Oscar Nominations 2025: The Films &Performances That Stood Out

Here’s the complete list of nominees for the 2025 Oscars:

Best 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

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
• Karla Sofia Gascon, Emilia Perez
• Mickey Madison, Anora
• Demi Moore, The Substance
• Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here

Best 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

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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

Best Direction

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

Best Picture

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

Best Live Action Short Film

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

Best Animated Short Film

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

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• James Mangold and Jay Cocks, A Complete Unknown
• Peter Straughan, Conclave
• Jacques Audiard, Emilia Perez
• Ramell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys
• Clint Bentley, Sing Sing

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

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

Best Sound

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

Best Original Song

• El Mal, Emilia Perez
• The Journey, The Six Tripple Eight
• Like a Bird, Sing Sing
• Mi Camino, Emilia Perez
• Never Too Late, Elton John: Never Too Late

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 International Feature Film

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

Best Animated Feature Film

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

Best Music (Original Score)

• Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
• Volker Bertelmann, Conclave
• Clement Ducol and Camille, Emilia Perez
• John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, Wicked
• Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot

Best Costume Design

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

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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

Best Production Design

• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Nosferatu
• Wicked

Best Film Editing

• Sean Baker, Anora
• David Jancso, The Brutalist
• Nick Emerson, Conclave
• Juliette Welfling, Emilia Perez
• Myron Kerstein, Wicked

Best Visual Effects

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

Best Cinematography

• Lol Crawley, The Brutalist
• Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two
• Paul Guillaume, Emilia Perez
• Ed Lachman, Maria
• Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu

Additionally, late-night talk show host and comedian Conan O’Brien has been announced as the host for the Oscars on March 2, 2025.