The nominations for the 2025 Oscars have been announced
'Emilia Pérez' leads the way with 13 nominations, while 'Wicked', 'Anora' and 'The Brutalist' all fared well, with the awards ceremony set to take place on March 2nd
By Cayle Reid
THE DAY CINEPHILES have been waiting for has finally arrived. The 2025 Oscar nominations have been announced, and so begins the race to watch every single one of them before the ceremony on March 2nd.
This year, the awards are expected to be far more unpredictable. There’s no clear Oppenheimer-esque contender to sweep most of the major categories. But a number of films have picked up double-digit nominations and will be expected to take home a large collection of golden statues. Leading the way is Emilia Pérez, which, despite being near-universally panned by both critics and audiences for its inaccurate portrayal of trans people, misinterpretations of Mexican culture and meme-worthy musical numbers, garnered more nominations than any other film, with 13.
The Brutalist also proved popular despite recent controversy, scoring ten nominations. This comes in the same week it was reported that the film used AI in some scenes. The most controversy-free of the frontrunners would be Wicked, which nabbed ten nominations.
For the individual awards, Timothée Chalamet got his Best Actor nomination for A Complete Unknown. Adrien Brody and Ralph Fiennes are his biggest competition in the category. The Best Actress race is also expected to be tightly contested between Demi Moore, Mikey Madison, Cynthia Erivo and Karla Sofía Gascón. On the Australian front, Guy Pearce is the most high profile nominee with a chance at Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Brutalist. Australian-made Memoir of a Snail is also up for Best animated Feature.
Read on to find the full list of 2025 Oscar nominations, as well as everything else you need to know about the 97th Academy Awards.
The full list of 2025 Oscar nominations
Best Picture
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- I’m Still Here
- Nickel Boys
- The Substance
- Wicked
Related: Why ‘The Brutalist’ is under fire for its use of AI
Best Actor
- Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
- Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
- Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
- Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
- Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Related: Is Bob Dylan Timothée Chalamet’s best role yet?
Best Actress
- Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
- Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
- Mikey Madison, Anora
- Demi Moore, The Substance
- Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
Best Supporting Actor
- Yura Borisov, Anora
- Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
- Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
- Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
- Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Best Supporting Actress
- Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
- Ariana Grande, Wicked
- Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
- Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
- Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Best Director
- Sean Baker, Anora
- Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
- James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
- Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
- Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Best Adapted Screenplay
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Nickel Boys
- Sing Sing
Best Original Screenplay
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- A Real Pain
- September 5
- The Substance
Best International Feature
- I’m Still Here
- The Girl With the Needle
- Emilia Pérez
- The Seed of a Sacred Fig
- Flow
Best Animated Feature
- Flow
- Inside Out 2
- Memoir of a Snail
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Wild Robot
Best Documentary Feature
- Black Box Diaries
- No Other Land
- Porcelain War
- Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
- Sugarcane
Best Editing
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
Best Cinematography
- The Brutalist
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Maria
- Nosferatu
Best Production Design
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Nosferatu
- Wicked
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Best Costume Design
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Gladiator II
- Nosferatu
- Wicked
Related: How ‘Conclave’ costume designer Lisy Christl created the film’s cardinal couture
Best Original Score
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
- The Wild Robot
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 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
- Wander to Wonder
- Yuck!
Best Documentary Short Film
- Death By Numbers
- I Am Ready, Warden
- Incident
- Instruments of a Beating Heart
- The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- A Different Man
- Emilia Pérez
- Nosferatu
- The Substance
- Wicked
Best Sound
- A Complete Unknown
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
- The Wild Robot
Best Visual Effects
- Alien: Romulus
- Better Man
- Dune: Part Two
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- Wicked
What were the biggest snubs at the 2025 Oscars?
It isn’t usually a divisive category, but the circumstances surrounding the Best Original Score nominations have made it the most controversial of the lot. Back in March, Hans Zimmer and Dune: Part Two were shoe-ins to win, but The Academy disqualified the film from the category for using too much existing music from Dune: Part One. That left Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross as the frontrunners for the pulsating soundtrack of Challengers, but they weren’t even nominated, paving the way for Emilia Pérez to presumably win the honour.
Nicole Kidman will be disappointed that she missed out on a Best Actress nomination for her performance in Babygirl. She received a Golden Globes nomination for the role, and the film has been gaining momentum. In addition, we thought that Maragaret Qualley in The Substance and Denzel Washington in Gladiator II did enough to earn nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Actor, but the Academy apparently doesn’t agree.
Where can I watch the Oscars in Australia?
If you’re watching from Australia, you can tune in to the Oscars on Channel 7 or stream it on 7plus from 11am AEDT on Monday, March 3rd.
When are the 2025 Oscars in Australia?
The 2025 Oscars will take place on Monday, March 2nd, with the ceremony beginning at 11am AEDT. Red carpet arrivals will begin a few hours earlier, with pre-ceremony coverage starting at 10:30am.
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