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Oscar Nominations 2015: The Complete List

'Birdman' and 'Grand Budapest Hotel' topped with nine each.

The nominations for the 87th Academy Awards were revealed on Thursday, Jan. 15, at 5:30 a.m.

For the first time, the entire list of nominees was unveiled live in a two-part announcement at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

Directors J.J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuaron announced the first group of nominees for the awards show’s 24 categories, and then Into the Woods actor Chris Pine and Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs took the stage to announce the remaining nominees.

Eight films were nominated for best picture. Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel topped the nomination with nine each while The Imitation Game followed with eight noms.

Below is the complete list of nominees:

Best Picture

American Sniper – Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Birdman – Alejandro G. Inarritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Boyhood – Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

The Imitation Game – Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Selma – Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

The Theory of Everything – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Whiplash – Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster: Latest news

 

Achievement in directing

Alejandro G. Inarritu – Birdman: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Bennett Miller – Foxcatcher: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Morten Tyldum – The Imitation Game: Read the review | Watch the trailer  

Richard Linklater – Boyhood: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

 

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Performance by an actor in a leading role

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Bradley Cooper – American Sniper: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Michael Keaton – Birdman: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Steve Carell – Foxcatcher: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

 

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Performance by an actress in a leading role

Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything: Latest news

Julianne Moore – Still Alice: Read the review | Latest news

Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night: Read the review | Latest news

Reese Witherspoon – Wild: Read the review | Latest news

Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

 

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Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Edward Norton – Birdman: Latest news

Ethan Hawke – Boyhood: Latest news

J.K. Simmons – Whiplash: Latest news

Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher: Latest news

Robert Duvall – The Judge: Latest news

 

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Emma Stone – Birdman: Latest news

Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game: Latest news

Laura Dern – Wild: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Meryl Streep – Into the Woods: Latest news

Patricia Arquette – Boyhood: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

 

Adapted screenplay

Anthony McCarten – The Theory of Everything: Read the review | Watch the trailer

Damien Chazelle – Whiplash news

Graham Moore – The Imitation Game: Read the review | Watch the trailer

Jason Hall – American Sniper: Read the review | Watch the trailer

Paul Thomas Anderson – Inherent Vice: Read the review | Watch the trailer

 

Original screenplay

Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., Nicolas Giacobone, Alejandro G. Inarritu – Birdman: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Dan Gilroy – Nightcrawler: Read the review | Watch the trailer

E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman – Foxcatcher: Read the review | Watch the trailer

Richard Linklater – Boyhood: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

 

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Best documentary feature

Citizenfour – Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky: Latest news

Finding Vivian Maier – John Maloof and Charlie Siskel: Latest news

Last Days in Vietnam – Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester: Latest news

The Salt of the Earth – Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier: Read the review

Virunga – Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara: Latest news

 

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Best foreign-language film

Ida – Poland: Read the review | Latest news

Leviathan – Russia: Read the review | Latest news

Tangerines – Estonia: Read the review

Timbuktu – Mauritania: Latest news

Wild Tales – Argentina: Latest news

 

Best animated feature film

Big Hero 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

The Boxtrolls – Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight: Latest news

How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Song of the Sea – Tomm Moore and Paul Young: Latest news

The Tale of Princess Kaguya – Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura Read the review

 

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Achievement in cinematography

Dick Pope – Mr. Turner: Latest news

Emmanuel Lubezki – Birdman: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski – IdaRead the review | Latest news

Robert Yeoman – The Grand Budapest Hotel: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Roger Deakins – Unbroken: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

 

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Achievement in film editing

Barney Pilling – The Grand Budapest HotelRead the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach – American Sniper: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Sandra Adair – BoyhoodRead the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Tom Cross – Whiplash: Latest news

William Goldenberg – The Imitation Game: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

 

Achievement in costume design

Inherent Vice – Mark Bridges: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest News

The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Mr. Turner – Jacqueline Durran: Latest news

Maleficent – Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive: Latest news

 

 

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard – Foxcatcher: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White – Guardians of the Galaxy: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier – The Grand Budapest Hotel: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

 

Achievement in production design

Adam Stockhausen (Production Design), Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration) – The Grand Budapest Hotel: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Dennis Gassner (Production Design), Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration) – Into the Woods: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Maria Djurkovic (Production Design), Tatiana Macdonald (Set Decoration) – The Imitation Game: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Nathan Crowley (Production Design), Gary Fettis (Set Decoration) – Interstellar: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Suzie Davies (Production Design), Charlotte Watts (Set Decoration) – Mr. Turner: Latest news

 

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (original score)

Alexandre Desplat – The Grand Budapest Hotel: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Gary Yershon – Mr. Turner: news

Hanz Zimmer – Interstellar: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Johann Johannsson – The Theory of Everything: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

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Achievement in music written for motion pictures (original song)

Diane Warren – “Grateful,” Beyond the Lights: Read the review

Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond – “I’m Not Gonna Miss You,” Glen Campbell … I’ll Be Me: Read the review

Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois – “Lost Stars,” Begin Again: Latest news

John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn – “Glory,” Selma: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Shawn Patterson – “Everything Is Awesome,” The Lego Movie: Latest news

 

Achievement in sound editing

Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman – American Sniper: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro – Unbroken: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Brent Burge and Jason Canovas – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: Latest news

Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock – Birdman: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Richard King – Interstellar: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

 

Achievement in sound mixing

Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley – Whiplash: news

Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten – Interstellar: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

JohnReitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin – American Sniper: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga – Birdman: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee – Unbroken: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

 

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Achievement in visual effects

Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick – Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher – Interstellar: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer – X-Men: Days of Future Past: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould – Guardians of the Galaxy: Read the review | Watch the trailer | Latest news

 

Best animated short film
The Bigger Picture, Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
The Dam Keeper, Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
Feast, Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
Me and My Moulton, Torill Kove
A Single Life, Joris Oprins

Best live-action short film
Aya, Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
Boogaloo and Graham, Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak), Hu Wei and Julien Féret
Parvaneh, Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
The Phone Call, Mat Kirkby and James Lucas

Best documentary, short subject
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1, Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
Joanna, Aneta Kopacz
Our Curse, Tomasz Sliwinski and Maciej Slesicki
The Reaper (La Parka), Gabriel Serra Arguello
White Earth, J. Christian Jensen