March 15 (UPI) — With many cinemas closed this past year, films released via streaming services dominated the Oscar nominations list Monday morning.
The Netflix movie Mank led the field with 10 nods, including Best Picture.
Tied with six nominations apiece were The Father (Sony Pictures Classics,) Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.,) Minari (A24,) Nomadland (Searchlight,) Sound of Metal (Amazon) and The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix.)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) and Promising Young Woman (Focus Features) each earned five nominations, while News of the World (Universal) picked up four, One Night in Miami (Amazon) and Soul (Disney) scored three and Another Round (Samuel Goldwyn) and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon) were nominated for two.
Emerald Fennell who helmed Promising Young Woman and Chloe Zhao who directed Nomadland — made history by becoming the first female directors to be nominated in the same year in the Best Director category.
Minari star Steven Yeun is the first Asian American nominated for Best Actor.
Celebrity couple Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas read the names aloud from London in an online event.
The Oscars honor excellence in cinema. This year’s winners are to be announced on April 25 in a ceremony on ABC.
The nominees are:
Best Picture
The Father
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Director
Thomas Vinterberg Another Round
David Fincher Mank
Lee Isaac Chung Minari
Chloé Zhao Nomadland
Emerald Fennell Promising Young Woman
Best Actress
Viola Davis Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand Nomadland
Carey Mulligan Promising Young Woman
Best Actor
Riz Ahmed Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins The Father
Gary Oldman Mank
Steven Yeun Minari
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman The Father
Amanda Seyfried Mank
Youn Yuh-jung Minari
Best Supporting Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom Jr. One Night in Miami
Paul Raci The Sound of Metal
LaKeith Stanfield Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Original Screenplay
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Adapted Screenplay
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
White Tiger
Best Original Score
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Soul
International Feature
Another Round
Better Days
Collective
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Best Documentary
Collective
Crip Camp
The Mole Agent
My Octopus Teacher
Time
Best Animated Film
Onward
Over the Moon
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul
Wolfwalkers
Best Sound
Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
The Sound of Metal
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