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.
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.