Filmovi "Birdman" i "Grand Budapest Hotel" predvode popis nominiranih za Oscara, najprestižniju hollywoodsku filmsku nagradu, s po devet nominacija, a slijede "Igra oponašanja" s osam te "Snajperist" i "Boyhood" s po šest.
U kategoriji za najbolji film nominirani su: “American Sniper”, “Birdman”, “Boyhood”, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, “The Imitation Game”, “Selma”, “The Theory of Everything”i “Whiplash”.
Za najboljeg redatelja nominirani su: Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman), Richard Linklater (Boyhood), Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher) i Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game).
Za najbolju glavnu žensku ulogu nominirane su: Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night), Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), Julianne Moore (Still Alice), Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) te Reese Witherspoon (Wild).
Za najbolju glavnu mušku ulogu nominirani su: Steve Carell (Foxcatcher), Bradley Cooper (American Sniper), Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game), Michael Keaton (Birdman), Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything).
U kategoriji za najbolju sporednu žensku ulogu nominirane su: Patricia Arquette (Boyhood), Laura Dern (Wild), Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game), Emma Stone (Birdman) i Meryl Streep (Into the Woods).
U kategoriji za najbolju mušku sporednu ulogu nominirani su: Robert Duvall (The Judge), Ethan Hawke (Boyhood), Edward Norton (Birdman), Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher) i J.K. Simmons (Whiplash).
U kategoriji za najbolji adaptirani scenarij nominirani su: Paul Thomas Anderson (Inherent Vice), Damien Chazelle (Whiplash), Jason Hall (American Sniper), Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything) i Graham Moore (The Imitation Game).
U kategoriji za najbolji originalni scenarij nominirani su: Wes Anderson i Hugo Guinness (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Dan Futterman i E. Max Frye (Foxcatcher), Dan Gilroy (Nightcrawler), Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris i Armando Bo (Birdman) te Richard Linklater (Boyhood).
U kategoriji za najbolji strani film nominirani su: “Leviathan”, “Ida”, “Tangerines”, “Timbuktu” i “Wild Tales”.
Za najbolji dokumentarni film nominirani su: “CITIZENFOUR”, “Finding Vivian Maier”, “Last Days in Vietnam”, “The Salt in the Earth” i “Virunga”.
Za najbolji animirani film nominirani su: “Big Hero 6”, “The Boxtrolls”, “How to Train Your Dragon 2”, “Song of the Sea” i “The Tale of The Princess Kaguya”.
Fotografija: “Birdman” (Emmanuel Lubezki), “Grand Budapest Hotel” (Robert Yeoman), “Ida” (Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski), “Mr. Turner” (Dick Pope), “Nesalomljivi” (Roger Deakins)
Montaža: “Snajperist” (Joel Cox i Gary D. Roach), “Boyhood” (Sandra Adair), “Grand Budapest Hotel” (Barney Pilling), “Igra oponašanja” (William Goldenberg) i “Ritam ludila” (Tom Cross)
Scenografija: “Grand Budapest Hotel” (Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock), “Igra oponašanja” (Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald), “Interstellar” (Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis), “U šumi” (Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock), “Mr. Turner” (Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts)
Kostimografija: “Grand Budapest Hotel” (Milena Canonero), “Skrivena mana” (Mark Bridges), “U šumi” (Colleen Atwood), “Gospodarica zla” (Anna B. Sheppard, Jane Clive) i “Mr. Turner” (Jacqueline Durran)
Šminka: “Foxcatcher” (Bill Corso, Dennis Liddiard), “Grand Budapest Hotel” (Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier) i “Čuvari galaksije” (Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White)
Originalna glazba: “Grand Budapest Hotel” (Alexandre Desplat), “Igra oponašanja” (Alexandre Desplat), “Interstellar” (Hans Zimmer), “Mr. Turner” (Gary Yershon) i “Teorija svega” (Johann Johannsson)
Originalna pjesma: “Everything is Awesome” iz “Lego filma”, “Glory” iz filma “Selma”, “Grateful” iz filma “Beyond the Lights”, “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” iz filma “Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me” i “Lost Stars” iz filma “Pjesma koja ljubav znači”
Zvuk: “Snajperist” (John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Walt Martin), “Birdman” (Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano, Thomas Varga), “Interstellar” (Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker, Mark Weingarten), “Nesalomljivi” (Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano, David Lee), “Ritam ludila” (Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, Thomas Curley)
Montaža zvuka: “Snajperist” (Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman), “Birdman” (Martin Hernandez, Aaron Glascock), “Hobit: Bitka pet vojski” (Brent Burge, Jason Canovas), “Interstellar” (Richard King) i “Nesalomljivi” (Becky Sullivan, Andrew Decristofaro)
Vizualni efekti: “Kapetan Amerika: Ratnik zime”, “Planet majmuna: Revolucija”, “Čuvari galaksije”, “Interstellar”, “X-Men: Dani buduće prošlosti”
Kratkometražni dokumentarni film: “Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1”, “Joanna”, “Our Curse”, “The Reaper / La parka” i “White Earth”
Kratkometražni animirani film: “The Bigger Picture”, “The Dam Keeper”, “Feast”, “Me and my Moulton”, “A Single Life”
Kratkometražni igrani film: “Aya” (Oded Binnun, Mihal Brezis), “Boogaloo and Graham” (Michael Lennox i Ronan Blaney), “Butter Lamp” (Hu Wei, Julien Feret), “Paravaneh” (Talkhon Hamzavi, Stefan Eichenberger), “The Phone Call” (Mat Kirkby, James Lucas).
Oscare dodjeljuje američka Akademija filmske umjetnosti i znanosti, a ovogodišnji će pobjednici biti poznati na svečanosti koju će 22. veljače u Los Angelesu voditi glumac Neil Patrick Harris.