The 2017 Academy-Award nominations were announced Tuesday morning, (Jan. 24) and some of our favorite performances from the year’s best films rightfully earned a nod.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, La La Land lead the pack with 14 nominations, tying with the 1950’s film All About Eve and 1997’s Titanic. Second to the Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone musical is Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight, which received eight nominations including best director and best picture.
Right behind Moonlight is the August Wilson adaption Fences, which earned four nominations. The Denzel Washington directed movie about a garbage man in 1950s Pittsburg also stars How To Get Away With Murder’s Viola Davis who earned a nomination for best supporting actress and took home a Golden Globe award for the same category. To round out all the melanin that received nominations this years is , which also has a chance of taking home the Oscar for Best Picture.
Check out some of the nominations below.
Best Picture
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Manchester By the Sea
Moonlight
Best Director
Arrival — Denis Villeneuve
Hacksaw Ridge — Mel Gibson
La La Land — Damien Chazelle
Manchester by the Sea — Kenneth Lonergan
Moonlight — Barry 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 Actress
Isabelle Huppert (Elle)
Ruth Negga (Loving)
Emma Stone (La La Land)
Natalie Portman (Jackie)
Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins)
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 Supporting- Actress
Viola Davis (Fences)
Naomie Harris (Moonlight)
Nicole Kidman (Lion)
Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures)
Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)
Best Original Screenplay
Hell or High Water (Taylor Sheridan)
La La Land (Damien Chazelle)
The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou)
Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Arrival (Eric Heisserer)
Fences (August Wilson)
Hidden Figures (Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi)
Lion (Luke Davies)
Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McRaney)
Best Documentary Feature
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
O.J.: Made in America
For the full list of nominations, head over to The Hollywood Reporter