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2025 Academy Award Nominations – Full List

Popes and strippers and witches, oh my! This year’s awards season has been unpredictable, with several upsets and exciting winners across critics groups and guilds. It all comes down to one of my favorite nights a year- the Oscars. This morning, Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott announced the upcoming 97th Academy Awards nominees! Emilia Perez […]

Sabrina Ramirez
Sabrina Ramirez
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Popes and strippers and witches, oh my! This year’s awards season has been unpredictable, with several upsets and exciting winners across critics groups and guilds. It all comes down to one of my favorite nights a year- the Oscars.

This morning, Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott announced the upcoming 97th Academy Awards nominees! Emilia Perez leads with 13 nominations, followed by The Brutalist and Wicked with 10 nominations each.

Check out 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

Wicked nominated for 10 Academy Awards
Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba and Ariana Grande is Glinda in Wicked. (Image credit: Universal Pictures)

Best Actress

Cynthia Erivo, Wicked

Mikey Madison, Anora

Demi Moore, The Substance

Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here

Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez

Best Actor

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

Colman Domingo, Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes, ConclaveSebastian Stan — The Apprentice

Best 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

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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

Best Cinematography

The Brutalist

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Maria

Nosferatu

Best International Feature Film

I’m Still Here

The Girl with the Needle

Emilia Pérez

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Flow

Colman Domingo in Sing Sing. (Image credit: A24)

Best Adapted Screenplay

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Nickel Boys

Sing Sing

Best Original Screenplay

Anora

The Brutalist

A Real Pain

September 5

The Substance

Best Animated Short Film

Beautiful Men

In the Shadow of the Cypress

Magic Candies

Wander to Wonder

Yuck!

(Image credit: Universal Pictures)

Best Animated Feature Film

Flow

Inside Out 2

Memoir of a Snail

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Wild Robot

Best Documentary Short

Death By Numbers

I Am Ready, Warden

Incident

Instruments of a Beating Heart

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Best Documentary Feature Film

Black Box Diaries

No Other Land

Porcelain War

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

Sugarcane

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 Makeup and Hairstyling

A Different Man

Emilia Pérez

Nosferatu

The Substance

Wicked

(Image credit: Universal Pictures)

Best Costume Design

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Gladiator II

Nosferatu

Wicked

Best Editing

Anora

The Brutalist

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Wicked

Best Sound

A Complete Unknown

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Wicked

The Wild Robot

Best Production Design

The Brutalist

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Nosferatu

Wicked

Best Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus

Better Man

Dune: Part Two

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Wicked

The 97th Academy Awards ceremony will take place on March 2, 2025!

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