Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma," an ode to his childhood in 1970s Mexico City, and offbeat royal romp "The Favourite" on Tuesday topped the Oscar nominations with 10 each.

Popular musical romance "A Star Is Born" and Dick Cheney biopic "Vice" finished with eight nominations each, while superhero blockbuster "Black Panther" finished with seven.

So far, the awards season has been a bit surprising, with prizes sprayed among a variety of films. So Tuesday's announcement gives the race to the Academy Awards on February 24 a bit more clarity.

The sweeping success of "Roma" is history-making for streaming giant Netflix, marking its first nomination for best picture, and also first in other top categories like best director and best actress.

The black and white film snatched up nods for best supporting actress, best foreign film and a swirl of other nominations.

But "The Favourite" scored a bit of a surprise with its stellar haul. While nominations for its trio of stars -- Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz -- were a near-lock, its flight to the top of the list was not.

Director Yorgos Lanthimos took a nod -- instead of Cooper.

"A Star Is Born," the latest iteration of the classic musical romance, scored in most big categories, with nominations for three of the four acting prizes -- Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga and their co-star Sam Elliott.

Surprisingly, Cooper was denied a nod for his directing debut, despite earning nominations at the Golden Globes and from the Directors Guild.

In all, there are eight films vying for best picture: "Roma," "The Favourite," "A Star Is Born," Spike Lee's "BlacKkKlansman," Queen biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody," satirical Dick Cheney biopic "Vice," civil rights dramedy "Green Book" and "Black Panther."

"Panther" also made a bit of history, as the first superhero flick ever nominated in the category.

"Green Book" earned five Oscar nominations and moved up in the Academy Award conversation at the weekend when it won best film at the Producers Guild of America awards.

Twenty times out of 29, the PGA award winner has gone on to take the best picture Oscar, including "The Shape of Water" last year.

- Controversy -

Last year, the awards season was marked by the Harvey Weinstein scandal, and the birth of the #MeToo and Time's Up movements against sexual misconduct and harassment in the workplace.

This year, multiple controversies are plaguing the Oscars -- none of them related to last year's bombshell.

In August, the Academy -- under fire for being too elitist -- announced it would add a "best popular film" award. But many saw the new category as a booby prize for blockbusters like "Black Panther" that would keep them out of contention for top honors.

The plan was scrapped a month later.

Then actor-comedian Kevin Hart had perhaps the briefest tenure ever as Oscars host -- a few days. He withdrew after homophobic tweets he had written years ago sparked a crippling backlash on social media.

By all accounts, with many stars reportedly unwilling to grasp the poisoned chalice, the Academy has opted to go forward without a host.

Of course, on Oscars night, the focus will revert to the nominees, and the red carpet glamour.

In the best actor category, Christian Bale looks to be the frontrunner for his uncanny portrayal of Cheney in "Vice."

But Rami Malek's Golden Globe win for his work as Freddie Mercury in Queen biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" put him into the conversation. Viggo Mortensen ("Green Book") and Cooper ("Star") are also contenders, with Willem Dafoe ("At Eternity's Gate") rounding out the field as a dark horse.

For best actress, Glenn Close's momentum is soaring after her twin Globe and Critics' Choice wins for "The Wife," in which she plays a woman author whose marriage boils over when her writer husband wins the Nobel Prize.

But Gaga and Olivia Colman, who plays Queen Anne in "The Favourite," are expected to give her a fight, along with breakout "Roma" star Yalitza Aparicio and dark house Melissa McCarthy ("Can You Ever Forgive Me?").

In the supporting actor category, Elliott will go head-to-head with "Green Book" star Mahershala Ali, who took home a Golden Globe. For best supporting actress, Regina King ("If Beale Street Could Talk") will battle with Stone and Weisz.

"Roma" is the pre-emptive favorite for best foreign language film. It will compete with "Capernaum" (Lebanon), "Cold War" (Poland), "Never Look Away" (Germany) and "Shoplifters" (Japan).

The nominations were announced on Tuesday in the pre-dawn hours in Hollywood by actors Tracee Ellis Ross and Kumail Nanjiani.

BEST PICTURE

• BLACK PANTHER
  Kevin Feige, Producer
• BLACKKKLANSMAN
  Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Raymond Mansfield, Jordan Peele and Spike Lee, Producers
• BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
  Graham King, Producer
• THE FAVOURITE
  Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday and Yorgos Lanthimos, Producers
• GREEN BOOK
  Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga, Producers
• ROMA
  Gabriela Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón, Producers
• A STAR IS BORN
  Bill Gerber, Bradley Cooper and Lynette Howell Taylor, Producers
• VICE
  Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• CHRISTIAN BALE
  Vice
• BRADLEY COOPER
  A Star Is Born
• WILLEM DAFOE
  At Eternity's Gate
• RAMI MALEK
  Bohemian Rhapsody
• VIGGO MORTENSEN
  Green Book

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• MAHERSHALA ALI
  Green Book
• ADAM DRIVER
  BlacKkKlansman
• SAM ELLIOTT
  A Star Is Born
• RICHARD E. GRANT
  Can You Ever Forgive Me?
• SAM ROCKWELL
  Vice

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• YALITZA APARICIO
  Roma
• GLENN CLOSE
  The Wife
• OLIVIA COLMAN
  The Favourite
• LADY GAGA
  A Star Is Born
• MELISSA MCCARTHY
  Can You Ever Forgive Me?

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• AMY ADAMS
  Vice
• MARINA DE TAVIRA
  Roma
• REGINA KING
  If Beale Street Could Talk
• EMMA STONE
  The Favourite
• RACHEL WEISZ
  The Favourite

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

• INCREDIBLES 2
  Brad Bird, John Walker and Nicole Paradis Grindle
• ISLE OF DOGS
  Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson
• MIRAI
  Mamoru Hosoda and Yuichiro Saito
• RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET
  Rich Moore, Phil Johnston and Clark Spencer
• SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE
  Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• COLD WAR
  Lukasz Z?al
• THE FAVOURITE
  Robbie Ryan
• NEVER LOOK AWAY
  Caleb Deschanel
• ROMA
  Alfonso Cuarón
• A STAR IS BORN
  Matthew Libatique

COSTUME DESIGN

• THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS
  Mary Zophres
• BLACK PANTHER
  Ruth Carter
• THE FAVOURITE
  Sandy Powell
• MARY POPPINS RETURNS
  Sandy Powell
• MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
  Alexandra Byrne

DIRECTING

• BLACKKKLANSMAN
  Spike Lee
• COLD WAR
  Pawel Pawlikowski
• THE FAVOURITE
  Yorgos Lanthimos
• ROMA
  Alfonso Cuarón
• VICE
  Adam McKay

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

• FREE SOLO
  Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill
• HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING
  RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes and Su Kim
• MINDING THE GAP
  Bing Liu and Diane Quon
• OF FATHERS AND SONS
  Talal Derki, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme and Tobias N. Siebert
• RBG
  Betsy West and Julie Cohen

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

• BLACK SHEEP
  Ed Perkins and Jonathan Chinn
• END GAME
  Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
• LIFEBOAT
  Skye Fitzgerald and Bryn Mooser
• A NIGHT AT THE GARDEN
  Marshall Curry
• PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE.
  Rayka Zehtabchi and Melissa Berton

FILM EDITING

• BLACKKKLANSMAN
  Barry Alexander Brown
• BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
  John Ottman
• THE FAVOURITE
  Yorgos Mavropsaridis
• GREEN BOOK
  Patrick J. Don Vito
• VICE
  Hank Corwin

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• CAPERNAUM
  Lebanon
• COLD WAR
  Poland
• NEVER LOOK AWAY
  Germany
• ROMA
  Mexico
• SHOPLIFTERS
  Japan

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

• BORDER
  Göran Lundström and Pamela Goldammer
• MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
  Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and Jessica Brooks
• VICE
  Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia DeHaney

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

• BLACK PANTHER
  Ludwig Goransson
• BLACKKKLANSMAN
  Terence Blanchard
• IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
  Nicholas Britell
• ISLE OF DOGS
  Alexandre Desplat
• MARY POPPINS RETURNS
  Marc Shaiman

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

• ALL THE STARS
  from Black Panther; Music by Mark Spears, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth and Anthony Tiffith; Lyric by Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Anthony Tiffith and Solana Rowe
• I'LL FIGHT
  from RBG; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
  THE PLACE WHERE LOST THINGS GO
  from Mary Poppins Returns; Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyric by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman
• SHALLOW
  from A Star Is Born; Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt
• WHEN A COWBOY TRADES HIS SPURS FOR WINGS
  from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs; Music and Lyric by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch

PRODUCTION DESIGN

• BLACK PANTHER
  Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Jay Hart
• THE FAVOURITE
  Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton
• FIRST MAN
  Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas
• MARY POPPINS RETURNS
  Production Design: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
• ROMA
  Production Design: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Ba´rbara Enri´quez

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

• ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
  Alison Snowden and David Fine
• BAO
  Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb
• LATE AFTERNOON
  Louise Bagnall and Nuria González Blanco
• ONE SMALL STEP
  Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas
• WEEKENDS
  Trevor Jimenez

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

• DETAINMENT
  Vincent Lambe and Darren Mahon
• FAUVE
  Jeremy Comte and Maria Gracia Turgeon
• MARGUERITE
  Marianne Farley and Marie-Hélène Panisset
• MOTHER
  Rodrigo Sorogoyen and María del Puy Alvarado
• SKIN
  Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman

SOUND EDITING

• BLACK PANTHER
  Benjamin A. Burtt and Steve Boeddeker
• BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
  John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone
• FIRST MAN
  Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
• A QUIET PLACE
  Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
• ROMA
  Sergio Díaz and Skip Lievsay

SOUND MIXING

• BLACK PANTHER
  Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor and Peter Devlin
• BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
  Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali
• FIRST MAN
  Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Ai-Ling Lee and Mary H. Ellis
• ROMA
  Skip Lievsay, Craig Henighan and José Antonio García
• A STAR IS BORN
  Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder and Steve Morrow

VISUAL EFFECTS

• AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
  Dan DeLeeuw, Kelly Port, Russell Earl and Dan Sudick
• CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
  Christopher Lawrence, Michael Eames, Theo Jones and Chris Corbould
• FIRST MAN
  Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J.D. Schwalm
• READY PLAYER ONE
  Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler and David Shirk
• SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY
  Rob Bredow, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Dominic Tuohy

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

• THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS
  Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• BLACKKKLANSMAN
  Written by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee
• CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
  Screenplay by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
• IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
  Written for the screen by Barry Jenkins
• A STAR IS BORN
  Screenplay by Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

• THE FAVOURITE
  Written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
• FIRST REFORMED
  Written by Paul Schrader
• GREEN BOOK
  Written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly
• ROMA
  Written by Alfonso Cuarón
• VICE
  Written by Adam McKay