The Power of the Dog, Dune, and West Side Story are among the leaders of this year’s Oscar nominees, which were announced Tuesday morning, Feb. 8
All three films will vie for Best Picture, where they’ll be up against Belfast, Coda, Don’t Look Up, Drive My Car, Licorice Pizza, and Nightmare Alley. Power of the Dog filmmaker Jane Campion and West Side Story’s Steven Spielberg were both nominated for Best Director as well, and they’ll go up against Kenneth Branagh for Belfast, Ryusuke Hamaguchi for Drive My Car, and Paul Thomas Anderson for Licorice Pizza.
The Power of the Dog led all Oscar nominees this year with 12, racking up looks in several production categories, as well as Best Adapted Screenplay for Campion and Best Score for Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood (this is Greenwood’s second Oscar nom following The Phantom Thread). The film’s stars also earned acting nominations, with Kirsten Dunst securing her first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress, while Benedict Cumberbatch is up for Best Actor, and both Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee will compete for Best Supporting Actor.
In the Best Actor category, Cumberbatch will compete against Javier Bardem for Being the Ricardos, Andrew Garfield for Tick, Tick… Boom!, Will Smith for King Richard, and Denzel Washington for The Tragedy of Macbeth. And in the Best Actress category, Jessica Chastain was nominated for The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Olivia Colman for The Lost Daughter, Penélope Cruz for Parallel Mothers, Nicole Kidman for Being the Ricardos, and Kristen Stewart for Spencer.
For Best Supporting Actor, Plemons and Smit-McPhee will be up against Ciarán Hinds for Belfast, Troy Kotsur for Coda, and J.K. Simmons for Being the Ricardos. And in the Supporting Actress category, Dunst will compete against Jessie Buckley for The Lost Daughter, Ariana DeBose for West Side Story, Judi Dench for Belfast, and Aunjanue Ellis for King Richard.
For Best Original Screenplay, Belfast will be up against Don’t Look Up, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, and The Worst Person in the World. And in the Best Adapted Screenplay category, the nominees were Dune, Coda, Drive My Car, The Lost Daughter, and The Power of the Dog.
In the Best Documentary (Feature) category, Questlove secured an Oscar nomination for his directorial debut, Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised). The other nominees include Ascension, Attica, Flee, and Writing With Fire.
And Beyoncé earned her first Oscar nomination, picking up a Best Original Song look with Dixson for “Be Alive” from King Richard. In that category, she’ll compete against second-time nominee Lin-Manuel Miranda, up for “Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto, as well as Billie Eilish and Finneas for “No Time to Die” (No Time to Die), Van Morrison for “Down to Joy” (Belfast), and perennial Best Original Song hopeful Diane Warren, who secured her 13th Oscar nomination for “Somehow You Do” from Four Good Days.
The 94th Oscars will take place on March 27 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. This will be the first Oscars since 2018 to have a host, although an MC for the night has yet to be announced.
2022 Oscar Nominations
Best Picture
Belfast
Coda
Don’t Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Best Director
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Ryuske Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Best Actor
Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick… Boom!
Will Smith – King Richard
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Best Supporting Actress
Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Judi Dench – Belfast
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Best Supporting Actor
Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
Troy Kotsur – Coda
Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog
J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
Best International Feature Film
Drive My Car
Flee
The Hand of God
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
The Worst Person in the World
Best Costume Design
Cruella
Cyrano
Dune
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story
Best Sound Design
Belfast
Dune
No Time to Die
Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Best Original Score
Don’t Look Up
Dune
Encanto
Parallel Mothers
The Power of the Dog
Best Original Song
“Be Alive” – Beyoncé and Darius Scott (King Richard)
“Dos Oruguitas” – Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto)
“Down to Joy” – Van Morrison (Belfast)
“No Time to Die” – Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell (No Time to Die)
“Somehow You Do” – Diane Warren (Four Good Days)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Coda
Drive My Car
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
Best Original Screenplay
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
The Worst Person in the World
Best Documentary
Ascension
Attica
Flee
Summer of Soul
Writing With Fire
Best Documentary Short Subject
Audible
Lead Me Home
The Queen of Basketball
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were Bullies
Best Animated Short Film
Affairs of the Art
Bestia
Boxballet
Robin Robin
The Windshield Wiper
Best Live Action Short Film
Ala Kachuu – Take and Run
The Dress
The Long Goodbye
On My Mind
Please Hold
Best Editing
Don’t Look Up
Dune
King Richard
The Power of the Dog
Tick, Tick… Boom!
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Coming 2 America
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci
Best Animated Feature Film
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
Best Visual Effects
Dune
Free Guy
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Best Cinametography
Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Best Production Design
Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
From Rolling Stone US
