The 95th Oscars Best Picture lineup is only the 13th ever to consist of an even 10 films, which was established as the norm last year. Included among them are one of the nine shortest nominees of the last decade, as well as the third longest film recognized here since the turn of the century.
This group of Best Picture nominees is also the first since 2020 to include no films under 100 minutes in length. 88 minutes separate the longest and shortest films in the bunch, and they all have an average running time of 144 minutes, which is 18 minutes higher than the category’s all-time mean.
These 10 films have a total of 65 nominations among them covering 18 of the 23 Oscar categories. Last year’s lineup of 10 amassed a total of 60 bids across 17 categories. Those films ranged in length from 97 to 179 minutes and had an average running time of 139 minutes. The victory of 111-minute-long “CODA” marked the fifth time in a decade that the year’s second shortest nominee was chosen as the winner. The ones that preceded it were “Nomadland” (2021, 108 minutes), “Green Book” (2019, 130 minutes), “Moonlight” (2017, 111 minutes), and “Argo” (2013, 120 minutes).
Check out our gallery listing this year’s 10 Best Picture nominees from shortest to longest to find out which film is in that lucky second spot, and tune into ABC on March 12 to see which one takes the gold.
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‘Women Talking’ – 104 minutes
Image Credit: Courtesy of Michael Gibson/Orion Releasing This adaptation of Miriam Toews’s novel of the same name concerns a group of Mennonite women who meet to discuss the idea of leaving their secluded colony after enduring years of sexual abuse from its male members. It falls within the top 22% of shortest films ever nominated for Best Picture and would land on the list of 10 shortest winners.
Additional nomination:
Best Adapted Screenplay -
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ – 114 minutes
Image Credit: Searchlight Pictures Centered around a pair of early 20th century Irish drinking buddies whose friendship suddenly sours, this film is only about a minute shorter than 2018 Best Picture contender “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” which was also written and directed by Martin McDonagh.
Additional nominations:
Best Director (Martin McDonagh)
Best Actor (Colin Farrell)
Best Supporting Actor (Brendan Gleeson)
Best Supporting Actor (Barry Keoghan)
Best Supporting Actress (Kerry Condon)
Best Original Screenplay
Best Film Editing
Best Score -
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ – 130 minutes
Image Credit: Scott Garfield/Paramount Pictures The long-awaited first sequel to 1986’s “Top Gun” follows Tom Cruise’s Pete “Maverick” Mitchell as he prepares a group of young fighter pilots for a perilous mission. Its parent film, which was nominated for four Oscars but not Best Picture, is about 20 minutes shorter.
Additional nominations:
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Film Editing
Best Song (“Hold My Hand”)
Best Sound
Best Visual Effects -
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ – 139 minutes
Image Credit: A24 This wholly original tale of a mother and daughter on opposing sides of a multiversal battle has more Oscar nominations than any other film this year, with 11. Its running time makes it the lengthiest nominations leader since “The Revenant” (2016; 156 minutes)
Additional nominations:
Best Director (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert)
Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh)
Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan)
Best Supporting Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis)
Best Supporting Actress (Stephanie Hsu)
Best Original Screenplay
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Score
Best Song (“This Is a Life”) -
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ – 147 minutes
Image Credit: Reiner Bajo/Netflix This new filmed version of Erich Maria Remarque’s World War I book of the same title is the second to earn a Best Picture nomination. The first, which won the top prize at the third Oscars ceremony in 1930, is five minutes longer.
Additional nominations:
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best International Film
Best Cinematography
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Production Design
Best Score
Best Sound
Best Visual Effects -
‘Triangle of Sadness’ – 147 minutes
Image Credit: Neon Ruben Östlund’s three-chapter study of modern day income inequality won the Palme d’Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the longest film to do so since Östlund’s own “The Square” in 2017 (151 minutes).
Additional nominations:
Best Director (Ruben Östlund)
Best Original Screenplay -
‘The Fabelmans’ – 151 minutes
Image Credit: Universal Steven Spielberg’s thinly veiled account of his own formative adolescence is now the 13th film of his to be nominated for Best Picture. After “Schindler’s List” (1994; 195 minutes), “Saving Private Ryan” (1999; 169 minutes), “Munich” (2006; 163 minutes), and “West Side Story” (2022; 156 minutes), it is the fifth longest movie in the bunch.
Additional nominations:
Best Director (Steven Spielberg)
Best Actress (Michelle Williams)
Best Supporting Actor (Judd Hirsch)
Best Original Screenplay
Best Production Design
Best Score -
‘TAR’ – 158 minutes
Image Credit: Focus Features Writer-director Todd Field’s third feature, which was made after his 16-year filmmaking hiatus, focuses on an egocentric conductor whose resurfaced past causes her world to cave in around her. The film is 27 minutes longer than 2001’s “In the Bedroom,” which was the last of Field’s projects nominated in this category.
Additional nominations:
Best Director (Todd Field)
Best Actress (Cate Blanchett)
Best Original Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing -
‘Elvis’ – 159 minutes
Image Credit: Warner Bros. In less than three hours, this film tells the entire story of Elvis Presley’s two-decade career by focusing on his thorny relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker. The film runs 40 minutes longer than 2002 Best Picture nominee “Moulin Rouge!,” which was also directed by Baz Luhrmann.
Additional nominations:
Best Actor (Austin Butler)
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Production Design
Best Sound -
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ – 192 minutes
Image Credit: 20th Century Studios The first sequel to 2009’s “Avatar,” which expands on the story of the Na’vi people of Pandora, falls within the top 3% of longest films ever nominated here. Its predecessor, which is half an hour shorter, ranks within the top 11%.
Additional nominations:
Best Production Design
Best Sound
Best Visual Effects
