Oscars 2024: The Biggest Snubs & Surprises
The nominations for the 2024 Oscars have been unveiled and, as with any year, there are plenty of snubs and surprises to delve into.
While the past year in film has made way for event viewing such as Barbie and Oppenheimer, otherwise known as “Barbenheimer,” as well as major moments for beloved TV stars such as This Is Us‘s Sterling K. Brown and Superstore‘s America Ferrera, it’s impossible to recognize all of the impressive accomplishments.
But there are some blatant snubs among this year’s nominations, which exclude nominations for stars from Past Lives, May December, Ferrari, and Priscilla, to name a few. Below, we’re rounding up all of the major snubs and surprising nominations from the 2024 awards. Scroll down to see them, and let us know what nominations you’re most excited for and which snubs you’re most upset about in the comments section, below.
2024 Oscars, Sunday, March 10, ABC
SNUB: Greta Lee for Past Lives
Past Lives got nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Film, but star Greta Lee, who features in Apple TV+‘s The Morning Show, was completely snubbed for acting.
SURPRISE: America Ferrera & No Margot Robbie
America Ferrera made a sweetly surprising breakthrough in the Best Supporting Actress category, where she was nominated alongside Emily Blunt, Danielle Brooks, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Jodie Foster. Sadly for her onscreen counterpart, Margot Robbie, playing “Stereotypical” Barbie wasn’t enough to break her into the Best Actress category.
SNUB: Charles Melton for May December
Charles Melton, known for The CW‘s Riverdale, was shut out of the Best Supporting Actor category despite early buzz for his role in May December, which only received one nomination, for Best Original Screenplay.
SNUB: Greta Gerwig
Despite her film Barbie being nominated for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay (among other categories), Greta Gerwig was shut out of the Best Directing category, which feels like a snub if we ever saw one.
SURPRISE: Sterling K. Brown
The actor who stole hearts as Randall Pearson on This Is Us has hit the big leagues with his first Oscar nomination. While we’re unsurprised that his stellar performance in American Fiction is worthy of recognition, it’s still nice to see it acknowledged in this way.
SNUB: Priscilla
Sofia Coppola‘s Priscilla didn’t earn a single nomination for its production, despite strong performances from stars Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi. The film’s lack of recognition is definitely a disappointment.
SNUB: Ferrari
Michael Mann‘s Netflix film starring Adam Driver didn’t break through in any categories despite early buzz and a strong initial reception.
SURPRISE: NYAD
While the film NYAD has earned buzz, it was a little surprising to see both stars, Jodie Foster and Annette Bening, earn nominations as the film would be considered a late contender.
SNUB: Zac Efron for The Iron Claw
A24’s film The Iron Claw, about the Von Erich brothers may have been left out of the nominations, but it feels especially egregious to shut out Zac Efron‘s moving performance as Kevin Von Erich.
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Is it just me or were there not that many good films this year? Even the big hits.
I saw Oppenheimer and while it was ok to good, i didn’t think it was great. It’s an interesting story yes, but is it a story worthy of the mega Hollywood Christopher Nolan big budget movie treatment? I didn’t think so. Would anybody have missed it if Nolan hadn’t decided to make a ‘big’ film about this guy? Sometimes I look back at a film the Oscars got all excited about in earlier years or decades think…really? It’s different after the studio hype dies down and there’s just the actual movie. Of course a lot of truly excellent films win best picture, but not always. Based on the other awards shows and the buzz, Oppenheimer will probably win best picture and maybe best director & actor. Makes me feel like there wasn’t a lot of competition this year. Robert Downey Jr. was good in it.
Barbie is not a movie I’d normally watch but it’s now included on a streaming service I subscribe to so I’ll probably get around to watching it, maybe before the Oscars.
Maybe it IS just me but I recall being more excited about the Oscars in other years.
There seemed to be a lot of great television this past year.
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There are 10 films nominated in the Best Film category. There are 5 directors nominated in the Best Directing category. If you list Greta Gerwig as a snub because she was not nominated when her film was, your column has then snubbed the other 4 directors whose films were nominated without being nominated themselves in the Directing category.
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I'm delighted that Jimmy Kimmel is hosting again.
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Seems snubs are all white. Oh so black Oscar’s