Other best picture nominees announced on Tuesday included "Poor Things," "Maestro: and "American Fiction."
"Oppenheimer" outpaced all other films with 13 nominations, including acting nods for stars Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt and Robert Downey Jr.
"Poor Things," starring Emma Stone as a woman revived from the dead, received 11 nominations.
Winners of the golden statuettes will be announced at a Hollywood ceremony broadcast live on Walt Disney's ABC on March 10. Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel will return as host.
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
By Lisa Richwine