Official *2025* Oscar Nominations And Discussion Thread (1 Viewer)

[Tino]

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OSCAR NOMINATIONS 2025 BY CATEGORY - 97th AWARDS​

Best Picture​

ANORA
Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers

THE BRUTALIST
Nominees to be determined

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers

CONCLAVE
Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers

DUNE: PART TWO
Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, Producers

EMILIA PÉREZ
Nominees to be determined

I'M STILL HERE
Nominees to be determined

NICKEL BOYS
Nominees to be determined

THE SUBSTANCE
Nominees to be determined

WICKED
Marc Platt, Producer

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Actor in a Leading Role​

Adrien Brody in THE BRUTALIST

Timothée Chalamet in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Colman Domingo in SING SING

Ralph Fiennes in CONCLAVE

Sebastian Stan in THE APPRENTICE

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Actor in a Supporting Role​

Yura Borisov in ANORA

Kieran Culkin in A REAL PAIN

Edward Norton in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Guy Pearce in THE BRUTALIST

Jeremy Strong in THE APPRENTICE

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Actress in a Leading Role​

Cynthia Erivo in WICKED

Karla Sofía Gascón in EMILIA PÉREZ

Mikey Madison in ANORA

Demi Moore in THE SUBSTANCE

Fernanda Torres in I'M STILL HERE

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Actress in a Supporting Role​

Monica Barbaro in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Ariana Grande in WICKED

Felicity Jones in THE BRUTALIST

Isabella Rossellini in CONCLAVE

Zoe Saldaña in EMILIA PÉREZ

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Animated Feature Film​

FLOW
Nominees to be determined

INSIDE OUT 2
Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen

MEMOIR OF A SNAIL
Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney

WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
Nominees to be determined

THE WILD ROBOT
Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann

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Animated Short Film​

BEAUTIFUL MEN
Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande

IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS
Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi

MAGIC CANDIES
Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio

WANDER TO WONDER
Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper

YUCK!
Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet

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Cinematography​

THE BRUTALIST
Lol Crawley

DUNE: PART TWO
Greig Fraser

EMILIA PÉREZ
Paul Guilhaume

MARIA
Ed Lachman

NOSFERATU
Jarin Blaschke

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Costume Design​

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Arianne Phillips

CONCLAVE
Lisy Christl

GLADIATOR II
Janty Yates and Dave Crossman

NOSFERATU
Linda Muir

WICKED
Paul Tazewell

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Directing​

ANORA
Sean Baker

THE BRUTALIST
Brady Corbet

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
James Mangold

EMILIA PÉREZ
Jacques Audiard

THE SUBSTANCE
Coralie Fargeat

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Documentary Feature Film​

BLACK BOX DIARIES
Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin

NO OTHER LAND
Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham

PORCELAIN WAR
Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre' Pesmen

SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT
Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety

SUGARCANE
Nominees to be determined

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Documentary Short Film​

DEATH BY NUMBERS
Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard

I AM READY, WARDEN
Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp

INCIDENT
Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven

INSTRUMENTS OF A BEATING HEART
Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari

THE ONLY GIRL IN THE ORCHESTRA
Molly O'Brien and Lisa Remington

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Film Editing​

ANORA
Sean Baker

THE BRUTALIST
David Jancso

CONCLAVE
Nick Emerson

EMILIA PÉREZ
Juliette Welfling

WICKED
Myron Kerstein

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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

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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

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Music (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

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Music (Original Song)​

"El Mal" from EMILIA PÉREZ
Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard

"The Journey" from THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

"Like A Bird" from SING SING
Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada

"Mi Camino" from EMILIA PÉREZ
Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol

"Never Too Late" from ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE
Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin

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Production Design​

THE BRUTALIST
Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia

CONCLAVE
Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter

DUNE: PART TWO
Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

NOSFERATU
Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová

WICKED
Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

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Live Action Short Film​

A LIEN
Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz

ANUJA
Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai

I'M NOT A ROBOT
Victoria Warmerdam and Trent

THE LAST RANGER
Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw

THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT
Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek

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Sound​

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco

DUNE: PART TWO
Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill

EMILIA PÉREZ
Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta

WICKED
Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis

THE WILD ROBOT
Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts

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Visual Effects​

ALIEN: ROMULUS
Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan

BETTER MAN
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs

DUNE: PART TWO
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer

KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke

WICKED
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould

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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

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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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The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.

 

[MartinP.]

Why? Because no one in the actual audience or tv viewshuip cares about will be on stage to accept that award. Because it's a huge chunk of people per each nomination to invite to the award ceremony, feed, house, travel etc.

The fact they (SAG) don't even announce who won the categories seems a bit insulting and, frankly, a lot of people who watch the Oscars don't care about who wins the technical awards either.

 

[Tino]

Add one

I did. Currently it’s 23. It will be 25 then.

 

[Malcolm R]

...frankly, a lot of people who watch the Oscars don't care about who wins the technical awards either.

I'm not sure that's entirely true. Those technical awards are where many of the "popular" films get their wins, so they probably have some appeal to the masses.

If the producers would concentrate on just giving out awards and not all the pointless filler that wastes time in each show, they could give out 50 awards and still end the show in under 3 hours.

 

[Alex...]

"The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Monday announced rules and campaign regulations for the upcoming 98th Oscars, which will be held March 15, 2026.

Chief among the changes is a new procedural demand that voters must now watch all nominated films in each category in order to be eligible to vote in the final round.

How they expect members to prove they have watched is not spelled out in the AMPAS release today, but this is a key change in rules that never laid it out quite like this before."

Oscars: Academy Sets Timeline, New Rules For 98th Edition, And Now Requires Voters To See All Films In A Category

The Academy has announced new rules and regulations for the Oscars as well as campaigning. These include a requirement about proof in voting

deadline.com

 

[JoeStemmex]

The mandate to watch all the films isn't really new, it’s been the guideline for years and years. And, how are they going to enforce it? Only punish those who admit it publicly? Tarantino has been pretty open about it for years.

 

[MartinP.]

How

How

Per The Hollywood Reporter, voting members must demonstrate that they’ve actually watched all the eligible films in any given category for the Academy’s e-voting system to give them access to the ballot. They can do this automatically by watching films on the members-only Academy Screening Room platform, or by submitting a form detailing the time and place they watched a film if it was viewed elsewhere.

This will impact the Best Song category the most, if you ask me, which regularly has films in a spot or two that practically no one has seen.

They might really want to go back to 5 films in the Best Picture category now!

 

[Citizen87645]

Next might be a quiz covering aspects of the plot.

 

[Keith Cobby]

Clearly the Academy is concerned (as are some of us) that the awards are just a box ticking exercise, which obviously devalues their prestige.

 

[JoeStemmex]

Yes, I read the Hollywood Reporter article. It may work for nominations, but on the final ballot all a member has to say is that I say it a theater or on Netflix, MAX etc.. Further, they can just cue up the screener and let it play while they are doing something else.

It's still the Honor System in the end

 

[battlebeast]

Per The Hollywood Reporter, voting members must demonstrate that they’ve actually watched all the eligible films in any given category for the Academy’s e-voting system to give them access to the ballot. They can do this automatically by watching films on the members-only Academy Screening Room platform, or by submitting a form detailing the time and place they watched a film if it was viewed elsewhere.

This will impact the Best Song category the most, if you ask me, which regularly has films in a spot or two that practically no one has seen.

They might really want to go back to 5 films in the Best Picture category now!

No way!

 

[Tino]

No way!

Yes way!!!

 

[MartinP.]

I thought we might get posts now about how to circumvent the new rules. Heh!

It may work for nominations, but on the final ballot all a member has to say is that I saw it a theater or on Netflix, MAX etc.. Further, they can just cue up the screener and let it play while they are doing something else.

By "say" you mean "by submitting a form detailing the time and place they watched a film if it was viewed elsewhere?"

If members watch films throughout the year they're going to have to make a list of them all and where they saw them etc. in case it gets nominated.

 

[JoeStemmex]

By "say" you mean "by submitting a form detailing the time and place they watched a film if it was viewed elsewhere?" If members watch films throughout the year they're going to have to make a list of them all and where they saw them etc. in case it gets nominated.

Again, I read the article. But, it's so easy to fake, and that's if anyone truly believes they are going to really check every deposition that some Sound Mixer truly did see each and every nominee for Best Makeup & Hair.

I have me doubts.

 

[battlebeast]

Yes way!!!

There’s no need to go back to only 5. Many films deserved a nomination that didn’t get one… bad and the beautiful, pirates of the Caribbean, Dreamgirls, etc. this is a way to acknowledge those great films. Should have been 10 nominees all
Along.

 

[Jake Lipson]

Obviously, enforcement of this rule will be difficult. But frankly, it's embarrassing that the Academy should have to institute a rule about seeing all the nominees in a category in order to vote. Voters should want to see as many films as they can in order to cast an informed and fair vote. The fact that many don't want to is ridiculous -- especially considering how easy it is for them to access either digital screeners or free screenings. If voters can't even be bothered to see the movies, why should we care about what the organization thinks is good?

Members of the public can decide whether to see a movie or not. There are Oscar nominees I did not care to see, and that's fine. But I'm not in the Academy. If I had a vote, I would take that power seriously and watch as many as possible. Considering how many films typically get multiple nominations, it shouldn't be that difficult to see most of them. It's not like every category has a completely individualized set of nominees.

 

[Tino]

There’s no need to go back to only 5. Many films deserved a nomination that didn’t get one… bad and the beautiful, pirates of the Caribbean, Dreamgirls, etc. this is a way to acknowledge those great films. Should have been 10 nominees all
Along.

Disagree. 5 nominees was more prestigious. They should definitely go back to 5.

 

[Jake Lipson]

I don't think that going back to five nominees is something the Academy is currently interested in. If they do go back to five, it will not be because of the requirement to see all of the films. Those are separate issues.

All ten Best Picture nominees this year received a nomination in at least one other category anyway. So even if only five of them were nominated for Best Picture, that wouldn't decrease the number of films for the voters to watch.

This year, the following were nominated for only one award:

Inside Out 2 (Best Animated Feature)
Memoir of a Snail (Best Animated Feature)
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Best Animated Feature)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Best International Film, Germany)
The Girl With the Needle (Best International Film, Denmark)
Maria (Best Cinematography)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Best Visual Effects)
Alien: Romulus (Best Visual Effects)
Better Man (Best Visual Effects)
September 5 (Best Original Screenplay)
Elton John: Never Too Late (Best Original Song)
The Six Triple Eight (Best Original Song)
all nominees in Best Documentary Feature
all nominees in both shorts categories

From a quick glance at the list of nominees, I think this is everything. But I just quickly looked up at the list of nominees. If anything is missing, that's too bad. But I think this still proves my point.

This still leaves the vast majority of films nominated in multiple categories, so it shouldn't be that hard to at least see all of the major contenders across the board. If a member can't find time to watch every nominated film in every category, it is still obvious based on the films being nominated across the board what they should prioritize. They could simply abstain from any category where a film received its sole nomination if they haven't seen whatever that film is.

If they simply don't want to watch a given nominated film (like QT refusing to watch Toy Story 4 or either Dune film), that's a separate issue altogether. I don't care if QT watched those movies or not. But I do think he should not have voted in categories where they were nominated because he clearly didn't watch all the nominees.

 

[JoeStemmex]

Obviously, enforcement of this rule will be difficult. But frankly, it's embarrassing that the Academy should have to institute a rule about seeing all the nominees in a category in order to vote.

As I posted previously, it's long be a guideline. I think it's the fact that members like Tarantino openly saying he refused to see nominees like the Dune films (because they're remakes) or SELMA (just not his thing), plus all those 'Anonymous' ballot articles where members openly admit to not having seen two, three and even FOUR of the nominees yet still say they voted that spurred this into a "rule".

We'll see how tough they actually enforce it. Maybe for the top categories, but I question whether they are going to dig deep and make sure each member actually saw every nominee in the tech categories

 

[Malcolm R]

I don't know how they could enforce this. I'm guessing they're just adding some sort of "terms and conditions"-like pop-up on the voting screen that says they have watched all the films. Then, like most people who don't bother reading the terms and conditions, or care if they're compliant, they'll simply check the "I agree" button and move on with their voting. I don't see that this changes anything in the process.

 

[MartinP.]

Should have been 10 nominees all along.

It was ten* nominees from 1931 to 1944.

*One of those years had 8, two years had 12.

Many films deserved a nomination that didn’t get one…

And I'm sure everyone thinks many films got nominations for Best Picture they didn't deserve.
Going back 4 decades or so there's only 1 year that I liked all 5 or 5+ Best Picture nominations and thought other films were more deserving. I have liked many more movies that did not get ANY nominations more than Best Picture nominated films.