The stage is set for Hollywood’s most prestigious night as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveils the highly anticipated nominations for the 2025 Oscars.
In a year marked by significant milestones, such as the record-breaking success of international films and the rise of female-led productions, the Oscars 2025 nominations highlight not only artistic excellence but also the strides made in representation and storytelling.
Here is the full list.
Best picture
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Anora
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The Brutalist
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A Complete Unknown
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Conclave
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Dune: Part Two
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Emilia Pérez
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I’m Still Here
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Nickel Boys
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The Substance
Best actor
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Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
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Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
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Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
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Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
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Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
Best actress
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Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
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Mikey Madison – Anora
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Demi Moore – The Substance
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Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here
Best supporting actress
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Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown
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Ariana Grande – Wicked
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Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
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Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
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Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
Best supporting actor
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Yura Borisov – Anora
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Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
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Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
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Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
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Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
Best director
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Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
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Sean Baker – Anora
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Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
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Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
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James Mangold – A Complete Unknown
Best adapted screenplay
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A Complete Unknown – Jay Cocks and James Mangold
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Conclave – Peter Straughan
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Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard
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Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
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Sing Sing – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar
Best original screenplay
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Anora – Sean Baker
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The Brutalist – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
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A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
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September 5 – Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David
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The Substance – Coralie Fargeat
Best original song
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Never Too Late – Elton John: Never Too Late
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El Mal – Emilia Pérez
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Mi Camino – Emilia Pérez
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Like A Bird – Sing Sing
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The Journey – The Six Triple Eight
Best original score
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The Brutalist
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Conclave
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Emilia Pérez
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Wicked
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The Wild Robot
Best international feature
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I’m Still Here – Brazil
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The Girl with the Needle – Denmark
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Emilia Pérez – France
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Germany
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Flow – Latvia
Best animated feature
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Flow
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Inside Out 2
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Memoir of a Snail
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Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
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The Wild Robot
Best documentary feature
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Black Box Diaries
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No Other Land
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Porcelain War
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Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
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Sugarcane
Best costume design
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Wicked
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Nosferatu
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A Complete Unknown
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Conclave
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Gladiator II
Best make-up and hairstyling
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A Different Man
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Emilia Pérez
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Nosferatu
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The Substance
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Wicked
Best production design
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Wicked
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The Brutalist
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Dune: Part Two
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Nosferatu
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Conclave
Best sound
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A Complete Unknown
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Dune: Part Two
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Emilia Pérez
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Wicked
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The Wild Robot
Best film editing
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Anora
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The Brutalist
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Conclave
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Emilia Pérez
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Wicked
Best cinematography
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The Brutalist
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Dune: Part Two
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Emilia Pérez
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Maria
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Nosferatu
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Best visual effects
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Alien: Romulus
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Better Man
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Dune: Part Two
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
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Wicked
Best live-action short
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Anuja
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I’m Not a Robot
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The Last Ranger
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A Lien
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The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Best animated short
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Beautiful Men
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In the Shadow of the Cypress
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Magic Candies
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Wander to Wonder
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Yuck!
Best documentary short
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Death by Numbers
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I Am Ready, Warden
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Incident
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Instruments of a Beating Heart
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The Only Girl in the Orchestra
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