On Sunday, February 22nd, the annual night of elaborate ball gown dresses, playoff music and golden awards commences: the Oscars. All the movies that have been seen and loved by the general public were considered by the Academy. The performances that were applauded, the writing that captured hearts and the soundtracks that made it soar. So…here are the nominees.

Best Picture

Boyhood: The young life of Mason, filmed over twelve years with the same cast.

American Sniper: Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle’s pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty; however, Chris finds that it is the war he can’t leave behind.

Birdman: A washed up actor, who once played an iconic superhero, battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career and himself in the days leading up to the opening of a Broadway play.

The Imitation Game: During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.
The Grand Budapest Hotel: The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka between the first and second World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.

Selma: A chronicle of Martin Luther King’s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.
Whiplash: A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student’s potential.

The Theory of Everything: The relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.

Best Actor

Steve Carell (Foxcatcher)

Bradley Cooper (American Sniper)

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)

Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)

Michael Keaton (Birdman)

Best Actress

Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night)

Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)

Julianne Moore (Still Alice)

Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)

Reese Witherspoon (Wild)

Best Supporting Actor

Robert Duvall (The Judge)

Ethan Hawke (Boyhood)

Edward Norton (Birdman)

Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher)

J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)

Best Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)

Laura Dern (Wild)

Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game)

Emma Stone (Birdman)

Meryl Streep (Into the Woods)

Best Original Screenplay

Foxcatcher

Birdman

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Boyhood

Nightcrawler

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Imitation Game

American Sniper

Inherent Vice

The Theory of Everything

Whiplash

Best Original Song

“Everything is Awesome” (The Lego Movie)

“Glory” (Selma)

“Grateful” (Beyond the Lights)

“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” (Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me)

“Lost Stars” (Begin Again)