Last year, it was all about the battle of Oppenheimer and Barbie in movie theatres and at the 2024 Academy Awards. But this year the focus is on the music with musical Emilia Pérez, Broadway musical adaptation Wicked and Bob Dylan musical biopic A Complete Unknown.
The much-anticipated 2025 Oscars nominations were revealed Thursday morning by Rachel Sennott, who starred in Saturday Night, and Saturday Night Live star Bowen Yang. The nominations were pushed back almost a week from their original date amid the ongoing California wildfires.
Emilia Pérez, a musical/melodrama/crime-thriller from filmmaker Jacques Audiard, set a new record for the most nominations earned by an international film with 13 nominations, including Best Picture. The film broke the record set by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and Roma (2018), which previously earned 10 nominations each.
The film’s star Karla Sofía Gascón, who plays Emilia Pérez, made Academy Award history by becoming the first openly transgender actress to be nominated for an Oscar as she’s nominated for Actress in a Leading Role.
Zoe Saldaña also received a nomination for Emilia Pérez, for Actress in a Supporting Role. In the film, she plays Rita, a Mexico City lawyer hired by the cartel kingpin Manitas to help him flee Mexico for gender confirmation surgery.
Other leading films include The Brutalist, starring Adrien Brody, and Wicked, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, both earning 10 nominations.
Conan O’Brien is slated to host the 97th Oscars, taking place on March 2 at the Dolby Theatre, with a live television broadcast beginning at 7 p.m. ET.
Find the complete list of the 2025 Oscar nominees in all the major categories, below.
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Best Picture
AnoraThe BrutalistA Complete UnknownConclaveDune: Part TwoEmilia PérezI’m Still HereNickel BoysThe SubstanceWicked
Actor in a Leading Role
Adrien Brody, The BrutalistTimothée Chalamet, A Complete UnknownColman Domingo, Sing SingRalph Fiennes, ConclaveSebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Actress in a Leading Role
Cynthia Erivo, WickedKarla Sofía Gascón, Emilia PérezMikey Madison, AnoraDemi Moore, The SubstanceFernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
Actor in a Supporting Role
Yura Borisov, AnoraKieran Culkin, A Real PainEdward Norton, A Complete UnknownGuy Pearce, The BrutalistJeremy Strong, The Apprentice
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Actress in a Supporting Role
Monica Barbaro, A Completed UnknownAriana Grande, WickedFelicity Jones, The BrutalistIsabella Rossellini, ConclaveZoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Directing
Sean Baker, AnoraBrady Corbet, The BrutalistJames Mangold, A Complete UnknownJacques Audiard, Emilia PérezCoralie Fargeat, The Substance
Cinematography
The BrutalistDune: Part TwoEmilia PérezMariaNosferatu
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
A Complete UnknownConclaveEmilia PérezNickel BoysSing Sing
Writing (Original Screenplay)
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Film Editing
AnoraThe BrutalistConclaveEmilia PérezWicked
International Feature Film
I’m Still Here, BrazilThe Girl With The Needle, DenmarkEmilia Pérez, FranceThe Seed Of The Sacred Fig, GermanyFlow, Latvia
Animated Feature Film
FlowInside Out 2Memoir of a SnailWallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most FowlThe Wild Robot
Animated Short Film
Beautiful MenIn The Shadow Of The CypressMagic CandiesWander To WonderYuck!
Live-Action Short Film
A LienAnujaI’m Not A RobotThe Last RangerThe Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Music (Original Song)
El Mal, Emilia PérezThe Journey, The Six Triple EightLike A Bird, Sing SingMi Camino, Emilia PérezNever Too Late, Elton John: Never Too Late
Music (Original Score)
The BrutalistConclaveEmilia PérezWickedThe Wild Robot
Sound
A Complete UnknownDune: Part TwoEmilia PérezWickedThe Wild Robot
Documentary Feature
Black Box DiariesNo Other LandPorcelain WarSoundtrack To A Coup D’EtatSugarcane
Documentary Short Film
Death By NumbersI Am Ready, WardenIncidentInstruments of A Beating HeartThe Only Girl In The Orchestra
Makeup and Hairstyling
A Different ManEmilia PérezNosferatuThe SubstanceWicked
Costume Design
A Complete UnknownConclaveGladiator IINosferatuWicked
Production Design
The BrutalistConclaveDune: Part TwoNosferatuWicked
Visual Effects
Alien: RomulusBetter ManDune: Part TwoKingdom Of The Planet Of The ApesWicked—— With files from The Associated Press
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