Oscars 2024: 'Oppenheimer' leads with 13 nominations; 'Barbie' snags 8

This combination of images shows Margot Robbie in a scene from 'Barbie' (left) and Cillian Murphy in a scene from 'Oppenheimer'. Photos: Handout

After a tumultuous movie year marred by strikes and work stoppages, the Academy Awards showered nominations Tuesday on Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic, "Oppenheimer,” which came away with a leading 13 nominations.

Nolan’s three-hour opus, viewed as the best picture frontrunner, received nods for best picture; Nolan’s direction; acting nominations for Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt; and multiple honors for the craft of the J. Robert Oppenheimer drama.