The 90th Academy Award nominations were announced on January 23, 2018 for movies released in 2017. The Shape of Water lead the nominations with thirteen nominations, and Dunkirk came in second with eight nominations. The Academy Awards were presented on March 4, 2018 with The Shape of Water walking away as the big winner. Clink on the BasementRejects Review links below the titles for reviews of the nominated films.
Best Picture:
Call Me by Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Post
WINNER: The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson—Phantom Thread
WINNER: Guillermo del Toro—The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig—Lady Bird
Christopher Nolan—Dunkirk
Jordan Peele—Get Out
Best Actor:
Timothée Chalamet—Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Kaluuya—Get Out
Daniel Day-Lewis—The Phantom Thread
WINNER: Gary Oldman—Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington—Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Best Actress:
Sally Hawkins—The Shape of Water
WINNER: Frances McDormand—Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie—I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan—Lady Bird
Meryl Streep—The Post
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
WINNER: Sam Rockwell—Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Supporting Actress:
Mary J. Blige—Mudbound
WINNER: Allison Janney—I, Tonya
Lesley Manville—Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalf—Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer—The Shape of Water
Best Writing—Original Screenplay:
The Big Sick
WINNER: Get Out
Lady Bird
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Writing—Adapted Screenplay:
The Disaster Artist
WINNER: Call Me By Your Name
Logan
Molly’s Game
Mudbound
Best Animated Feature:
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
WINNER: Coco
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent
Best Foreign Language Film:
WINNER: A Fantastic Woman
The Insult
Loveless
On Body and Soul
The Square
Best Documentary—Feature:
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Face Places
WINNER: Icarus
Last Men in Aleppo
Strong Island
Best Documentary—Short Subject:
Edith + Eddie
WINNER: Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Heroin(e)
Knife Skills
Traffic Stop
Best Live Action Short:
DeKalb Elementary
My Nephew Emmett
The Eleven O’Clock
WINNER: The Silent Child
Watu Wrote: All of Us
Best Animated Short:
WINNER: Dear Basketball
Garden Party
LOU
Negative Space
Revolting Rhymes Part One
Best Original Score:
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
WINNER: The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Original Song:
“This is Me”—The Greatest Showman
“Mighty River”—Mudbound
“The Mystery of Love”—Call Me by Your Name
WINNER: “Remember Me”—Coco
“Stand Up for Something”—Marshall
Best Sound Editing:
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
WINNER: Dunkirk
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Shape of Water
Best Sound Mixing:
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
WINNER: Dunkirk
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Shape of Water
Best Production Design:
Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
WINNER: The Shape of Water
Best Cinematography:
WINNER: Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Mudbound
The Shape of Water
Best Make-Up and Hairstyling:
WINNER: Darkest Hour
Victoria and Abdul
Wonder
Best Costume Design:
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
WINNER: Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Victoria & Abdul
Best Film Editing:
Baby Driver
WINNER: Dunkirk
I, Tonya
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Visual Effects:
WINNER: Blade Runner 2049
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Kong: Skull Island
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes
Preceded By:
The 89th Academy Award Nominations
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