The 2023 Oscar Nominations Reaction Show

The Midnight Film Society

Full List Of Nominations

Most nominations:

• Everything Everywhere All At Once - 11
• Banshees Of Inisherin - 9
• All Quiet On The Western Front - 9
• Elvis - 8 Top Gun Maverick - 6
• Black Panther 2 - 5
• Avatar 2 - 4
• EEAAO can only tie Titanic, Ben-Hur, and LOTR: ROK for the most Oscars ever. Titanic had 14 noms and won 11.

• Snubs:

1. Nope completely shut out
2. No Best Director/Cinematography for Top Gun Maverick.
3. No noms for Viola Davis or Lashana Lynch for The Woman King.
4. No nom for T Swizzle for ‘Carolina’ for Where The Crawdaddys Sing.
5. No female directors were nominated for Best Director: Sarah Polly for Women Talking, Gina Prince-Bythewood for The Woman King, Charlotte Wells for Aftersun, and others.
6. Daniel Kwan is the only director of color.
7. No nom for James Cameron for Avatar or Baz Lurman for Elvis.
8. Daniel Deadwyler for Till
9. Filipino actress Dolly de Leon for Triangle of Sadness
10. No Triangle Of Sadness, RRR, Decision To Leave in International Feature
11. No Brad Pitt nom for Babylon
12. No nom for Paul Dano for The Fablemans
13. S.S. Rajamouli and RRR only nominated for Best Song ‘Naatu Naatu’

• Surprises:

1. Women Talking for Best Picture
2. Andrea Risebourogh’s ‘grassroots’ campaign got her in the fifth Best Actress slot for To Leslie
3. Bryan Tyree Henry for Causeway
4. Paul Mescal for Aftersun
5. Rüben Ostlund nominated for Triangle Of Sadness
6. Best Short Film My Year Of Dicks
7. Plenty of Irish representation: 14 noms between Banshees Of Inisherin, Paul Mescal, The Quiet Girl.

1. The Best Picture winner has not been the ‘best’ movie more often than not. Parasite, No Country For Men, Rocky, Silence Of The Lambs, and Gladiator are the few exceptions where the ‘best’ movie actually won.
2. List of movies that ‘should have’ won: Movies That Should Have Won Best Picture
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