"The Power of the Dog" nominated for 12 Oscars - read the complete list

Fandango's Erik Davis discusses 2022 Oscar nominations

The nominees for this year's Oscars were announced Tuesday morning with "The Power of the Dog" receiving 12 nominations, the most of any film this year. The contenders will now have to wait until the end of March to find out if they've won the top awards in film.

The Western set in 1920s Montana was nominated for best picture, directing (Jane Campion), best actor (Benedict Cumberbatch), best supporting actress (Kirsten Dunst) and best supporting actor (Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee), among other categories.

At last month's untelevised Golden Globes, "The Power of the Dog" and Steven Spielberg's version of "West Side Story" were named best picture drama and best picture comedy or musical, respectively, and Campion won the best director award. Spielberg is up for a directing Oscar, and "West Side Story" was also nominated for best picture.

The Oscar nominees are listed below by category.

 

Actor in a Leading Role

  • Javier Bardem, "Being the Ricardos"
  • Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Power of the Dog"
  • Andrew Garfield, "tick, tick...BOOM!"
  • Will Smith, "King Richard"
  • Denzel Washington, "The Tragedy of Macbeth"
By Alex Sundby
 

Actress in a Leading Role

  • Jessica Chastain, "The Eyes of Tammy Faye"
  • Olivia Colman, "The Lost Daughter"
  • Penélope Cruz, "Parallel Mothers"
  • Nicole Kidman, "Being the Ricardos"
  • Kristen Stewart, "Spencer"
By Alex Sundby
 

Animated Feature Film

  • "Encanto"
  • "Flee"
  • "Luca"
  • "The Mitchells vs. the Machines"
  • "Raya and the Last Dragon"
By Alex Sundby
 

Best Picture

  • "Belfast"
  • "CODA"
  • "Don't Look Up"
  • "Drive My Car"
  • "Dune"
  • "King Richard"
  • "Licorice Pizza"
  • "Nightmare Alley"
  • "The Power of the Dog"
  • "West Side Story"
By Alex Sundby
 

Cinematography

  • "Dune"
  • "Nightmare Alley"
  • "The Power of the Dog"
  • "The Tragedy of Macbeth"
  • "West Side Story"
By Alex Sundby
 

Directing

  • Paul Thomas Anderson, "Licorice Pizza"
  • Kenneth Branagh, "Belfast"
  • Jane Campion,  "The Power of the Dog"
  • Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, "Drive My Car"
  • Steven Spielberg, "West Side Story"
By Alex Sundby
 

Documentary Feature

  • "Ascension"
  • "Attica"
  • "Flee"
  • "Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)"
  • "Writing with Fire"
By Alex Sundby
 

Documentary Short Subject

  • "Audible"
  • "Lead Me Home"
  • "The Queen of Basketball"
  • "Three Songs for Benazir"
  • "When We Were Bullies"
By Alex Sundby
 

International Feature Film

  • "Drive My Car" (Japan)
  • "Flee" (Denmark)
  • "The Hand of God" (Italy)
  • "Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom" (Bhutan)
  • "The Worst Person in the World" (Norway)
By Alex Sundby
 

Original Song

  • "Be Alive" from "King Richard"
  • "Dos Oruguitas" from "Encanto"
  • "Down To Joy" from "Belfast"
  • "No Time To Die" from "No Time to Die"
  • "Somehow You Do" from "Four Good Days"
By Alex Sundby
 

Production Design

  • "Dune"
  • "Nightmare Alley"
  • "The Power of the Dog"
  • "The Tragedy of Macbeth"
  • "West Side Story"
By Alex Sundby
 

Visual Effects

  • "Dune"
  • "Free Guy"
  • "No Time to Die"
  • "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings"
  • "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
By Alex Sundby
 

Makeup and Hairstyling

  • "Coming 2 America"
  • "Cruella"
  • "Dune"
  • "The Eyes of Tammy Faye"
  • "House of Gucci"
By Alex Sundby
 

Film Editing

  • "Don't Look Up"
  • "Dune"
  • "King Richard"
  • "The Power of the Dog"
  • "tick, tick...BOOM!"
By Alex Sundby
 

Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Ciarán Hinds, "Belfast"
  • Troy Kotsur, "CODA"
  • Jesse Plemons, "The Power of the Dog"
  • J.K. Simmons, "Being the Ricardos"
  • Kodi Smit-McPhee, "The Power of the Dog"
By Alex Sundby
 

Live Action Short Film

  • "Ala Kachuu - Take and Run"
  • "The Dress"
  • "The Long Goodbye"
  • "On My Mind"
  • "Please Hold"
By Alex Sundby
 

Animated Short Film

  • "Affairs of the Art"
  • "Bestia"
  • "Boxballet"
  • "Robin Robin"
  • "The Windshield Wiper"
By Alex Sundby
 

Original Screenplay

  • "Belfast" (Kenneth Branagh)
  • "Don't Look Up" (Screenplay by Adam McKay and story by Adam McKay and David Sirota)
  • "King Richard" (Zach Baylin)
  • "Licorice Pizza" (Paul Thomas Anderson)
  • "The Worst Person in the World" (Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier)
By Alex Sundby
 

Adapted Screenplay

  • Jane Campion, "The Power of the Dog"
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal, "The Lost Daughter"
  • Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe, "Drive My Car"
  • Siân Heder, "CODA"
  • Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve, "Dune"
By Alex Sundby
 

Original Score

  • "Don't Look Up"
  • "Dune"
  • "Encanto"
  • "Parallel Mothers"
  • "The Power of the Dog"
By Alex Sundby
 

Sound

  • "Belfast"
  • "Dune"
  • "No Time to Die"
  • "The Power of the Dog"
  • "West Side Story"
By Alex Sundby
 

Costume Design

  • "Cruella"
  • "Cyrano"
  • "Dune"
  • "Nightmare Alley"
  • "West Side Story"
By Alex Sundby
 

Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Jessie Buckley, "The Lost Daughter"
  • Ariana DeBose, "West Side Story"
  • Judi Dench, "Belfast"
  • Kirsten Dunst, "The Power of the Dog"
  • Aunjanue Ellis, "King Richard"
By Alex Sundby
 

Danny Glover and Samuel L. Jackson receiving special honors

Danny Glover and Samuel L. Jackson are among those being honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this year.

Glover is receiving the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. In its announcement, the academy called him a "lifelong community activist" and noted his advocacy for justice and human rights.

Jackson, nominated for a supporting actor Oscar for his performance in 1994's "Pulp Fiction," is receiving an honorary Oscar along with Elaine May and Liv Ullmann. May was nominated for her work on the screenplays for 1998's "Primary Colors" and 1978's "Heaven Can Wait," and Ullmann received best actress nominations for her performances in 1971's "The Emigrants" and 1976's "Face to Face."

By Alex Sundby
 

When are the Oscars?

The Oscars are scheduled to be held Sunday, March 27. The awards show will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, after last year's ceremony used both the theater and Los Angeles' Union Station for distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic.

By Alex Sundby
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