At long last, the Oscar nominations 2025 have been revealed, giving shape to this unpredictable season. Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang announced the n
At long last, the Oscar nominations 2025 have been revealed, giving shape to this unpredictable season. Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang announced the nominees on Thursday morning from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles. “Between us, we’ve had three Diet Cokes, an entire pack of cigarettes, and one Adderall,” joked Sennott from the stage. The audience gets to guess which of them had what, added Yang.
It’s been a very competitive year—making our nominations predictions more challenging than usual—so we’re expecting to see several surprises and a few snubs.
Films that have been leading the pack this year include The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez, which both won best-picture awards at the Golden Globes and are expected to fare well in multiple categories. Conclave, Wicked, and Anora have also run forceful campaigns and fared well with critics groups and other bodies.
For months now, the best-actress race has been one to watch, with several A-list actresses like Nicole Kidman (Babygirl) and Angelina Jolie (Maria) competing. But some overdue momentum (and a Globes win) for I’m Still Here’s Fernanda Torres pushed her into the race just as voting began. On the best-actor side, Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) and Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown) have been forceful front-runners, but the rest of the group remains unformed.
Due to the devastating fires that swept across Los Angeles two weeks ago, the Academy pushed the nominations announcement, originally scheduled for January 17, to January 23. The Academy also canceled the annual nominees luncheon that was scheduled for February. The 2025 Oscars ceremony is still set to take place on March 2, with Conan O’Brien hosting.
To find out who might be taking the stage as a winner on March 2, read on for the full list of nominations.
Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jay Cocks and Jay Mangold, A Complete Unknown
Peter Straughan, Conclave
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys
Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, Sing Sing
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, and Alex David, September 5
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
Volker Bertelmann, Conclave
John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, Wicked
Clément Ducol and Camille, Emilia Pérez
Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
“A Lien”
“Anuja”
“I’m Not a Robot”
“The Last Ranger”
“The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent”
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
“Beautiful Men”
“In the Shadow of the Cypress”
“Magic Candies”
“Wander to Wonder”
“Yuck!”
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 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain Wars
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
“Death by Numbers”
“I Am Ready, Warden”
“Incident”
“Instruments of a Beating Heart”
“The Only Girl in the Orchestra”
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
I’m Still Here, Brazil
The Girl with the Needle, Denmark
Emilia Pérez, France
The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Germany
Flow, Latvia
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
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