--- description: From 'Oppenheimer' and 'Poor Things' leading the nominations to snubs for Charles Melton and Greta Gerwig title: The Biggest Snubs and Surprises of the 2024 Oscar Nominations image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb0122b929b2a7f4/698a4415b3fce3502a0cb345/oscar-nominations-2024-snubs-surprises-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Biggest Snubs and Surprises of the 2024 Oscar Nominations  by [Laura Zornosa](/author/laura-zornosa/)  ## Laura Zornosa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Laura Zornosa is a reporter at TIME. Jan 23, 2024 4:24 PM CUT  The 2024 Oscar nominations were announced on Jan. 23, with Oppenheimer, Poor Things, and Killers of the Flower Moon leading with the most nods. The 2024 Oscar nominations were announced on Jan. 23, with Oppenheimer, Poor Things, and Killers of the Flower Moon leading with the most nods.  by [Laura Zornosa](/author/laura-zornosa/)  ## Laura Zornosa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Laura Zornosa is a reporter at TIME. Jan 23, 2024 4:24 PM CUT The 2024 Oscar nominations were announced Tuesday morning and [_Oppenheimer_](https://time.com/6295742/oppenheimer-review/ "undefined") led the day with 13 nods, including for Best Picture, Best Actor (Cillian Murphy), Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.), and Best Supporting Actress (Emily Blunt). _Poor Things_ and _Killers of the Flower Moon_ followed close behind, with 11 and 10 nominations, respectively. The U.S. declared the end of the Covid public health emergency in May (though the virus[ isn't going anywhere](https://time.com/6554340/covid-19-surge-2024/ "undefined")) and movie theaters have been reopened for a couple of years now. But the[ Barbenheimer](https://time.com/6297101/barbie-oppenheimer-box-office-hollywood/ "undefined") phenomenon this summer seemed to suggest a continued hunger for the in-person big screen experience, with _Barbie_ raking in $1.45 billion at the box office and _Oppenheimer_ earning $954 million. And now that a large swath of the public has seen two of the Best Picture nominees—_Barbie_ and _Oppenheimer_—perhaps more people will tune in to the ceremony itself. The [highest-rated Oscars](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/feature/titanic-oscars-oral-history-1235343150/ "undefined"), after all, were in 1998, when _Titanic_, seen by so many, won Best Picture. We could be in for a historical repeat: The last time the highest-grossing film of the year won Best Picture was 20 years ago, with _The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King_. Now popularity has aligned with critical acclaim again—_Barbie_ was the top grossing movie of 2023. _Barbie’s_ director, Greta Gerwig, became one of three women directors with movies nominated for Best Picture, alongside Justine Triet for _Anatomy of a Fall_ and Celine Song for _Past Lives_—the first time that has ever happened. Lily Gladstone also made history, becoming the first Native American to be nominated for Best Actress for her work on _Killers of the Flower Moon_. [According to _Variety_](https://variety.com/2024/film/awards/best-picture-women-directors-oscars-history-1235880035/ "undefined"), Song became the first Asian woman nominated for Best Original Screenplay, and this year marks the first time that two openly queer actors have been nominated for playing queer characters: Jodie Foster in _NYAD_ and Colman Domingo in _Rustin_. This year’s award show will take place on March 10, once again hosted by comedian Jimmy Kimmel. Here are the main takeaways from the nominations.  Robbie, Ana Cruz Kayne, Gerwig, and Nef on the set of Barbie. Jaap Buitendijk ## **Snub: Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie** Greta Gerwig’s name may be abuzz—she also, it seems, became the first woman to direct three consecutive Best Picture nominees: _Barbie_, _Little Women_ in 2019, and _Ladybird_ in 2017—but she was passed over for a Best Director nomination for _Barbie_. And Margot Robbie, the film's effervescent lead, was passed over in the Best Actress category. (She did, however, garner a Best Picture nom as a producer on _Barbie_.) _Barbie_ wasn't entirely shut out of the acting categories: America Ferrera, _Barbie_'s human heart, was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, her first Oscar nomination after a storied career, and Ryan Gosling got a nod for Best Supporting Actor for playing Ken.  Danielle Brooks in The Color Purple. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. ## **Surprise: Danielle Brooks** Danielle Brooks became a first-time Oscar nominee, for her role as Sofia in [_The Color Purple_](https://time.com/6549904/the-color-purple-movie-review/ "undefined"), the musical period drama based on the 2005 Broadway show, which in turn was based on Alice Walker’s 1982 novel by the same name. Brooks was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category, along with Ferrera, Da'Vine Joy Randolph (_The Holdovers_) and Emily Blunt (_Oppenheimer_)—all of whom are also first-time nominees.  Jussi Vatanen and Alma Pöysti in Fallen Leaves Courtesy of Mubi ## **Snub:** **_Fallen Leaves_** Best International Feature Film is tricky: It’s one of 10 categories with a [shortlist](https://press.oscars.org/news/96th-oscarsr-shortlists-10-award-categories-announced "undefined"), announced a month or so before the pared-down nominations themselves—which means the snubs are often glaringly obvious. This year, a pocket of critical acclaim amassed around [_Fallen Leaves_](https://time.com/6335626/fallen-leaves-review/ "undefined"), Finland’s submission to this year’s Oscars, a bittersweet unconventional rom-com that TIME’s movie critic named as the [best film of the year](https://time.com/6341118/best-movies-2023/ "undefined"). Though _Fallen Leaves_ was left out, it was still a banner year for non-English film, picking up on a recent trend set by _Roma_ and followed by _Parasite_, _Minari_, _Triangle of Sadness_, and _All Quiet on the Western Front_. 2024 marked the first year in which more than one movie [primarily not spoken in English](https://variety.com/2024/film/news/oscars-diversity-colman-domingo-jodie-foster-1235880042/ "undefined") was nominated for Best Picture. (_Anatomy of a Fall_, _Past Lives_, and _The Zone of Interest_.)  Sterling K. Brown as Cliff in American Fiction. Courtesy of Orion Pictures ## **Surprise: Sterling K. Brown** Sterling K. Brown became a first-time Oscar nominee as Best Supporting Actor for his role as Clifford "Cliff" Ellison in _American Fiction_. The dramedy, about a frustrated author (Jeffrey Wright) who writes a caricature of a “Black” book as satire, racked up five total nominations. Wright also picked up his first Oscar nomination, making this the first time a Black lead actor was nominated alongside a supporting actor from the same film.  Julianne Moore as Gracie Atherton-Yoo with Charles Melton as Joe in May December. Courtesy of Netflix ## **Snub:** **_May December_** **performers** Also in the Best Supporting Actor category, we were surprised not to see Charles Melton, whose portrayal of Joe Yoo in [_May December_](https://time.com/6281566/may-december-review/ "undefined") has been widely critically and popularly acclaimed. _May December_ as a whole, in fact, was absent from the nominations on Tuesday, only recognized for Best Original Screenplay. Neither lead actress, Julianne Moore or Natalie Portman, nor director Todd Haynes, were recognized.  Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio in Killers of the Flower Moon Apple TV+ ## **Snub: Leonardo DiCaprio** Leonardo DiCaprio was left out of the Best Actor category, and didn't pick up a nomination for his role as World War I veteran [Ernest Burkhart in _Killers of the Flower Moon_](https://time.com/6324453/killers-of-the-flower-moon-movie-book-changes/ "undefined"). The Western crime drama, about the Osage Indian murders during the early 1900s, did earn 10 other nominations, however, including for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Robert De Niro), Best Actress (Lily Gladstone), and Best Director (Martin Scorsese). That means that Scorsese has now overtaken Steven Spielberg as the most Oscar-nominated director, with 10 nominations in all. 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