The 2025 Oscar nominations were announced on Thursday to the usual surprised and offended audience.
The announcement was delayed by a few days due to the wildfires spreading across Los Angeles, but Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang shared the news live on Jan. 23 from the Film Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The award show is slated to take place as planned, airing on March 2.
Emilia Pérez beat out the other features with 13 nominations; it was closely followed by Wicked and The Brutalist, which each have ten.
Following a Mexican drug lord transitioning gender, Emilia Pérez‘s 13 nominations set a new record for a non-English-language film (previously 2000’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and 2018’s Roma, which had 10). Star of the film Karla Sofía Gascón was also submitted for best actress, making her the first openly transgender actress to be nominated.
Following Emilia Pérez, Wicked and The Brutalist are Conclave and A Complete Unknown, which were each mentioned eight times. These films will compete for best picture with other nominatinees Anora, Nickel Boys, The Substance, I’m Still Here and Dune: Part Two.
The Substance’s director Coralie Fargeat is the only woman to be nominated in the Best Directing category, in addition to her writing nomination. Demi Moore, who starred in sci-fi/horror, was awarded the first nomination in her career.
In addition to Moore, 12 other established actors received their first Oscar nominations, including Guy Pierce, Zoe Saldaña, Mikey Madison, Kieran Culkin, Karla Sofía Gascón, Ariana Grande, Yura Borisov, Sebastian Stan, Fernanda Torres, Isabella Rossellini, Monica Barbaro and Jeremy Strong.
Torres, star of I’m Still Here, became only the second Brazilian to ever be nominated in the Best Actress category, incredibly following her own mother Fernanda Montenegro’s historic award in 1999.
In other second-time historic nominations, Colman Domingo, nominated for best actor for last year’s film Rustin’ and this year’s Sing Sing, became the second black actor to be nominated for Best Actor two years in a row, after Denzel Washington. Timothée Chalamet was also nominated for Best Actor in A Complete Unknown, making him the youngest two-time best actor nominee, following James Dean.
Netflix led among the studios with 16 nominations.
Full list of 2025 Oscar Nominations:
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 Her
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: Nominees to be determined
- Inside Out 2: Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen
- Memoir of a Snail: Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl: Nominees to be determined
- The Wild Robot: Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann
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
Directing
- Anora, Sean Baker
- The Brutalist, Brady Corbet
- A Complete Unknown, James Mangold
- Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard
- The Substance, Coralie Fargeat
Documentary Feature Film
- Black Box Diaries: Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin
- No Other Land: Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham
- Porcelain War: Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre’ Pesmen
- Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat: Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety
- Sugarcane: Nominees to be determined
Documentary Short Film
- Death by Numbers: Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard
- I Am Ready, Warden: Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp
- Incident: Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven
- Instruments of a Beating Heart: Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari
- The Only Girl in the Orchestra: Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington
Film Editing
- Anora, Sean Baker
- The Brutalist, David Jancso
- Conclave, Nick Emerson
- Emilia Pérez, Juliette Welfling
- Wicked, Myron Kerstein
International Feature Film
- Brazil: I’m Still Here
- Denmark: The Girl with the Needle
- France: Emilia Pérez
- Germany: The Seed of the Sacred Fig
- Latvia: Flow
Makeup and Hairstyling
- A Different Man: Mike Marino, David Presto, and Crystal Jurado
- Emilia Pérez: Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini
- Nosferatu: David White, Traci Loader, and Suzanne Stokes-Munton
- The Substance: Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli
- Wicked: Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, and Sarah Nuth
Music (Original Score)
- The Brutalist, Daniel Blumberg
- Conclave, Volker Bertelmann
- Emilia Pérez, Clément Ducol and Camille
- Wicked, John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
- The Wild Robot, Kris Bowers
Music (Original Song)
- El Mal from Emilia Pérez; Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
- The Journey from The Six Triple Eight; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
- Like A Bird from Sing Sing; Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
- Mi Camino from Emilia Pérez; Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol
- Never Too Late from Elton John: Never Too Late; Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt, and Bernie Taupin
Best Picture
- Anora: Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, and Sean Baker, Producers
- The Brutalist: Nominees to be determined
- A Complete Unknown: Fred Berger, James Mangold, and Alex Heineman, Producers
- Conclave: Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, and Michael A. Jackman, Producers
- Dune: Part Two: Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe, and Denis Villeneuve, Producers
- Emilia Pérez: Nominees to be determined
- I’m Still Here: Nominees to be determined
- Nickel Boys: Nominees to be determined
- The Substance: Nominees to be determined
- Wicked: Marc Platt, Producer
Production Design
- The Brutalist: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia
- Conclave: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter
- Dune: Part Two: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
- Nosferatu: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová
- Wicked: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
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
Sound
- A Complete Unknown: Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco
- Dune: Part Two: Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett, and Doug Hemphill
- Emilia Pérez: Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta
- Wicked: Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson, and John Marquis
- The Wild Robot: Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo, and Leff Lefferts
Visual Effects
- Alien: Romulus: Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan
- Better Man: Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, and Peter Stubbs
- Dune: Part Two; Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcomb,e and Gerd Nefzer
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes: Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, and Rodney Burke
- Wicked: Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk, and Paul Corbould
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
- A Complete Unknown: Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
- Conclave: Screenplay by Peter Straughan
- Emilia Pérez; Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, and Nicolas Livecchi
- Nickel Boys: Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
- Sing Sing: Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield
Writing (Original Screenplay)
- Anora, Written by Sean Baker
- The Brutalist, Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
- A Real Pain, Written by Jesse Eisenberg
- September 5, Written by Moritz Binder, and Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David
- The Substance, Written by Coralie Fargeat