25 Great Films Rejected by the Oscars in 2024: ‘The Iron Claw,’ ‘Priscilla’ and More
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director The 2024 Oscar nominations have arrived, and it was a huge morning for the likes of Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” as predicted.
Nolan’s atomic bomb epic led the pack with 13 nominations, further cementing its status as a best picture frontrunner after winning top prizes at the Golden Globes and Critic’s Choice Awards earlier this season.
As is always the case on Oscar nominations morning, dozens of critically-acclaimed films found themselves with zero nominations.
A24 landed two best picture nominees (“Past Lives” and “The Zone of Interest”), but it also had a handful of other great titles get completely shut out like “The Iron Claw,” which featured awards-worthy work by Zac Efron in the lead role, and “Priscilla,” easily one of Sofia Coppola’s strongest works yet.
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