The 80th Annual Academy Awards nominations were just announced. Watch the trailers for all of the Best Picture nominees here.

”No Country for Old Men” and ”There Will Be Blood” led with eight Academy Awards nominations each Tuesday, among them best picture and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis and Javier Bardem — but whether any actors would show up was in doubt because of the writers strike.

”No Country for Old Men,” a crime saga about a drug deal gone bad, ”There Will Be Blood,” and a historical epic set in California’s oil boom years will compete for best picture against the melancholy romance ”Atonement,” the pregnancy comedy ”Juno” and the legal drama ”Michael Clayton.”

”Atonement” and ”Michael Clayton” trailed with seven nominations each, including best actor for George Clooney in the title role of ”Clayton.” The lead players in ”Atonement,” Keira Knightley and James McAvoy, were shut out on nominations, however, with teenager Saoirse Ronin the only performer nominated for that film, for supporting actress.

Past Oscar winner Cate Blanchett had two nominations as best actress for the historical pageant ”Elizabeth: The Golden Age,” and the Bob Dylan tale ”I’m Not There.”

The acting categories generally played out as expected — with a few surprises, including best actress nominee Laura Linney for ”The Savages” and best-actor nominee Tommy Lee Jones for ”In the Valley of Elah.” Neither performance had been high on the awards radar so far this Oscar season.

Best actress looks like a two-person duel between Julie Christie, an Oscar winner for ”Darling,” as a woman succumbing to Alzheimer’s in ”Away From Her” and Marion Cotillard as singer Edith Piaf in ”La Vie En Rose.” Both won Golden Globes, Christie for dramatic actress, Cotillard for musical or comedy actress. Yet they face strong competition from Blanchett, Linney and relative newcomer Ellen Page as a whip-smart pregnant teen in ”Juno.”

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The complete list is on the Oscars.org Web site.

“Atonement” movie trailer.



“Juno” trailer.



“Michael Clayton” movie trailer.



“No Country for Old Men” movie trailer.



“There Will Be Blood” movie trailer.