Here Are Your 2022 Oscar Nominees

Fill your Letterboxd watchlist: Oscars season is officially here.


The nominations for the 2022 Academy Awards were reported today (February 8), and Jane Campion's measured although smoldering western The Power of the Dog leads the pack with 12, the most of any film. Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi epic Dune — anchored by performances by Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya — procured 10, while Steven Spielberg's sweeping West Side Story update and Kenneth Branagh's black-and-white reflection on his Irish childhood Belfast earned 7 each.


All four of these films are nominated for Best Picture, as well as coming-of-age tale CODA, dark apocalypse comedy Don't Look Up, storytelling drama Drive My Car, Williams family member biopic King Richard, nostalgic jaunt Licorice Pizza, and noirish period piece Nightmare Alley.


Notably, Beyoncé earned her first nomination in the category of Best Original Song for "Be Alive," from King Richard. In that same category, Billie Eilish and her brother/creative partner Finneas each earned their first noms as well for "No Time to Die" from the James Bond film of the same name.


furthermore, this year's field incorporates a history-making moment for CODA's Troy Kotsur, the initial deaf actor to receive a Oscar nomination. Real-life couple Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons, meanwhile, who appeared as a wedded couple in The Power of the Dog, each earned their first nominations as well. (Of course, likewise shout out wedded couple Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem for their respective nominations — hers for Parallel Mothers and his for Being the Ricardos.)


This is also the opening Oscar nom for Kristen Stewart, whose efficiency as Diana, Princess of Wales in the maybe-horror, maybe-drama movie Spencer has been an awards-season favorite.


there is lots to unpack here, so take your time and review the whole list of 202 Oscar nominees below. Right now if you'll excuse me, I need to go watch Drive My Car immediately.


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


Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car


Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza


Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog


Steven Spielberg, West Side Story


Best Actress in a Leading Role


Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye


Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter


Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers


Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos


Kristen Stewart, Spencer


Best Actor in a Leading Role


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 in a Supporting Role


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 Actor in a Supporting Role


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 Original Screenplay


Kenneth Branagh, Belfast


Adam McKay (screenplay) / Adam McKay and David Sirota (story), Don't Look Up


Zach Baylin, King Richard


Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza


Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, The Worst Person in the World


Best Adapted Screenplay


Sian Heder, CODA


Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe, Drive My Car


Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth, Dune


Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter


Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog


Best Cinematography


Greg Fraser, Dune


Dan Laustsen, Nightmare Alley


Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog


Bruno Delbonnel, The Tragedy of Macbeth


Janusz Kaminski, West Side Story


Best Film Editing


Don't Look Up


Dune


King Richard


The Power of the Dog


Tick, Tick...Boom!


Best Animated Feature Film


Encanto


Flee


Luca


The Mitchells vs. The Machines


Raya and the Last Dragon


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 International Feature Film


Drive My Car (Japan)


Flee (Denmark)


The Hand of God (Italy)


Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan)


The Worst Person in the World (Norway)


Best Documentary Feature


Ascension


Attica


Flee


Summer of Soul (...Or, Any time the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)


Writing With Fire


Best Documentary Short Subject


Audible


Lead Me Home


The Queen of Basketball


Three Songs for Benazir


When We Were Bullies


Best Original Score


Nicholas Britell, Don't Look Up


Hans Zimmer, Dune


Germaine Franco, Encanto


Alberto Iglesias, Parallel Mothers


Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog


Best Original Song


"Be Alive," Dixson and Beyoncé - King Richard


"Dos Oruguitas," Lin-Manuel Miranda - Encanto


"Down to Joy," Van Morrison - Belfast


"No Time to Perish Billie Eilish and Finneas - No Time to Die


"Somehow You Do," Diane Warren - Four Good Days


Best Sound


Belfast


Dune


No Time to Die


The Power of the Dog


West Side Story


Best Costume Design


Cruella


Cyrano


Dune


Nightmare Alley


West Side Story


Best Makeup and Hairstyling


Coming 2 America


Cruella


Dune


The Eyes of Tammy Faye


House of Gucci


Best Production Design


Dune


Nightmare Alley


The Power of the Dog


The Tragedy of Macbeth


West Side Story


Best Visual Effects


Dune


Free Guy


No Time to Die


Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings


Spider-Man: No Way Home