2019 Oscar Nominations Are Finally Here, ‘The Favourite’ and ‘Roma’ Lead with 10 Each

Mediocrities of the world unite! Another year, another batch of decently okay movies getting nominated for Oscars. It's a banner year in many ways as Netflix finally landed in the Best Picture race—as did Marvel, Spike Lee made it into the Best Director category at last, and Viggo Mortensen earned a Best Actor nomination for playing a horrendous Italian-American stereotype. Every time the Oscars takes a step forward, they immediately remember that they forgot something back where they were and they promised to be back really soon, and then you go back there to see what happened and they're smoking a cigarette and talking to Kevin Spacey.

Seriously though, my top three films of the year: The Death of Stalin, Widows, and First Man, are pretty much nowhere to be found—the latter earned some technical noms, but was shut out of the major categories. Bohemian Rhapsody, the patron saint of mediocrity, also landed far more nominations than it deserved. Green Book will likely win Best Picture at this point, which is disappointing but ultimately not that surprising. The Oscars do this all the time, something truly groundbreaking comes along and they go with the movie where the white guy learns that it's not okay to be a racist. Le sigh.

As for the acting categories, you'd better hope you're in a movie with a Best Picture nomination to even get seen this year. 15 of the 20 acting slots are filled by actors from only 6 films, and only four of those six have a Best Picture nomination. That's kind of a crazy statistic when you think about it, and gives those actors a big leg up on all the rest.

Check out the full list of nominees below...

Best Picture

• Black Panther
• BlacKkKlansman
• Bohemian Rhapsody
• The Favourite
• Green Book
• Roma
• A Star is Born
• Vice

Directing

• Spike Lee BlacKkKlansman
• Pawel Pawlikowski Cold War
• Yorgos Lanthimos The Favourite
• Alfonso Cuaron Roma
• Adam McKay Vice

Actor in a Leading Role

• Christian Bale Vice
• Bradley Cooper A Star is Born
• Willem Dafoe At Eternity's Gate
• Rami Malek Bohemian Rhapsody
• Viggo Mortensen Green Book

Actress in a Leading Role

• Yalitza Aparicio Roma
• Glenn Close The Wife
• Olivia Colman The Favourite
• Lady Gaga A Star is Born
• Melissa McCarthy Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Mahershala Ali Green Book
• Adam Driver BlacKkKlansman
• Sam Elliott A Star is Born
• Richard E. Grant Can You Ever Forgive Me?
• Sam Rockwell Vice

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Amy Adams Vice
• Marina De Tavira Roma
• Regina King If Beale Street Could Talk
• Emma Stone The Favourite
• Rachel Weisz The Favourite

Costume Design

• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
• Black Panther
• The Favourite
• Mary Poppins Returns
• Mary Queen of Scots

Film Editing

• BlacKkKlansman
• Bohemian Rhapsody
• The Favourite
• Green Book
• Vice

Original Score

• Black Panther
• BlacKkKlansman
• If Beale Street Could Talk
• Isle of Dogs
• Mary Poppins Returns

Animated Short Film

• Animal Behaviour
• Bao
• Late Afternoon
• One Small Step
• Weekends

Live Action Short Film

• Detainment
• Fauve
• Marguerite
• Mother
• Skin

Sound Editing

• Black Panther
• Bohemian Rhapsody
• First Man
• A Quiet Place
• Roma

Sound Mixing

• Black Panther
• Bohemian Rhapsody
• First Man
• Roma
• A Star is Born

Animated Feature Film

• Incredibles 2
• Isle of Dogs
• Mirai
• Ralph Breaks the Internet
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Cinematography

• Cold War
• The Favourite
• Never Look Away
• Roma
• A Star is Born

Documentary Feature

• Free Solo
• Hale County This Morning, This Evening
• Minding the Gap
• Of Fathers and Sons
• RBG

Documentary Short Subject

• Black Sheep
• End Game
• Lifeboat
• A Night at the Garden
• Period. End of Sentence.

Foreign Language Film

• Capernaum
• Cold War
• Never Look Away
• Roma
• Shoplifters

Makeup and Hairstyling

• Border
• Mary Queen of Scots
• Vice

Visual Effects

• Avengers: Infinity War
• Christopher Robin
• First Man
• Ready Player One
• Solo: A Star Wars Story

Adapted Screenplay

• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
• BlacKkKlansman
• Can You Ever Forgive Me?
• If Beale Street Could Talk
• A Star is Born

Original Screenplay

• The Favourite
• First Reformed
• Green Book
• Roma
• Vice

Original Song

• "All the Stars" Black Panther
• "I'll Fight" RBG
• "The Place Where Lost Things Go" Mary Poppins Returns
• "The Shallow" A Star is Born
• "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" Ballad of Buster

Production Design

• Black Panther
• The Favourite
• First Man
• Mary Poppins Returns
• Roma

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