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Oscars 2024 Shortlist Revealed for 10 Categories: Barbie Leads With Five Mentions

Oscars 2024 Shortlist Revealed for 10 Categories: Barbie Leads With Five Mentions

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer earned three mentions, but none for visual effects.

Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Manas Mitul | Updated: 22 December 2023 14:59 IST

Oscars 2024 Shortlist Revealed for 10 Categories: Barbie Leads With Five Mentions

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Margot Robbie in and as Barbie

Highlights

Ten shortlisted categories were revealed by the Academy
Final nominees will be revealed on January 23, 2024
The Oscars are scheduled to take place March 10, 2024

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled shortlists in 10 categories for the upcoming Oscars 2024 ceremony. Among those, Greta Gerwig's candy-coated romp Barbie leads with five mentions, largely dominating in the Best Original Song section with three entries alone. Dua Lipa's party song ‘Dance the Night,' Billie Eilish's ‘What Was I Made For?,' and the super-catchy and sentimental ‘I'm Just Ken' from star Ryan Gosling and writer-composer Mark Ronson made it to the list. Surprisingly, the film failed to secure placements in the makeup and hairstyling department, with absurd choices like Beau Is Afraid, Ferrari, and Oppenheimer making the cut.

Oddly, the Christopher Nolan film, which emulated an atomic bomb explosion through practical means, didn't earn a place amongst the Best Visual Effects consideration for the year. It has instead secured nods in the audio department for Best Original Score — composed by Ludwig Göransson — and for the best use of sound design, for which it competes against David Fincher's The Killer, Michael Mann's Ferrari, Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, and more. The last of them has nabbed four spots in the Oscars 2024 shortlist, with ‘Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)', performed by the Osage tribe, contesting to be named among the final nominees for Best Original Song, come March 10, 2024.

Unlike last year, no entries from India were considered for the Oscars 2024 shortlist — the Jude Anthany Joseph-directed Malayalam-language disaster feature, 2018: Everyone is a Hero, was India's submission for consideration this year, but it failed to make the cut for Best International Feature Film. Movies from 88 countries and regions were eligible for the foreign language shortlist, after meeting a “minimum viewing requirement” to be eligible to vote. When the nominees are finalised, Academy members will be required to watch all 15 shortlisted films, before deciding what to send forward to the grand Oscars event. The nominations will be officially announced on January 23.

With that, here's the full list of Oscars 2024 shortlists:

2024 Oscars Music (Original Score) Shortlist

2024 Oscars Music (Original Song) Shortlist

‘It Never Went Away' from American Symphony
‘Dear Alien (Who Art In Heaven)' from Asteroid City
‘Dance The Night' from Barbie
‘I'm Just Ken' from Barbie
‘What Was I Made For?' from Barbie
‘Keep It Movin' from The Color Purple
‘(Superpower) I' from The Color Purple
‘The Fire Inside' from Flamin' Hot
‘High Life' from Flora and Son
‘Meet In The Middle' from Flora and Son
‘Can't Catch Me Now' from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
‘Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)' from Killers of the Flower Moon
‘Quiet Eyes' from Past Lives
‘Road To Freedom' from Rustin
‘Am I Dreaming' from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2024 Oscars Documentary Feature Film Shortlist

American Symphony
Apolonia, Apolonia
Beyond Utopia
Bobi Wine: The People's President
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
In the Rearview
Stamped from the Beginning
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
A Still Small Voice
32 Sounds
To Kill a Tiger
20 Days in Mariupol

2024 Oscars Documentary Short Film Shortlist

The ABCs of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Bear
Between Earth & Sky
Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games
Camp Courage
Deciding Vote
How We Get Free
If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis
Island in Between
The Last Repair Shop
Last Song from Kabul
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
Oasis
Wings of Dust

2024 Oscars International Feature Film Shortlist

Armenia, Amerikatsi
Bhutan, The Monk and the Gun
Denmark, The Promised Land
Finland, Fallen Leaves
France, The Taste of Things
Germany, The Teachers' Lounge
Iceland, Godland
Italy, Io Capitano
Japan, Perfect Days
Mexico, Totem
Morocco, The Mother of All Lies
Spain, Society of the Snow
Tunisia, Four Daughters
Ukraine, 20 Days in Mariupol
UK, The Zone of Interest

2024 Oscars Makeup and Hairstyling Shortlist

Beau Is Afraid
Ferrari
Golda
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
Maestro
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Society of the Snow

2024 Oscars Animated Short Film Shortlist

Boom
Eeva
Humo (Smoke)
I'm Hip
A Kind of Testament
Koerkorter (Dog Apartment)
Letter to a Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Once upon a Studio
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
Pete
27
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
Wild Summon

2024 Oscars Live Action Short Film Shortlist

The After
The Anne Frank Gift Shop
An Avocado Pit
Bienvenidos a Los Angeles
Dead Cat
Good Boy
Invincible
Invisible Border
Knight of Fortune
The One Note Man
Red, White and Blue
The Shepherd
Strange Way of Life
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Yellow

2024 Oscars Sound Shortlist

Barbie
The Creator
Ferrari
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest

2024 Oscars Visual Effects Shortlist

The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon
Poor Things
Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire
Society of the Snow
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

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Barbie

Release Date 21 July 2023
Language English
Genre Comedy, Romance
Cast
Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, Ariana Greenblatt, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Mackey, Will Ferrell, Issa Rae, Michael Cera, Hari Nef, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Rhea Perlman, Ncuti Gatwa, Emerald Fennell, Sharon Rooney, Scott Evans, Ana Cruz Kayne, Connor Swindells, Ritu Arya, Jamie Demetriou
Director
Greta Gerwig
Producer
Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, Robbie Brenner, David Heyman

American Fiction

Language English
Genre Comedy, Drama
Cast
Jeffrey Wright, Skyler Wright, John Ales, Patrick Fischler, Carmen Cusack, John Ortiz, Joseph Marrella, Stephen Burrell, Issa Rae, Nicole Kempskie
Director
Cord Jefferson
Producer
Nikos Karamigios, Ben LeClair

The Boy and the Heron

Language Japanese
Genre Adventure, Animation, Drama
Cast
Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura, Shōhei Hino, Ko Shibasaki, Takuya Kimura
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Producer
Toshio Suzuki

The Color Purple

Release Date 8 March 2024
Language English
Genre Drama, Musical
Cast
Fantasia, Phylicia Mpasi, Colman Domingo, Taraji P. Henson, Corey Hawkins, Danielle Brooks, H.E.R, Ciara, Halle Bailey, Louis Gossett Jr, David Alan Grier, Aunjanue Ellis, Tamela J. Mann, Deon Cole, Stephen Hill, Elizabeth Marvel, Jon Batiste
Director
Blitz Bazawule
Producer
Quincy Jones, Scott Sanders, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey

Elemental

Release Date 23 June 2023
Language English
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
Cast
Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie
Director
Peter Sohn
Producer
Denise Ream, Pete Docter

The Holdovers

Release Date 16 February 2024
Language English
Genre Comedy, Drama
Cast
Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, Tate Donovan, Carrie Preston, Gillian Vigman, Michael Provost, Brady Hepner
Director
Alexander Payne
Producer
David Hemingson, Mark Johnson, Bill Block

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Release Date 29 June 2023
Language English
Genre Action, Adventure
Cast
Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Kretschmann, Boyd Holbrook, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Toby Jones, Antonio Banderas, Olivier Richters
Director
James Mangold
Producer
Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Simon Emanuel

Killers of the Flower Moon

Release Date 27 October 2023
Language English
Genre Crime, Drama, Western
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, Lily Gladstone, Tantoo Cardinal, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, Jillian Dion, William Belleau, Louis Cancelmi, Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Tatanka Means, Michael Abbott Jr., Pat Healy, Scott Shepherd, Gary Basaraba, Steve Eastin, Barry Corbin, Brendan Fraser, John Lithgow
Director
Martin Scorsese
Producer
Martin Scorsese, Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Leonardo DiCaprio

Oppenheimer

Release Date 21 July 2023
Language English
Genre Biography, Drama
Cast
Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Dylan Arnold, Olli Haaskivi, Alden Ehrenreich, David Krumholtz, Michael Angarano, Kenneth Branagh
Director
Christopher Nolan
Producer
Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas, Charles Roven

Poor Things

Language English
Genre Romance, Sci-Fi
Cast
Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael, Christopher Abbott, Margaret Qualley, Kathryn Hunter, Suzy Bemba, Wayne Brett
Director
Yorgos Lanthimos
Producer
Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe

Saltburn

Language English
Genre Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Cast
Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe, Carey Mulligan, Paul Rhys, Lolly Adefope, Ewan Mitchell, Reece Shearsmith
Director
Emerald Fennell
Producer
Emerald Fennell, Josey McNamara, Tom Ackerley, Margot Robbie

Society of the Snow

Release Date 4 January 2024
Language Spanish
Genre Adventure, Biography, Drama
Cast
Enzo Vogrincic Roldán, Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt, Tomas Wolf, Diego Ariel Vegezzi, Esteban Kukuriczka, Francisco Romero, Rafael Federman, Felipe González Otaño, Agustín Della Corte, Valentino Alonso, Simón Hempe, Fernando Contigiani García, Benjamín Segura, Luciano Chatton, Agustín Berruti, Juan Caruso, Rocco Posca, Andy Pruss, Esteban Bigliardi, Paula Baldini, Blas Polidori, Felipe Ramusio, Santiago Vaca Narvaja, Emanuel Parga
Director
J. A. Bayona
Producer
Belén Atienza, Sandra Hermida

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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Release Date 1 June 2023
Language English
Genre Action, Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi, Superhero
Cast
Oscar Isaac, Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, Jason Schwartzman, Daniel Kaluuya, Issa Rae, Luna Lauren Vélez, Brian Tyree Henry
Director
Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson
Producer
Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Christina Steinberg

Asteroid City

Release Date 25 August 2023
Language English
Genre Comedy, Romance
Cast
Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Steve Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon
Director
Wes Anderson
Producer
Wes Anderson, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson

Flamin' Hot

Release Date 10 June 2023
Language English
Genre Biography, Comedy
Cast
Jesse Garcia, Annie Gonzalez, Dennis Haysbert, Tony Shalhoub, Emilio Rivera, Matt Walsh, Pepe Serna, Bobby Soto, Jimmy Gonzales, Brice Gonzalez
Director
Eva Longoria
Producer
DeVon Franklin

Flora and Son

Release Date 29 September 2023
Language English
Genre Drama, Musical
Cast
Eve Hewson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Orén Kinlan, Jack Reynor, Sophie Vavasseur, Kelly Thornton
Director
John Carney
Producer
David Carney, Anthony Bregman, Peter Cron, Rebecca O'Flanagan, Rob Walpole

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Release Date 17 November 2023
Language English
Genre Action, Sci-Fi
Cast
Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer, Jason Schwartzman, Peter Dinklage, Viola Davis, Laurel Marsden, Dakota Shapiro, Vaughan Reilly, George Somner
Director
Francis Lawrence
Producer
Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Joe Drake

Rustin

Release Date 17 November 2023
Language English
Genre Biography, Documentary
Cast
Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Audra McDonald, Aml Ameen, CCH Pounder, Michael Potts, Bill Irwin, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Thomas W Wolf, Gus Halper, Johnny Ramey, Carra Patterson, Adrienne Warren, Jeffrey Wright, Grantham Coleman, Lilli Kay, Jordan-Amanda Hall, Jakeem Dante Powell, Ayana Workman
Director
George C. Wolfe
Producer
Bruce Cohen, George Scarles, Priya Swaminathan, Tonia Davis

Still: A Michael J Fox Movie

Language English
Genre Biography, Documentary
Cast
Michael J. Fox, Tracy Pollan, Andrew Barber, Susan Bressman, David Diamond, Annabelle Fox, Aquinnah Fox, Sam Fox, Schuyler Fox
Director
Davis Guggenheim
Producer
Will Cohen, Davis Guggenheim, Jonathan King, Annetta Marion

32 Sounds

Language English
Genre Documentary, Musical
Cast
Reid Thomas Bard, Sam Green, Annea Lockwood
Director
Sam Green
Producer
Thomas O. Kriegsmann, Josh Penn

Beau Is Afraid

Release Date 26 May 2023
Language English
Genre Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Cast
Joaquin Phoenix, Armen Nahapetian, Patti LuPone, Zoe Lister-Jones, Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Kylie Rogers, Parker Posey, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Denis Ménochet, Hayley Squires, Michael Gandolfini, Richard Kind
Director
Ari Aster
Producer
Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen

Golda

Release Date 1 September 2023
Language English, Hebrew, Arabic
Genre Biography, Drama, History
Cast
Helen Mirren, Zed Josef, Claudette Williams, Henry Goodman, Olivia Brody, Emma Davies, Rotem Keinan, Camille Cottin, Jonathan Tafler, Ellie Piercy, Rami Heuberger, Dvir Benedek, Lior Ashkenazi, Ed Stoppard
Director
Guy Nattiv
Producer
Jane Hooks, Michael Kuhn, Nicholas Martin

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

Language English
Genre Horror
Cast
Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham, David Dastmalchian, Javier Botet, Jon Jon Briones, Stefan Kapičić, Nikolai Nikolaeff, Woody Norman, Martin Furulund, Chris Walley, Nicolo Pasetti
Director
André Øvredal
Producer
Bradley J. Fischer, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messner

Maestro

Release Date 20 December 2023
Language English
Genre Biography, Drama, Musical
Cast
Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Jeremy Strong, Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman
Director
Bradley Cooper
Producer
Fred Berner, Bradley Cooper, Amy Durning, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg

Napoleon

Release Date 22 November 2023
Language English
Genre Action, Biography, Drama, History
Cast
Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim, Ben Miles, Ludivine Sagnier, Matthew Needham, Youssef Kerkour, Phil Cornwell, Edouard Philipponnat, Ian McNeice, Paul Rhys, John Hollingworth, Gavin Spokes, Mark Bonnar
Director
Ridley Scott
Producer
Ridley Scott, Mark Huffam, Kevin J. Walsh

Strange Way of Life

Language English
Genre Drama
Cast
Ethan Hawke, Pedro Pascal, José Condessa, Jason Fernándezes, Sara Sálamo, Erenice Lohan, Pedro Casablanc, George Steane, Manu Ríos, Ohiana Cueto, Daniela Medina
Director
Pedro Almodóvar
Producer
Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Release Date 27 September 2023
Language English
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family
Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, Rupert Friend, Richard Ayoade
Director
Wes Anderson
Producer
Wes Anderson

The Creator

Release Date 29 September 2023
Language English
Genre Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Cast
John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Allison Janney, Ralph Ineson, Marc Menchaca
Director
Gareth Edwards
Producer
Gareth Edwards, Kiri Hart, Jim Spencer, Arnon Milchan

The Killer

Release Date 10 November 2023
Language English
Genre Action, Adventure, Crime
Cast
Michael Fassbender, Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard, Sophie Charlotte, Tilda Swinton
Director
David Fincher
Producer
Ceán Chaffin, Dede Gardner, Brad Pitt

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Release Date 12 July 2023
Language English
Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
Cast
Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Henry Czerny, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Angela Bassett, Frederick Schmidt, Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, Shea Whigham, Esai Morales
Director
Christopher McQuarrie
Producer
Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise, David Ellison, Jake Myers

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Release Date 5 May 2023
Language English
Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Cast
Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn, Elizabeth Debicki, Will Poulter
Director
James Gunn
Producer
Kevin Feige

Rebel Moon

Release Date 22 December 2023
Language English
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
Cast
Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Bae Doona, Ray Fisher, Staz Nair, Charlie Hunnam, Anthony Hopkins, Jena Malone, Stuart Martin, Corey Stoll, Cary Elwes, Alfonso Herrera, Cleopatra Coleman, Fra Fee, Rhian Rees
Director
Zack Snyder
Producer
Deborah Snyder, Wesley Coller, Zack Snyder, Eric Newman

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