which earned the most nominations of any movie this year with a total of 10 ballot listings. Netflix's other major project, The Trial of the Chicago 7, also racked up a promising six nominations. Other major films in contention for multiple awards this season are Judas and the Black Messiah, Promising Young Woman, Minari, Sound of Metal, Nomadland, and The Father, all which, including the aforementioned Netflix projects, have been nominated for Best Picture.
Notable nominations this year also include Chadwick Boseman's posthumous nod for his role in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, as well as Emerald Fennell and Chloe Zhao's nods for Best Director for their respective films Promising Young Woman and Nomadland—the first time two female directors have ever been nominated simultaneously. Zhao's work on the film won her the Golden Globe Award for Best Director of a Motion Picture last month.
Priyanka Chopra and husband Nick Jonas announced the nominations in a two-part livestream. The ceremony was originally scheduled for February 28, but is now set to take place April 25 at the Los Angeles’ Union Station and the Dolby Theatre.
Best Picture
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
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
Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Best Actor
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Gary Oldman, Mank
Steven Yeun, Minari
Best Actress
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 Supporting Actor
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 Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
Best Costume Design
Emma
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Mulan
Pinocchio
Best Score
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Soul
Best Adapted Screenplay
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
The White Tiger
Best Original Screenplay
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
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 Original Song
"Fight for You" from Judas and the Black Messiah
"Hear My Voice" from The Trial of the Chicago 7
"Husavik" from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
“Io Sì (Seen)” from The Life Ahead
"Speak Now" from One Night in Miami
Best Visual Effects
Love and Monsters
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Tenet
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Pinocchio
Best Achievement in Sound
Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
Sound of Metal
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 Production Design
The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
News of the World
Tenet
Best International Feature Film
Another Round
Better Days
Collective
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Quo Vadis, Aida?
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 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
