It’s Moira Rose’s favourite season (awards, obviously), and the moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived: the 2024 Oscar nominations are here. Following this summer’s Barbenheimer craze, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is leading the pack with 13 overall nominations (more on that below), while Poor Things (11 nods), Killers of the Flower Moon (10) and Barbie (8) trail closely behind.

As usual, there are a few surprises (America Ferrera for Barbie!) and snubs (no acting nominations for Margot Robbie, Greta Lee or Leonardo DiCaprio!), as well as a few notable new records. According to Variety, this year marks the first time in history that three women-directed films have been nominated for Best Picture (Barbie, Justine Triet’s French courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall and Celine Song’s Past Lives); at least two women-directed films have been represented in the category during the same year only four times previously, the outlet reports. Variety adds that Golden Globe winner Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) has become the first Native American actress to earn a nod in Best Actress in a Leading Role, while Colman Domingo (Rustin) and Jodie Foster (Nyad) have become the first two openly LGBTQ+ actors to receive acting nods for portraying LGBTQ+ characters.

The 2024 Oscars will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel (his fourth time) and are taking place on Sunday, March 10 at 7 p.m. EST. Before then, you probably have a lot of catching up to do. Read on to discover more about this year’s Oscar nominated films and where you can watch them in Canada.

Barbie
Number of nominations: 8
Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie’s trendsetting film of the year is notably missing from a couple of big categories (Actress in a Leading Role and Directing), but turned up big elsewhere, including Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Actress in a Supporting Role (for America Ferrera) Actor in a Supporting Role (for Canadian Ryan Gosling) and Original Song (for both “I’m Just Ken” and Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?”).

Where to watch: Crave

Oppenheimer
Number of nominations: 13
Christopher Nolan’s epic biopic about “father of the atomic bomb” J. Robert Oppenheimer continues on its path of acclaim and accolades, earning nominations in major categories like Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Directing, Actor in a Leading Role (for Cillian Murphy), Actor in a Supporting Role (for Robert Downey Jr.) and Actress in a Supporting Role (for Emily Blunt).

Where to watch: Rent it on YouTube, Apple, etc.

Killers of the Flower Moon
Number of nominations: 10
Film lovers expected to be seeing this sweeping based-on-true-events drama—about a series of murders of Osage Nation members in 1920s Oklahoma—at the Oscars as soon as it was announced. And, of course, they were right. The film is nominated in categories like Best Picture, Actor in a Supporting Role (for Robert De Niro) and Actress in Leading Role (for Lily Gladstone). Filmmaker Martin Scorsese also earned his 10th (!) Best Director nod, which makes him the most nominated living director ever, according to The New York Times’ Kyle Buchanan.

Where to watch: Apple TV+

The Holdovers
Number of nominations: 5
One of this winter’s breakout films, The Holdovers won over viewers with its heartwarming story about a curmudgeonly prep school teacher who stays on campus over the holidays to chaperone the few students with nowhere else to go. It earned nominations in Original Screenplay, Actress in a Supporting Role (for Da’Vine Joy Randolph), Actor in a Leading Role (for Paul Giamatti) and Best Picture.

Where to watch: Prime Video (Starting Feb 24)

Poor Things
Number of nominations: 11
This Emma Stone-led comedy—a Frankenstein-esque tale about a young woman who has been brought back from dead and goes on a journey of sexual and self-exploration—earned big nods in Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Directing (for Yorgos Lanthimos), Actor in a Supporting Role (for Mark Ruffalo) and, of course, Actress in a Leading Role for Stone herself.

Where to watch: Only in theatres

American Fiction
Number of nominations: 5
The winner of the People’s Choice Award at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, American Fiction follows a Black writer who writes a stereotypical book to prove his frustrations about the industry, only for it to find success. The dramedy is nominated in categories like Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Actor in a Supporting Role (for Sterling K. Brown) and Actor in a Leading Role (for Jeffrey Wright).

Where to watch: Only in theatres

Nyad
Number of nominations: 2
Inspired by the story of Diana Nyad—who claimed to be the first person ever to swim from Cuba to Florida when she was 64 years old—this sports biopic earned nominations for its two stars, Annette Bening (Leading Actress) and Jodie Foster (Supporting Actress).

Where to watch: Netflix

The Zone of Interest
Number of nominations: 5
This harrowing film—which follows the family life of the Nazi commandant overseeing the Auschwitz concentration camp—appears in a number of categories, including International Feature, Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay and Directing (for Jonathan Glazer).

Where to watch: Only in theatres

Anatomy of a Fall
Number of nominations: 5
This French legal thriller—about a woman who is accused of murdering her husband—was a major favourite among Academy voters, earning nods for Original Screenplay, Directing (for Justine Triet), Actress in a Leading Role (for Sandra Hüller) and Best Picture.

Where to watch: Rent it on Apple, YouTube, etc.

Maestro
Number of nominations: 7
Bradley Cooper’s second directorial effort—a drama about famed conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein and his relationship with his wife, actress Felicia Montealegre Bernstein—missed the Directing category, but it did earn nods in categories like Best Picture, Original Screenplay, Actress in a Leading Role (for Carey Mulligan) and Actor in a Leading Role (for Cooper).

Where to watch: Netflix

Past Lives
Number of nominations: 2
I would argue that Past Lives—a stunning romantic drama that tracks the ever-changing relationship between two childhood friends—should have received significantly more nominations than it did, but I’m happy to see it recognized in Original Screenplay (for filmmaker Celine Song) and Best Picture at the very least.

Where to watch: Rent it on Apple, YouTube, etc.

Other Oscar-Nominated Films Include:
Rustin (Actor in a Leading Role for Colman Domingo, available on Netflix)
The Color Purple (Actress in a Supporting Role for Danielle Brooks, available on Crave Feb 16)
The Boy and the Heron (Animated Feature Film, available only in theatres)
Elemental (Animated Feature Film, available on Disney+)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Animated Feature Film, available on Crave)
Society of the Snow (International Feature, available on Netflix)

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