2025 Oscar Nominations
Emilia Pérez, Wicked, and The Brutalist lead nominations
The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were released Thursday morning after being pushed back due to the fires in Southern California. Unlike last year, when Oppenheimer dominated the entire nomination list, this year’s list has many top contenders. Emilia Pérez leads the nominations with 13 including Best Picture, the most by a non-English-language film in Oscar history. In close second comes Wicked and The Brutalist, both with 10 nominations. Dune: Part Two, Conclave, Anora, A Complete Unknown, and The Substance are all featured prominently in the lineup.
Noticeably missing from the list were actors such as Angelina Jolie (Maria), Denzel Washington (Gladiator II), Nicole Kidman (Babygirl), Selena Gomez (Emilia Pérez), and Jamie Lee Curtis (The Last Showgirl). Challengers, which received accolades at the 2024 Golden Globes and the Critic’s Choice awards, did not receive any Oscar nominations. Also surprising is the absence of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, who’s predecessor, Mad Max: Fury Road, swept the 88th Academy Awards in 2016.
Despite the somewhat surprising snubs, this year’s Oscars should prove to be a wide-open race in many categories. With so many great films in the running this year, the 97th Academy Awards are truly anybody’s game, unlike what we have seen in recent years.
Here is this year’s full list of nominees:
Best Picture
Anora - Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers
The Brutalist - Nominees to be determined
A Complete Unknown - Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers
Conclave - Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers
Dune: Part Two - Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, Producers
Emilia Pérez - Nominees to be determined
I'm Still Here - Nominees to be determined
Nickel Boys - Nominees to be determined
The Substance - Nominees to be determined
Wicked - Marc Platt, Producer
Actor in a Leading Role
Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet- A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo- Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes- Conclave
Sebastian Stan- The Apprentice
Actor in a Supporting Role
Yura Borisov - Anora
Kieran Culkin- A Real Pain
Edward Norton- A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice
Actress in a Leading Role
Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison - Anora
Demi Moore - The Substance
Fernanda Torres - I'm Still Here
Actress in a Supporting Role
Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande - Wicked
Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini - Conclave
Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez
Animated Feature Film
Flow - Nominees to be determined
Inside Out 2 - Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen
Memoir of a Snail - Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Nominees to be determined
The Wild Robot - Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann
Animated Short Film
Beautiful Men - Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande
In the Shadow of the Cypress - Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi
Magic Candies - Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio
Wander to Wonder - Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper
Yuck! - Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet
Cinematography
The Brutalist - Lol Crawley
Dune: Part Two - Greig Fraser
Emilia Pérez - Paul Guilhaume
Maria - Ed Lachman
Nosferatu - Jarin Blaschke
Costume Design
A Complete Unknown - Arianne Phillips
Conclave - Lisy Christl
Gladiator II - Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
Nosferatu - Linda Muir
Wicked - Paul Tazewell
Directing
Anora - Sean Baker
The Brutalist - Brady Corbet
A Complete Unknown - James Mangold
Emilia Pérez - Jacques Audiard
The Substance - Coralie Fargeat
Documentary Feature Film
Black Box Diaries - Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin
No Other Land - Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham
Porcelain War - Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre' Pesmen
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat - Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety
Sugarcane - Nominees to be determined
Documentary Short Film
Death by Numbers - Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard
I Am Ready, Warden - Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp
Incident - Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven
Instruments of a Beating Heart - Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari
The Only Girl in the Orchestra - Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington
Film Editing
Anora - Sean Baker
The Brutalist - David Jancso
Conclave - Nick Emerson
Emilia Pérez - Juliette Welfling
Wicked - Myron Kerstein
International Feature Film
I'm Still Here - Brazil
The Girl with the Needle - Denmark
Emilia Pérez - France
The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Germany
Flow - Latvia
Makeup and Hairstyling
A Different Man - Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado
Emilia Pérez - Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini
Nosferatu - David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton
The Substance - Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli
Wicked - Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth
Music (Original Score)
The Brutalist - Daniel Blumberg
Conclave - Volker Bertelmann
Emilia Pérez - Clément Ducol and Camille
Wicked - John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
The Wild Robot - Kris Bowers
Music (Original Song)
El Mal
from Emilia Pérez; Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
The Journey
from The Six Triple Eight; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Like A Bird
from Sing Sing; Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
Mi Camino
from Emilia Pérez; Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol
Never Too Late
from Elton John: Never Too Late; Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin
Production Design
The Brutalist - Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia
Conclave - Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter
Dune: Part Two - Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
Nosferatu - Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová
Wicked - Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Live Action Short Film
A Lien - Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz
Anuja - Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai
I'm Not a Robot - Victoria Warmerdam and Trent
The Last Ranger - Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent - Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek
Sound
A Complete Unknown - Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco
Dune: Part Two - Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill
Emilia Pérez - Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta
Wicked - Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis
The Wild Robot - Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts
Visual Effects
Alien: Romulus - Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan
Better Man - Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs
Dune: Part Two - Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes - Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke
Wicked - Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
A Complete Unknown - Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
Conclave - Screenplay by Peter Straughan
Emilia Pérez - Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi
Nickel Boys - Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing - Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Anora - Written by Sean Baker
The Brutalist - Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
A Real Pain - Written by Jesse Eisenberg
September 5 - Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David
The Substance - Written by Coralie Fargeat
