The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards have finally been announced, with Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer leading the pack with 13 nominations. The film, which starred Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt and Matt Damon, is considered to be a firm favourite, and is expected to pick up several awards on the night.

Barbie has eight nominations, including for Best Picture, while Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera were nominated in the Lead Actor and Supporting Actress category for their roles in the film.

Meanwhile, for the first time in Oscar history, three of the films nominated for Best Picture - Justin Triet'sAnatomy of a Fall,Greta Gerwig'sBarbieand Celine Song'sPast Lives- were directed by women.

Watch: Top 5 Award Show Fails. Post continues below.

However, this year's nominations also came with a lot of surprises, two of them being the absence of Margot Robbie in the Best Actress category and Greta Gerwig's snub for Best Director forBarbie– the most popular film in 2023.

And theBarbiesnubs kept coming with Dua Lipa missing out on Best Original Song for ‘Dance The Night’ with Ryan Gosling and Billie Eilish left carrying theBarbietorch in the category.

Other notable snubs include Leonardo DiCaprio missing out for Best Actor for hisKillers of the Flower Moonperformance. The film was curiously snubbed for Best Adapted Screenplay despite receiving 10 nominations in a multitude of categories.

But there were two films arguably done dirtier than any other:May DecemberandThe Color Purple.

May Decemberfailed to receive much love despite its critically acclaimed performances with the three leads – Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, and Charles Melton – all omitted from their predicted categories of Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Supporting Actor.

The film also didn’t get acknowledged for Best Picture, which was the same story forThe Color Purple, another critically acclaim women-led movie criminally underpraised this awards season.

Danielle Brooks was the only star to score a nomination for Best Supporting Actress with Fantasia Barrino and Taraji P. Henson both missing out.

Past Livesfailed to get the acclaim it deserved with Greta Lee being snubbed for Best Actress and Celine Song going unacknowledged for Best Director. Yikes.

Here is the full list of nominations from the 96th Academy Awards, airing on March 11.

Best Picture

American Fiction Anatomy of a Fall Barbie The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon Maestro Oppenheimer Past Lives Poor Things The Zone of Interest

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Bradley Cooper –Maestro Colman Domingo –Rustin Paul Giamatti –The Holdovers Cillian Murphy –Oppenheimer Jeffrey Wright –American Fiction

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Sterling K Brown –American Fiction Robert De Niro –Killers of the Flower Moon Robert Downey Jr –Oppenheimer Ryan Gosling –Barbie Mark Ruffalo –Poor Things

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Annette Bening –Nyad Lily Gladstone –Killers of the Flower Moon Sandra Hüller –Anatomy of a Fall Carey Mulligan –Maestro Emma Stone –Poor Things

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Emily Blunt –Oppenheimer Danielle Brooks –The Color Purple America Ferrera –Barbie Jodie Foster –Nyad Da’Vine Joy Randolph –The Holdovers

Best Director

Anatomy of a Fall– Justine Triet Killers of the Flower Moon– Martin Scorsese Oppenheimer– Christopher Nolan Poor Things– Yorgos Lanthimos The Zone of Interest– Jonathan Glazer

Best Animated Feature Film

The Boy and the Heron Elemental Nimona Robot Dreams Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Adapted Screenplay

American Fiction Barbie Oppenheimer Poor Things The Zone of Interest

Best Original Screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall The Holdovers Maestro May December Past Lives

Best Cinematography

El Conde Killers of the Flower Moon Maestro Oppenheimer Poor Things

Best Costume Design

Barbie Killers of the Flower Moon Napoleon Oppenheimer Poor Things

Best Documentary Feature Film

Bobi Wine: The People’s President The Eternal Memory Four Daughters To Kill a Tiger 20 Days in Mariupol

Best Documentary Short Film

The ABCs of Book Banning The Barber of Little Rock Island in Between The Last Repair Shop Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó

Best Film Editing

Anatomy of a Fall The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things

Best International Feature Film

Io Capitano Perfect Days Society of the Snow The Teachers’ Lounge The Zone of Interest

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Golda Maestro Oppenheimer Poor Things Society of the Snow

Best Original Score

American Fiction Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things

Best Original Song

'The Fire Inside' –Flamin’ Hot 'I’m Just Ken' –Barbie 'It Never Went Away'–American Symphony 'Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)'–Killers of the Flower Moon 'What Was I Made For?' –Barbie

Best Production Design

Barbie Killers of the Flower Moon Napoleon Oppenheimer Poor Things

Best Animated Short Film

Letter to a Pig Ninety-Five Senses Our Uniform Pachyderme WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko

Best Live Action Short Film

The After Invincible Knight of Fortune Red, White and Blue The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Best Sound

The Creator Maestro Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Oppenheimer The Zone of Interest

Best Visual Effects

The Creator Godzilla Minus One Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Napoleon

Feature Image: Getty.

Calling all internet users! Take our survey now and go in the running to win a $50 gift voucher!

TAKE SURVEY ➤