Akademi Başkanı Cheryl Boone Isaacs ve Avustralyalı oyuncu Chris Hemsworth tarafından açıklanan yapımlar ve aday gösterildikleri kategoriler şöyle:
"En İyi Film: "American Hustle", "Captain Phillips", "Dallas Buyers Club", "Gravity", "Her", "Nebraska", "Philomena", "12 Years a Slave", "The Wolf of Wall Street".
En İyi Erkek Oyuncu: Christian Bale (American Hustle), Bruce Dern (Nebraska), Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street), Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave), Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club).
En İyi Kadın Oyuncu: Amy Adams (American Hustle), Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine), Sandra Bullock (Gravity), Judi Dench (Philomena), Meryl Streep (August: Osage County).
En İyi Yardımcı Erkek Oyuncu: Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), Bradley Cooper (American Hustle), Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave), Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street), Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club).
En İyi Yardımcı Kadın Oyuncu: Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine), Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle), Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave), Julia Roberts (August: Osage County), June Squibb (Nebraska).
En İyi Yönetmen: David O. Russell (American Hustle), Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity), Alexander Payne (Nebraska), Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave), Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street).
En İyi Yabancı Film: "The Broken Circle Breakdown" - Belçika, "The Great Beauty" - İtalya, "The Hunt" - Danimarka, "The Missing Picture" - Kamboçya, "Omar" - Filistin.
En İyi Uyarlama Senaryo: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke (Before Midnight), Billy Ray (Captain Phillips), Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope (Philomena), John Ridley (12 Years a Slave), Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street).
En İyi Özgün Senaryo: Eric Warren Singer ve David O. Russell (American Hustle), Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine), Craig Borten ve Melisa Wallack (Dallas Buyers Club), Spike Jonze (Her), Bob Nelson (Nebraska).
En İyi Animasyon: "The Croods", "Despicable Me 2", "Ernest & Celestine", "Frozen", "The Wind Rises"."
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