The list of the 91st Academy Awards nominees was finally disclosed on Tuesday. Just like the Golden Globe Awards nominations had some surprises for the audiences, same was for the Academy Awards nomination list. However, the best part was that among the nominees, only one film was able to make history. Well, Black Panther, the first superhero film got nominated for Best Picture. In 2009, when the Dark Knight didn’t get nominated for Best Picture, it was considered to be the ceremony’s biggest disdain. Hence, it’s apt that a year later, a superhero movie getting its due. ‘The Dark Knight’ also got nominated for other categories like Sound Editing, Costume Design, and Sound Mixing.

A Netflix film like ‘Roma’ that takes a look back at director Alfonso Cuaron’s youth in Mexico had a tie with a period drama ‘The Favorite’ as both of them bagged 10 nominations each.

The Marvel mega-hit was joined by other films like BlacKkKlansman, The Favorite, Bohemian Rhapsody, Green Book, and Vice. Just like the Golden Globes, The Favorite, Vice, Bohemian Rhapsody, and Green Book received a good number of nominations.

Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz earned nominations for Actress in a Supporting Role for their commendable work in the movie The Favorite. Also, Olivia Colman earned a nomination for Actress in a Leading Role for her work in the film. Observers are also having a keen interest to see who wins the race of best actress. The race is between Glenn Close for her role in ‘The Wife’ and Lady Gaga for her role in ‘A Star is Born’.

Here is a short list of the nominations:

Best Picture:

Black Panther

BlacKkKlansman

Bohemian Rhapsody

The Favourite

Green Book

Roma

A Star Is Born

Vice

Actor in a Leading Role:

Christian Bale — Vice

Bradley Cooper — A Star Is Born

Willem Dafoe — At Eternity’s Gate

Rami Malek — Bohemian Rhapsody

Viggo Mortensen — Green Book

Actress in a Leading Role:

Yalitza Aparicio — Rom

Glenn Close — The Wife

Olivia Colman — The Favourite

Lady Gaga — A Star Is Born

Melissa McCarthy — Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Foreign Language Film

Capernaum

Cold War

Never Look Away

Roma

Shoplifters

The list of nomination is just endless. There are also nominations for Director, Animated Feature Film, Aniamated Short Film, Writing Screenplay, etc. It can be said that this year’s Oscar ceremony is becoming unpredictable.