2025 is here, and with that, the anticipation for this year’s Oscar nominations has sparked curiosity in fans. The 97th Academy Awards is still far away, but the night of March 2nd, 2025, will be here in the blink of an eye with all that excitement in our hearts. However, before the big night, everyone is anxious and excited to learn this year’s nominations.
Well, after a long wait, the 2025 Oscar nominations have been announced. If you are wondering if your favorite actor or film is nominated this year, go through the list below.
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
- Timothee Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
- Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
- Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
- Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Best Actress in 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 Supporting Role
- Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
- Ariana Grande, Wicked
- Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
- Isabella Rosellini, 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
The Oscar nominations for the best picture in 2025 are:
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two (review)
- 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
- Jaques 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
- Concave, 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 Guilhaume, Emilia Perez
- Ed Lachman, Maria
- Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu
Conan O’Brien, the late-night talk show host and comedian, will host the awards so it will be a night to remember for sure. The Oscar nominations are obviously great, even though some fans might be heartbroken that their favorite movie or actor from last year wasn’t nominated.
That being said, let’s wait for the big night to see who or what movies will bag the awards on the night of Oscars 2025.
Shashank Shakya
