Con drama American Hustle and space movie Gravity lead this year’s Oscar nominations with 10 nods each.
American Hustle was shortlisted in all four acting categories for its stars Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence.
It is also up for best picture alongside Gravity, which earned a best director nod for Alfonso Cuaron and best actress for Sandra Bullock.
12 Years a Slave’s nine nominations included best director and picture.
British film Philomena is up for four awards, including best picture.
Captain Phillips, 12 Years a Slave, Nebraska, The Wolf of Wall Street, Dallas Buyers Club and Her are also among the nine films nominated for the coveted top award.
Best Motion Picture of the Year
· American Hustle
· Captain Phillips
· Dallas Buyers Club
· Gravity
· Her
· Nebraska
· Philomena
· 12 Years a Slave
· The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
· Christian Bale -American Hustle
· Bruce Dern for Nebraska
· Leonardo DiCaprio-The Wolf of Wall Street
· Chiwetel Ejiofor-12 Years a Slave
· Matthew McConaughey-Dallas Buyers Club
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
· Amy Adams-American Hustle
· Cate Blanchett-Blue Jasmine
· Sandra Bullock-Gravity
· Judi Dench-Philomena
· Meryl Streep-August: Osage County
Best Achievement in Directing
· Alfonso Cuarón-Gravity
· Steve McQueen-12 Years a Slave
· David O Russell-American Hustle
· Martin Scorsese-The Wolf of Wall Street
· Alexander Payne-Nebraska
Best Animated Feature Film
· The Croods
· Despicable Me 2
· Ernest & Celestine
· Frozen
· The Wind Rises
Best Foreign Language Film
· The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
· The Missing Picture (Cambodia)
· The Hunt (Denmark)
· The Great Beauty (Italy)
· Omar (2013) (Palestine)


