Oscar Nominations: ‘Emilia Pérez’ Leads With 13; ‘The Brutalist’ And ‘Wicked’ Score 10 Apiece In Wide-Open Race

Also up for the top prize are Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys, The Substance and Wicked.

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Wicked got 10 nominations – including for its stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande – tying it for second most overall with Brady Corbet’s sweeping The Brutalist, which got noms for Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, and Corbet for directing. Conclave and A Complete Unknown drew eight nominations each, while Palme d’Or winner Anora had six, and the wild horror tale The Substance drew five including Demi Moore’s first nomination after she won the Golden Globe. The Substance‘s director Coralie Fargeat also got nominated.

Of that lot, the directors of frontrunners Conclave (Edward Berger) and Wicked (Jon Chu) did not get nominated.

Beyond The Substance, perhaps the biggest surprise was nominations for Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan for the Ali Abbasi-directed The Apprentice. While their work was universally lauded, Strong and Stan seemed marginalized by all of the struggles the makers of The Apprentice had with cease-and-desist threats from new U.S. President Donald Trump, who reviled his coming-of-age story when the young wannabe real estate mogul was taken under the wing of polarizing lawyer Roy Cohn in the ‘70s.

Past Oscar winners Nicole Kidman (Babygirl), Angelina Jolie (Maria) and Jamie Lee Curtis (The Last Showgirl) found themselves on the outside looking this morning, in as did Gladiator II’s Denzel Washington, who was told by outgoing president Joe Biden he was a shoo-in for another Oscar when presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Both Supporting Actor categories were stacked, and only five make the lightning round.

The noms come at the apex of a another wild movie awards season that began in earnest as far back as May, when movies like eventual frontrunners Emilia Pérez, Anora and The Substance made their splashy debuts at Cannes, and culminated when Wicked debuted on Thanksgiving weekend smashing box office records along its yellow-brick road.

All were front and center in the Academy’s shortlist announcements in December and again today.

Since then, the L.A. wildfires have forced myriad changes to the kudos season, and even the Oscars themselves, with the noms date pushed twice before settling on today.

On Wednesday this week, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences brass said the March 2 Oscar ceremony on ABC and Hulu would even “move away from live performances” of the Original Song nominees and focus on the songwriters,” hinting at a toned-down show that will “honor Los Angeles as the city of dreams” and “reflect on the recent events while highlighting the strength, creativity and optimism that defines Los Angeles and our industry.”

Today’s noms will set the stage for the Oscar ceremony, to be hosted by Conan O’Brien a year after Oppenheimer swept to seven wins including Best Picture after scoring a leading 13 nominations.

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Here is this year’s full list of nominees:

Oscar Nominations 2025

Best Picture

“Anora” (Neon)
A Cre Films Production
Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers

“The Brutalist” (A24)
An A24/Brookstreet Pictures/Kaplan Morrison Production
Nominees to be determined

“A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight)
A Veritas Entertainment Group/White Water/Range/Picture Company/Turnpike Films Production
Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers

“Conclave” (Focus Features)
A FilmNation Entertainment/Indian Paintbrush/House Production
Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers

“Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.)
A Legendary Pictures Production
Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, Producers

“Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)
A Netflix/Page 114/Why Not Productions/Pathé/France 2 Cinéma/Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
in association with Library Pictures International Production
Nominees to be determined

“I’m Still Here” (Sony Pictures Classics)
A VideoFilmes/RT Features/Mact Production
Nominees to be determined

“Nickel Boys” (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
A Plan B Entertainment/Anonymous Content/Louverture Films Production
Nominees to be determined

“The Substance” (Mubi)
A Match Factory/Working Title/Blacksmith/A Good Story Production
Nominees to be determined

“Wicked” (Universal)
A Universal Pictures/Marc Platt Production
Marc Platt, Producer

Actor in a Leading Role

Adrien Brody in “The Brutalist” (A24)

Timothée Chalamet in “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight)

Colman Domingo in “Sing Sing” (A24)

Ralph Fiennes in “Conclave” (Focus Features)

Sebastian Stan in “The Apprentice” (Briarcliff Entertainment/Rich Spirit)

Actress in a Leading Role

Cynthia Erivo in “Wicked” (Universal)

Karla Sofía Gascón in “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)

Mikey Madison in “Anora” (Neon)

Demi Moore in “The Substance” (Mubi)

Fernanda Torres in “I’m Still Here” (Sony Pictures Classics)

Actor in a Supporting Role

Yura Borisov in “Anora” (Neon)

Kieran Culkin in “A Real Pain” (Searchlight)

Edward Norton in “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight)

Guy Pearce in “The Brutalist” (A24)

Jeremy Strong in “The Apprentice” (Briarcliff Entertainment/Rich Spirit)

Actress in a Supporting Role

Monica Barbaro in “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight)

Ariana Grande in “Wicked” (Universal)

Felicity Jones in “The Brutalist” (A24)

Isabella Rossellini in “Conclave” (Focus Features)

Zoe Saldaña in “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)

Directing

“Anora” (Neon) Sean Baker

“The Brutalist” (A24) Brady Corbet

“A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight) James Mangold

“Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) Jacques Audiard

“The Substance” (Mubi) Coralie Fargeat

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

“A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight) Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks

“Conclave” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Peter Straughan

“Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) Screenplay by Jacques Audiard, in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi

“Nickel Boys” (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios) Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes

“Sing Sing” (A24) Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence
Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield

Writing (Original Screenplay)

“Anora” (Neon) Written by Sean Baker

“The Brutalist” (A24) Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold

“A Real Pain” (Searchlight) Written by Jesse Eisenberg

“September 5” (Paramount) Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; co-Written by Alex David

“The Substance” (Mubi) Written by Coralie Fargeat

International Feature Film

“I’m Still Here” (Brazil)
A VideoFilmes Produções Artísticas Production

“The Girl with the Needle” (Denmark)
A Nordisk Film Creative Alliance Production

“Emilia Pérez” (France)
A Pathé Production

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” (Germany)
A Run Way Pictures Production

“Flow” (Latvia)
A Dream Well Studio Production

Animated Feature Film 

“Flow” (Sideshow/Janus Films) Nominees to be determined

“Inside Out 2” (Walt Disney) Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen

“Memoir of a Snail” (IFC Films) Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney

“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” (Netflix) Nominees to be determined

“The Wild Robot” (Universal) Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann

Documentary Feature Film 

“Black Box Diaries” (MTV Documentary Films)
A Hanashi Films/Cineric Creative/Star Sands Production
Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin

“No Other Land”
An Antipode Films Production
Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham

“Porcelain War” (Picturehouse)
A Songbird Studios/Imaginary Lane Production
Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre’ Pesmen

“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” (Kino Lorber)
An Onomatopee Films/Warboys Films Production
Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety

“Sugarcane” (National Geographic Documentary Films)
A Hedgehog Films/Kassie Films/Impact Partners/Fit Via Vi Production
Nominees to be determined

Film Editing

“Anora” (Neon) Sean Baker

“The Brutalist” (A24) David Jancso

“Conclave” (Focus Features) Nick Emerson

“Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) Juliette Welfling

“Wicked” (Universal) Myron Kerstein

Cinematography 

“The Brutalist” (A24) Lol Crawley

“Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) Greig Fraser

“Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) Paul Guilhaume

“Maria” (Netflix) Ed Lachman

“Nosferatu” (Focus Features) Jarin Blaschke

Production Design

“The Brutalist” (A24)
Production Design: Judy Becker
Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia

“Conclave” (Focus Features)
Production Design: Suzie Davies
Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter

“Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.)
Production Design: Patrice Vermette
Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

“Nosferatu” (Focus Features)
Production Design: Craig Lathrop
Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová

“Wicked” (Universal)
Production Design: Nathan Crowley
Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Costume Design

“A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight) Arianne Phillips

“Conclave” (Focus Features) Lisy Christl

“Gladiator II” (Paramount) Janty Yates and Dave Crossman

“Nosferatu” (Focus Features) Linda Muir

“Wicked” (Universal) Paul Tazewell

Music (Original Score)

“The Brutalist” (A24) Daniel Blumberg

“Conclave” (Focus Features) Volker Bertelmann

“Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) Clément Ducol and Camille

“Wicked” (Universal) John Powell and Stephen Schwartz

“The Wild Robot” (Universal) Kris Bowers

Music (Original Song)

“El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)
Music by Clément Ducol and Camille
Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard

“The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight” (Netflix)
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

“Like A Bird” from “Sing Sing” (A24)
Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada

“Mi Camino” from “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)
Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol

“Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late” (Disney+)
Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin

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” (The New Yorker) Victoria Warmerdam and Trent

“The Last Ranger” Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw

“The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent” (Manifest) Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek

Animated Short Film

“Beautiful Men” (Miyu Distribution) Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande

“In the Shadow of the Cypress” Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi

“Magic Candies” (Toei Animation) Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio

“Wander to Wonder” (Miyu Distribution) Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper

“Yuck!” (Miyu Distribution) Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet

Documentary Short Film

“Death by Numbers” Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard

“I Am Ready, Warden” (MTV Documentary Films) Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp

“Incident” (The New Yorker) Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven

“Instruments of a Beating Heart” (The New York Times OpDocs/Cineric Creative)
Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari

“The Only Girl in the Orchestra” (Netflix) Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington

Makeup and Hairstyling

“A Different Man” (A24) Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado

“Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini

“Nosferatu” (Focus Features) David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes Munton

“The Substance” (Mubi) Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli

“Wicked” (Universal) Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth

Sound

“A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight) Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco

“Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill

“Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta

“Wicked” (Universal) Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis

“The Wild Robot” (Universal) Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts

Visual Effects

“Alien: Romulus” (20th Century) Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan

“Better Man” (Paramount) Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs

“Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer

“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” (20th Century) Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke

“Wicked” (Universal) Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould

Nominations by Film

(2 or more noms)