2025 Oscar Nominations

The 2025 Oscar nominations have just been announced this morning by hosts Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang.

“Emilia Perez” led the pack with thirteen, followed by “The Brutalist” and “Wicked” with ten nominations each, then “Conclave” with nine, “A Complete Unknown” scored eight, “Anora” and “Emilia Perez” landed six, and “Dune: Part Two” and “The Substance” snagged five each.

Snub-wise Denzel Washington missed out for “Gladiator 2” which also only got one nomination for its costumes, no love for Denis Villeneuve in directing or writing “Dune: Part Two, and films like “Challengers,” “Hard Truths” and “Babygirl” were shut out entirely.

Welcome surprises for the 2025 Oscar nominations included Coralie Fargaet landing a director nom for “The Substance”; while “The Apprentice,” “Flow” and “I’m Still Here” fared stronger than expected.

This year’s Best Picture list includes only two films that earned over $100 million each at the box-office. Here is the full list of nominees for this year’s Academy Awards:

Best Picture
“Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Perez”
“I’m Still Here”
“Nickel Boys”
“The Substance”
“Wicked”

Best Director
Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Perez”
Sean Baker, “Anora”
Edward Berger, “Conclave”
Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist”
Coralie Fargaet, “The Substance”
James Mangold, “A Complete Unknown”

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 Sofia Gascón, “Emilia Perez”
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 Animated Feature
“Flow”
“Inside Out 2”
“Memoir of a Snail”
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
“The Wild Robot”

Best International Feature
“Emilia Perez”
“Flow”
“The Girl With the Needle
“I’m Still Here”
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”

Best Documentary Feature
“Black Box Diaries”
“No Other Land”
“Porcelain War”
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”
“Sugarcane”

Best Adapted Screenplay
“A Complete Unknown,” James Mangold and Jay Cocks
“Conclave,” Peter Straughan
“Emilia Pérez,” Jacques Audiard
“Nickel Boys,” RaMell Ross and Joslyn Ross
“Sing Sing,” Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley

Best Original Screenplay
“Anora,” Sean Baker
“The Brutalist,” Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
“A Real Pain,” Jesse Eisenberg
“September 5,” Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, and Alex David
“The Substance,” Coralie Fargeat

Best Cinematography
“The Brutalist”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Perez”
“Maria”
“Nosferatu”

Best Film Editing
“Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Wicked”

Best Production Design
“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Nosferatu”
“Wicked”

Best Score
“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“Emilia Perez”
“Wicked”
“The Wild Robot”

Best 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”

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
“A Different Man”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Nosferatu”
“The Substance”
“Wicked””

Best Costume Design
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Gladiator 2”
“Nosferatu”
“Wicked”

Best Visual Effects
“Alien: Romulus”
“Better Man”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
“Wicked”

Best Sound
“A Complete Unknown”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Wicked”
“The Wild Robot”

Best Animated Short Film
“Beautiful Men”
“In the Shadow of the Cypress”
“Magic Candies”
“Wander to Wonder”
“Yuck!”

Best Documentary Short Film
“Death By Numbers”
“I Am Ready, Warden”
“Incident”
“Instruments of a Beating Heart”
“The Only Girl in the Orchestra”

Best Live-Action Short Film
“A Lien”
“Anuja”
“I’m Not A Robot”
“The Last Ranger”
“The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent”

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will hold this year’s Academy Awards on March 2nd. The 2025 Oscars will be televised live in more than 225 countries, including ABC in the United States, and will be simultaneously live-streamed on Hulu.

https://www.darkhorizons.com/the-2025-oscar-nominations/

 

My opinion on these....

The Brutalist - Great cinematography and performances, gets heavy handed with its message. Thankfully it had a 15 min intermission.

The Wild Robot - Cross between The Iron Giant and Wall-E, surprisingly emotional, very well done.

Nosferatu - Personally loved the visuals and performances, only complaint is they don't bring much new to the story.

A Real Pain - Excellent script and performances, Eisenberg and Culkin work off each really well.

A Complete Unknown - Solid across the board, strong performances and musical numbers. Mostly avoids music biopic cliches but it keeps you at a distance from the main character.

The Substance - Over the top in all the best way especially for people who enjoyed old school Cronenberg. Also, gets a bit heavy handed in its messaging but still a lot of gory fun....