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

• Anora

• The Brutalist

• A Complete Unknown

• Conclave

• Dune: Part Two

• Emilia Pérez

• I'm Still Here

• Nickel Boys

• The Substance

• Wicked

Best actor

• Adrien Brody - The Brutalist

• Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown

• Colman Domingo - Sing Sing

• Ralph Fiennes - Conclave

• Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice

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 actress

• Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown

• Ariana Grande - Wicked

• Felicity Jones - The Brutalist

• Isabella Rossellini - Conclave

• Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez

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 director

• Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez

• Sean Baker - Anora

• Brady Corbet - The Brutalist

• Coralie Fargeat - The Substance

• James Mangold - A Complete Unknown

Best adapted screenplay

• A Complete Unknown - Jay Cocks and James Mangold

• Conclave - Peter Straughan

• Emilia Pérez - Jacques Audiard

• Nickel Boys - RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes

• Sing Sing - Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar

Best original screenplay

• Anora - Sean Baker

• The Brutalist - Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold

• A Real Pain - Jesse Eisenberg

• September 5 - Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David

• The Substance - Coralie Fargeat

Best original song

• Never Too Late - Elton John: Never Too Late

• El Mal - Emilia Pérez

• Mi Camino - Emilia Pérez

• Like A Bird - Sing Sing

• The Journey - The Six Triple Eight

Best original score

• The Brutalist

• Conclave

• Emilia Pérez

• Wicked

• The Wild Robot

Best international feature

• I'm Still Here - Brazil

• The Girl with the Needle - Denmark

• Emilia Pérez - France

• The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Germany

• Flow - Latvia

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 costume design

• Wicked

• Nosferatu

• A Complete Unknown

• Conclave

• Gladiator II

Best make-up and hairstyling

• A Different Man

• Emilia Pérez

• Nosferatu

• The Substance

• Wicked

Best production design

• Wicked

• The Brutalist

• Dune: Part Two

• Nosferatu

• Conclave

Best sound

• A Complete Unknown

• Dune: Part Two

• Emilia Pérez

• Wicked

• The Wild Robot

Best film editing

• Anora

• The Brutalist

• Conclave

• Emilia Pérez

• Wicked

Best cinematography

• The Brutalist

• Dune: Part Two

• Emilia Pérez

• Maria

• Nosferatu
  
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Best visual effects

• Alien: Romulus

• Better Man

• Dune: Part Two

• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

• Wicked

Best live-action short

• Anuja

• I'm Not a Robot

• The Last Ranger

• A Lien

• The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Best animated short

• Beautiful Men

• In the Shadow of the Cypress

• Magic Candies

• Wander to Wonder

• Yuck!

Best documentary short

• Death by Numbers

• I Am Ready, Warden

• Incident

• Instruments of a Beating Heart

• The Only Girl in the Orchestra