AceShowbiz - "The Favourite" has soared to the top of the Online Film Critics Society nominations, leading the way with eight nods.

Yorgos Lanthimos' new film, about British monarch Queen Anne and the two women who courted her attention, looks set to be an awards season favourite, after scoring five Golden Globe nominations, three Screen Actors Guild Awards nods and 10 nominations at the London Critics' Circle Film Awards.

The period piece can now add another eight potential wins to that list after the Online Film Critics Society announced its 2019 shortlist.

As well as scoring Lanthimos a Best Director and Best Picture nomination, the three leads; Olivia Colman as Anne, Emma Stone as Abigail Hill and Rachel Weisz as Sarah Churchill, landed Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress mentions.

The film is also in the running to take home Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing and Best Cinematography.

Hot on its heels is Alfonso Cuaron's '70s-set drama "Roma" with seven, including Best Director and Screenplay for Cuaron, and Best Actress for Mexican star Yalitza Aparicio.

Barry Jenkins' latest effort "If Beale Street Could Talk" follows with six nominations, including Best Director, Best Supporting Actress for Regina King, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

All three films will be competing against each other for the prestigious Best Picture gong alongside eight other features: "Annihilation", "BlacKkKlansman", "Eighth Grade", "First Reformed", "Hereditary", "A Star Is Born", "Suspiria", and "You Were Never Really Here".

Winners will be announced on January 2, 2019.

The full list of 2019 Online Film Critics Society nominations is:

BEST PICTURE

• "Annihilation"
• "BlacKkKlansman"
• "Eighth Grade"
• "The Favourite"
• "First Reformed"
• "Hereditary"
• "If Beale Street Could Talk"
• "Roma"
• "A Star Is Born"
• "Suspiria"
• "You Were Never Really Here"

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• "Incredibles 2"
• "Isle of Dogs"
• "Mirai"
• "Ralph Breaks the Internet"
• "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse"

BEST DIRECTOR

• Alfonso Cuaron - "Roma"
• Barry Jenkins - "If Beale Street Could Talk"
• Yorgos Lanthimos - "The Favourite"
• Spike Lee - "BlacKkKlansman"
• Lynne Ramsay - "You Were Never Really Here"

BEST LEAD ACTOR

• Christian Bale - "Vice (2018)"
• Bradley Cooper - "A Star Is Born"
• Ethan Hawke - "First Reformed"
• Joaquin Phoenix - "You Were Never Really Here"
• John David Washington - "BlacKkKlansman"

BEST LEAD ACTRESS

• Yalitza Aparicio - "Roma"
• Toni Collette - "Hereditary"
• Olivia Colman - "The Favourite"
• Regina Hall - "Support the Girls"
• Lady GaGa - "A Star Is Born"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Mahershala Ali - "Green Book"
• Adam Driver - "BlacKkKlansman"
• Richard E. Grant - "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"
• Michael B. Jordan - "Black Panther"
• Steven Yeun - "Burning"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Elizabeth Debicki - "Widows"
• Regina King - "If Beale Street Could Talk"
• Thomasin McKenzie - "Leave No Trace"
• Emma Stone - "The Favourite"
• Rachel Weisz - "The Favourite"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• "Eighth Grade"
• "The Favourite"
• "First Reformed"
• "Roma"
• "Sorry to Bother You"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• "BlacKkKlansman"
• "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"
• "If Beale Street Could Talk"
• "Leave No Trace"
• "Widows"

BEST EDITING

• "The Favourite"
• "First Man"
• "Mission: Impossible - Fallout"
• "Roma"
• "Widows"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• "Cold War"
• "The Favourite"
• "First Man"
• "If Beale Street Could Talk"
• "Roma"

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• "Black Panther"
• "First Man"
• "If Beale Street Could Talk"
• "Isle of Dogs"
• "Suspiria"

BEST DEBUT FEATURE

• Ari Aster - "Hereditary"
• Bo Burnham - "Eighth Grade"
• Bradley Cooper - "A Star Is Born"
• Carlos Lopez Estrada - "Blindspotting"
• Boots Riley - "Sorry to Bother You"

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

• "Burning"
• "Cold War"
• "Roma"
• "Shoplifters"
• "Zama"

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• "Free Solo"
• "Minding the Gap"
• "Shirkers"
• "Three Identical Strangers"
• "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"