2025 Oscar nominations: See the full listfrom Ariana Grande and Timothée Chalamet to Emilia Pérez domination

Demi Moore's roaring comeback also hit new heights with a Best Actress nomination for "The Substance," a horror film that defied expectations for the genre at the Oscars.

2025 Oscar nominations morning has arrivedand among the Hollywood powerhouses recognized this yearwho will defy gravitytriumph at the papal conclaveor harvest a bit of gold alongside their Arrakian spice at the 97th Academy Awards?

Following several delays amid the ongoing Los Angeles wildfiresthe first round of 2025 Oscar nominations were announced live by Wicked and Saturday Night Live star Bowen Yangalongside Bottoms and Saturday Night actress Rachel Sennott. Best Picture contender Emilia Pérez emerged as the most-nominated film of the year with 13 overall nods — and made history in the processas leading lady and trans trailblazer Karla Sofía Gascón became the first trans woman nominated in any of the Academy's acting categories when she scored her Best Actress honor. 

On the supporting sidefellow Emilia Pérez star Zoe Saldaña also earned a nomination for her work in the filmthough pop star Selena Gomez's Cannes-winning performance didn't make the cut in Best Supporting Actress.

Closely trailing Emilia Pérez are The Brutalist and Wickedboth of which earned 10 nominations — including for stars Adrien BrodyGuy Pearceand Felicity Jonesand Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Granderespectively.

Ariana Grande is Glinda in WICKEDOscar statuetteTimothée Chalamet in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

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Widely considered to be a major player in the Oscars raceEdward Berger's drama Conclave showed up in Best Picture and stars Ralph Fiennes and Isabella Rossellini scored acting nominationsthough the film was curiously left out of the Best Director categorywith his nomination slot likely going to A Complete Unknown's James Mangoldwho recently made a late-season surge for helming the Bob Dylan biopic.

On that noteTimothée Chalamet also earned a nomination for playing Dylan in the filmmarking the second Best Actor nod of his career in a category that also includes Sebastian Stan's performance as President Donald Trump in the controversial drama The Apprentice — for which supporting star Jeremy Strong also received a nomination for playing lawyer Roy Cohn.

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Before the 2025 Oscar nominations announcementthe Academy revealed a handful of industry staples for its honorary honorsincluding the late musician Quincy Jones and casting professional Juliet Taylor. The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award will go to Richard Curtiswhile the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award will go to the James Bond series' Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.

The 2025 Oscars telecast — with Conan O'Brien as host — airs SundayMarch 2 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ABC and Huluwith the official red carpet presentation beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.

See the full list of 2025 Oscars nominations below.

Emilia Pérez. (Featured L-R) Zoe Saldaña as Rita Moro Castro and Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez in Emilia Pérez
Zoe Saldaña and Karla Sofía Gascón in 'Emilia Pérez'.

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2025 Oscar nominations

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 BakerAnora
Brady CorbetThe Brutalist
James MangoldA Complete Unknown
Jacques AudiardEmilia Pérez
Coralie FargeatThe Substance

Best Actor

Adrien BrodyThe Brutalist
Timothée ChalametA Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph FiennesConclave
Sebastian StanThe Apprentice

Best Actress

Cynthia ErivoWicked
Karla Sofía GascónEmilia Pérez
Mikey MadisonAnora
Demi MooreThe Substance
Fernanda TorresI'm Still Here

Best Supporting Actor

Yura BorisovAnora
Kieran CulkinA Real Pain
Edward NortonA Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy StrongThe Apprentice

Best Supporting Actress

Monica BarbaroA Complete Unknown
Ariana GrandeWicked
Felicity JonesThe Brutalist
Isabella RosselliniConclave
Zoe SaldañaEmilia Pérez

Best Adapted Screenplay

James Mangold and Jay CocksA Complete Unknown
Peter StraughanConclave
Jacques Audiard (in collaboration with Thomas BidegainLéa Mysiusand Nicolas Livecchi)Emilia Pérez
RaMell Ross and Joslyn BarnesNickel Boys
Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint BentleyGreg KwedarClarence Maclinand John "Divine G" WhitfieldSing Sing

Best Original Screenplay

Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet and Mona FastvoldThe Brutalist
Jesse EisenbergA Real Pain
Moritz BinderTim Fehlbaumand Alex DavidSeptember 5
Coralie FargeatThe Substance

Best Animated Feature

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

Best Documentary Feature

Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup D'Etat
Sugarcane

Best International Feature

I'm Still Here
The Girl With the Needle
Emilia Pérez
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Flow

Best Film Editing

Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked

Best Cinematography

The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu

Ariana Grande is Glinda and Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba in WICKED
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in 'Wicked'.

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Best Production Design

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Costume Design

A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Best Original Song

"El Mal," Emilia Pérez (Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément DucolCamille and Jacques Audiard)
"The Journey," The Six Triple Eight (Music and lyric by Diane Warren)
"Like a Bird," Sing Sing (Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada)
"Mi Camino," Emilia Pérez (Music and lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol)
"Never Too Late," Elton John: Never Too Late (Music and lyric by Elton JohnBrandi CarlileAndrew Wattand Bernie Taupin)

Best Original Score

The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot

Best Sound

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

Best Visual Effects

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

Best Live-Action Short

A Lien
Anuja
I'm Not a Robot
The Last Ranger
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 ReadyWarden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Academy Honorary Awards

Quincy Jones
Juliet Taylor

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Richard Curtis

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Barbara Broccoli
Michael G. Wilson

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