The 2020 Oscar Nominations That Made History

The 2020 Oscar nominees were announced Monday morning and along with a slew of snubs and surprises, the reveal holds a handful of historical firsts for this year's nominations from the Academy. The historical nominations can be seen below. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=oscar-nominations-snubs-2020-all-the-major-misses-from-the-academy-this-year&captions=true"]

Parasite Makes History

Director Bong Joon Ho's Parasite is the first-ever Korean film to receive a nomination for Best Picture, along with being the first from the county to be nominated in the International Feature Film category, according to LA Times. In total, Parasite was nominated in six Oscar categories, including Best Director, Original Screenplay, Production Design, and Film Editing. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/20/igns-best-movie-of-2019"]

Scarlett Johansson's First Oscars

A record-breaking 62 women were nominated for awards this year from the Academy, which is approximately 1/3 of the nominees, as reported by NYT – but none of which were nominated for the Best Director category, including Greta Gerwig's Little Women, which ended up with six nominations, including Best Picture. Scarlett Johansson received nominations in two acting categories – for two separate films – along with being nominated for an Oscar for the first time this year in her career. CNN reports she is one of only a dozen actors who have received double nominations in those categories within the same year. Johansson was nominated for Best Actress in Marriage Story, along with Best Supporting Actress for her role in Jojo Rabbit. The rarity was last seen with Cate Blanchett over in 2008 and Jamie Foxx in 2005. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-history-of-comic-book-movies-at-the-oscars&captions=true"]

The Most and the Youngest

Martin Scorsese is the most-nominated living director, with a total of nine nominations over the years, and thanks to his Oscar nomination for The Irishman, as reported by ABC. Saoirse Ronan is now the second-youngest four-time nominee in an acting category for her nomination in Little Women – Jennifer Lawrence holds the title for the youngest from her Best Actress nomination for her role in Joy in 2015. Star Wars and legendary composer, John Williams, broke his own record on Monday with now a total of 52 nominations over his lifetime, which is the most a person has ever been nominated that is still living today. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/08/31/joker-review"] For more on the 2020 award shows, check out the complete list of Oscar nominations – with Joker leading the list with 11 nominations – and find out who won at the Golden Globes. Stay tuned to IGN for live updates from the Academy Awards, and find out which movie we chose to win Best Movie of the Year. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jessie Wade is Homepage Editor at IGN and would really have liked to see a record break for most-female directors at the Academy Awards. Follow her on Twitter @jessieannwade.