Nomadland

• First Cow
• Hamilton
• The Invisible Man
• Judas and the Black Messiah
• Minari
• Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Palm Springs
• Promising Young Woman
• Sound of Metal

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

• Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
• Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
• Steve McQueen – Lovers Rock
• Kelly Reichardt – First Cow

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone

• Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Levee Green
• Anthony Hopkins – The Father as Anthony
• Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods as Paul
• Steven Yeun – Minari as Jacob Yi

Frances McDormand – Nomadland as Fern

• Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Ma Rainey
• Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Autumn
• Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man as Cecilia Kass
• Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman as Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas

Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah as Fred Hampton

• Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman
• Bill Murray – On the Rocks as Felix Keane
• Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami... as Sam Cooke
• Paul Raci – Sound of Metal as Joe

Youn Yuh-jung – Minari as Soon-ja

• Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as Tutar Sagdiyev
• Olivia Colman – The Father as Anne
• Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Skylar
• Amanda Seyfried – Mank as Marion Davies

Da 5 Bloods

• Judas and the Black Messiah
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
• Minari
• One Night in Miami...

Tenet

• Birds of Prey
• Extraction
• The Invisible Man
• Monster Hunter

Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell

• First Cow – Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt
• I'm Thinking of Ending Things – Charlie Kaufman
• Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
• Palm Springs – Andy Siara

Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart

• Onward – Dan Scanlon
• Over the Moon – John Kahrs and Glen Keane
• Ride Your Wave – Masaaki Yuasa
• Soul – Pete Docter and Kemp Powers

The History of the Seattle Mariners: Supercut Edition – Jon Bois

• Boys State – Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss
• Collective – Alexander Nanau
• Dick Johnson Is Dead – Kirsten Johnson
• Time – Garrett Bradley

Minari – Lee Isaac Chung

• Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg
• Bacurau – Juliano Dornelles and Kleber Mendonça Filho
• La Llorona – Jayro Bustamante
• To the Ends of the Earth – Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Nomadland – Joshua James Richards

• First Cow – Christopher Blauvelt
• Lovers Rock – Shabier Kirchner
• Mank – Erik Messerschmidt
• News of the World – Dariusz Wolski

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Ann Roth

• Birds of Prey – Erin Benach
• Emma – Alexandra Byrne
• First Cow – April Napier
• Mank – Trish Summerville

Nomadland – Chloé Zhao

• Da 5 Bloods – Adam Gough
• Tenet – Jennifer Lame
• Time – Gabriel Rhodes
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten

Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross

• Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard
• Mank – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• Minari – Emile Mosseri
• Tenet – Ludwig Göransson

Mank – Donald Graham Burt (Production Design); Jan Pascale (Set Decoration)

• First Cow – Anthony Gasparro (Production Design); Vanessa Knoll (Set Decoration)
• Judas and the Black Messiah – Sam Lisenco (Production Design); Rebecca Brown (Set Decoration)
• News of the World – David Crank (Production Design); Elizabeth Keenan (Set Decoration)
• Tenet – Nathan Crowley (Production Design); Kathy Lucas (Set Decoration)

Tenet – Mike Chambers, Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, and Andrew Lockley

• Greyhound – Peter Bebb, Nathan McGuinness, Whitney Richman, and Sebastian Theo von Overheidt
• The Invisible Man – Aevar Bjarnason, Marcus Bolton, Jonathan Dearing, and Matt Ebb
• The Midnight Sky – Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon, and David Watkins
• Possessor – Murray Barber, Bryan Jones, and Derek Liscoumb

Alan Kim – Minari as David Yi

• Millie Bobby Brown – Enola Holmes as Enola Holmes
• Ji-hu Park – House of Hummingbird as Eun-hee
• Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Skylar
• Helena Zengel – News of the World as Johanna Leonberger / Cicada

Adrian Griffin / The Invisible Man – The Invisible Man (portrayed by Oliver Jackson-Cohen)

• Judge Julius Hoffman – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (portrayed by Frank Langella)
• Michael – Bacurau (portrayed by Udo Kier)
• Diane Sherman – Run (portrayed by Sarah Paulson)
• Roman Sionis / Black Mask – Birds of Prey (portrayed by Ewan McGregor)