The 2025 Academy Awards take place tonight in Hollywood, California. Leading the nominees are Jacques Audiard’s cartel musical Emilia Pérez, with 13 nominations, followed by Brady Corbet’s epic drama The Brutalist and the silver-screen redux of the Wicked musical, both with 10. James Mangold’s Timothée Chalamet–led Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown and papal thriller Conclave were close behind with eight mentions each. As the event gets under way at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood, follow along here as we update the list in real time.
Other favorites from the pack include Sean Baker’s Anora, which comes in off the back of a Cannes Palme d’Or win and the top honor at the Producers Guild. Several directors of Best Picture nominees are up for their first-ever statuettes, including The Substance director Coralie Fargeat—the only woman nominated for Best Director this year—and Denis Villeneuve, who has somehow been nominated just four times, without a win.
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Best Supporting ActorYura Borisov (Anora)WINNER: Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)
Best PictureAnoraThe BrutalistA Complete UnknownConclaveDune: Part TwoEmilia PérezI’m Still HereNickel BoysThe SubstanceWicked
Best DirectorSean Baker (Anora)Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)James Mangold (A Complete Unknown)Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
Best ActressCynthia Erivo (Wicked)Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez)Mikey Madison (Anora)Demi Moore (The Substance)Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here)
Best ActorAdrien Brody (The Brutalist)Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)
Best CinematographyThe BrutalistDune: Part TwoEmilia PérezMariaNosferatu
Best Visual EffectsAlien: RomulusBetter ManDune: Part TwoKingdom of the Planet of the ApesWicked
Best SoundA Complete UnknownDune: Part TwoEmilia PérezWickedThe Wild Robot
Best Film EditingAnoraThe BrutalistConclaveEmilia PerézWicked
Best Production DesignThe BrutalistConclaveDune: Part TwoNosferatuWicked
Best Animated Feature FilmFlowInside Out 2Memoir of a SnailWallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most FowlThe Wild Robot
Best International Feature FilmI’m Still Here (Brazil)The Girl With the Needle (Denmark)Emilia Pérez (France)The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)Flow (Latvia)
Best Documentary Short FilmDeath by NumbersI Am Ready, WardenIncidentInstruments of a Beating HeartThe Only Girl in the Orchestra
Best Documentary Feature FilmBlack Box DiariesNo Other LandPorcelain WarSoundtrack to a Coup d’EtatSugarcane
Best Original SongEl 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)
Best Supporting ActressMonica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown)Ariana Grande (Wicked)Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)
Best Original ScreenplayAnoraThe BrutalistA Real PainSeptember 5The Substance
Best Adapted ScreenplayA Complete UnknownConclaveEmilia PérezNickel BoysSing Sing
Best Animated Short FilmBeautiful MenIn the Shadow of the CypressMagic CandiesWander to WonderYuck!
Best Live Action Short FilmAlienAnujaI’m Not a RobotThe Last RangerThe Man Who Would Not Remain Silent
Best Original ScoreThe BrutalistConclaveEmilia PérezWickedThe Wild Robot
Best Makeup and HairstylingA Different ManEmilia PérezNosferatuThe SubstanceWicked
Best Costume DesignA Complete UnknownConclaveGladiator IINosferatuWicked
