Hollywood announced the 87th Academy Award nominations Thursday, with "Birdman" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" topping all films with nine nominations each, including best picture.
The shortlist was announced at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Alfonso Cuaron, who won best director for "Gravity" in 2014, alongside "Star Wars" director JJ Abrams, actor Chris Pine and Oscars boss Cheryl Boone Isaacs.
The war drama "The Imitation Game" is up for eight awards, while "Boyhood" and "American Sniper" each have six nominations.
Six other films are in competition for the best picture prize alongside "The Grand Budapest Hotel," about a renowned concierge wrongfully accused of murder, and "Birdman," about a superhero attempting to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play.
They are "American Sniper," "Boyhood," "The Imitation Game," "Selma," "The Theory of Everything" and "Whiplash."
Eddie Redmayne, who won best actor at last week's Golden Globe Awards for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in "The Theory of Everything," will compete for best actor along with Steve Carell ("Foxcatcher"), Bradley Cooper ("American Sniper"), Benedict Cumberbatch ("The Imitation Game") and Michael Keaton ("Birdman").
Awards will be presented February 22 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood and televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
The award, a gold-plated statuette, is bestowed upon winners in 24 categories including best picture, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, directing, original screenplay, original score, visual effects, foreign-language film and animated feature film.
The complete list of nominees for 87th Academy Awards is as follows:
Best Picture: American Sniper, Birdman, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Selma, The Theory of Everything, Whiplash
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 Actor: Steve Carell, Foxcatcher Bradley Cooper, American Sniper Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game Michael Keaton, Birdman Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood Laura Dern, Wild Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game Emma Stone, Birdman Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Duvall, The Judge Ethan Hawke, Boyhood Edward Norton, Birdman Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher JK Simmons, Whiplash
Directing: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman Richard Linklater, Boyhood Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Cinematography: Birdman, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Ida, Mr. Turner Unbroken
Foreign Language Film: Ida, Poland Leviathan, Russia Tangerines, Estonia Timbuktu, Mauritania Wild Tales, Argentina
Costume Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Inherent Vice, Into the Woods, Maleficent Mr. Turner
Makeup and Hairstyling: Foxcatcher, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Guardians of the Galaxy
Original Score: The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Interstellar, Mr. Turner, The Theory of Everything
Adapted Screenplay: American Sniper, The Imitation Game, Inherent Vice, The Theory of Everything, Whiplash
Original Screenplay: Birdman, Boyhood, Foxcatcher, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Nightcrawler
Animated Feature Film: Big Hero 6, The Boxtrolls, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Song of the Sea, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Documentary Feature: Citizenfour, Finding Vivian Maier, Last Days in Vietnam ,The Salt of the Earth, Virunga
Documentary Short Subject: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 Joanna Our Curse The Reaper (La Parka) White Earth
Film Editing: American Sniper, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Whiplash
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
Production Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Interstellar, Into the Woods, Mr Turner
Animated Short Film: The Bigger Picture, The Dam Keeper, Feast Me and My Moulton, A Single Life
Live Action Short Film: Aya Boogaloo and Graham Butter, Lamp Parvaneh The Phone Call
Sound Editing: American Sniper, Birdman, The Hobbitt: The Battle of the Five Armies, Interstellar
Sound Mixing: American Sniper, Birdman, Interstellar, Unbroken, Whiplash
Visual Effects: Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Guardians of the Galaxy, Interstellar, X-Men: Days of Future Past
