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Hot from a record-breaking victory at the Golden Globes , Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling's La La Land BAFTA Awards .
While Barry Jenkins' Moonlight had previously been seen as the Damien Chazelle directed film's main rival, it was only nominated for four awards.
Instead, sci-fi epic Arrival and Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals are the musical's closest competitors, picking up nine nominations apiece.
British film, Ken Loach's astounding I, Daniel Blake leads the pack with five nominations, including best film. Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them also picked five nominations.
As with every awards announcement, there were some snubs: most notably, Martin Scorsese's epic Silence failed to pick up any nominations, while British film American Honey only picked up one.
Game of Thrones actor Sophie Turner and Preacher 's Dominic Cooper revealed the nominations on Tuesday, the full ceremony — hosted by Stephen Fry — taking place on the 12 February at the Royal Albert Hall.
Show all 13 1 /13Films to get excited about in 2017 Films to get excited about in 2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Director: Rian Johnson
Cast: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, and Lupita Nyong'o
Plot: No details yet, but it will continue directly on from Rey coming face-to-face with Luke at the end of The Force Awakens.
Release Date: 15 December 2017
Films to get excited about in 2017 Thor: Ragnarok Director: Taika Waititi
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Tessa Thompson, Jeff Goldblum, Karl Urban, and Mark Ruffalo
Plot: Story details are minimal as of now, but Thor's third return to screen has already been teased to feature a loose adaptation of the famous 'Planet Hulk' storyline.
Release Date: 27 October 2017
Films to get excited about in 2017 You Were Never Really Here Director: Lynne Ramsay
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Alessandro Nivola
Plot: A war veteran's attempt to save a young girl from a sex trafficking ring goes horribly wrong.
Release Date: Unknown
Films to get excited about in 2017 Annihilation Director: Alex Garland
Cast: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, and Oscar Isaac
Plot: A biologist's husband disappears. She thus puts her name forward for an expedition into an environmental disaster zone, but does not quite find what she's expecting. The expedition team is made up of the biologist, an anthropologist, a psychologist, and a surveyor.
Release Date: Unknown
Films to get excited about in 2017 Wonderstruck (image from Far From Heaven) Director: Todd Haynes
Cast: Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, and Amy Hargreaves
Plot: The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.
Release Date: Unknown
Films to get excited about in 2017 Mother (image of Darren Aronofsky) Director: Darren Aronofsky
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleeson, and Ed Harris
Plot: A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
Release Date: Unknown
Films to get excited about in 2017 The Killing of a Sacred Deer (image from The Lobster) Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, and Alicia Silverstone
Plot: A surgeon forms a familial bond with a sinister teenage boy, with disastrous results.
Release Date: Unknown
Films to get excited about in 2017 Blade Runner 2049 Director: Denis Villeneuve
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Robin Wright, and Jared Leto
Plot: Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
Release Date: 6 October 2017
Films to get excited about in 2017 Lady Bird (image of director Greta Gerwig) Director: Greta Gerwig
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, and Lucas Hedges
Plot: The adventures of a young woman living in Northern California for a year.
Release Date: Unknown
Films to get excited about in 2017 The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara (image of director Steven Spielberg and star Mark Rylance) Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Mark Rylance, Oscar Isaac
Plot: The Kidnapping Of Edgardo Mortara recounts the story of a young Jewish boy in Bologna, Italy in 1858 who, having been secretly baptized, is forcibly taken from his family to be raised as a Christian. His parents' struggle to free their son becomes part of a larger political battle that pits the Papacy against forces of democracy and Italian unification.
Release Date: Unknown
Films to get excited about in 2017 How to Talk to Girls at Parties Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Cast: Elle Fanning, Ruth Wilson, and Nicole Kidman
Plot: An alien touring the galaxy breaks away from her group and meets two young inhabitants of the most dangerous place in the universe: the London suburb of Croydon.
Release Date: Unknown
Films to get excited about in 2017 The Dark Tower Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Cast: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, and Tom Taylor
Plot: Gunslinger Roland Deschain roams an Old West-like landscape in search of the dark tower, in the hopes that reaching it will preserve his dying world.
Release Date: 28 July 2017
Films to get excited about in 2017 Suburbicon Director: George Clooney
Cast: Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Josh Brolin, and Oscar Isaac
Plot: A crime mystery set in the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, where the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect family turns to blackmail, revenge and betrayal.
Release Date: 24 November
Here are the nominations in full:
Best Film
Arrival
I, Daniel Blake
La La Land
Manchester By The Sea
Moonlight
Best Leading Actor
Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge
Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea
Jake Gyllenhaal - Nocturnal Animals
Ryan Gosling - La La Land
Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic
Best Leading Actress
Amy Adams - Arrival
Emily Blunt - The Girl on the Train
Emma Stone - La La Land
Meryl Streep - Florence Foster Jenkins
Natalie Portman - Jackie
Outstanding British Film
American Honey
Denial
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
I, Daniel Blake
Notes on Blindness
Under the Shadow
Best Supporting Actress
Hayley Squires - I, Daniel Blake
Michelle Williams - Manchester By The Sea
Naomie Harris - Moonlight
Nicole Kidman - Lion
Viola Davies - Fences
Best Supporting Actor
Aaron Taylor Johnson - Nocturnal Animals
Dev Patel - Lion
Hugh Grant - Florence Foster Jenkins
Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water
Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
Best Adapted Screenplay
Eric Heisserer - Arrival
Robert Schenkkan & Andrew Knight - Hacksaw Ridge
Theodore Melfi & Allison Schroeder - Hidden Figures
Luke Davies - Lion
Tom Ford - Nocturnal Animals
Best Original Screenplay
Taylor Sheridan - Hell or High Water
Paul Laverty - I, Daniel Blake
Damien Chazelle - La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester By The Sea
Barry Jenkins - Moonlight
Best Director
Denis Villeneuve - Arrival
Ken Loach - I, Daniel Blake
Damien Chazelle - La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester By The Sea
Tom Ford - Nocturnal Animals
You can see the full list of nominations including Best British Short Film, Original Music, and Costume Design here .
Last week nominations for the Bafta Rising Star Award were announced , with Spider-Man actor Tom Holland the current favourite.
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