The Full List of 2023 Oscar Nominations Is Here (And It Includes Some Nerdy Favs)

It’s that time again. Rising with the sun, the 2023 Oscar nominations are announced for all to discuss, dissect, and generally disagree over. But what we at Nerdist want to know most, and what we’re sure our readers are hoping to find out is, were any of our favorite nerdy movies of the year nominated for the high honors of Hollywood? Let’s find out. For those looking for the full list of nominees for the 95th Academy Awards, we’ll leave all 14 categories for you at the bottom.

Queen Ramonda surrounded by guards speaking to the other coutnries of the world in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Marvel Studios

Although Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was not nominated for Best Picture as some hoped it would be, the sequel to Black Panther did see some love in the 2023 Oscar nominations. Kicking off its honors, Angela Bassett rightfully received a nomination in the category of Best Supporting Actress for her powerful work as Queen Ramonda, the unbreakable yet tender sovereign of Wakanda. This nominations marks Marvel Studios’ and the MCU’s first nomination in an acting category. Wakanda Forever also received a nomination for Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Original Song, and Best Visual Effects, for a total of five nominations. We’re rooting for you, Rihanna.

Meanwhile, one of our favorite movies of the year, Everything Everywhere All At Once, received a total of eleven nominations, the highest number out of all the 2023 movies nominated. This includes for the highest honors of the 2023 Oscars, Best Picture, Best Director (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert), and Best Lead Actress (Michelle Yeoh). We were delighted to also see Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Ke Huy Quan receive nominations.

michelle yeoh fights as papers swirl around her in everything everywhere all at once
A24

Top Gun: Maverick also flew in to receive its accolades. The movie received six nominations for the 2023 Academy Awards, among them, Best Picture, Best Visual Effects, and Best Song. You go, Lady Gaga.

Among other nerdy nominations, we loved seeing a nod to Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery with a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination for the movie and Rian Johnson. Turning Red, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, and The Sea Beast waved to us from Best Animated Feature Film. And The Batman even swooped in from the night to receive three nominations in 2023’s Oscars line-up.

The Batman looking suspicious
Warner Bros.

While we feel glad to see this nerdy love, we were disappointed not to see any nominations for Jordan Peele’s Nope, which absolutely stunned us this year. While nerdy films receive more recognition these days, it’s still a fight for the horror genre to get its proper due.

Will any of our favorites take home the prize, though? Getting nominated for the Oscars is only another step, and in 2023, competition is fierce. We guess we’ll have to tune in on Sunday, March 12, when the 95th Academy Awards finally take place, to find out.

The Full List of the 2023 Oscar Nominations

the 2023 Oscar nominations included noms for Everything Everywhere All At Once, Black Panther Wakanda Forever, and Glass Onion (1)
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Best Supporting Actor

Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin

Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway

Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans

Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin

Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Hong Chau, The Whale (“The Whale”) 

Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin

Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Animated Feature Film 

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

The Sea Beast

Turning Red

Best Animated Short Film

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse

The Flying Sailor 

Ice Merchants

My Year of Dicks

An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It 

Best Costume Design 

Babylon

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Best Live Action Short

An Irish Goodbye

Ivalu

Le Pupille

Night Ride

The Red Suitcase

Best Makeup and Hairstyling 

All Quiet on the Western Front

The Batman

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Elvis

The Whale

Best Original Score 

All Quiet on the Western Front

Babylon

The Banshees of Inisherin

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Fabelmans

Best Sound

All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Batman

Elvis

Top Gun: Maverick

Best Adapted Screenplay

All Quiet on the Western Front

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Living

Top Gun: Maverick

Women Talking

Best Original Screenplay

The Banshees of Inisherin

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Fabelmans

Tár 

Triangle of Sadness

Best Cinematography 

All Quiet on the Western Front

Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

Elvis

Empire of Light

Tár

Best Documentary Feature Film 

All That Breathes

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Fire of Love

A House Made of Splinters

Navalny

Best Documentary Short Film 

The Elephant Whisperers

Haulout

How Do You Measure a Year?

The Martha Mitchell Effect

Stranger at the Gate

Best Film Editing

The Banshees of Inisherin

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Tár

Top Gun: Maverick

Best International Feature Film 

All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany) 

Argentina, 1985 (Argentina) 

Close (Belgium)

EO (Poland) 

The Quiet Girl (Ireland) 

Best Original Song 

“Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman

“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick   

“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever   

“Naatu Naatu” from RRR   

“This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once 

Best Production Design 

All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

Babylon

Elvis

The Fabelmans 

Best Visual Effects

All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Batman

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Top Gun: Maverick

Best Lead Actor

Austin Butler, Elvis

Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin

Brendan Fraser, The Whale

Paul Mescal, Aftersun

Bill Nighy, Living

Best Lead Actress

Cate Blanchett, Tár

Ana de Armas, Blonde 

Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie

Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans

Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once 

Best Director 

Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once 

Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans

Todd Field, Tár

Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness

Best Picture

All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Banshees of Inisherin

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Fabelmans

Tár

Top Gun: Maverick

Triangle of Sadness

Women Talking

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