2022 Oscars Best Picture Nominations

Here are all the nominations for best picture at the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022. Enjoy!

Making movies is a very difficult process that involves lots of teams. Since this most respected award ceremony started in 1929, it has expanded to recognize the talent of many and yet the best picture is still the best picture. Here is a list of all of the nominated movies. 

Belfast

Directed by Kenneth Branagh.

A 9-year-old in Belfast, Northern Ireland during the conflicts of 1969 has to grapple with social, religious and economic turmoil.

CODA

Directed by Sian Heder

Ruby Rossi is the only one of her family who is not deaf and struggling to balance school, her family's fishing and her own life.

Don’t Look Up

Directed by Adam McKay

Two astronomers are desperately trying to warn the world that a comet (cough, climate change) that will destroy all humans. 

Drive My Car

Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi

A bond between a theater director and his driver is formed while enduring tragedy and betrayal. 

Dune

Directed by Denis Villeneuve

Based on the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert. A noble family in the future is pushed into a war in a desert planet. 

King Richard

Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green

Follow Will Smith in the role of coach and father of famous tennis players Venus and Serena Williams.

Licorice Pizza

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

The coming-of-age story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine as they navigate first love.

The Power of the Dog

Directed by Jane Campion

A wealthy dominant rancher's egoism and jealousy torments his brother's new wife and son. 

West Side Story

Directed by Steven Spielberg

This remake of the 1961 film explores the conflict between two groups of teenagers in the Upper West Side.