2021 Oscars: Check out the full list of Academy Award nominees

The 2021 awards season is already in full swing, and this week kicked off with The Academy announcing the nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards, which are set to take place on April 25. Despite the past year having significantly less theatrical releases thanks to the COVID-19 health crisis, there were plenty of great VOD and streaming releases to speak of.

The 2021 Oscars nominees covers most of the hotly discussed films that have come out over the past year, with The Father, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Nomadland, Mank, Judas and the Black Messiah, and more big releases receiving nominations in multiple categories.

There are a few noteworthy nominations on the list, including two women — Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell — up for Best Director. This category has historically snubbed women, and while two female directors is hardly enough to make up for years of overlooking them, it’s a start.

Steven Yeun is also the first Asian American nominated in the category of Best Actor, receiving the nom for his role as Jacob in Minari. 

As with every year, there were some pleasant surprises and some unpleasant ones in the announcements. However, it does seem the Oscars are pushing ever so slightly toward diversifying the nominees — even if it’s not happening quite so quickly as most movie buffs would like.

Check out the full list of 2021 Oscar nominees below:

"Actor in a Leading RoleRiz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)Anthony Hopkins (The Father)Gary Oldman (Mank)Steven Yeun (Minari)Actor in a Supporting RoleSacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7)Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah)Leslie Odom, Jr. (One Night in Miami…)Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)Lakeith Stanfield (Judas and the Black Messiah)Actress in a Leading RoleViola 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)Actress in a Supporting RoleMaria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy)Olivia Colman (The Father)Amanda Seyfried (Mank)Yuh-Jung Youn (Minari)Animated Feature FilmOnward (Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae)Over the Moon (Glen Keane, Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou)A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (Richard Phelan, Will Becher and Paul Kewley)Soul (Pete Docter and Dana Murray)Wolfwalkers (Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young and Stéphan Roelants)CinematographyJudas and the Black Messiah (Sean Bobbitt)Mank (Erik Messerschmidt)News of the World (Dariusz Wolski)Nomadland (Joshua James Richards)The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Phedon Papamichael)Costume DesignEmma (Alexandra Byrne)Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Ann Roth)Mank (Trish Summerville)Mulan (Bina Daigeler)Pinocchio (Massimo Cantini Parrini)DirectingAnother Round (Thomas Vinterberg)Mank (David Fincher)Minari (Lee Isaac Chung)Nomadland (Chloé Zhao)Promising Young Woman (Emerald Fennell)Documentary (Feature)Collective (Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana)Crip Camp (Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder)The Mole Agent (Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez)My Octopus Father (Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster)Time (Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn)Documentary (Short)Colette (Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard)A Concerto Is a Conversation (Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers)Do Not Split (Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook)Hunger Ward (Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman)A Love Song for Latasha (Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan)Film EditingThe Father (Yorgos Lamprinos)Nomadland (Chloé Zhao)Promising Young Woman (Frédéric Thoraval)Sound of Metal (Mikkel E. G. Nielsen)The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Alan Baumgarten)International Feature FilmAnother Round (Denmark)Better Days (Hong Kong)Collective (Romania)The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia)Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)Makeup and HairstylingEmma (Marese Langan, Laura Allen and Claudia Stolze)Hillbilly Elegy (Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle and Patricia Dehaney)Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson)Mank (Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri and Colleen LaBaff)Pinocchio (Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti)Music (Original Score)Da 5 Bloods (Terence Blanchard)Mank (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross)Minari (Emile Mosseri)News of the World (James Newton Howard)Soul (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste)Music (Original Song)“Fight for You” (from Judas and the Black Messiah; Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas)“Hear My Voice” (from The Trial of the Chicago 7; Music by Daniel Pemberton; Lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite)“Husavik” (from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga; Music and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson)“Io Sì (Seen)” (from The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se); Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini)“Speak Now” (from One Night in Miami…; Music and Lyric by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth)Best PictureThe Father (David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi and Philippe Carcassonne, Producers)Judas and the Black Messiah (Shaka King, Charles D. King and Ryan Coogler, Producers)Mank (Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski, Producers)Minari (Christina Oh, Producer)Nomadland (Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, Producers)Promising Young Woman (Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell and Josey McNamara, Producers)Sound of Metal (Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche, Producers)The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Marc Platt and Stuart Besser, Producers)Production DesignThe Father (Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone)Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton)Mank (Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale)News of the World (Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan)Tenet (Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas)Short Film (Animated)Burrow (Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat)Genius Loci (Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise)If Anything Happens I Love You (Will McCormack and Michael Govier)Opera (Erick Oh)Yes People (Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson)Short Film (Live Action)Feeling Through (Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski)The Letter Room (Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan)The Present (Farah Nabulsi)Two Distant Strangers (Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe)White Eye (Tomer Shushan and Shira Hochman)SoundGreyhound (Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman)Mank (Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin)News of the World (Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett)Soul (Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker)Sound of Metal (Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh)Visual EffectsLove and Monsters (Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox)The Midnight Sky (Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins)Mulan (Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram)The One and Only Ivan (Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez)Tenet (Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher)Writing (Adapted Screenplay)Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad)The Father (Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller)Nomadland (Written for the screen by Chloé Zhao)One Night in Miami… (Screenplay by Kemp Powers)The White Tiger (Written for the screen by Ramin Bahrani)Writing (Original Screenplay)Judas and the Black Messiah (Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King; Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas)Minari (Written by Lee Isaac Chung)Promising Young Woman (Written by Emerald Fennell)Sound of Metal (Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder; Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance)The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Written by Aaron Sorkin)"

What do you think of the 2021 Oscar nominees? Is there anything missing from the list this year? Which films would you like to see take home honors? Tell us in the comments below!