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2021 Oscar Nominations: Complete List

With the Academy Awards looming, the usual pressure to be familiar with the nominees is building. Whether your friends keep asking for your opinion on the choices, or you’re just curious about what could win big, we’ve got you covered. Here is the full list of nominations, linked back to reviews here on Parent Previews for movies which we have covered. If you’re interested in a more in-depth discussion of the Academy’s picks for this year, you can check that out over at our article, Oscar Nominations 2021.

Best Picture

The Father

Judas and the Black Messiah

Mank

Minari

Nomadland

Promising Young Woman

Sound of Metal

The Trial of the Chicago Seven

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Anthony Hopkins, The Father

Gary Oldman, Mank

Steven Yeun, Minari

Best Actress in a Leading Role

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

Actor in a Supporting Role

Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago Seven

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

Actress in a Supporting Role

Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy

Olivia Coleman, The Father

Amanda Seyfried, Mank

Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari

Best Director

Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round

David Fincher, Mank

Lee Isaac Chung, Minari

Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Best Cinematography

Judas and the Black Messiah

Mank

News of the World

Nomadland

The Trial of the Chicago Seven

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 Seven

Best Film Editing

The Father

Nomadland

Promising Young Woman

Sound of Metal

The Trial of the Chicago Seven

Best International Feature Film

Another Round

Better Days

Collective

The Man Who Sold His Skin

Quo Vadis, Aida?

Best Animated Feature Film

Onward

Over the Moon

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

Soul

Wolfwalkers

Best Animated Short Film

Burrow

Genius Loci

If Anything Happens

Opera

Yes People

Best Original Song

“Fight for You”, Judas and the Black Messiah Song link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exJq2NrAwdc&ab_channel=HERMusicVEVO

“Hear My Voice”, The Trial of the Chicago Seven

Song link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnY9_DXMBis&ab_channel=celesteVEVO

“Husavik”, Eurovision Song Contest

Song link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kql9cw2MtCU&ab_channel=NetflixUK%26Ireland

“Io Si”, The Life Ahead

Song link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imjSm7FNmwE&ab_channel=WarnerMusicItaly

“Speak Now”, One Night in Miami

Song link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvnPEMW1jj8&ab_channel=LeslieOdomJr.

Best Original Score

Da Five Bloods

Mank

Minari

News of the World

Soul

Best Sound Design

Greyhound

Sound of Metal

Mank

News of the World

Soul

Documentary Feature

Collective

Crip Camp

The Mole Agent

My Octopus Teacher

Time

Best Documentary Short

Colette

A Concerto is a Conversation

Do Not Split

Hunger Ward

A Love Song for Latasha

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Emma

Hillbilly Elegy

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Mank

Pinocchio

Best Costume Design

Emma

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Mank

Mulan

Pinocchio

Best Live Action Short Film

Feeling Through

The Letter Room

The Present

Two Distant Strangers

White Eye

Best Production Design

The Father

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Mank

News of the World

Tenet

Best Visual Effects

Love and Monsters

The Midnight Sky

Mulan

The One and Only Ivan

Tenet

More details about the movies mentioned in this post…

The Father

The Father

A mind is a terrible thing to lose.

Judas and the Black Messiah

Judas and the Black Messiah

"The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies."

Nomadland

Nomadland

On the road again...

Minari

Minari

This family is determined to bloom where they're planted...

Wolfwalkers

Wolfwalkers

But I bet you won't see them drinking a Pina Colada at Trader Vic's.

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

"It'd be an empty world without the blues."

Sound of Metal

Sound of Metal

Drummers never say die.

Soul

Soul

We speculate about the afterlife, but what about the time before birth?

Mank

Mank

It's never easy to make a legend. It's harder when you don't get the credit.