"Arrival" and "Moonlight" were just behind with eight nominations each with Hacksaw Ridge, Lion and Manchester by the Sea earning six apiece and Fences and Hell or High Water with four nods.
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Check out the complete list of nominees below:
Best Picture
Moonlight
Manchester by the Sea
La La Land
Hell or High Water
Arrival
Hidden Figures
Hacksaw Ridge
Lion
Fences
Best Director
Damien Chazelle -- La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan -- Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins -- Moonlight
Denis Villeneuve -- Arrival
Tom Ford -- Nocturnal Animals
Garth Davis -- Lion
Best Actor
Casey Affleck -- Manchester by the Sea
Ryan Gosling -- La La Land
Viggo Mortensen -- Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington -- Fences
Andrew Garfield -- Hacksaw Ridge
Best Actress
Natalie Portman -- Jackie
Emma Stone -- La La Land
Isabel Huppert -- Elle
Ruth Negga -- Loving
Meryl Streep -- Florence Foster Jenkins
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali -- Moonlight
Jeff Bridges -- Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges -- Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel -- Lion
Michael Shannon -- Nocturnal Animals
Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis -- Fences
Michelle Williams -- Manchester by the Sea
Naomie Harris -- Moonlight
Nicole Kidman -- Lion
Octavia Spencer -- Hidden Figures
Best Original Screenplay
Hell or High Water (Taylor Sheridan)
La La Land (Damien Chazelle)
The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou)
Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan)
20th Century Women (Mike Mills)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Arrival (Eric Heisserer)
Fences (August Wilson)
Hidden Figures (Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi)
Lion (Luke Davies)
Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McRaney)
Best Cinematography
Arrival (Bradford Young)
La La Land (Linus Sandgren)
Moonlight (James Laxton)
Silence (Rodrigo Prieto)
Best Film Editing
Arrival (Joe Walker)
Hacksaw Ridge (John Gilbert)
Hell or High Water (Jake Roberts)
La La Land (Tom Cross)
Moonlight (Joi McMillon, Nat Sanders)
Best Sound Mixing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Best Sound Editing
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully
Best Original Score
Jackie (Micachu)
La La Land (Justin Hurwitz)
Lion (Dustin O'Halloran, Hauschka)
Moonlight (Nicholas Britell)
Passengers (Thomas Newman)
Best Original Song
"Audition" -- La La Land
"Can't Stop The Feeling!" -- Trolls
"City of Stars" -- La La Land
"The Empty Chair" -- Jim: The James Foley Story
"How Far I'll Go" -- Moana
Best Animated Feature
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia
Best Animated Short
Borrowed Time
Blind Vaysha
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Pearl
Piper
Best Costume Design
Allied (Joanna Johnston)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Colleen Atwood)
Florence Foster Jenkins (Consolata Boyle)
Jackie (MadelineFontaine)
La La Land (Mary Zophres)
Best Visual effects
Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Best Documentary Feature
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
O.J.: Made in America
13th
Best Documentary Short
4.1 Miles
Extremis
Joe's Violin
Watani: My Homeland
The White Helmets
Best Foreign Language Film
Land of Mine -- Denmark
A Man Called Ove -- Sweden
The Salesman -- Iran
Tanna -- Australia
Toni Erdmann -- Germany
Best Production Design
Arrival
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail Caesar
La La Land
Passengers
Jennifer Hudson
The Oscars will be held Feb. 26 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles with host Jimmy Kimmel.
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