Oscars 2022 nominations: Dune and Power of the Dog lead the pack with the most nominations

    The complete list of Oscar nominations for 2022 has been announced.

    Oscars 2022 nominations: Dune and Power of the Dog lead the pack with the most nominations

    The nominations for the 94th Academy Awards are out. The ceremony which is usually held in February will be held in March and will have a host for the first time since 2018. As for this year's nominees, the list was announced by actors Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan.

    There are ten best picture nominees this year, the last time this happens was ten years ago at the 84th Academy awards. Due to the ongoing global pandemic, the Academy will still enforce its revised rules for eligibility from last year.

    So let us take a look at this year nominees and see if your picks made the cut -

    Best Picture

    Belfast

    CODA

    Don’t Look Up

    Drive My Car

    Dune

    King Richard

    Licorice Pizza

    Nightmare Alley

    The Power of the Dog

    West Side Story

    Best Director

    Kenneth Branagh – Belfast

    Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza

    Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog

    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car

    Steven Spielberg – West Side Story

    Best Actor

    Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos

    Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog

    Andrew Garfield – tick, tick… BOOM!

    Will Smith – King Richard

    Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth

    Best Actress

    Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye

    Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter

    Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers

    Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos

    Kristen Stewart – Spencer

    Best Supporting Actor

    Ciarán Hinds – Belfast

    Troy Kotsur – CODA

    Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog

    JK Simmons – Being the Ricardos

    Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

    Best Supporting Actress

    Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter

    Ariana DeBose – West Side Story

    Judi Dench – Belfast

    Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog

    Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard

    Best Animated Film

    Encanto

    Flee

    Luca

    The Mitchells vs the Machines

    Raya and the Last Dragon

    Best Foreign Film

    Drive My Car

    Flee

    The Hand of God

    Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

    The Worst Person in the World

    Best Cinematography

    Dune

    Nightmare Alley

    The Power of the Dog

    The Tragedy of Macbeth

    West Side Story

    Best Visual Effects

    Dune

    Free Guy

    No Time to Die

    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

    Spider-Man : No Way Home

    Best Costume Design

    Cruella

    Cyrano

    Dune

    Nightmare Alley

    West Side Story

    Best Sound

    Dune

    Belfast

    No Time to Die

    The Power of the Dog

    West Side Story