Oscar shortlists snubs: Michael Moore doc 'Fahrenheit 11/9,' Tim McGraw's 'Gravity'

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The Academy announced its shortlist of eligible Oscar nominations in nine categories including best song and best documentary. Michael Moore and Tim McGraw didn't make the cut. Who did?

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences narrowed down the field in nine categories Monday by announcing their shortlists for the 91st Oscars on Monday.

The lists signify the contenders now eligible for Oscar nominations in categories including best documentary and best original song. They also showed which movies and songs have been overlooked.

In documentary films, Michael Moore's politically-charged "Fahrenheit 11/9" was passed over and will not compete for an Oscar. "Quincy," the Netflix bio-doc of music legend Quincy Jones, directed by his daughter Rashida Jones and Alan Hicks, was left off, as well as the Aretha Franklin documentary “Amazing Grace.”

Director Kevin Macdonald’s examination of pop idol Whitney Houston (“Whitney"), along with director Marina Zenovich’s “Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind" didn't make the cut.

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In the best original song category, Tim McGraw's “Gravity” from the adventure climbing documentary "Free Solo" fell short of the shortlist. Kesha's "Here Comes The Change" from "On the Basis of Sex" was was denied as was Annie Lennox's “Requiem for a Private War” from the film "A Private War." (And believe it or not: Pitbull's version of Toto's "Africa" called "Ocean to Ocean" also isn't in Oscar contention.)

The "Transformers" franchise will not vie for a visual effects award in 2019, as the upcoming "Bumblebee" did not make the shortlist. Likewise, the upcoming DC Comics film "Aquaman," "Mission: Impossible – Fallout," and "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" were passed over.

Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards will be announced Jan. 22.

Here's the complete short list in each of the nine categories:

BEST DOCUMENTARY

“Charm City”
“Communion”
“Crime + Punishment”
“Dark Money”
“The Distant Barking of Dogs”
“Free Solo”
“Hale County This Morning, This Evening”
“Minding the Gap”
“Of Fathers and Sons”
“On Her Shoulders”
“RBG”
“Shirkers”
“The Silence of Others”
“Three Identical Strangers”
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

“Black Sheep”
“End Game”
“Lifeboat”
“Los Comandos”
“My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes”
“A Night at the Garden”
“Period. End of Sentence.”
“’63 Boycott”
“Women of the Gulag”
“Zion”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Colombia, “Birds of Passage”
Denmark, “The Guilty”
Germany, “Never Look Away”
Japan, “Shoplifters”
Kazakhstan, “Ayka”
Lebanon, “Capernaum”
Mexico, “Roma”
Poland, “Cold War”
South Korea, “Burning”

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

“Black Panther”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“Border”
“Mary Queen of Scots”
“Stan & Ollie”
“Suspiria”
“Vice”

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

“Annihilation”
“Avengers: Infinity War”
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Crazy Rich Asians”
“The Death of Stalin”
“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”
“First Man”
“If Beale Street Could Talk”
“Isle of Dogs”
“Mary Poppins Returns”
“A Quiet Place”
“Ready Player One”
“Vice”

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
“Treasure” from “Beautiful Boy”
“All The Stars” from “Black Panther”
“Revelation” from “Boy Erased”
“Girl In The Movies” from “Dumplin’”
“We Won’t Move” from “The Hate U Give”
“The Place Where Lost Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns”
“Trip A Little Light Fantastic” from “Mary Poppins Returns”
“Keep Reachin’” from “Quincy”
“I’ll Fight” from “RBG”
“A Place Called Slaughter Race” from “Ralph Breaks the Internet”
“OYAHYTT” from “Sorry to Bother You”
“Shallow” from “A Star Is Born”
“Suspirium” from “Suspiria”
“The Big Unknown” from “Widows”

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

“Age of Sail”
“Animal Behaviour”
“Bao”
“Bilby”
“Bird Karma”
“Late Afternoon”
“Lost & Found”
“One Small Step”
“Pépé le Morse”
“Weekends”

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

“Caroline”
“Chuchotage”
“Detainment”
“Fauve”
“Icare”
“Marguerite”
“May Day”
“Mother”
“Skin”
“Wale”

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

“Ant-Man and the Wasp”
“Avengers: Infinity War”
“Black Panther”
“Christopher Robin”
“First Man”
“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”
“Mary Poppins Returns”
“Ready Player One”
“Solo: A Star Wars Story”
“Welcome to Marwen”

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