One Battle After Another is sprinting into awards season. Paul Thomas Anderson’s film earned a record six nominations from the Gotham Awards, which were announced Tuesday.
For the first time, the Gothams (which are voted on by groups of critics) chose to have 10 films in the race for best picture, after only selecting five titles in previous years. Along with One Battle After Another, the full slate includes many top Oscar contenders like Bugonia, Hamnet, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Sorry, Baby, The Testament of Ann Lee, and Train Dreams. The list also included a few less obvious films, like East of Wall, Familiar Touch, and Lurker.
One Battle After Another was also nominated for director, adapted screenplay, breakthrough performer for Chase Infiniti, and two nominations for outstanding supporting performance, for Benicio Del Toro and Teyana Taylor.
Notably, Leonardo DiCaprio wasn’t nominated for lead performer. That list (which isn’t divided by gender) instead includes Jesse Buckley, Ethan Hawke, Jennifer Lawrence, and Tessa Thompson.
The winners will be announced at the Dec. 1 event at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. Noah Baumbach will be honored there with the Director Tribute, while Sinners will receive the ensemble prize.
The Gothams noms are exciting as an early awards announcement, but they don’t paint a complete picture of how the Oscar race may shape up. Because the nominations are selected by top critics, they can, however, indicate which films might be favored heavily by various national critics groups. Last year’s Gotham nominees for best picture included eventual Oscar winner Anora, but also films that didn’t even end up getting nominated for best picture at the Oscars, like Challengers and A Different Man.
This list also can’t be treated as a crystal ball because several films, including Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme and Bradley Cooper’s Is This Thing On?, weren’t completed before the submission deadline for this year’s Gotham Awards. Still, One Battle After Another already seems to be surging ahead after a strong box office performance—which indicates it, at least, is now a clear awards frontrunner.
See the full list of Gothams film nominations below:
Best FeatureBugoniaEast of WallFamiliar TouchHamnetIf I Had Legs I’d Kick YouLurkerOne Battle After AnotherSorry, BabyThe Testament of Ann LeeTrain Dreams
Best International FeatureIt Was Just an AccidentNo Other ChoiceNouvelle VagueResurrectionSound of Falling
Best Documentary Feature2000 Meters to AndriivkaBLKNWS: Terms & ConditionsMy Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in MoscowThe Perfect NeighborPut Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
Best DirectorMary Bronstein, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident (NEON)Kelly Reichardt, The Mastermind (MUBI)Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)Oliver Laxe, Sirât (NEON)
Breakthrough DirectorConstance Tsang, Blue Sun Palace (Dekanalog)Carson Lund, Eephus (Music Box Films)Sarah Friedland, Familiar Touch (Music Box Films)Akinola Davies Jr., My Father’s Shadow (MUBI)Harris Dickinson, Urchin (1-2 Special)
Best Original ScreenplayIf I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Mary Bronstein (A24)It Was Just an Accident, Jafar Panahi (NEON)The Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça Filho (NEON)Sorry, Baby, Eva Victor (A24)Sound of Falling, Louise Peter, Mascha Schilinski (MUBI)
Best Adapted ScreenplayNo Other Choice, Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-Mi, Jahye Lee, Don McKellar (NEON)One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson (Warner Bros. Pictures)Pillion, Harry Lighton (A24)Preparation for the Next Life, Martyna Majok (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)Train Dreams, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar (Netflix)
Outstanding Lead PerformanceJesse Buckley, Hamnet (Focus Features)Lee Byung-hun, No Other Choice (NEON)Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)Sopé Dìrísù, My Father’s Shadow (MUBI)Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love (MUBI)Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent (NEON)Josh O’Connor, The Mastermind (MUBI)Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)Tessa Thompson, Hedda (Orion Pictures/Amazon/MGM Studios)
Outstanding Supporting PerformanceBenicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein (Netflix)Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value (NEON)Indya Moore, Father Mother Sister Brother (MUBI)Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly (Netflix)Andrew Scott, Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)Alexander Skarsgård, Pillion (A24)Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value (NEON)Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Breakthrough PerformerA$AP Rocky, Highest 2 Lowest (A24)Sebiye Behtiyar, Preparation for the Next Life (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)Abou Sangaré, Souleymane’s Story (Kino Lorber)Tonatiuh, Kiss of the Spider Woman (Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate, LD Entertainment)
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