Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix, has been nominated in 11 categories at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Baftas) while Martin Scorsese's The Irishman and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood have 10 nominations each.
The Baftas and the Golden Globes are often good indicators of what films and actors are likely to prevail at the Academy Awards.
So who is likely to carry off an Oscar next month?
Best Film
Sam Mendes won an Oscar for Best Director for his debut film, American Beauty, and 1917 is his best shot at winning Best Film.
The First World War epic won the Golden Globe for Best Film and is nominated in the Baftas too.
The movie has been shot by cinematographer Roger Deakins as if the whole film is unedited but the heroes are British soldiers, as opposed to American troops, which could mean it could fail to appeal in the same way as Saving Private Ryan.
Joker won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival, where it got a prolonged standing ovation.
But movies based on comic books rarely do well at the Oscars and, despite Joaquin Phoenix's stand-out performance, there is little to suggest Todd Phillips' film will do any better.
Quentin Tarantino is another director who has never been looked upon terribly kindly by the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, so it would be a major shock if Once Upon A Time in Hollywood were to win Best Film.
Tarantino has only ever won for Best Original Screenplays – with…
