It wouldn’t be the Academy Award nominations with no few shockers combined in, and this 12 months was no exception. Whereas some large names like Margot Robbie and Leonardo DiCaprio missed out on performing nominations, there have been additionally some surprising inclusions alongside the best way.

Right here, Selection breaks down the most important snubs and surprises of the 2024 Oscar nominations.

SNUB: Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig, “Barbie”
The powerhouse duo chargeable for the most important film of the 12 months discovered love in different classes – Robbie is included within the movie’s greatest image nomination as a producer and Gerwig noticed her screenplay acknowledged. However Robbie in the end missed on the aggressive greatest actress lineup whereas Gerwig was shut out of director.

SURPRISE: America Ferrera, “Barbie”
Although it’s main girl and director didn’t land nominations, Ferrera was capable of rating a supporting actress nod for her position within the megahit, regardless of lacking out at SAG Awards and Golden Globes.

SNUB: Leonardo DiCaprio, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
The Oscar winner appeared like a certain factor for the reason that premiere of “Killers” at Cannes final Could. However after lacking out on a SAG nomination, there have been fears he would fail to indicate up on one of the best actor listing for his acclaimed flip as Ernest Burkhart. Maybe some voters had been turned off by how unsympathetic his character got here off, or he was only a sufferer of a wildly aggressive class.

SNUB: The Actors of “Could December”
Coming into the season, the trio of performances on the middle of Todd Haynes’ newest movie regarded promising. Each lead Natalie Portman and supporting actress Julianne Moore had been earlier Oscar winners and supporting actor Charles Melton was thought-about a serious breakthrough. In actual fact, Melton took house the Gotham Award over some stiff competitors early on. Golden Globe, Spirit and Critics’ Selection noms adopted – however then the forged was disregarded at SAG. Sadly, that foretold the Oscar nominations, by which all three actors had been shut out.

SURPRISE: Sandra Hüller, “Anatomy of a Fall”
Whereas Hüller has been buzzed about all season and plenty of anticipated her to make the reduce into greatest actress, the actor didn’t register on the SAG Awards. However there’s clearly robust love for her film, and she or he discovered herself nominated for greatest actress on the Oscars.

SURPRISE: Justine Triet “Anatomy of a Fall”
Amongst a assassin’s row of adventuresome and deserving filmmakers whose work was widely known throughout the entire Academy’s classes, Justine Triet however manages to be the large shock on this class, even when her work is greater than equal to that of her rivals. Triet creates an intense and provocative actuality on display as a celebrated author makes an attempt to clear her identify for the homicide of her father. It’s mesmerizing viewing, and may make for an equally mesmerizing race to this 12 months’s Greatest Director Oscar.

SNUB: Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
With 10 nominations, Martin Scorsese’s Osgae Nation homicide thriller was well-represented this 12 months, no pun meant. However the screenwriting duo of Scorsese and seven-time nominee Eric Roth went unrecognized for his or her transformation of what on the web page was largely a police procedural right into a multidimensional portrait of an indigenous group as its navigates the decimation of its folks.

SURPRISE: Greatest Enhancing, “The Holdovers”
The opposite nominees within the modifying class are all something however a shock, given both the established pedigree of the artisans chargeable for them, or within the case of “Anatomy of a Fall,” the integral position that modifying performs in navigating the complexities of a narrative whose sense of goal reality is consistently being re-evaluated. Kevin Tent’s work on “The Holdovers,” by comparability, is decidedly extra understated, however maybe it’s exactly its authenticity in recreating the sensibility, pacing and elegance of an precise 1970-set movie (when it’s set) that earned it recognition right here.

SNUB: “All of Us Strangers”
There was robust sentiment for this delicate story of a grown man who encounters his mother and father on the younger age he final noticed them, significantly for Andrew Haigh’s tailored screenplay and Andrew Scott’s stunning lead efficiency. However the movie was utterly shut out of nominations.

SNUB: Willem Dafoe, “Poor Issues”
The beloved actor, a four-time Oscar nominee, was anticipated to attain a nod for his tender flip as Emma Stone’s fatherly creator in “Poor Issues,” significantly after touchdown a SAG Award nomination over co-star Mark Ruffalo. However ultimately, it was Ruffalo who snagged a supporting actor nomination.

SURPRISE: Becky G’s “The Hearth Inside” (from “Flamin’ Scorching”)
However the resuscitation of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s ineligible “Homicide on the Dancefloor” from Emerald Fennell’s altogether ignored “Saltburn,” no movie-related tune has occupied the pop house in 2023 greater than Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night time.” That proved irrelevant — or possibly the Movement Image Academy figured they’d given “Barbie” sufficient on this class — which meant Diane Warren’s “The Hearth Inside,” carried out by Becky G, earned her a fifteenth nomination. Will this mark her first win of a aggressive Oscar, after receiving an honorary award in 2022? We’ll see.

SNUB: Greatest Documentary, “American Symphony”
Written, shot and directed by earlier Oscar nominee Matthew Heineman, “American Symphony” loved a seemingly unstoppable surge earlier in awards season as his movie following a 12 months within the lifetime of musician Jon Batiste circulated amongst top-tier festivals all over the world. Although Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp’s “Bobi Wine: The Individuals’s President” is eminently deserving of a nomination for its portrait of the afrobeat musician’s transition into politics, the truth that it was acknowledged whereas Heineman wasn’t is, effectively, surprising.

SNUB: Rosamund Pike and Emerald Fennell, “Saltburn”
Although some may say Emerald Fennell’s depraved story of an outsider who insinuates himself right into a rich household was at all times an extended shot, the film additionally had it’s followers. It additionally had a powerful displaying on the BAFTA Awards final week, giving extra hope that there may be nods for supporting actress Rosamund Pike or Fennell’s authentic screenplay. However ultimately, the movie didn’t register with Oscar voters.

SNUB: Pedro Almodovar, “Unusual Approach of Life”
Pedro Almodovar has 9 profession nominations for his vivid, masterful physique of labor — together with final 12 months for “Parallel Moms.” “Unusual Approach of Life” marks his second undertaking directed in English, centered on a reunion of gunslingers after 25 years. Maybe Wes Anderson’s “The Fantastic Story of Henry Sugar,” the anchor of his sequence of Roald Dahl shorts, took the spot meant for the Oscar stalwart.

SURPRISE: John Williams for Greatest Rating, “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Future”
Maybe it was a foregone conclusion given John Williams’ announcement that he’d be retiring from composing, however his return to the “Indiana Jones” franchise in any other case marks an enormous shock in a 12 months with quite a lot of distinctive and highly effective movie music. It’s not like he’s by no means been acknowledged earlier than: the nod is his 54th profession nominations, and would mark his sixth win.

SNUB: Daniel Pemberton for Greatest Rating, “Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse”
Given Williams’ recognition on this class — however his place within the trade — the truth that “The Dial of Future” obtained nominated at the very least signifies that the Academy was taking style movies severe in 2023. So why not Daniel Pemberton’s groundbreaking work in “Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse”? Not solely did he work hand in hand with musician and producer Metro Boomin to create a fully-integrated hip-hop and r&b-themed soundtrack, however nimbly constructed a sonic backdrop for the movie that completely encapsulates its reality-bending storyline.

SURPRISE: Animated Movie, “Robotic Desires” and “Nimona”
Slightly than nominate extra high-profile animated options like Disney’s “Want” or Netflix’s “Leo,” voters as an alternative opted for the sci-fi comedy of “Nimona” (additionally from Netflix) and the Spanish-French “Robotic Desires.” Maybe not a shocker to these within the know – each movies are up for Annie Awards – they’re welcome inclusions in a powerful 12 months for animation.

SURPRISE: Greatest Cinematography, “El Conde”
Some distinguished titles missed out on a cinematography nomination, together with “Barbie” – although Rodrigo Prieto remains to be acknowledged within the class for “Killers of the Flower Moon.” However the nice Edward Lachman landed his third nomination within the class for Pablo Larraín’s intelligent satire a couple of vampire wanting to die.