Entertainment

The 95th Oscars Shortlist is Here

By Veronica Good

December 22, 2022

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 95th Academy Awards® this week. This year’s most-anticipated movies including The Batman, Elvis, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and Don’t Worry Darling are all shortlisted. These are the shortlisted nominees for Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound, and Visual Effects.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

All That BreathesAll the Beauty and the BloodshedBad AxeChildren of the MistDescendantFire of LoveHallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a SongHidden LettersA House Made of SplintersThe JanesLast Flight HomeMoonage DaydreamNavalnyRetrogradeThe Territory

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

“American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton”“Anastasia”“Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices from a Plantation Prison”“As Far as They Can Run”“The Elephant Whisperers”“The Flagmakers”“Happiness Is £4 Million”“Haulout”“Holding Moses”“How Do You Measure a Year?”“The Martha Mitchell Effect”“Nuisance Bear”“Shut Up and Paint”“Stranger at the Gate”“38 at the Garden”

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

Argentina, Argentina, 1985Austria, CorsageBelgium, CloseCambodia, Return to SeoulDenmark, Holy SpiderFrance, Saint OmerGermany, All Quiet on the Western FrontIndia, Last Film ShowIreland, The Quiet GirlMexico, Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of TruthsMorocco, The Blue CaftanPakistan, JoylandPoland, EOSouth Korea, Decision to LeaveSweden, Cairo Conspiracy

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

All Quiet on the Western FrontAmsterdamBabylonThe BatmanBlack Panther: Wakanda ForeverBlondeCrimes of the FutureElvisEmancipationThe Whale

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

All Quiet on the Western FrontAvatar: The Way of WaterBabylonThe Banshees of InisherinBlack Panther: Wakanda ForeverDevotionDon’t Worry DarlingEverything Everywhere All at OnceThe FabelmansGlass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryGuillermo del Toro’s PinocchioNopeShe SaidThe Woman KingWomen Talking

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

“Time” from Amsterdam“Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)” from Avatar: The Way of Water“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever“This Is A Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once“Ciao Papa” from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio“Til You’re Home” from A Man Called Otto“Naatu Naatu” from RRR“My Mind & Me” from Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me“Good Afternoon” from Spirited“Applause” from Tell It like a Woman“Stand Up” from Till“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick“Dust & Ash” from The Voice of Dust and Ash“Carolina” from Where the Crawdads Sing“New Body Rhumba” from White Noise

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

“Black Slide”“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”“The Debutante”“The Flying Sailor”“The Garbage Man”“Ice Merchants”“It’s Nice in Here”“More than I Want to Remember”“My Year of Dicks”“New Moon”“An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It”“Passenger”“Save Ralph”“Sierra”“Steakhouse”

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

“All in Favor”“Almost Home”“An Irish Goodbye”“Ivalu”“Le Pupille”“The Lone Wolf”“Nakam”“Night Ride”“Plastic Killer”“The Red Suitcase”“The Right Words”“Sideral”“The Treatment”“Tula”“Warsha”

SOUND

All Quiet on the Western FrontAvatar: The Way of WaterBabylonThe BatmanBlack Panther: Wakanda ForeverElvisEverything Everywhere All at OnceGuillermo del Toro’s PinocchioMoonage DaydreamTop Gun: Maverick

VISUAL EFFECTS

All Quiet on the Western FrontAvatar: The Way of WaterThe BatmanBlack Panther: Wakanda ForeverDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessFantastic Beasts: The Secrets of DumbledoreJurassic World DominionNopeThirteen LivesTop Gun: Maverick

Nominations voting begins on Thursday, January 12, 2023, and concludes on Tuesday, January 17, 2023. The final nominations for the 95th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 24, 2023.

The 95th Oscars® will be held on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.