‘Oppenheimer’ earns 13 MNFCA Award nominations

Christopher Nolan’s biopic “Oppenheimer” earned nominations in 13 of the 16 categories for the 2024 MNFCA Awards.

The 2023 historical film received nominations for Best Picture and Best Director, as well as several technical and acting categories. The 13 nominations is the most for any film in the history of the MNFCA.

Previously, the record for nominations was 11, with “Dune,” “The Power of the Dog” and “Everything Everywhere All At Once” all earning that many selections.

Behind “Oppenheimer” is “Poor Things” with 11 nominations and “Barbie” with 10. Other notable selections include “Maestro” with seven, “The Holdovers” with five and “Past Lives” with four.

Below is the full list of nominees:

Best Picture

• “Barbie”
• “The Holdovers”
• “Maestro”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Past Lives”

Best Director

• Greta Gerwig, “Barbie”
• Yorgos Lanthimos, “Poor Things”
• Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”
• Celine Song, “Past Lives”
• Justine Triet, “Anatomy of a Fall”

Best Actor

• Bradley Cooper, “Maestro”
• Paul Giamatti, “The Holdovers”
• Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer”
• Andrew Scott, “All of Us Strangers”
• Jeffrey Wright, “American Fiction”

Best Actress

• Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• Greta Lee, “Past Lives”
• Carey Mulligan, “Maestro”
• Margot Robbie, “Barbie”
• Emma Stone, “Poor Things”

Best Supporting Actor

• Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer”
• Ryan Gosling, “Barbie”
• Charles Melton, “May December”
• Mark Ruffalo, “Poor Things”
• Dominic Sessa, “The Holdovers”

Best Supporting Actress

• Emily Blunt, “Oppenheimer”
• Claire Foy, “All of Us Strangers”
• Rachel McAdams, “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret”
• Julianne Moore, “May December”
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”

Best Ensemble

• “Asteroid City”
• “Barbie”
• “Iron Claw”
• “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• “Oppenheimer”

Best Screenplay

• “American Fiction”
• “Anatomy of a Fall”
• “The Holdovers”
• “Past Lives”
• “Poor Things”

Best Editing

• “Barbie”
• “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• “Maestro”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Poor Things”

Best Cinematography

• “Barbie”
• “Maestro”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Poor Things”
• “The Zone of Interest”

Best Music

• “Barbie”
• “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Poor things”
• “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse”

Best Costume/Make-up

• “Barbie”
• “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• “Maestro”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Poor Things”

Best Production Design

• “Barbie”
• “Killers of the Flower Moon”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Poor Things”
• “Wonka”

Best Sound Work

• “Ferrari”
• “Maestro”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Poor Things”
• “The Zone of Interest”

Best Special Effects

• “The Creator”
• “The Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3”
• “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1”
• “Oppenheimer”
• “Poor Things”

Best Animated Feature

• “The Boy and the Heron”
• “Elemental”
• “Nimona”
• “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
• “TMNT: Mutant Mayhem”

The Minnesota Film Critics Alliance is an organization with 21 members located in the Twin Cities metro area and other parts of the state, such as Duluth and Rochester. The MNFCA was founded in 2020.