2025 Oscar Nominations Revealed – 97th Academy Awards (Full List)

by Jacob Jones​

​Well, that was pretty crazy, wasn’t it? Of course, what couldn’t be crazy about the 2025 Oscar Nominations? It’s the Oscars; they thrive on crazy! All jokes aside, now that the Academy has finally unveiled their nominees for the Best in Film of 2024, it’s time to break open that pandora’s box and examine all the surprises and disappointments it holds. To start, the absolute disrespect towards Dune: Part Two by AMPAS’ choice to leave it out of Adapted Screenplay, Makeup & Hairstyling, Costume Design, Film Editing, and of course, Director, is an absurdity I will not stand for. The first film was nominated for 10 Oscars, winning 6, but an even better follow-up only gets half that recognition? I mean, I’m aware of what happened with Empire Strikes Back, but I didn’t think this new Academy was doing the same old song and dance by ignoring sci-fi and giving into such blatant recency bias. More to the point, though, Challengers receiving 0 nominations is a genuine outrage, especially in Best Original Score, in which Wicked seemed to take its place (and I can’t even begin to describe how irritating that is from a musical standpoint). Among other disappointments were Clarence Maclin missing Best Supporting Actor despite its unlikelihood, which indicated early that Sing Sing could likely miss Best Picture (thank you A24 for messing the release strategy up so spectacularly), and of course Emilia Pérez running the table with no less than 13 nominations to its name.

​The morning was not without its pleasant surprises, however as twenty-one of my wildcard picks – many of them hopefuls – did end up landing nominations in their respective categories, including Nickel Boys in Best Adapted Screenplay, Alien: Romulus is Best Visual Effects, and both Sugarcane and Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat in Best Documentary Feature. Also, as it turns out, I was right to trust my instincts on a few things, namely that the international contingent of the Academy would show strong support for Sebastian Stan in The Apprentice (for which Jeremy Strong also received a nomination in Best Supporting Actor), and Flow – which comes to us from Latvia – would ultimately land nominations in both Animated Feature and International Feature. I also correctly predicted that September 5 would receive the fifth spot in the Best Original Screenplay category, and that Edward Lachmann would receive Maria’s lone nomination in Cinematography.

​By far the morning’s biggest surprise, however, came at the tail end of the announcement when the words “I’m Still Here” were read out amongst the nominees. Having not yet seen the film, I can’t comment on whether this is a pleasant or an unpleasant surprise, but it does re-enforce the one consistent thing about this entire awards season: how chaotic and distinctly inconsistent it has always been. Word to the wise: never underestimate the Brazilians, who not only catapulted I’m Still Here into the Best Picture category, but also secured a Best Actress nomination for Fernanda Torres’ work in the film. She now joins her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, who was previously nominated in the same category for her work in Central Station, which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards. It would seem now that she, and not Mikey Madison as had previously been thought, is the primary challenger to Demi Moore, whose Best Actress nomination for The Substance is just one of that film’s five (including Best Picture and Best Director for Coralie Fargeat). All told, the ups and downs of these awards races are sure going to be a roller-coaster ride all the way to the finish line when the Oscars air live on ABC and stream for the first time on Hulu on March 2nd. A full list of the 2025 Oscar nominees is below.

BEST PICTURE
The Nominees:

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• I’m Still Here
• Nickel Boys
• The Substance
• Wicked

 
BEST DIRECTOR
The Nominees:

• Sean Baker, Anora
• Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
• James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
• Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
• Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

 
BEST ACTRESS
The Nominees:

• Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
• Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
• Mikey Madison, Anora
• Demi Moore, The Substance
• Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here

 
BEST ACTOR
The Nominees:

• Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
• Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
• Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
• Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
• Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

 
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
The Nominees:

• Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
• Ariana Grande, Wicked
• Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
• Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
• Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

 
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
The Nominees:

• Yura Borisov, Anora
• Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
• Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
• Guy Pierce, The Brutalist
• Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

 
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Nominees:

• Flow
• Inside Out 2
• Memoir of a Snail
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Foul
• The Wild Robot

 
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
The Nominees:

• Emilia Pérez (France)
• Flow (Latvia)
• The Girl with the Needle (Denmark)
• I’m Still Here (Brazil)
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)

 
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Nominees:

• Black Box Diaries
• No Other Land
• Porcelain War
• Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
  
• Sugarcane
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Nominees:

• Lol Crowley, The Brutalist
• Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two
• Paul Guihaume, Emilia Pérez
• Edward Lachmann, Maria
• Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu

 
BEST FILM EDITING
The Nominees:

• Sean Baker, Anora
• Dávid Janscó, The Brutalist
• Nick Emerson, Conclave
• Juliette Welfling, Emilia Pérez
• Myron Kerstein, Wicked

 
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Nominees:

• Judy Becker, The Brutalist
• Patrice Vermette, Dune: Part Two
• Suzie Davies, Conclave
• Craig Lathrop, Nosferatu
• Nathan Crowley, Wicked

 
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Nominees:

• Arianne Phillips, A Complete Unknown
• Lisy Christi, Conclave
• David Crossman and Janty Yates, Gladiator II
• Linda Muir, Nosferatu
• Paul Tazewell, Wicked

 
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
The Nominees:

• A Different Man
• Emilia Pérez
• Nosferatu
• The Substance
• Wicked

 
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Nominees:

• Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
• Volker Bertelmann, Conclave
• Clément Ducol & Camille, Emilia Pérez
• John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, Wicked
• Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot

 
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
The Nominees:

• “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 ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Nominees:

• James Mangold and Jay Cocks, A Complete Unknown
• Peter Straughan, Conclave
• Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
• RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys
• Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, & John “Divine G.” Whitfield, Sing Sing

 
BEST ORIGNAL SCREENPLAY
The Nominees:

• Sean Baker, Anora
• Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
• Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
• Tim Fehlbaum & Moritz Binder, September 5
• Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

 
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Nominees:

• Alien: Romulus
• Better Man
• Dune: Part Two
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
• Wicked

 
BEST SOUND
The Nominees:

• A Complete Unknown
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• Wicked
• The Wild Robot

 
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT
The Nominees:

• Anuja
• A Lien
• I’m Not a Robot
• The Last Ranger
• The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

 
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
The Nominees:

• Beautiful Men
• In the Shadow of the Cypress
• Magic Candies
• Wander to Wonder
• Yuck!

 
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
The Nominees:

• Death by Numbers
• I Am Ready, Warden
• Incident
• Instruments of a Beating Heart
• The Only Girl in the Orchestra

What do you think of these nominations? Anything you’re surprised to see or find absent? Any choices that delight you? Enrage you? Let us know in the comments section below, and thanks for reading!
 
- The Friendly Film Fan