The nominations for the 89th Academy Awards are finally here, as one particular film stood out with a humongous amount of mentions.

As anticipated, the romantic musical La La Lead leads the way with a commanding fourteen nods, including the coveted Best Picture gong.

The film, which focuses on a whirlwind romance between an aspiring actress and a struggling jazz musician, also secured acting nominations for leading stars Ryan Gosling (as Sebastian) and Emma Stone (as Mia) as well as a Best Director nod for Damien Chazelle. Furthermore, La La Land becomes only the third film to receive fourteen noms along with previous Best Picture Oscar winners All About Eve (1950) and Titanic (1997).

In joint second with eight nods are the sci-fi drama Arrival and the coming-of-age drama Moonlight.

Though Arrival scored well in Best Picture and Best Director (Denis Villeneuve), leading star Amy Adams was surprisingly snubbed in the Best Actress category. Moonlight performed well with mentions in Best Picture and Best Director (Barry Jenkins) plus supporting actor nods for Mahershala Ali (as Juan) and British star Naomie Harris (as Paula).

 

There was also a strong showing for the drama Manchester by the Sea as it was nominated for six awards including Best Picture as well as three acting mentions for Best Actor frontrunner Casey Affleck (as Lee Chandler), youngster Lucas Hedges (as Patrick) and Michelle Williams (as Randi).

Mel Gibson’s gritty war drama Hacksaw Ridge and the biopic drama Lion both received six mentions each, with Gibson landing a nomination for Best Director, his first since winning for Braveheart back in 1996!

Hacksaw star Andrew Garfield (as Desmond T. Doss) finally landed his first Oscar nom and will be competing in Best Actor along with Casey Affleck and Ryan Gosling plus Viggo Mortensen (as father-of-six Ben Cash) for Captain Fantastic and previous winner Denzel Washington (as Troy Maxson) for Fences.

 

As well a deserved Best Picture mention, Lion also secured Supporting Actor/Actress mentions for British star Dev Patel (as Saroo Brierley) and Nicole Kidman (as Sue Brierley). The Best Picture line-up is completed by the family drama Fences (four nods), the crime thriller Hell or High Water (four nods) and the NASA-based drama Hidden Figures (three nods).

In Best Actress, Emma Stone finds herself in contention for the gong along with Natalie Portman (as Jackie Kennedy) for Jackie and three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep (as Florence Foster Jenkins) for Florence Foster Jenkins. Streep now has an incredible twenty nominations from her distinguished career!

The category is completed by French performer Isabelle Huppert (as Michele LeBlanc) for Elle and Irish actress Ruth Negga (as Mildred Loving) in the real-life drama Loving.

 

In the supporting categories, Mahershala Ali, Lucas Hedges and Dev Patel are competing in the male group with veteran Jeff Bridges (as Marcus Hamilton) for Hell or Hell Water and Michael Shannon (as Bobby Andes) for the psychological drama Nocturnal Animals. Remarkably, Shannon’s co-star Aaron Taylor-Johnson failed to make the cut despite a shock win at the Golden Globes a fortnight ago.

The female line-up sees Naomie Harris, Nicole Kidman and Michelle Williams up against category favourite Viola Davis (as Rose Maxson) in Fences and Octavia Spencer (as Dorothy Vaughan) in Hidden Figures.

 

Elsewhere, various blockbusters received nominations in the technical awards including The Jungle Book, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Deepwater Horizon, Passengers, Star Trek Beyond and Suicide Squad.

The Best Animated Film line-up sees Disney’s Zootopia and Moana battle it out with Kubo and the Two Strings, My Life as a Zucchini and The Red Turtle. Meanwhile, Ava DuVernay’s brilliant documentary 13th is shortlisted in the Best Documentary category alongside the epic O. J. Simpson-based doc O.J. Made in America and the Disney-themed Life, Animated.

However, several films failed to make an impression with the likes of Nocturnal Animals, Silence and Sully settling for just one nomination each while Captain America: Civil War, Deadpool, Finding Dory, The Girl on the Train, Live By Night, Miss Sloane, Patriots’ Day, Sing Street and The Witness were completely shut out.

The 89th Oscars will take place on 26 February, with Jimmy Kimmel on hosting duty.

The full list of nominations are below (winner predictions in blue)

BEST PICTURE
ARRIVAL
FENCES
HACKSAW RIDGE
HELL OR HIGH WATER
HIDDEN FIGURES
LA LA LAND
LION
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
MOONLIGHT

BEST DIRECTOR
Damien Chazelle, LA LA LAND
Mel Gibson, HACKSAW RIDGE
Barry Jenkins, MOONLIGHT
Kenneth Lonergan, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
Denis Villeneuve, ARRIVAL

 

BEST ACTRESS
Isabelle Huppert, ELLE
Ruth Negga, LOVING
Natalie Portman, JACKIE
Emma Stone, LA LA LAND
Meryl Streep, FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS

BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
Andrew Garfield, HACKSAW RIDGE
Ryan Gosling, LA LA LAND
Viggo Mortensen, CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
Denzel Washington, FENCES

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Viola Davis, FENCES
Naomie Harris, MOONLIGHT
Nicole Kidman, LION
Octavia Spencer, HIDDEN FIGURES
Michelle Williams, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali, MOONLIGHT
Jeff Bridges, HELL OR HIGH WATER
Lucas Hedges, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
Dev Patel, LION
Michael Shannon, NOCTURNAL ANIMALS

 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
ARRIVAL (Eric Heisserer)
FENCES (August Wilson)
HIDDEN FIGURES (Theodore Melfi & Allison Schroeder)
LION (Luke Davies)
MOONLIGHT (Barry Jenkins)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
HELL OR HIGH WATER (Taylor Sheridan)
LA LA LAND (Damien Chazelle)
THE LOBSTER (Efthymis Filippou & Yorgos Lanthimos)
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (Kenneth Lonergan)
20TH CENTURY WOMEN (Mike Mills)

 

BEST EDITING
ARRIVAL
HACKSAW RIDGE
HELL OR HIGH WATER
LA LA LAND
MOONLIGHT

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
ARRIVAL
LA LA LAND
LION
MOONLIGHT
SILENCE

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
ARRIVAL
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
HAIL, CAESAR!
LA LA LAND
PASSENGERS

 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
ALLIED
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS
JACKIE
LA LA LAND

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
A MAN CALLED OVE
STAR TREK BEYOND
SUICIDE SQUAD

 

BEST SOUND MIXING
ARRIVAL
HACKSAW RIDGE
LA LA LAND
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY
13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI

BEST SOUND EDITING
ARRIVAL
DEEPWATER HORIZON
HACKSAW RIDGE
LA LA LAND
SULLY

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
DEEPWATER HORIZON
DOCTOR STRANGE
THE JUNGLE BOOK
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
JACKIE (Mica Levi)
LA LA LAND (Justin Hurwitz)
LION (Dustin O’Halloran & Hauschka)
MOONLIGHT (Nicholas Britell)
PASSENGERS (Thomas Newman)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
JIM: THE JIM FOLEY STORY (“The Empty Chair”)
LA LA LAND (“Audition (The Fools Who Dream)”)
LA LA LAND (“City of Stars”)
MOANA (“How Far I’ll Go”)
TROLLS (“Can’t Stop the Feeling”)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
MOANA
MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI
THE RED TURTLE
ZOOTOPIA

 

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
LAND OF MINE (Denmark)
A MAN CALLED OVE (Sweden)
THE SALESMAN (Iran)
TANNA (Australia)
TONI ERDMANN (Germany)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
FIRE AT SEA
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
LIFE, ANIMATED
O. J.: MADE IN AMERICA
13TH

BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
EXTREMIS
4.1 MILES
JOE’S VIOLIN
WATANI: MY HOMELAND
THE WHITE HELMETS

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
ENNEMIS INTERIEURS
LA FEMME ET LE TGV
SILENT NIGHTS
SING
TIMECODE

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
BLIND VAYSHA
BORROWED TIME
PEAR CIDER AND CIGARETTES
PEARL
PIPER