The 2025 Academy Award nominations have been announced, and Emilia Pérez is leading the charge with a groundbreaking 13 nominations, setting a new record for a non-English-language film. The nominees were revealed live by Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang on Thursday morning.
The 97th Academy Awards, hosted by Conan O’Brien, will air live on Sunday, March 2, 2025, from the Dolby Theatre.
A complete list of the 2025 Oscar nominees follows.
Best Picture
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked
Directing
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
James Mangold – A Complete Unknown
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
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
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 Supporting Role
Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
A Complete Unknown – James Mangold and Jay Cocks
Conclave – Peter Straughan
Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard
Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
September 5 – Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat
Animated Feature Film
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Animated Short Film
Beautiful Men – Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande
In the Shadow of the Cypress – Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi
Magic Candies – Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio
Wander to Wonder – Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper
Yuck! – Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet
Cinematography
The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser
Emilia Pérez – Paul Guilhaume
Maria – Ed Lachman
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke
Costume Design
A Complete Unknown – Arianne Phillips
Conclave – Lisy Christl
Gladiator II – Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
Nosferatu – Linda Muir
Wicked – Paul Tazewell
Film Editing
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – David Jancso
Conclave – Nick Emerson
Emilia Pérez – Juliette Welfling
Wicked – Myron Kerstein
Makeup and Hairstyling
A Different Man – Mike Marino, David Presto, Crystal Jurado
Emilia Pérez – Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, Jean-Christophe Spadaccini
Nosferatu – David White, Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton
The Substance – Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, Marilyne Scarselli
Wicked – Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth
Live-Action Short Film
A Lien – Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz
Anuja – Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai
I’m Not a Robot – Victoria Warmerdam and Trent
The Last Ranger – Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent – Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek
Music (Original Score)
The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg
Conclave – Volker Bertelmann
Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol, Camille
Wicked – John Powell, Stephen Schwartz
The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers
Music (Original Song)
“El Mal” from Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol, Camille
“The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight – Diane Warren
“Like a Bird” from Sing Sing – Abraham Alexander, Adrian Quesada
“Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez – Camille, Clément Ducol
“Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late – Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt, Bernie Taupin
Documentary Feature Film
Black Box Diaries – Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari, Hanna Aqvilin
No Other Land – Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham
Porcelain War – Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska, Paula DuPre’ Pesmen
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat – Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius, Rémi Grellety
Sugarcane
Documentary Short Film
Death by Numbers – Kim A. Snyder, Janique L. Robillard
I Am Ready, Warden – Smriti Mundhra, Maya Gnyp
Incident – Bill Morrison, Jamie Kalven
Instruments of a Beating Heart – Ema Ryan Yamazaki, Eric Nyari
The Only Girl in the Orchestra – Molly O’Brien, Lisa Remington
International Feature Film
I’m Still Here – Brazil
The Girl With the Needle – Denmark
Emilia Pérez – France
The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Germany
Flow – Latvia
Production Design
The Brutalist – Judy Becker (Production Design), Patricia Cuccia (Set Decoration)
Conclave – Suzie Davies (Production Design), Cynthia Sleiter (Set Decoration)
Dune: Part Two – Patrice Vermette (Production Design), Shane Vieau (Set Decoration)
Nosferatu – Craig Lathrop (Production Design), Beatrice Brentnerová (Set Decoration)
Wicked – Nathan Crowley (Production Design), Lee Sandales (Set Decoration)
Sound
A Complete Unknown – Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey, David Giammarco
Dune: Part Two – Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill
Emilia Pérez – Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz, Niels Barletta
Wicked – Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson, John Marquis
The Wild Robot – Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo, Leff Lefferts
Visual Effects
Alien: Romulus – Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin, Shane Mahan
Better Man – Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs
Dune: Part Two – Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke
Wicked – Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk, Paul Corbould