2025 Academy Award Nominees

For genre films, it’s pretty much Dune: Part 2 and Wicked getting nominated.

Best picture

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

Performance by an 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

Performance by an 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

Performance by an actress in a leading role

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

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

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

Best animated feature film

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

Best animated short film

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

Achievement in cinematography

  • The Brutalist
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Maria
  • Nosferatu

Achievement in costume design

  • A Complete Unknown
  • Conclave
  • Gladiator II
  • Nosferatu
  • Wicked

Achievement in directing

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

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

Achievement in film editing

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

Best international feature film

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

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

  • A Different Man, Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado
  • Emilia Pérez, Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini
  • Nosferatu, David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton
  • The Substance, Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli
  • Wicked, Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth

Original Score

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

Original Song

  • “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez
  • “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight
  • “Like A Bird” from Sing Sing
  • “Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez
  • “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late

Achievement in production design

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

Best live action short film

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

Achievement in sound

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

Achievement in visual effects

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

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

  • A Complete Unknown, Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
  • Conclave, Screenplay by Peter Straughan
  • Emilia Pérez, Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi
  • Nickel Boys, Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
  • Sing Sing, Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield

Writing (Original Screenplay)

  • Anora, Written by Sean Baker
  • The Brutalist, Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
  • A Real Pain, Written by Jesse Eisenberg
  • September 5, Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David
  • The Substance, Written by Coralie Fargeat

One reply

  1. I would count “The Substance” and “Nosferatu” as genre films, though I only know “The Substance” by reputation. Based entirely on film nerd buzz on social media, I would think “The Brutalist” would have been a lock had they used physical makeup instead of AI to de-age the actors.

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