--- title: Shape of Water Leads Nominations for 90th Academy Awards description: The nominees for the 90th Academy Awards included women and minority filmmakers amid a movement concerning sexual harassment in Hollywood. canonical: https://time.com/5112407/oscar-nominations-2018/ author: Jennifer Calfas article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-22T21:51:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T22:43:37.000Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Shape of Water Leads Nominations for 90th Academy Awards og:description: The nominees for the 90th Academy Awards included women and minority filmmakers amid a movement concerning sexual harassment in Hollywood. og:url: https://time.com/5112407/oscar-nominations-2018/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00a9b7805739419c/6988f92397cdffcc3c6b4089/jordan-peele.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Red Carpet og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Shape of Water Leads Nominations for 90th Academy Awards twitter:description: The nominees for the 90th Academy Awards included women and minority filmmakers amid a movement concerning sexual harassment in Hollywood. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00a9b7805739419c/6988f92397cdffcc3c6b4089/jordan-peele.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Get Out_, _Lady Bird_, _Shape of Water_ Lead 90th Academy Awards Nominations by [Jennifer Calfas](/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas Updated: Dec 12, 2023 10:43 PM CUTPublished: Jan 22, 2018 9:51 PM CUT  Actor Jordan Peele attends the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 21, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. 27522\_011 (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Turner Image) Actor Jordan Peele attends the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 21, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. 27522\_011 (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Turner Image)Emma McIntyre—Getty Images for Turner Image by [Jennifer Calfas](/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas Updated: Dec 12, 2023 10:43 PM CUTPublished: Jan 22, 2018 9:51 PM CUT The nominees for the 90th Academy Awards included women and minority filmmakers amid a growing movement against sexual harassment in the industry and reverberations of the #OscarsSoWhite controversy two years ago. Leading the nomination count was _The Shape of Water_, directed by Guillermo del Toro (who was also nominated), with 13 nods. Christopher Nolan’s World War II epic _Dunkirk_ came in second with eight nominations, followed by awards season favorite _Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri_. _Get Out_, produced and directed by Jordan Peele, and _Lady Bird_, directed by Greta Gerwig, scored nominations in the top categories, including Best Picture and Best Director. Peele and Gerwig are the fifth-ever black director and fifth-ever female director, respectively, to be nominated for Best Director. > [](https://twitter.com/JordanPeele/status/955801227995971585) _Get Out_ star Daniel Kaluuya was nominated for Best Actor and _Lady Bird_‘s Saoirse Ronan received a nomination for Best Actress. Another highlight includes Rachel Morrison, who became the first woman ever nominated for a cinematography Oscar for _Mudbound._ James Franco, who portrays the eccentric Tommy Wiseau in _The Disaster Artist_, [did not get](http://time.com/5114166/james-franco-oscar-nomination/ "undefined") a nomination for Best Actor. Franco, who won the Golden Globe for his role earlier this month, was [accused](http://time.com/5098569/james-franco-women-accuse/ "undefined") by five women of sexually inappropriate behavior, according to [a Los Angeles _Times_ report](http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-james-franco-allegations-20180111-htmlstory.html "undefined"). (Franco’s lawyer has previously denied any wrongdoing by the actor. Franco himself told Stephen Colbert that the allegations against him are[ “not accurate.”](http://time.com/5096701/james-franco-stephen-colbert-golden-globes/ "undefined")) Here are the nominees: ## **Best Picture** * _Call Me By Your Name_ * _Darkest Hour_ * _Dunkirk_ * _Get Out_ * _Lady Bird_ * _Phantom Thread_ * _The Post_ * _The Shape of Water_ * _Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri_ ## **Actor in a Leading Role** * Timothée Chalamet_,_ _Call Me By Your Name_ * Daniel Day-Lewis, _Phantom Thread_ * Daniel Kaluuya, _Get Out_ * Gary Oldman, _Darkest Hour_ * Denzel Washington_, Roman J. Israel, Esq._ ## **Actress in a Leading Role** * Sally Hawkins, _The Shape of Water_ * Frances McDormand, _Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri_ * Margot Robbie, _I, Tonya_ * Saoirse Ronan_, Lady Bird_ * Meryl Streep, _The Post_ ## **Actor in a Supporting Role** * Willem Dafoe, _The Florida Project_ * Woody Harrelson, _Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri_ * Richard Jenkins, _The Shape of Water_ * Christopher Plummer, _All the Money in the World_ * Sam Rockwell, _Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri_ ## **Actress in a Supporting Role** * Mary J. Blige, _Mudbound_ * Allison Janney, _I, Tonya_ * Lesley Manville, _Phantom Thread_ * Laurie Metcalf, _Lady Bird_ * Octavia Spencer, _The Shape of Water_ ## Directing * Christopher Nolan, _Dunkirk_ * Jordan Peele, _Get Out_ * Greta Gerwig, _Lady Bird_ * Paul Thomas Anderson_, Phantom Thread_ * Guillermo del Toro, _The Shape of Water_ ## **Animated Feature Film** * _The Boss Baby_ * _The Breadwinner_ * _Coco_ * _Ferdinand_ * _Loving Vincent_ ## Cinematography * _Blade Runner 2049_ (Roger Deakins) * _Darkest Hour_ (Bruno Delbonnel) * _Dunkirk_ (Hoyte van Hoytema) * _Mudbound_ (Rachel Morrison) * _The Shape of Water_ (Dan Laustsen) ## Costume Design * _Beauty and the Beast_ * _Darkest Hour_ * _Phantom Thread_ * _The Shape of Water_ * _Victoria & Abdul_ ## **Documentary (Feature)** * _Abacus: Small Enough to Jail_ * _Faces Places_ * _Icarus_ * _Last Men in Aleppo_ * _Strong Island_ ## **Documentary (Short)** * _Edith_ + _Eddie_ * _Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405_ * _Heroin(e)_ * _Knife Skills_ * _Traffic Stop_ ## Film Editing * _Baby Driver_ * _Dunkirk_ * _I, Tonya_ * _The Shape of Water_ * _Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri_ ## Foreign Language Film * _A Fantastic Woman_ * _An Insult_ * _Loveless_ * _On Body and Soul_ * _The Square_ ## Makeup and Hairstyling * _Darkest Hour_ * _Victoria & Abdul_ * _Wonder_ ## Music (Original Score) * _Dunkirk_ * _Phantom Thread_ * _The Shape of Water_ * _Star Wars: The Last Jedi_ * _Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri_ ## **Music (Original Song)** * “Mighty River” — _Mudbound_ * “Mystery of Love” — _Call Me By Your Name_ * “Remember Me” — _Coco_ * “Stand Up for Something” — _Marshall_ * “This is Me” — _The Greatest Showman_ ## Production Design * _Beauty and the Beast_ * _Blade Runner 2049_ * _Darkest Hour_ * _Dunkirk_ * _The Shape of Water_ ## Short Film (Animated) * _Dear Basketball_ * _Garden Party_ * _Lou_ * _Negative Space_ * _Revolting Rhymes_ ## Short Film (Live Action) * _DeKalb Elementary_ * _The Eleven O’Clock_ * _My Nephew Emmett_ * _The Silent Child_ * _Watu Wote / All of Us_ ## Sound Editing * _Baby Driver_ * _Blade Runner 2049_ * _Dunkirk_ * _The Shape of Water_ * _Star Wars: The Last Jedi_ ## Sound Mixing * _Baby Driver_ * _Blade Runner 2049_ * _Dunkirk_ * _The Shape of Water_ * _Star Wars: The Last Jedi_ ## Visual Effects * _Blade Runner 2049_ * _Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2_ * _Kong: Skull Island_ * _Star Wars: The Last Jedi_ * _War for the Planet of the Apes_ ## Writing (Adapted Screenplay) * _Call Me By Your Name_ * _The Disaster Artist_ * _Logan_ * _Molly’s Game_ * _Mudbound_ ## Writing (Original Screenplay) * _The Big Sick_ * _Get Out_ * _Lady Bird_ * _The Shape of Water_ * _Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri_ The Academy Awards are the biggest and most acclaimed night in Hollywood and bookend the awards season for film. Front-runners for Best Actress and Best Actor include[ Frances McDormand](http://time.com/5092758/frances-mcdormand-bleeped-golden-globes/ "undefined"), who won the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for her role in _Three Billboards_, and[ Gary Oldman](http://time.com/4936666/star-wars-actors-almost-cast-leonardo-dicaprio/item/gary-oldman/ "undefined"), who earned the same collection for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in _Darkest Hour_. The Oscars nominations and overall ceremony come amid a national reckoning concerning sexual harassment and assault in Hollywood and other industries around the country. At the Golden Globes, actors wore black and sported pins to support the[ Time’s Up initiative](http://time.com/5093541/black-dress-awards-season-next-steps/ "undefined") and[ #MeToo](http://motto.time.com/4988282/me-too-tarana-burke-interview/ "undefined"). It is unclear how the movement will manifest itself at the Oscars. What’s virtually certain, though, is that the Academy will ensure the correct winners are announced following the disastrous finale to last year’s awards, when _La La Land_ was incorrectly announced as Best Picture instead of _Moonlight_. “If you think we screwed up the ending \[last\] year, wait until you see what we have planned for the 90th anniversary show,” Kimmel said in a[ statement](http://www.oscars.org/news/90th-oscarsr-reunites-host-jimmy-kimmel-and-producers-michael-de-luca-and-jennifer-todd "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5112407/oscar-nominations-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5112407/oscar-nominations-2018/"},"headline":"Get Out, Lady Bird, Shape of Water Lead 90th Academy Awards Nominations","datePublished":"2018-01-22T21:51:58.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T22:43:37.000Z","description":"Shape of Water received 13 nominations","url":"https://time.com/5112407/oscar-nominations-2018/","keywords":["awards","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00a9b7805739419c/6988f92397cdffcc3c6b4089/jordan-peele.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jennifer Calfas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00a9b7805739419c/6988f92397cdffcc3c6b4089/jordan-peele.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Red Carpet","caption":"24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Red Carpet","creditText":"Emma McIntyre—Getty Images for Turner Image","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/awards/","name":"awards"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5112407/oscar-nominations-2018/","name":"Get Out, Lady Bird, Shape of Water Lead 90th Academy Awards Nominations"}}]}] ```