The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is ready to announce the nominations for the 97th Academy Awards. The 2025 Oscars will be the culmination of one of the most unpredictable awards races in years, from Wicked and Emilia Pérez battling it out as the favored musicals to numerous indie achievements such as The Brutalist and Anora creating topical conversations in their own right. Additionally, this year, we have seen horror hits like The Substance and Nosferatu break new ground in terms of earning high industry recognition for their uncompromising themes. It’s time to find out which movies from 2024 got the most recognition from the Academy and which got unfortunately snubbed as the Oscar nominations are revealed.
How many nominations will other formidable awards competitors like Edward Berger’s Conclave, James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown, and Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two receive? Does Flow have a clear path to winning the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, or can The Wild Robot still swoop in with a win in other categories? Will the Academy find enough space to recognize indie darlings like Sing Sing and Nickel Boys? It’s time to find out. Keep reading to see the full Oscars 2025 nominations list, and tune into the 97th Academy Awards hosted by Conan O’Brien on Sunday, March 2, 2025! You can also find the winners for the 2025 Golden Globes right here on DiscussingFilm.
Full Nominations for the 2025 Oscars
Best Picture
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked
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 Director
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
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
Adapted Screenplay
James Mangold and Jay Cocks, A Complete Unknown
Peter Straughan, Conclave
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys
Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, Sing Sing
Animated Feature
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Documentary Feature
Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugar King
International Feature
I’m Still Here (Brazil)
The Girl with the Needle (Denmark)
Emilia Pérez (France)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
Flow (Latvia)
Editing
Sean Baker, Anora
David Jancso, The Brutalist
Nick Emerson, Conclave
Juliette Welfling, Emilia Pérez
Myron Kerstein, Wicked
Cinematography
Lol Crawley, The Brutalist
Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two
Paul Guilhaume, Emilia Pérez
Edward Lachman, Maria
Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu
Original Score
Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
Volker Bertelmann, Conclave
Clément Ducol, Camille, Emilia Pérez
John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, Wicked
Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot
Production Design
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked
Costume Design
Arianne Phillips, A Complete Unknown
Lisy Christl, Conclave
Janty Yates and Dave Crossman, Gladiator II
Linda Muir, Nosferatu
Paul Tazewell, Wicked
Visual Effects
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
Sound
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Makeup and Hairstyling
Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado, A Different Man
Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, Emilia Pérez
David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton, Nosferatu
Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli, The Substance
Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth, Wicked
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
Live-Action Short
A Lien
Anuja
I’m Not a Robot
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Documentary Short
Death By Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Animated Short
Beautiful Men
In the Shadow of the Cypress
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!
