As we speed towards the finale of awards season, the nominations were announced this week for the biggest night on the Hollywood calendar – the Academy Awards.

After a bit of a shambolic few years – namely the uproar over #OscarsSoWhite and the envelope fiasco which cast such a shadow over **Moonlight‘s victory in 2017 – it seems that the Academy have managed to do a somewhat better job in 2018 of making the nominations more diverse and inclusive.

**The headlines? **

Guillermo del Toro‘s **The Shape of Water leads the way with 13 nominations, including Best Director, Best Actress for Sally Hawkins, and Best Picture.

**Lady Bird has also done well, with the big news being Greta Gerwig up for Best Director – only the fifth female to be included in that category.

Netflix‘s **Mudbound was a bit of a curveball, receiving 5 nominations. One of those is for cinematography – again, a win for women, with Rachel Morrison being the first female ever to be up for the award in the Academy’s history. That it took so long is unbelievable, but a positive step all the same.

**Get Out has been the hit of the nomination announcements; many wanted it to be recognised but never imagined that it would. It’s received 4 nods – Best Original Screenplay, Actor for Daniel Kaluuya, Director for Jordan Peele, and Best Picture too. Just imagine a black directed, starring and focused comedy-horror taking the biggest gong of all – it is enough to make anyone smile.

But Get Out has a lot of competition in the Best Picture category, with a fantastic spread of films up for the award. **Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is being spoken of as the front runner at the moment, but that could all change on the night.

With regards to snubs, there’s perhaps not as many obvious ones as we’ve seen in previous years. I, Tonyadidn’t make it for Best Picture (as we probably expected), and neither did Mudbound despite it’s numerous other nods. Call Me By Your Name did pretty well, but Luca Guadagnino was missed off the Director list, and Patty Jenkins‘ **Wonder Woman didn’t get any recognition at all, despite some hopes it might have been the first superhero film to be up for Best Picture.

Have a look at the full list of Oscar nominations 2018 below. We’ll find out who wins when the ceremony takes place on Sunday March 4th!

BEST PICTURE

Call Me by Your Name **Darkest Hour **Dunkirk Get Out Lady Bird **Phantom Thread **The Post The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST DIRECTOR

Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk Jordan Peele**,** Get Out Greta Gerwig**,** Lady Bird Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread Guillermo del Toro**,** The Shape of Water

BEST ACTRESS

Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Margot Robbie, I, Tonya Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird Meryl Streep, The Post

BEST ACTOR

Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Mary J. Blige, Mudbound Allison Janney, I, Tonya Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Willem Dafoe, **The Florida Project Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water Christopher Plummer, **All the Money in the World Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

**The Big Sick Get Out Lady Bird The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Call Me by Your Name **The Disaster Artist **Logan **Molly’s Game Mudbound

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

The Boss Baby The Breadwinner Coco Ferdinand Loving Vincent

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Abacus (Small Enough to Jail) Faces/Places Icarus Last Men in Aleppo Strong Island

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

A Fantastic Woman The Insult Loveless On Body and Soul The Square

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Dunkirk Phantom Thread The Shape of Water Star Wars: The Last Jedi Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Mighty River,” Mudbound “Mystery of Love,” Call Me by Your Name “Remember Me,” Coco “Stand Up for Something,” Marshall “This Is Me,” The Greatest Showman

BEST SOUND EDITING

**Baby Driver **Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk The Shape of Water **Star Wars: The Last Jedi

BEST SOUND MIXING

Baby Driver Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk The Shape of Water Star Wars: The Last Jedi

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Beauty and the Beast Blade Runner 2049 Darkest Hour Dunkirk The Shape of Water

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Blade Runner 2049 Darkest Hour Dunkirk Mudbound The Shape of Water

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Darkest Hour Victoria & Abdul Wonder

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Beauty and the Beast Darkest Hour Phantom Thread The Shape of Water Victoria & Abdul

BEST FILM EDITING

Baby Driver Dunkirk I, Tonya The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Blade Runner 2049 Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 Kong: Skull Island Star Wars: The Last Jedi War for the Planet of the Apes

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

“Eden and Eddie” “Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405” “Heroin/e” “Knife Skills” “Traffic Stop”

BEST SHORT FILM — LIVE ACTION

“Dekalb Elementary” “The Eleven O’Clock” “My Nephew Emmett” “The Silent Child” “Watu Wote/All of Us”

BEST SHORT FILM — ANIMATED

“Dear Basketball” “Garden Party” “Lou” “Negative Space” “Revolting Rhymes”

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