After winning big at the Golden Globe Awards with 3 awards out of 7 nominations, American Hustle continued to become the focus right after the official Oscar nominations were announced.
American Hustle received 10 nominations
Gravity received 10 nominations
12 Years a Slave received 9 nominations
The most surprising among the nominations is Nebraska, a film that did not make a big splash before but received 6 nominations.
Below is the official list of nominations for the 86th Academy Awards:
Best Film
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street
Best director
Alfonso Cuarón – film Gravity
Steve McQueen – movie 12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne – film Nebraska
David O. Russell – film American Hustle
Martin Scorsese – film The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Actor
Christian Bale – American Hustle (as Irving Rosenfeld)
Bruce Dern – film Nebraska (as Woody Grant)
Leonardo DiCaprio – film The Wolf of Wall Street (as Jordan Belfort)
Chiwetel Ejiofor – film 12 Years a Slave (as Solomon Northup)
Matthew McConaughey – film Dallas Buyers Club (as Ron Woodroof)
Best Leading Actress
Amy Adams – American Hustle (as Sydney Prosser)
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine movie (as Jeanette “Jasmine” Francis)
Sandra Bullock – film Gravity (as Dr. Ryan Stone)
Judi Dench – film Philomena (as Philomena Lee)
Meryl Streep – film August: Osage County (as Violet Weston)
Best supporting actor
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips movie (as Abduwali Muse)
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle (as Richie DiMaso)
Michael Fassbender – film 12 Years a Slave (as Edwin Epps)
Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street (as Donnie Azoff)
Jared Leto – film Dallas Buyers Club (as Rayon)
Best supporting actress
Sally Hawkins – movie Blue Jasmine (as Ginger)
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle (as Rosalyn Rosenfeld)
Lupita Nyong’o – film 12 Years a Slave (as Patsey)
Julia Roberts – film August: Osage County (as Barbara Weston-Fordham)
June Squibb – film Nebraska (as Kate Grant)
Best Original Screenplay
American Hustle – for Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine – for Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club – for Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack
Her – for Spike Jonze
Nebraska – for Bob Nelson
Best adapted screenplay
12 Years a Slave – for John Ridley
Before Midnight – for Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
Captain Phillips – for Billy Ray
Philomena – for Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
The Wolf of Wall Street – Terence Winter
Best animated film
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
Frozen
The Wind Rises
Best foreign language film
The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
The Missing Picture (Cambodia)
The Hunt (Denmark)
Omar (Palestine)
Best documentary (character).
The Act of Killing
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
20 Feet from Stardom
Best documentary (short subject).
CaveDigger
Facing Fear
Karama Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
Best short action film
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
Helium
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa?
The Voorman Problem
Best animated short film
Feral
Get a Horse!
Mr.
Possessions
Room on the Broom
Best soundtrack
John Williams – movie The Book Thief
Steven Price – film Gravity
William Butler and Owen Pallett – film Her
Alexandre Desplat – film Philomena
Thomas Newman – Saving Mr.
Best song in a movie
“Alone, Yet Not Alone” in the movie Alone Yet Not Alone – performed by: Bruce Broughton and Dennis Spiegel
“Happy” in the movie Despicable Me 2 – performed by: Pharrell Williams
“Let It Go” from the movie Frozen – performed by: Idina Menzel, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“The Moon Song” from the movie Her – performed by: Karen Lee Orzolek and Spike Jonze
“Ordinary Love” in the movie Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – performed by: U2
Best sound editor
Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns – All Is Lost
Oliver Tarney – Captain Phillips movie
Glenn Freemantle – film Gravity
Brent Burge – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Wylie Stateman – film Lone Survivor
Best harmony
Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro – Captain Phillips film
Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro – film Gravity
Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland – film Inside Llewyn Davis
Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow – film Lone Survivor
Best staging
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Her
Best cinematography
Philippe Le Sourd – movie The Great Master
Emmanuel Lubezki – film Gravity
Bruno Delbonnel – film Inside Llewyn Davis
Phedon Papamichael – Nebraska movie
Roger Deakins – Prisoners movie
Best makeup and hairdo
Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews – film Dallas Buyers Club
Stephen Prouty – Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny – The Lone Ranger movie
Best costume design
Patricia Norris – film 12 Years a Slave
Michael Wilkinson – film American Hustle
William Chang Suk Ping – movie The Great Master
Catherine Martin – The Great Gatsby movie
Michael O’Connor – film The Invisible Woman
Best film editing
Joe Walker – movie 12 Years a Slave
Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten – American Hustle
Christopher Rouse – Captain Phillips movie
John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa – movie Dallas Buyers Club
Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger – film Gravity
Best visual effects
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
The Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into Darkness