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American Hustle, Gravity sweep Oscar 2014 nominations

January 16, 2014 20:31 IST

Amy Adams and Christian Bale in American HustleWhile Steve McQueen's Twelve Years A Slave got five nominations in major categories, Alfonso Cuaron's gorgeously-shot Gravity and David O Russell's American Hustle swept the recently announced Oscar nominations.

The 86th Academy award nominees at a glance, right here! 

Best Picture

American Hustle
Gravity
Twelve Years A Slave
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Nebraska
Philomena
The Wolf Of Wall Street
Her

Best Actor 

Christian Bale, American Hustle
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Twelve Years A Slave
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf Of Wall Street


Best Actress

Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Meryl Streep, August Osage County
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Judi Dench, Philomena
Sandra Bullock, Gravity

Best Director

David O Russell, American Hustle
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Supporting Actor 

Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club


Best Supporting Actress 

Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Julia Roberts, August Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Despicable Me 2
Frozen
The Croods
Ernest & Celestine
The Wind Rises

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke - Before Midnight
Billy Ray - Captain Phillips
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope - Philomena
John Ridley - 12 Years a Slave
Terence Winter - The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell - American Hustle
Woody Allen - Blue Jasmine
Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack - Dallas Buyers Club
Spike Jonze - Her
Bob Nelson - Nebraska

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Hunt (Denmark)
The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
The Missing Picture (Cambodia)
Omar (Palestine)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Let It Go - Frozen
Ordinary Love - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Alone Yet Not Alone - Alone Yet Not Alone
Happy - Despicable Me 2
The Moon Song - Her

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

The Act of Killing
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
20 Feet from Stardom

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

SaveDigger
Facing Fear
Karama Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall

BEST FILM EDITING


American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
12 Years a Slave

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
The Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into Darkness