The Academy has unveiled the Oscar nominations for 2025, and the race is shaping up to be one of the most competitive in recent years.
Leading the charge in Oscar nominations is Anora, directed by Sean Baker, which secured multiple nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress for Mikey Madison.
Other standout in Oscar nominations films include The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez, both of which are vying for major awards in categories like Best Picture, Best International Feature, and more. Fans are already speculating which films and performances will take home the gold.
Oscars 2025: Full Nomination List
| Category | Nominees |
| Best Picture | Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys, The Substance, Wicked |
| Best Director | Sean Baker (Anora), Brady Corbet (The Brutalist), James Mangold (A Complete Unknown), Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Coralie Fargeat (The Substance) |
| Best Actor | Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice) |
| Best Actress | Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Karla Sofia Gascon (Emilia Pérez), Mikey Madison (Anora), Demi Moore (The Substance), Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Yura Borisov (Anora), Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain), Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown), Ariana Grande (Wicked), Felicity Jones (The Brutalist), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave), Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing |
| Best Original Screenplay | Sean Baker (Anora), Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold (The Brutalist), Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain), Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, and Alex David (September 5), Coralie Fargeat (The Substance) |
| Best Animated Feature | Flow, Inside Out 2, Memoir of a Snail, The Wild Robot, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl |
| Best Documentary Feature | Black Box Diaries, No Other Land, Porcelain War, Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat, Sugarcane |
| Best International Feature | I’m Still Here, The Girl With the Needle, Emilia Pérez, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Flow |
| Best Film Editing | Anora, The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Wicked |
| Best Cinematography | The Brutalist, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, Maria, Nosferatu |
| Best Production Design | The Brutalist, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Nosferatu, Wicked |
| Best Costume Design | A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Gladiator II, Nosferatu, Wicked |
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling | A Different Man, Emilia Pérez, Nosferatu, The Substance, Wicked |
| Best Original Song | “El Mal” (Emilia Pérez), “The Journey” (The Six Triple Eight), “Like a Bird” (Sing Sing), “Mi Camino” (Emilia Pérez), “Never Too Late” (Elton John: Never Too Late) |
| Best Original Score | The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Wicked, The Wild Robot |
| Best Sound | A Complete Unknown, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, Wicked, The Wild Robot |
| Best Visual Effects | Alien: Romulus, Better Man, Dune: Part Two, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Wicked |
| Best Live-Action Short | A Lien, Anuja, I’m Not a Robot, The Last Ranger, The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent |
| Best Animated Short | Beautiful Men, In the Shadow of the Cypress, Magic Candies, Wander to Wonder, Yuck! |
| Best Documentary Short | Death by Numbers, I Am Ready, Warden, Incident, Instruments of a Beating Heart, The Only Girl in the Orchestra |
| Academy Honorary Awards | Quincy Jones, Juliet Taylor |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | Richard Curtis |
| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson |