Oscars 2020: Joker tops the nominations with 11 nods

The nominations for this year’s Academy Awards have been announced on Monday in Los Angeles and it’s JOKER that has come up trumps at this years Oscars 2020.

JOKER is ahead of the pack stacking up an impressive 11 nominations including best picture, best director and best actor for Joaquin Phoenix, plus eight other awards.

Following closely behind is The Irishman, 1917 and Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood with 10 nominations each.

Marriage Story, Parasite, Little Women and Jojo Rabbit have all fared well at the Academy Awards too with 6 nominations apiece.

The best actor category is bursting with talent as Joaquin Phoenix is up for an award and is joined by Marriage Story’s Adam Driver, Once Upon a Time’s Leonardo DiCaprio, Pain and Glory’s Antonio Banderas and The Two Popes‘ Jonathan Pryce.

Scarlett Johansson will be delighted today to hear the news that she is nominated for her role in the best actress category for Marriage Story and gets another nod in the supporting actress category for Jojo Rabbit.

In the best actress category, Johansson is joined by Harriet’s Cynthia Erivo, Little Women’s Saoirse Ronan, Bombshell star Charlize Theron and Renee Zellweger for Judy.

Golden Globe winner, Brad Pitt is up for best supporting actor for Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, as is The Irishman’s Al Pacino and Joe Pesci. They’re joined by Anthony Hopkins and Tom Hanks for The Two Popes and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood respectively.

The best supporting actress category sees Jojo Rabbit’s Scarlett Johansson against her Marriage Story co-star, Laura Dern, Florence Pugh for Little Women, Kathy Bates for Richard Jewell and Margot Robbie for Bombshell.

Sam Mendes joins The Irishman’s Martin Scorsese, Joker’s Todd Phillips, Parasite’s Bong Joon-ho and Quentin Tarantino in the best director category.

Here’s the full list of nominations:

Best picture

• Ford v Ferrari
• The Irishman
• Jojo Rabbit
• Joker
• Little Women
• Marriage Story
• 1917
• Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
• Parasite

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

Best actress

• Cynthia Erivo – Harriet
• Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story
• Saoirse Ronan – Little Women
• Charlize Theron – Bombshell
• Renee Zellweger – Judy

Best director

• The Irishman – Martin Scorsese
• Joker – Todd Phillips
• 1917 – Sam Mendes
• Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino
• Parasite – Bong Joon-ho

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 supporting actress

• Kathy Bates – Richard Jewell
• Laura Dern – Marriage Story
• Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit
• Florence Pugh – Little Women
• Margot Robbie – Bombshell

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

Best animated feature

• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
• I Lost My Body
• Klaus
• Missing Link
• Toy Story 4

Best cinematography

• The Irishman
• Joker
• The Lighthouse
• 1917
• Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Best costume design

• The Irishman
• Jojo Rabbit
• Joker
• Little Women
• Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Best documentary feature

• American Factory
• The Cave
• The Edge of Democracy
• For Sama
• Honeyland

Best editing

• Ford v Ferrari
• The Irishman
• Jojo Rabbit
• Joker
• Parasite

Best international feature film

• Corpus Christi – Poland
• Honeyland – North Macedonia
• Les Miserables – France
• Pain and Glory – Spain
• Parasite – South Korea

Best make-up and hairstyling

• Bombshell
• Joker
• Judy
• Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
• 1917

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 – Toy Story 4
• (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again – Rocketman
• I’m Standing With You – Breakthrough
• Into the Unknown – Frozen 2
• Stand Up – Harriet

Best production design

• The Irishman
• Jojo Rabbit
• 1917
• 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 short

• Dcera (Daughter)
• Hair Love
• Kitbull
• Memorable
• Sister

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 live action short

• Brotherhood
• Nefta Football Club
• The Neighbors’ Window
• Saria
• A Sister