‘Joker’ Laughs Last With 11 Nominations in the 2020 Oscar Race

The 2020 Oscar nominations are in, and Joker has put on a happy face.

Todd Phillips’ dark comic-book drama leads the field with 11 nominations, including Best Picture, directing and a leading actor nod for Joaquin Phoenix. The Irishman, 1917 and Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood follow with 10 nominations each.

Jojo Rabbit, Little Women, Marriage Story and Parasite earned six nominations apiece. The Best Picture field also includes Ford v Ferrari, giving this year’s race everything from mobsters and divorce attorneys to race cars, trench warfare and one deeply misguided imaginary friend.

Scarlett Johansson received two acting nominations, one for her leading performance in Marriage Story and another for her supporting role in Jojo Rabbit. Cynthia Erivo also earned two nominations, receiving recognition for her performance in Harriet and for co-writing the film’s original song, “Stand Up.”

Here is a look at the nominees in several of the ceremony’s biggest categories.

Best Picture

Ford v Ferrari
Producers Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and James Mangold

The Irishman
Producers Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Emma Tillinger Koskoff

Jojo Rabbit
Producers Carthew Neal, Taika Waititi and Chelsea Winstanley

Joker
Producers Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper and Emma Tillinger Koskoff

Little Women
Producer Amy Pascal

Marriage Story
Producers Noah Baumbach and David Heyman

1917
Producers Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren and Callum McDougall

Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
Producers David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh and Quentin Tarantino

Parasite
Producers Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho

Actor in a Leading Role

The leading actor category includes Antonio Banderas as an aging filmmaker looking backward, Adam Driver as a husband navigating an increasingly complicated divorce and Joaquin Phoenix as a man whose career in party entertainment takes a fairly dramatic turn.

Antonio Banderas
Pain and Glory

Leonardo DiCaprio
Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood

Adam Driver
Marriage Story

Joaquin Phoenix
Joker

Jonathan Pryce
The Two Popes

Actress in a Leading Role

The leading actress nominees include Cynthia Erivo, Scarlett Johansson, Saoirse Ronan, Charlize Theron and Renée Zellweger. Their performances span abolition, divorce, literary ambition, cable news and the final years of a Hollywood legend.

Cynthia Erivo
Harriet

Scarlett Johansson
Marriage Story

Saoirse Ronan
Little Women

Charlize Theron
Bombshell

Renée Zellweger
Judy

Actor in a Supporting Role

The supporting actor field is crowded with familiar faces. Tom Hanks earned a nomination for portraying Fred Rogers, while Al Pacino and Joe Pesci were both recognized for The Irishman. Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt complete a category with more than a few decades of awards-season experience between them.

Tom Hanks
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Anthony Hopkins
The Two Popes

Al Pacino
The Irishman

Joe Pesci
The Irishman

Brad Pitt
Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood

Actress in a Supporting Role

Scarlett Johansson’s second nomination of the year comes for playing a mother hiding a Jewish girl during World War II in Jojo Rabbit. She is joined by Kathy Bates, Laura Dern, Florence Pugh and Margot Robbie.

Kathy Bates
Richard Jewell

Laura Dern
Marriage Story

Scarlett Johansson
Jojo Rabbit

Florence Pugh
Little Women

Margot Robbie
Bombshell

Animated Feature Film

The animated feature category includes dragons, missing links, severed hands and Santa Claus. Toy Story 4 also returns Woody and Buzz Lightyear to the Oscar race, because apparently saving children from emotional devastation is a job with no retirement plan.

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Dean DeBlois, Bradford Lewis and Bonnie Arnold

I Lost My Body
Jérémy Clapin and Marc du Pontavice

Klaus
Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh and Marisa Román

Missing Link
Chris Butler, Arianne Sutner and Travis Knight

Toy Story 4
Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen and Jonas Rivera