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
- American Fiction
- American Symphony
- Barbie
- The Boy and the Heron
- The Color Purple
- Elemental
- The Holdovers
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
- Saltburn
- Society of the Snow
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- The Zone of Interest
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
- 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
- Release Date 25 December 2023
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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