'Joker' Leads the 2020 Oscar Nominations

Ugh. I do not like writing that headline. And the director’s branch of the Academy totally let me down this year by nominating Todd Phillips after the DGA chose Taika Waititi instead. Mistake! Aside from that, let’s see here. Parasite got 6 nominations, which is great (but boo that Song Kang-ho didn’t get in), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood surprisingly missed a crucial editing nomination, and I love that Antonio Banderas and Jonathan Pryce got their first Oscar nominations, but sad that Taron Egerton missed (especially after Rami Malek won for that horrible cartoon of a performance in Bohemian Rhapsody last year- Egerton was like, the good version of that). Some other things of note- Honeyland is the first movie to ever be nominated for both Documentary and International Feature (formerly Foreign-Language Film), and it looks like they snubbed J-Lo in supporting actress for Hustlers. Florence Pugh becomes the first person ever nominated for playing Amy March in Little Women (which is probably going to undeservedly win Best Adapted Screenplay now to make up for Greta Gerwig not getting nominated in director). Tom Hanks gets his first Oscar nomination in 20 years, and Frozen II was left out of the animated feature category (which I don’t consider a snub because Frozen II sucked- well done, animators).

2020 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS

Best Picture

• Ford v Ferrari

• The Irishman

• Jojo Rabbit

• Joker

• Little Women

• Marriage Story

• 1917

• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

• Parasite

Best Director

• Bong Joon Ho, Parasite

• Sam Mendes, 1917

• Todd Phillips, Joker

• Martin Scorsese, The Irishman

• Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Actress

• Cynthia Erivo, Harriet

• Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story

• Saoirse Ronan, Little Women

• Charlize Theron, Bombshell

• Renée Zellweger, Judy

Best Actor

• Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory

• Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

• Adam Driver, Marriage Story

• Joaquin Phoenix., Joker

• Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes

Thrilled for Antonio Banderas getting his first Oscar nomination for Pain and Glory

Best Supporting Actress

• Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell

• Laura Dern, Marriage Story

• Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit

• Florence Pugh, Little Women

• Margot Robbie, Bombshell

Best Supporting Actor

• Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

• Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes

• Al Pacino, The Irishman

• Joe Pesci, The Irishman

• Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Irishman

• Jojo Rabbit

• Joker

• Little Women

• The Two Popes

Best Original Screenplay

• Knives Out

• Marriage Story

• 1917

• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

• Parasite

I didn’t much like Little Women and don’t think anyone should ever be nominated for playing Amy March

Best Cinematography

• 1917

• The Irishman

• Joker

• The Lighthouse

• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Costume Design

• Jojo Rabbit

• Joker

• Little Women

• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

• The Irishman

Best Film Editing

• Ford v Ferrari

• The Irishman

• Jojo Rabbit

• Joker

• Parasite

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• Bombshell

• Joker

• Judy

• 1917

• Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Best Original Score

• Joker

• Little Women

• Marriage Story

• 1917

• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Best Original Song

• “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” from Toy Story 4, Randy Newman

• “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from Rocketman, Elton John & Bernie Taupin

• “I’m Standing With You” from Breakthrough, Diane Warren

• “Into the Unknown” from Frozen 2, Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez

• “Stand Up” from Harriet, Joshuah Brian Campbell & Cynthia Erivo

Jojo Rabbit got 6 nominations, and Scarlett Johansson lands two acting nods, her first ever from the Academy

Best Production Design

• 1917

• The Irishman

• Jojo Rabbit

• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

• Parasite

Best Sound Editing

• Ford v Ferrari

• Joker

• 1917

• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Best Sound Mixing

• Ad Astra

• Ford v Ferrari

• Joker

• 1917

• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Visual Effects

• Avengers: Endgame

• The Irishman

• The Lion King

• 1917

• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Best Animated Feature

• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

• I Lost My Body

• Klaus

• Missing Link

• Toy Story 4

Best Animated Short

• Dcera (Daughter)

• Hair Love

• Kitbull

• Memorable

• Sister

Parasite’s destined to walk away with International Feature, but can it win more than that?

Best Documentary Feature

• American Factory

• The Cave

• The Edge of Democracy

• For Sama

• Honeyland

Best Documentary Short

• In the Absence

• Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)

• Life Overtakes Me

• St. Louis Superman

• Walk Run Cha-Cha

Best International Feature

• Corpus Christi (Poland)

• Honeyland (North Macedonia)

• Les Miserables (France)

• Pain and Glory (Spain)

• Parasite (South Korea)

Best Live Action Short

• Brotherhood

• Nefta Football Club

• The Neighbors’ Window

• Sariahs

• A Sister

AMPAS just barely dodges another #Oscarssowhite story by nominating Cynthia Erivo for Harriet, but there are many more actors of color who could have gotten in and didn’t- not a good look