The 2025 Oscars nominations have arrived and it was a big day for musicals!
Actor-writer-comedians Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang announced the nominations for all 23 categories. The Spanish-language musical drama Emilia Pérez leads all films with a whopping 13 nominations, including Picture, Director, Actress for Karla Sofía Gascón and Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña, plus two in Original Song.
Wicked picked up 10 nods, similarly scoring Actress for Cynthia Erivo and Supporting Actress for Ariana Grande, plus Picture and several technical categories.
The Brutalist also scored 10 nods, with A Complete Unknown and Conclave coming in third with eight nominations each, including recognition for Timothee Chalamet, Ralph Fiennes, Isabella Rossellini and Monica Barbaro in the acting categories.
Among the other heavy hitters, Demi Moore scored a career first nod for Best Actress for The Substance (which picked up five nods) as did Golden Globe winner Fernanda Torres for I'm Still Here (three nods) and Mikey Madison for Anora (six nods). Dune: Part Two and Nosferatu dominated a majority of the technical categories.
Among the snubs, Nicole Kidman, Pamela Anderson and Angelina Jolie missed out on Actress nominations, as did Margaret Qualley for Supporting Actress and Daniel Craig for Actor.
The Last Showgirl, Babygirl and Queer were shut out completely, although the biggest surprise was Challengers receiving zero nominations, despite plaudits most notably for its editing, score and acting, plus only one technical nomination for one of the year's most anticipated releases, Gladiator II.
The 2025 Academy Awards will be held on March 2 in Los Angeles and will air live on ABC and Hulu. Take a look at the full list of nominees below…
Best Picture
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- I'm Still Here
- Nickel Boys
- The Substance
- Wicked
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
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
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
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
- Ariana Grande, Wicked
- Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
- Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
- Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Nickel Boys
- Sing Sing
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Animated Feature Film
- Flow
- Inside Out 2
- Memoir of a Snail
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Wild Robot
Directing
- Sean Baker, Anora
- Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
- James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
- Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
- Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Cinematography
- The Brutalist
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Maria
- Nosferatu
Film Editing
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
Production Design
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Nosferatu
- Wicked
Sound
- A Complete Unknown
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
- The Wild Robot
Visual Effects
- Alien: Romulus
- Better Man
- Dune: Part Two
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- Wicked
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
Animated Short Film
- Beautiful Men
- In the Shadow of the Cypress
- Magic Candies
- Wander to Wonder
- Yuck!
Live Action Short Film
- A Lien
- Anuja
- I'm Not a Robot
- The Last Ranger
- The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Costume Design
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Gladiator 2
- Nosferatu
- Wicked
Makeup and Hairstyling
- A Different Man
- Emilia Pérez
- Nosferatu
- The Substance
- Wicked
Music (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
Music (Original Score)
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
- The Wild Robot
Documentary Feature Film
- Black Box Diaries
- No Other Land
- Porcelain War
- Soundtrack to a Coup d'etat
- Sugarcane
Documentary Short Film
- Death by Numbers
- I am Ready, Warden
- Incident
- Instruments of a Beating Heart
- The Only Girl in the Orchestra