The Academy has announced the nominations for the 97th Oscars, which will be presented by Conan O’Brien on March 2. The announcement wasn’t postponed by the wildfires still devastating Los Angeles, and as expected, Emilia Pérez, Wicked, and The Brutalist are leading the nominations.
With 13 nominations, Emilia Pérez becomes one of the most nominated films of all-time. Other films that got big were Bob Dylan’s biopic A Complete Unknown, the Vatican thriller Conclave, the horror movie The Substance, and Dune: Part Two.
What do you think of this year’s nominations?
2025 Oscar Nominations (movies released in 2024)
Best Picture
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- I’m Still Here
- Nickel Boys
- The Substance
- Wicked
Best Directing
- Anora – Sean Baker
- The Brutalist – Brady Corbet
- A Complete Unknown – James Mangold
- Emilia Pérez -Jacques Audiard
- The Substance – Coralie Fargeat
Actor in a Leading Role
- Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
- Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
- Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
- Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
- Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
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
Actress in a Leading Role
- Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
- Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
- Mikey Madison – Anora
- Demi Moore – The Substance
- Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown
- Ariana Grande – Wicked
- Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
- Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
- Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
Animated Feature Film
- Flow
- Inside Out 2
- Memoir of a Snail
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Wild Robot
Best Original Screenplay
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- A Real Pain
- The Substance
- September 5
Best Adapted Screenplay
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Nickel Boys
- Sing Sing
Best Cinematography
- Maria
- The Brutalist
- Nosferatu
- Emilia Perez
- Dune 2
Best Costume Design
- Nosferatu
- Wicked
- Gladiator 2
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
Best Make up & hairstyling
- The Substance
- Wicked
- Emilia Perez
- A Different Man
- Nosferatu
Best Editing
- Anora
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
- The Brutalist
Best Production Design
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Nosferatu
- Wicked
Best Original Score
- Conclave
- Emilia Perez
- The Brutalist
- The Wild Robot
- Wicked
Best Original Song
- El Mal from Emilia Pérez
- The Journey from The Six Triple Eight
- Like A Bird from Sing Sing
- Mi Camino from Emilia Pérez
- Never Too Late from Elton John: Never Too Late
Best Visual Effects
- Dune: Part 2
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- Alien: Romulus
- Better Man
- Wicked
Best Sound
- A Complete Unknown
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
- The Wild Robot
Best International Film
- Flow
- I’m Still Here
- Emilia Perez
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig
- The Girl With the Needle
Best Documentary Feature Film
- Black Box Diaries
- No Other Land
- Porcelain War
- Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
- Sugarcane
Best Documentary Short Film
- Death by Numbers
- I Am Ready, Warden
- Incident
- Instruments of a Beating Heart
- The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Best Animated Short film
- In the Shadow of Cypress
- Wander to Wonder
- Yuck
- Magic Candies
- Beautiful Men
Best Live Action Short film
- Anuja
- The Last Ranger
- A Lien
- The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
- I’m Not a Robot