Another year's Academy Awards nominations announcement, another round of films and artists who didn't make the cut.
While this year's crop of nominees managed to avoid another embarrassing #OscarsSoWhite scenario of oversights and omissions, there were nevertheless some very notable snubs and exclusions. Here are some of the biggest ones:.
Good News, Bad News for Genre Movies
Guillermo del Toro's romantic fantasy film The Shape of Water led the Oscar race with 13 nominations, including Best Picture, but Academy members apparently only allowed themselves to take that one genre movie seriously this year. Blade Runner 2049 received critical raves, but outside of some regional critics groups the film itself has failed to win any major awards. It received five below-the-line nominations (we'll see if cinematographer Roger Deakins finally wins an Oscar thanks to his work on Blade Runner 2049).
Logan was another critically acclaimed genre film that seemed like it had a shot at Oscars. It did receive a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, but Sir Patrick Stewart was overlooked for his supporting role despite some other awards groups nominating him. And despite all the love showered on the film and its commercial success, Wonder Woman was completely shut out of the Oscar race. And Star Wars: The Last Jedi proved too divisive to stand any real chance at anything beyond technical categories.
Get Out is also considered a genre movie (horror-thriller) and it landed four nominations (Picture, Director, Actor, Original Screenplay), but we'll wait and see if it takes home any awards.
The Most Shocking Oversights for Shape of Water
The Shape of Water earned 13 nominations and yet it inexplicably didn't land any for either Makeup or Visual Effects despite the fact that its Amphibian Man is pretty freaking crucial to the whole movie working! And even if they had, actor Doug Jones -- who breathed life into the creature suit effect -- was also overlooked.
Best Picture
I, Tonya, Mudbound, The Florida Project, The Disaster Artist, and The Big Sick were all notably missing from this year's crop of Oscar noms for Best Picture. Phantom Thread surprised with a stronger showing across the board than had been expected at this point in the awards conversation.
Acting Nominations
James Franco won a Golden Globe for The Disaster Artist but perhaps allegations of sexual misconduct derailed his chances for The Disaster Artist (Oscar voting closed just days after the story hit so it's tough to gauge how much of an impact it had).
Supporting players Armie Hammer and Michael Stuhlbarg were both overlooked for Call Me By Your Name, as were Holly Hunter and Ray Romano for The Big Sick.
Many actors who did receive noms in other awards races were overlooked by the Academy this year. Tom Hanks didn't make the cut for his turn in The Post, Jessica Chastain for Molly's Game, Jake Gyllenhaal for Stronger, Hong Chau for Downsizing, Tiffany Haddish for Girls Trip, Judi Dench for Victoria & Abdul, Jason Mitchell for Mudbound, Sebastian Stan for I, Tonya, and Emma Stone and Steve Carell for Battle of the Sexes.
Best Director
Martin McDonagh was snubbed as a director despite his film Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri earning seven nominations (including Best Picture); he did, however, land an Original Screenplay nomination for it. Steven Spielberg was overlooked despite The Post landing a Best Picture nomination. Ditto Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name) and Joe Wright (Darkest Hour).
Ridley Scott's last minute removal and replacement of Kevin Spacey from All the Money in the World didn't land him a director nomination as some had suspected it might.
And, as mentioned in our genre movies entry above, no directing noms for Blade Runner 2049's Denis Villeneuve, Wonder Woman's Patty Jenkins, or Logan's James Mangold.
Oscars Hate LEGO Movies
We all know Best Animated Feature is Coco's to lose, but for The Lego Batman Movie to be overlooked in favor of the less critically well-received Boss Baby and Ferdinand is baffling. Although it shouldn't be, I suppose, considering how its predecessor The LEGO Movie was also snubbed in this category.
Jim Vejvoda is IGN's Executive Editor of Movies. Follow him at @JimVejvoda.