2025 Oscar Nominations in Every Category

The moment film lovers around the world have been waiting for is finally here: Oscar nomination day! That’s right, all the nominees for the 97^th Oscars have been announced as of Thursday, January 23.

Curious to see which of the biggest movies from the last year made the cut? Check out the complete list of 2025 Oscar nominations below, along with some insight into the top nominees, the biggest surprises of the award season and links to the 2025 Oscar movies available to stream now.

Watch the 97^th annual Academy Awards live on March 2^nd on ABC with DIRECTV to find out who will take home the most coveted titles in the movie business.

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Top 97th Academy Award Nominees

Following a similar trend to earlier award shows, the musical crime drama Emilia Pérez tops off the nomination list with 13 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Lead Actress (a historical nomination for Karla Sofía Gascón), Best Supporting Actress, Achievement in Directing and more.

One nomination some feel is missing for Emilia Pérez is a Supporting Actress nod to Selena Gomez, which she received from the Golden Globes and BAFTAs.

After the crime musical comes another musical, Wicked, along with The Brutalist, with 10 Oscar nominations each, some of which include Best Picture, Achievement in Film Editing and Original Score.

Among some of the lesser-known films nominated this year are Anora (6 nominations), The Substance (5 nominations), I’m Still Here (3 nominations) and The Six Triple Eight (1 nomination).

And now, a look at the full list of nominees.

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Complete List of 2025 Oscar Nominations

Below is the full list of Oscar nominated films that will be competing to win the highest cinematic achievement in the industry. Plus, you can follow the links to watch the films on DIRECTV right now!

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 in a Leading Role

• Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
• Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
• Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
• Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
• Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Yura Borisov, Anora
• Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
• Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
• Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
• Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
• Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
• Mikey Madison, Anora
• Demi Moore, The Substance
• Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
• Ariana Grande, Wicked
• Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
• Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
• Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

Best Animated Feature Film

• Flow
• Inside Out 2
• Memoir of a Snail
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
• The Wild Robot

Best Animated Short Film

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

Achievement in Cinematography

• The Brutalist
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• Maria
• Nosferatu

Achievement in Costume Design

• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Gladiator II
• Nosferatu
• Wicked

Achievement in Directing

• Anora, Sean Baker
• The Brutalist, Brady Corbet
• A Complete Unknown, James Mangold
• Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard
• The Substance, Coralie Fargeat

Best Documentary Feature Film

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

Best Documentary Short Film

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

Achievement in Film Editing

• Anora, Sean Baker
• The Brutalist, David Jancso
• Conclave, Nick Emerson
• Emilia Pérez, Juliette Welfling
• Wicked, Myron Kerstein

Best International Feature Film

• I’m Still Here, Brazil
• The Girl with the Needle, Denmark
• Emilia Pérez, France
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Germany
• Flow, Latvia

Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling

• A Different Man, Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado
• Emilia Pérez, Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini
• Nosferatu, David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton
• The Substance, Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli
• Wicked, Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth

Original Score

• The Brutalist, Daniel Blumberg
• Conclave, Volker Bertelmann
• Emilia Pérez, Clément Ducol and Camille
• Wicked, John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
• The Wild Robot, Kris Bowers

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)

Achievement in Production Design

• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Nosferatu
• Wicked

Best Live Action Short Film

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

Achievement in Sound

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

Achievement in Visual Effects

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

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• A Complete Unknown – Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
• Conclave – Screenplay by Peter Straughan
• Emilia Pérez – Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi
• Nickel Boys – Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
• Sing Sing – Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• Anora – Written by Sean Baker
• The Brutalist – Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
• A Real Pain – Written by Jesse Eisenberg
• September 5 – Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David
• The Substance – Written by Coralie Fargeat

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