The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences (AMPAS) has announced the nominees for the 86^th Academy Awards.

For the Best Picture Category, nine films have made the cut. For the other major awards for acting performances, they have the usual five nominees.

"Gravity" and "American Hustle" are the leaders with 10 nominations each including Best Picture and Best Director."12 Years A Slave" has nine.

Scarlett Johansson was not nominated for her voice performance in Spike Jonze's "Her." Former Music Video director Spike Jonze was also not nominated for Best Director, although "Her" is in contention for Best Picture. She won awards for the roles abroad, but the Golden Globes refused to consider nominating a voice performance. It was hoped, but not really anticipated, that the Academy would see it differently.

Martin Scorsese was nominated for Best Director for the seventh time. His muse, Leonardo DiCaprio is also nominated for Best Actor, Jonah Hill for Best Supporting Actor and the movie for Best Picture.

Tom Hanks failed to get his sixth nomination for Best Actor. The Coen Brothers "Inside LLewyn Davis" was also snubbed. Oprah Winfrey, Emma Thompson and Robert Redford for "All Is Lost" (no nominations for Director and Picture) would also be the snubs that immediately come to mind.

The nominees for the major awards are listed here. For the full list including the technical awards, click here.

Best motion picture of the year
"American Hustle"

"Captain Phillips"

"Dallas Buyers Club"

"Gravity"

"Her"

"Nebraska"

"Philomena"

"12 Years a Slave"

"The Wolf of Wall Street"

Achievement in directing
"American Hustle" David O. Russell
"Gravity" Alfonso Cuarón
"Nebraska" Alexander Payne
"12 Years a Slave" Steve McQueen
"The Wolf of Wall Street" Martin Scorsese

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Christian Bale in "American Hustle"
Bruce Dern in "Nebraska"
Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Chiwetel Ejiofor in "12 Years a Slave"
Matthew McConaughey in "Dallas Buyers Club"

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Barkhad Abdi in "Captain Phillips"
Bradley Cooper in "American Hustle"
Michael Fassbender in "12 Years a Slave"
Jonah Hill in "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Jared Leto in "Dallas Buyers Club"

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Amy Adams in "American Hustle"
Cate Blanchett in "Blue Jasmine"
Sandra Bullock in "Gravity"
Judi Dench in "Philomena"
Meryl Streep in "August: Osage County"

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Sally Hawkins in "Blue Jasmine"
Jennifer Lawrence in "American Hustle"
Lupita Nyong'o in "12 Years a Slave"
Julia Roberts in "August: Osage County"
June Squibb in "Nebraska"