Shocking snubs shut out major Oscars contenders among BAFTA nominations

"Barbie" director Greta Gerwig and "Killers of the Flower Moon" Best Actress frontrunner Lily Gladstone were shockingly omitted from the BAFTA nominations.

Barbie just took a major hit from Oppenheimer on the awards trail, as the BAFTA Awards nominations shut out its filmmaker, Greta Gerwig — among many other shocking snubs — from the Best Director category.

In yet another curious late-season twist to the Oscars race, the BAFTA nominations omitted many major players from its top categories — largely thanks, once again, to the British Academy's reliance on a mix of smaller juries and overall membership votes to determine nominees.

This year, casualties of voting included Gerwig, who didn't receive a Best Director nod despite showing up at every other major precursor so far — including from the Directors Guild of America and the Golden Globes — and Best Actress frontrunner and Killers of the Flower Moon star Lily Gladstone.

One thing that's consistent between BAFTA and the rest of the circuit, however, is Oppenheimer's dominance. Christopher Nolan's historical epic scored 13 overall nominations, solidifying its place as the Oscars' Best Picture and Best Director frontrunner.

Following Oppenheimer's total is Yorgos Lanthimos Poor Things, which earned 11 nominations — save for a curious lack of Lanthimos' presence in the Best Director category. Similarly, Killers scored nine nods, while director Martin Scorsese was also snubbed for Best Director.

Zone of Interest's Jonathan Glazer enjoyed a resurgence in the race thanks to BAFTA's nominations, though, as he appeared among the Best Director set, and the movie was nominated for Outstanding British Film.

Surprise additions — also likely attributable to the smaller jury votes — to the BAFTA nominations included Best Actress nominee Fantasia Barrino for The Color Purple as well as Saltburn trio Barry Keoghan, Rosamund Pike, and Jacob Elordi in Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Supporting Actor, respectively.

While it used to be a sturdy indicator of Oscars' taste, seeing as it's made up of members that also cross over to the Academy, recent initiatives aimed at combatting a lack of diversity among BAFTA nominations have led to the organization restructuring the way it determines nominees, which are now laid out by a mixture of general membership tallies and the aforementioned jury votes.

The BAFTA Awards winners will be announced Feb. 18 at London's Southbank Centre.