The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony, which honors the best films of 2019, will be held on 9th February. In this article we will present you all 9 Oscar Best Picture nominees this year one by one. For a couple of days you can expect Top List where we will write about nominees for Best Actor (in a leading and a supporting role) and Best Actress (in a leading and a supporting role). Tell us your favorites in comments!

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Writers: Quentin Tarantino

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie

Synopsis: In Los Angeles in 1969, aging TV star Rick Dalton and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth struggle to make their way around an industry and a city they hardly recognize anymore.

Oscar Nominations (10): Best Picture, Best Director (Quentin Tarantino), Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio), Best Supporting Actor (Brad Pitt), Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing.

Did You Know? Quentin Tarantino has won two Best Original Screenplay Oscars before (for “Pulp Fiction” and “Django Unchained”), but never a director Oscar.

Photo: Andrew Cooper/Columbia Pictures

The Irishman

Director: Martin Scorsese

Writers: Steven Zaillian (screenplay), Charles Brandt (book)

Stars: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci

Synopsis: As an old man, World War II vet Frank Sheeran reflects on his life as a hustler and mob hitman, working alongside many notorious figures, including Jimmy Hoffa, the subject of one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history.

Oscar Nominations (10): Best Picture, Best Director (Martin Scorsese), Best Supporting Actor (Al Pacino), Best Supporting Actor (Joe Pesci), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Visual Effects.

Did You Know? Martin Scorsese now has the most best director nominations out of any living director – nine.

Photo: Netflix









Parasite

Director: Bong Joon Ho

Writers: Bong Joon Ho, Jin Won Han

Stars: Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-jeong Jo

Synopsis: Greed, class discrimination and a mysterious interloper threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.

Oscar Nominations (6): Best Picture, Best Director (Bong Joon Ho), Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best International Feature Film.

Did You Know? “Parasite” would be the first South Korean film to win any kind of Oscar at all.

Photo: CJ Entertainment

1917

Director: Sam Mendes

Writers: Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns

Stars: Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Daniel Mays

Synopsis: During World War I, two British soldiers are sent on a dangerous mission to stop an attack by the British 7th Division that will result in a massacre by the Germans. Their assignment takes on extra urgency as one of the young soldiers’ brothers is fighting in that Division.

Oscar Nominations (10): Best Picture, Best Director (Sam Mendes), Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Original Score, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects.

Did You Know: Director Sam Mendes won Best Director for “American Beauty” in 2000.

Photo: Universal Pictures

Marriage Story

Director: Noah Baumbach

Writers: Noah Baumbach

Stars: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julia Greer

Synopsis: A young creative couple and their son navigate the tricky waters of bicoastal separation and impending divorce.

Oscar Nominations (6): Best Picture, Best Actor (Adam Driver), Best Actress (Scarlet Johansson), Best Supporting Actress (Laura Dern), Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score.

Photo: Netflix









Jojo Rabbit

Director: Taika Waititi

Writers: Taika Waititi, Christine Leunens

Stars: Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson

Synopsis: During World War II, a lonely German boy’s world is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.

Oscar Nominations (6): Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Scarlet Johansson), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design.

Did You Know? Taika Waititi is nominated twice for “Jojo Rabbit,” for Best Picture as a producer and for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Photo: Fox Searchlight

Joker

Director: Todd Phillips

Writers: Todd Phillips, Scott Silver, Bob Kane, Bill Finger, Jerry Robinson

Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz

Synopsis: In Gotham’s fractured society, a young man longs to be a stand-up comic, but finds the joke is always on him. Caught in a cycle of apathy, cruelty and ultimately, betrayal, the comedian makes one bad decision after another, bringing about a chain reaction of escalating events.

Oscar Nominations (11): Best Picture, Best Director (Todd Phillips), Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing.

Did You Know? “Joker” has the most nominations out of any film this year, with 11.

Photo: Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros









Little Women

Director: Greta Gerwig

Writers: Greta Gerwig, Louisa May Alcott (based on the novel by)

Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh

Synopsis: In the late 1860s, burgeoning author Jo March looks back on her and her three sisters’ Massachusetts childhoods and the events and relationships that helped shape them as adults.

Oscar Nominations (6): Best Picture, Best Actress (Saoirse Ronan), Best Supporting Actress (Florence Pugh), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Costume Design.

Did You Know? Director Greta Gerwig is one of only five women ever nominated for Best Director (for “Lady Bird”), but missed out on a nomination here.

Photo: Sony Pictures

Ford v Ferrari

Director: James Mangold

Writers: Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, Jason Keller

Stars: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal

Synopsis: Visionary auto designer Carroll Shelby and race car driver Ken Miles team up to build a high-performance race car for the Ford Motor Company, hoping to defy the odds and defeat the dominant Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans.

Oscar Nominations (4): Best Picture, Best Editing, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing.

Did You Know? Director James Mangold was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for “Logan.”