Kedua-dua filem itu masing-masing mendapat sembilan pencalonan.
Pengumuman senarai pencalonan itu dilakukan dalam satu siaran langsung di Los Angeles, Amerika Syarikat pada Khamis.
Filem-filem lain yang turut mendapat pencalonan tertinggi ialah The Imitation Game (lapan pencalonan), Boyhood (enam), American Sniper (enam), The Theory of Everything (lima), Foxcatcher (lima), Whiplash (lima) dan Interstellar (lima).
Berikut ini senarai penuh sebahagian daripada pencalonan utama Oscar:
FILEM TERBAIK
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
PENGARAH TERBAIK
Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro González Iñárritu - Birdman
Richard Linklater - Boyhood
Bennett Miller - Foxcatcher
Morten Tyldum - The Imitation Game
PELAKON WANITA TERBAIK
Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Nigh
Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore - Still Alice
Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon - Wild
PELAKON LELAKI TERBAIK
Steve Carell - Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper - American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton - Birdman
Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
PELAKON PEMBANTU TERBAIK (WANITA)
Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
Laura Dern - Wild
Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
Emma Stone - Birdman
Meryl Streep - Into the Woods
PELAKON PEMBANTU TERBAIK (LELAKI)
Robert Duvall - The Judge
Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
Edward Norton - Birdman
Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
LAKON LAYAR TERBAIK
Paul Thomas Anderson - Inherent Vice
Damien Chazelle - Whiplash
Jason Hall - American Sniper
Anthony McCarten - The Theory of Everything
Graham Moore - The Imitation Game
LAKON LAYAR ASAL TERBAIK
Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dan Futterman and E. Max Frye - Foxcatcher
Dan Gilroy - Nightcrawler
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo – Birdman
Richard Linklater - Boyhood
FILEM ASING TERBAIK
Leviathan
Ida
Tangerines
Timbuktu
Wild Tales
DOKUMENTARI TERBAIK
Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga
ANIMASI TERBAIK
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
SUNTINGAN TERBAIK
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash
LAGU ASAL TERBAIK
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
SKOR ASAL TERBAIK
Alexandre Desplat - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat - The Imitation Game
Johann Johannsson - The Theory of Everything
Gary Yershon - Mr. Turner
Hans Zimmer – Interstellar
SINEMATOGRAFI TERBAIK
Roger Deakins - Unbroken
Emmanuel Lubezki - Birdman
Dick Pope - Mr. Turner
Robert Yeoman - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski - Ida
