The 2025 Oscars nominees have been revealed.
At the Samuel Goldwyn Theater, Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang announced who made the cut. Emilia Pérez, a musical film, leads with 13 nominations, including Best Picture and two nods for Best Original Song. Close on its heels is James Mangold’s Bob Dylan flick, A Complete Unknown, featuring Timothée Chalamet in an Oscar-nominated role. The movie version of Wicked, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, also did well with both actresses getting nominated. Brady Corbet’s epic tale The Brutalist impressed too, with music by first-time nominee Daniel Blumberg.
In other music news, Dianne Warren hopes to finally win her first Oscar for “The Journey” from Six Triple Eight. She faces tough competition from Elton John and the songwriting duo Camille and Clément Ducol for Emilia Pérez. Also vying for the prize is Adrian Quesada of Black Pumas with his song “Like a Bird” from Sing Sing.
A year ago, Barbenheimer was all anyone talked about at the Oscars. It got an impressive 20 nominations between its two films. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer took home many awards: Best Picture; Best Director; Cillian Murphy as Best Leading Actor; Robert Downey Jr. as Best Supporting Actor. Emma Stone won Best Leading Actress for her role in another top contender that year called Poor Things. Billie Eilish snagged Barbie’s only win for her song “What Was I Made For?”
I think we all love when our favorite movies get recognized at these big events.
Nominations List:
Best Picture:
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked
Best Director:
Sean Baker (Anora)
Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)
James Mangold (A Complete Unknown)
Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)
Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
Best Actress:
Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)
Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez)
Mikey Madison (Anora)
Demi Moore (The Substance)
Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here)
Best Actor:
Adrian Brody (The Brutalist)
Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)
Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)
Cinematography Wonders: br>
The BrutalistDune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
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Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune : Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
Sound Excellence:
A Complete Unknown
Dune : Part Two
Emilia Perez
Wicked
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