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(Photo by Matt Sayles/A.M.P.A.S via Getty Images)Handout—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jan 22, 2019 2:10 PM UTC The nominees for the [91st Academy Awards](http://time.com/5472657/oscars-host-2019/) are here. _The Favourite_, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, and _Roma_, directed by Alfonso Cuarón, lead the nominees with 10 nods each, closely followed by _Vice_ and _A Star Is Born_, with eight nominations apiece. The milestone superhero movie _Black Panther_ nabbed seven nods. Spike Lee earned his first nomination for Best Director for [_BlacKkKlansman_](http://time.com/longform/blackkklansman-spike-lee/), which also earned five other nods, including for Best Picture. He becomes the sixth black filmmaker to earn a nomination for directing, following Jordan Peele, who was the fifth-ever black director nominated in 2018 for _Get Out_. Here is a full list of the nominees. ## Best Picture _Black Panther_ _BlacKkKlansman_ _Bohemian Rhapsody_ _The Favourite_ _Green Book_ _Roma_ _A Star Is Born_ _Vice_ ## Actress in a Leading Role Yalitza Aparicio, _Roma_ Glenn Close, _The Wife_ Olivia Colman, _The Favourite_ Lady Gaga, _A Star Is Born_ Melissa McCarthy, _Can You Ever Forgive Me?_ ## 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 Mortenesen, _Green Book_ ## Actress in a Supporting Role Amy Adams, _Vice_ Marina De Tavira, _Roma_ Regina King, _If Beale Street Could Talk_ Emma Stone, _The Favourite_ Rachel Weisz, _The Favourite_ ## Actor in a Supporting Role Mahershala Ali, _Green Book_ Adam Driver, _BlacKkKlansman_ Sam Elliott, _A Star Is Born_ Richard E. Grant, _Can You Ever Forgive Me?_ Sam Rockwell, _Vice_ ## Directing Spike Lee, _BlacKkKlansman_ [Pawel Pawlikowski](http://time.com/5273921/cannes-review-cold-war-pawlikowski/), _Cold War_ Yorgos Lanthimos, _The Favourite_ Alfonso Cuarón, [_Roma_](http://time.com/5378254/venice-review-alfonso-cuaron-roma/) Adam McKay, _Vice_ ## Animated Feature Film _Incredibles 2_ _Isle of Dogs_ _Mirai_ _Ralph Breaks the Internet_ _Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse_ ## Cinematography _Cold War_ _The Favourite_ _Never Look Away_ _Roma_ _A Star Is Born_ ## Costume Design _The Ballad of Buster Scruggs_ _Black Panther_ _The Favourite_ _Mary Poppins Returns_ _Mary Queen of Scots_ ## Documentary (Feature) _Free Solo_ _Hail County This Morning, This Evening_ _Minding the Gap_ _Of Fathers and Sons_ _RBG_ ## Documentary (Short) _Black Sheep_ _End Game_ _Lifeboat_ _A Night at the Garden_ _Period. End of Sentence._ ## Film Editing _BlacKkKlansman_ _Bohemian Rhapsody_ _The Favourite_ _Green Book_ _Vice_ ## Foreign Language Film _Capernaum_ _Cold War_ _Never Look Away_ _Roma_ _Shoplifters_ ## Makeup and Hairstyling _Border_ _Mary Queen of Scots_ _Vice_ ## Music (Original Score) _Black Panther_ _BlacKkKlansman_ _If Beale Street Could Talk_ _Isle of Dogs_ _Mary Poppins Returns_ ## Music (Original Song) “All the Stars” — _Black Panther_ “I’ll Fight” — _RBG_ “The Place Where Lost Things Go” — _Mary Poppins Returns_ “Shallow” — _A Star Is Born_ “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” — _The Ballad of Buster Scruggs_ ## Production Design _Black Panther_ _The Favourite_ _First Man_ _Mary Poppins Returns_ _Roma_ ## Short Film (Animated) _Animal Behavior_ _Bao_ _Late Afternoon_ _One Small Step_ _Weekends_ ## Short Film (Live Action) _Detainment_ _Fauve_ _Marguerite_ _Mother_ _Skin_ ## Sound Editing _Black Panther_ _Bohemian Rhapsody_ _First Man_ _A Quiet Place_ _Roma_ ## Sound Mixing _Black Panther_ _Bohemian Rhapsody_ _First Man_ _Roma_ _A Star Is Born_ ## Visual Effects _Avengers: Infinity War_ _Christopher Robin_ _First Man_ _Ready Player One_ _Solo: A Star Wars Story_ ## Writing (Adapted Screenplay) _The Ballad of Buster Scruggs_ _BlacKkKlansman_ _Can You Ever Forgive Me?_ _If Beale Street Could Talk_ _A Star Is Born_ ## Writing (Original Screenplay) _The Favourite_ _First Reformed_ _Green Book_ _Roma_ _Vice_ Here Are the 91st Academy Award Nominations ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5506988/91st-academy-award-nominations/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5506988/91st-academy-award-nominations/"},"headline":"Here Are the 91st Academy Award Nominations","datePublished":"2019-01-22T14:10:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T22:32:45.996Z","description":"The 91st Academy Award nominations are here. 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