Dune and No Time To Die lead the field in the first round of films shortlisted for the 94th Academy Awards ceremony.
Both films were shortlisted in four categories after 10 were announced on Tuesday (December 21).
Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic, Dune, starring Timothee Chalamet and Oscar Isaac, was shortlisted for make-up and styling, music (original score), sound, and visual effects.
Daniel Craig’s final outing as James Bond, meanwhile, was shortlisted for make-up and styling, music (original song), sound and visual effects.
Other categories announced were documentary feature, documentary short subject, international feature film and animated short film.
Several films received were shortlisted in two categories.
Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical film Belfast, starring Jamie Dornan, was shortlisted for sound and music (original song) for Down To Joy.
Dornan, 39, recently told The Times it was "brutal" that his late father could not have seen the film, focusing on The Troubles in Northern Ireland, which hits cinemas in January.
Spiderman: No Way Home, starring Tom Holland and Zendaya, also picked up two shortlist nominations for sound and visual effects.
It smashed box-office records in its December opening weekend making an estimated 600 million dollars worldwide.
It was beaten only by Avengers: Infinity War, which earned 640 million dollars worldwide, and Avengers: Endgame which earned 1.2 billion dollars.
Three more Marvel films were nominated for visual effects; Black Widow, Eternals and Shang Chi: Legend Of The Ten Rings.
Singer Billie Eilish also picked up two shortlist nominations for her documentary The World’s A Little Blurry and Bond theme tune No Time To Die, having written and performed the song with her brother Finneas O’Connell.
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