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After a delayed release due to the Los Angeles wildfires (and even rumors of a ceremony cancellation), the nominations for the 97th Academy Awards are at last upon us. Announced virtually in a stream hosted by Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles, California, the nominations were broadcast via the Academy's social media pages, as well as broadcast on ABC's Good Morning America -- but you didn't have to sit through all of that to find out who's up for the coveted industry awards this year.

Read on to discover which films and filmmakers are up for the Oscars in 2025.

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Best Picture

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• I'm Still Here
• Nickel Boys
• The Substance
• Wicked

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Best Director

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

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Best Actor

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

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Best Actress

• Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
• Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
• Mikey Madison, Anora
• Dei Moor, The Substance
• Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here 

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Best Original Screenplay

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

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay

• James Mangold & Jay Cocks, A Complete Unknown
• Peter Straughan, Conclave
• Jaques Audiard (with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, and Nicholas Livecchi), Emilia Pérez
• Ramell Ross & Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys
• Clint Bently, Greg Kwedar, Sing Sing

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Best Supporting Actor

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

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Best Supporting Actress

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

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Best Short Film

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

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Best Animated Feature

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

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Best Animated Short

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

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Best Cinematography

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

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Best Documentary Feature

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

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Best Documentary Short

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

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Best Editing

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Emilia Pérez
• Wicked

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Best Sound

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

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Production Design

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

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Best International Feature

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

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Best Makeup & Hairstyling

• A Different Man
• Emilia Pérez
• Nosferatu
• The Substance
• Wicked

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Best Original Score

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

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Best 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

The 2025 Academy Award Nominations for Best Visual Effects

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

The 97th Academy Awards (hosted by Conan O'Brien) air on the official Oscars partner network ABC, March 2, 2025, at 7:00 PM EST. This year, for the first time ever, they will also be streamed live by Hulu in the US. 

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