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 feature, 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, The Testament of Ann Lee, Train Dreams, and Sorry, Baby. The list also included a few less obvious films, like East of Wall, Familiar Touch, and Lurker.
One Battle After Another also earned nominations 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 Jessie Buckley, Ethan Hawke, Jennifer Lawrence, and Tessa Thompson.
The winners will be announced at the December 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 feature 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 by 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 front-runner.
See the full list of Gothams film nominations below:
Best Feature
Bugonia
East of Wall
Familiar Touch
Hamnet
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Lurker
One Battle After Another
Sorry, Baby
The Testament of Ann Lee
Train Dreams
