97th Oscars Nominations Announced: ‘Emilia Pérez’ Leads with 14 Nods

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*The nominations for the 97th Oscars were announced Thursday, hosted by Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang.

“Emilia Pérez,” a French-language musical about a transgender Mexican drug lord, leads the pack with 14 nominations, including Best Picture. It will compete for the top honor alongside “Anora,” “The Brutalist,” “A Complete Unknown,” “Conclave,” “Dune: Part Two,” “I’m Still Here,” “Nickel Boys,” “The Substance,” and “Wicked.”

“Wicked” earned 10 nominations (including acting noms for stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande), tying with “The Brutalist.” “Conclave” and “A Complete Unknown” each received eight nominations, while “Anora” secured six. “The Substance” earned five nods, including Demi Moore’s first Oscar nomination for acting.

The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC, streamed live on Hulu and airs live in more than 200 territories worldwide.

See below the full list of nominees.

Oscar Nominations 2025 

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
Timothée Chalamet
Colman Domingo
Ray Fiennes
Sebastian Stan

Actress in a Leading Role

Cynthia Erivo
Karla Sofia Gascon
Mikey Madison
Demi Moore
Fernanda Torres

Actor in a Supporting Role

Yura Borisov
Kieran Culkin
Edward Norton
Guy Pearce
Jeremy Strong

Actress in a Supporting Role

Monica Barbaro
Ariana Grande
Felicity Jones
Isabella Rossellini
Zoe Saldana

Directing

Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Emilia Perez
The Substance

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Anora
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance

International Feature Film

I’m Still Here
The Girl with The Needle
Emilia Perez
The Seed of a Sacred Fig
Flow

Animated Feature Film 

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit
The Wild Robot

Documentary Feature Film 

Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane

Film Editing

Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked

Cinematography 

The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Perez
Maria
Nosferatu

Production Design

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked

Costume Design

A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked

Music (Original Score)

The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot

Music (Original Song)

El Mal, Emilia Pérez
The Journey, The Six Triple Eight
Like A Bird, Sing Sing
Mi Camino, Emilia Pérez
Never Too Late, Elton John: Never Too Late

Live Action Short Film

A Lien
Anuja
I’m Not a Robot
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Would Not Remain Silent

Animated Short Film

Beautiful Men
In the Shadow of the Cypress
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!

Documentary Short Film

Death By Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Makeup and Hairstyling

A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Sound

A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot

Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked

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