Full list of Oscars 2025 nominees: Celebrating the year’s best films and performances

The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were unveiled on Thursday. Academy leaders opened the announcement by addressing the impact of ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles before Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott revealed the contenders. Leading this year’s nomination list, Emilia Pérez earned 13 nominations, while The Brutalist and Wicked followed closely with 10 each, Kazinform News Agency correspondent reports.

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Emilia Pérez nominations include Best Original Song for both El Mal and Mi Camino, Best Picture, and Best Director for Jacques Audiard. The film also secured acting nominations for Karla Sofía Gascón (Best Actress), Selena Gomez, and Zoe Saldaña (both for Best Supporting Actress).

Another big competitor is the movie adaptation of the musical Wicked, which landed nominations for Best Actress for Cynthia Erivo, Best Supporting Actress for Ariana Grande, and Best Picture (Musical or Comedy). The movie also got recognition across technical categories, including Best Production Design and Best Visual Effects.

Among other noteworthy contenders are The Brutalist, with nominations for Best Picture, Best Director (Brady Corbet), and performances by Felicity Jones (Best Supporting Actress) and Adrien Brody (Best Actor). Dune: Part Two and A Complete Unknown also feature prominently in multiple major and technical categories.

See the full list of nominees below:

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 Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez

Mikey Madison - Anora

Demi Moore - The Substance

Fernanda Torres - I'm Still Here

Best supporting actress

Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown

Ariana Grande - Wicked

Felicity Jones - The Brutalist

Isabella Rossellini - Conclave

Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez

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 director

Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez

Sean Baker - Anora

Brady Corbet - The Brutalist

Coralie Fargeat - The Substance

James Mangold - A Complete Unknown

Best adapted screenplay

A Complete Unknown - Jay Cocks and James Mangold

Conclave - Peter Straughan

Emilia Pérez - Jacques Audiard

Nickel Boys - RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes

Sing Sing - Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar

Best original screenplay

Anora - Sean Baker

The Brutalist - Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold

A Real Pain - Jesse Eisenberg

September 5 - Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David

The Substance - Coralie Fargeat

Best original song

Never Too Late - Elton John: Never Too Late

El Mal - Emilia Pérez

Mi Camino - Emilia Pérez

Like A Bird - Sing Sing

The Journey - The Six Triple Eight

Best original score

The Brutalist

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Wicked

The Wild Robot

Best 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

Best animated feature

Flow

Inside Out 2

Memoir of a Snail

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Wild Robot

Best documentary feature

Black Box Diaries

No Other Land

Porcelain War

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Sugarcane

Best costume design

Wicked

Nosferatu

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Gladiator II

Best make-up and hairstyling

A Different Man

Emilia Pérez

Nosferatu

The Substance

Wicked

Best production design

Wicked

The Brutalist

Dune: Part Two

Nosferatu

Conclave

Best sound

A Complete Unknown

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Wicked

The Wild Robot

Best film editing

Anora

The Brutalist

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Wicked

Best cinematography

The Brutalist

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Maria

Nosferatu

Best visual effects

Alien: Romulus

Better Man

Dune: Part Two

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Wicked

Best live action short

Anuja

I'm Not a Robot

The Last Ranger

A Lien

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

The Academy has also announced that this year’s ceremony will face scheduling changes due to the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles and California.

“Due to the still-active fires in the Los Angeles area, we feel it is necessary to extend our voting period and move the date of our nominations announcement to allow additional time for our members. Additionally, as we want to be sensitive to the infrastructure and lodging needs of the region in these next few weeks, it is imperative that we make some changes to our schedule of events, which we believe will have the support of our industry,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang said.

The Oscars Nominees Luncheon, typically held in February, has been canceled for this year, and the Scientific and Technical Awards, initially set for February 18, will be rescheduled. Despite these changes, the Oscars ceremony remains scheduled for Sunday, March 2 at the Dolby Theatre.

Earlier, Kazinform correspondent reported on the key wins from 82nd Golden Globes.

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