This morning The British Academy for Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) nominations were announced and An Education, Avatar, and The Hurt Locker are leading the pack. You may be thinking, “Why do I care about the British awards?” Well, the BAFTAs have an uncanny way of foreshadowing what will happen at the Oscars. Last year, the nominations for the major categories were almost identical, as well as the winners — the only deviation was Best Actor which went to Mickey Rourke at the BAFTAs and Sean Penn at the Oscars. If the British Academy and the American Academy are riding the same brain wave again this year, it’s a safe bet that the award outcomes will be similar.

The most eyebrow-raising nominations are Saoirse Ronan from The Lovely Bones in the Leading Actress category and a Best Original Screenplay nod for The Hangover, which isn’t exactly a movie we imagine appealing to the British sense of humor.

The biggest snub seems to be Jane Campion’s Bright Star, which was only nominated for Costume Design despite Abbie Cornish’s critically-acclaimed performance. It’s also interesting that Alec Baldwin was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for It’s Complicated, while Meryl Streep was left out in the cold.

We were excited to see that Fish Tank — Andrea Arnold’s terrific second feature about a rebellious British teen — made the cut for Outstanding British Film. View the full list of nominees below.

Best Film
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Up In The Air

Outstanding British Film
An Education
Fish Tank
In The Loop
Moon
Nowhere Boy

Director
James Cameron, Avatar
Neill Blomkamp, District 9
Lone Schefig, An Education
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Leading Actor
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up In The Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Andy Serkis, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Leading Actress
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Audrey Tautou, Coco Before Chanel

Supporting Actor
Alec Baldwin, It’s Complicated
Christian Mckay, Me And Orson Welles
Alfred Molina, An Education
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Supporting Actress
Anne-Marie Duff, Nowhere Boy
Vera Farmiga, Up In The Air
Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air
Mo’nique, Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
Kristin Scott Thomas, Nowhere Boy

Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, David Pearson Directors, Producers – Mugabe And The White African
Eran Creevy Writer/Director – Shifty Stuart
Hazeldine Writer/Director – Exam
Duncan Jones Director – Moon
Sam Taylor-Wood Director – Nowhere Boy

Original Screenplay
The Hangover (Jon Lucas, Scott Moore)
The Hurt Locker (Mark Boal)
Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
A Serious Man (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen)
Up (Bob Peterson, Pete Docter)

Adapted Screenplay
District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell)
An Education (Nick Hornby)
In The Loop (Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche)
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire (Geoffrey Fletcher)
Up In The Air (Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner)

How do you feel about the BAFTA nods? Is there a film or actor you wish had been nominated?