Awards Tracker

Timothée Chalamet has starred in seven Best Picture nominees across the past 10 Academy Awards ceremonies.

Noah Baumbach’s last Oscar nomination was not for a film he directed, but for co-writing Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.”

“Hamnet” could join “Hamlet,” “West Side Story” and “Shakespeare in Love” as the fourth Shakespeare-related story to win Best Picture.

No film starring a title character of the Universal Monster movies has ever been nominated for Best Picture.

“Bugonia” would be Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone’s third collaboration (following “The Favourite” and “Poor Things”) to get a Best Picture nomination.

Zach Cregger could follow in Jordan Peele’s footsteps as a sketch comedy star who directed one of the few horror movies to be nominated for Best Picture.

Both of Rian Johnson’s prior “Knives Out” movies were nominated for screenplay awards. Neither got a Best Picture nod.

Biopics about musicians have been nominated for Best Picture at the last three Academy Awards ceremonies. At least one biographical film has been in every Best Picture lineup since 2008 — before the Academy expanded from five nominees.

Eva Victor could join a short list of filmmakers whose debut features were nominated for Best Picture.

Hugh Jackman has not starred in a Best Picture nominee since 2012’s “Les Misérables.”

Last year, “I’m Still Here” became the first Brazilian film and the first Portuguese-speaking film nominated for Best Picture. “The Secret Agent” would be the second.

It’s been more than 60 years since Stanley Kramer’s “Judgment at Nuremberg” was nominated for 11 Oscars

“Nouvelle Vague” is one of two films directed by Richard Linklater in contention for Best Picture this year.

Like Jafar Panahi, Park Chan-wook has never had a film nominated for an Oscar across his acclaimed career.

Despite an acclaimed career, Jafar Panahi has never had a film nominated for an Oscar.

After “Maestro,” Bradley Cooper joined a rare class of filmmakers, including Orson Welles, James L. Brooks and Frank Darabont, whose first two features were nominated for Best Picture.

“A House of Dynamite” would be Kathryn Bigelow’s first Best Picture nomination in more than a decade.

No adaptation of a Henrik Ibsen play has been nominated for Best Picture.

Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke waited years to develop “Blue Moon” until Hawke had appropriately aged into the role.

“Avatar” could join “The Godfather” and “The Lord of the Rings” series as the only franchises with three consecutive Best Picture nominations.

“Frankenstein” would mark only Guillermo del Toro’s second nomination for Best Director. See our article on Frankenstein for more.

Despite winning Best Director at Critics’ Choice and the National Board of Review, Jon M. Chu missed the nomination at the Oscars for “Wicked.”

This would be Clint Bentley’s second year in a row as a nominee — though last year, he was nominated as a screenwriter for “Sing Sing,” which he did not direct.

Richard Linklater helmed two films released in 2025, both of which find themselves on the list of Best Director contenders.

Park Chan-wook has never received an Oscar nomination, nor have any of his films.

Jafar Panahi would be the first Iranian director to be nominated in this category.

Kathryn Bigelow holds the distinction of being the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Director. Only two more have followed.

Yorgos Lanthimos has been nominated for five Oscars (two Best Picture, two Best Director, one Best Original Screenplay).

Richard Linklater directs frequent collaborator Ethan Hawke for a ninth time in “Blue Moon.”

After winning Best Director for “Titanic,” James Cameron was again nominated for the prize for “Avatar.” Though “The Way of Water” was nominated for Best Picture, Cameron did not get a third Director nod.

Ethan Hawke could join the five-timers club of Oscar nominees. Two of his prior nominations were for acting, while two were for screenwriting. Three of these four nominations were for Richard Linklater collaborations.

Daniel Craig has been nominated for playing Benoit Blanc twice at the Golden Globes.

The past four Academy Awards ceremonies have featured Best Actor nominees who portrayed real musicians.

The last year the Best Actor race didn’t involve an actor portraying a real person was 2007.

This would mark Hugh Jackman’s second Best Actor nomination — both for musical performances.

To date, Rami Malek’s only nomination is for his Oscar-winning role in “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Lee Byung-hun would be the second South Korean actor nominated in this category — and the third South Korean performer nominated for acting overall.

After George Clooney got four acting nominations (one win) across seven seasons, “Jay Kelly” would mark his first acting nod since 2012.

“Frankenstein” would mark Oscar Isaac’s first Academy Awards nomination.

Jesse Plemons has appeared in seven Best Picture nominees, but he was only nominated for “The Power of the Dog.”

Daniel Day-Lewis got his last Best Actor nod for his “retirement film,” “Phantom Thread.”

Emma Stone and Sean Penn both have the opportunity to become the first actors to win three performance Oscars this century.

Cynthia Erivo could join a short list of actors to be nominated twice for playing the same character.

Kate Hudson has not been nominated for an Oscar in the 25 years since her turn in “Almost Famous.”

Tessa Thompson would follow Glenda Jackson as the second woman to score a Best Actress nomination for playing Hedda Gabler.

This would mark Jennifer Lawrence’s first nomination since being recognized four times between 2010 and 2015.

The Best Actress category has not gone without a biographical performance since 2010.

Julia Roberts could become a five-time acting nominee more than a decade after her last nomination.

Jacob Elordi could become the first actor to be nominated for playing the iconic role of Frankenstein’s Creature — a part taken on by the likes of Christopher Lee and Robert De Niro.

Jonathan Bailey missed the Supporting Actor nomination for “Wicked” last year.

Josh O’Connor could become the first actor to get a nomination for appearing in a “Knives Out” movie.

Jeremy Strong has already been nominated for one Oscar and three Emmys this decade.

Delroy Lindo once again finds himself in the awards race following a notable omission from the Best Actor lineup in 2021 for “Da 5 Bloods.”

Miles Caton would be the 10th youngest Best Supporting Actor nominee ever.

Billy Crudup is one of the contenders with the shortest screen time in this year’s race with a performance only spanning a few scenes.

Andrew Scott was nominated at last year’s SAG, Golden Globes and Critics Choice ceremonies — on the TV side for “Ripley.”

Teyana Taylor could join a short list of musicians who win acting awards at the Oscars — a feat that could also be accomplished by Ariana Grande.

Emily Blunt could secure her second nomination this decade following her turn in “Oppenheimer.”

Hailee Steinfeld was last nominated for an Oscar for “True Grit” when she was only 14 years old.

Jayme Lawson is part of the robust supporting cast that makes “Sinners” a strong contender for the inaugural Best Casting category at the Oscars.

“One Battle After Another” could become the first film to receive six acting nominations in a single year.

Gwyneth Paltrow hasn’t been nominated for an Oscar since she won in 1999 for “Shakespeare in Love” — a film with a few narrative connections to this year’s “Hamnet.”

Odessa A’Zion also stars in “I Love LA,” which will release its final episode just days before “Marty Supreme” hits theaters.

Jennifer Lopez received numerous nominations for her role in “Hustlers,” including SAG, Golden Glboes and Critics Choice. She was not nominated for an Oscar.

This would mark Rebecca Ferguson’s first Oscar nomination, though she has starred in two Best Picture nominees: “Dune” and “Dune: Part Two.”

Nina Hoss recently received acclaim for her supporting role in “Tár,” though it didn’t materialize in an Oscar nomination.

Ayo Edebiri’s Oscar nomination would come hot on the heels of her nods at the 2025 Emmys for acting in and directing “The Bear.”

“Jay Kelly” would mark Noah Baumbach’s fourth screenwriting nomination at the Oscars, and Emily Mortimer’s first Oscar nomination in general.

“The Secret Agent” would become the first Brazilian film nominated for Best Original Screenplay, and Kleber Mendonça Filho the first Brazilian screenwriter.

Asghar Farhadi (“A Separation”) is the only Iranian screenwriter with an Original Screenplay nomination.

Bradley Cooper has 12 Oscar nominations and 0 wins.

This would mark the first Oscar nomination for former NBC News President Noah Oppenheim.

While “Blue Moon” is based on real people, it is a fictional imagining of a night in songwriter Lorenz Hart’s life.

“Bugonia” is only the second film written Will Tracy, former editor-in-chief of “The Onion.”

“Wicked” got 10 nominations at last year’s Oscars, but Best Adapted Screenplay was not one of them.

Rian Johnson could become the first screenwriter to receive Oscar nominations for writing three consecutive films in a series.

Scott Cooper received a WGA nomination for the screenplay for “Crazy Heart,” but not an Academy Awards nomination.

“Song Sung Blue” directly adapts Greg Kohs’s 2008 documentary of the same name.

This would be James Vanderbilt’s first Oscar nomination, though he did receive a WGA nod for the film “Zodiac.”

Nia DaCosta draws from the oldest work this season, adapting Henrik Ibsen’s 1891 play “Hedda Gabler.”

Neither “Avatar” film has been nominated for its screenplay, despite both being Best Picture nominees.