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.

 

[JoeStemmex]

They can’t. What they will get are more people doing what they are supposed to do. Thats all they can do.

Without enforcement it's not any different than it already was as a "guideline". Honor system. They may make a show of it if a Tararantino says something like he did already about not watching the Dune films because they were "remakes". They may punish him by pulling his ballot as a symbolic gesture.

 

[MartinP.]

I think this is all much ado about nothing.

And this is the stupidest thing written in that article:

The new rule also aims to prevent a single film from dominating the ceremony. Between 2009 and 2021, the most awarded best picture winner was Kathryn Bigelow’s 2008 war movie “The Hurt Locker,” with six statuettes. Every other top winner took four Oscars or fewer, reflecting members’ inclination to “spread the wealth.”

The reason for the above is the weighted ballot system of voting for Best Picture that's skewed "the single film from dominating the ceremony." If you're voting with the purpose of spreading the wealth, you are not voting on merit.

I also have to say that what this article meant by "the single film dominating the ceremony," is the Best Picture winner dominating the ceremony. There have been several films in that time span that have won many more awards than the Best Picture winner; Gravity won 7 for example. Dune and La La Land won 6.

All this made me wonder how AMPAS selects the ten nominees for Best Picture in the first place. Certainly they aren't going to require every member to see all 200-300 or more films. So here's what it says on their website:

IV. VOTING

1. A Reminder List of all eligible motion pictures shall be made available online along with a nominations ballot to all active and life members of the Academy.
2. All active and life members of the Academy shall vote in the order of their preference for not more than ten motion pictures. The ten motion pictures receiving the highest number of votes shall become the nominations for final voting for the Best Picture award.
3. Final voting for the Best Picture award shall be restricted to active and life Academy members.

 

[Jake Lipson]

Sean Penn has won two Oscars. That means is almost certainly an Academy member and voter. In this article, Penn specifically says "I haven't watched his movies yet" -- movies plural -- in regards to Timothee Chalamet.

Sean Penn Says Movie Stars ‘Ran Out Around Jennifer Lawrence. She’s Probably the Last Movie Star.’ As for Timothée Chalamet: ‘I Haven’t Seen His Movies Yet’

For Sean Penn, Jennifer Lawrence is the last movie star. Although the jury is still out on Timothee Chalamet because he hasn't seen his movies yet.

variety.com

Chalamet has appeared in six Best Picture nominees that I can think of off the top of my head:

Call Me By Your Name (2017)
Lady Bird (2017)
Little Women (2019)
Dune Part One (2021)
A Complete Unknown (2024)
Dune Part Two (2024)

Chalamet was also in Interstellar, which had multiple nominations. He was nominated personally twice for his performances in Call Me By Your Name and A Complete Unknown.

How is it possible for Sean Penn -- Academy voter -- not to have seen any of these films? I know the usual arguments that there are a lot of things to see in a short span of time and Academy voters are working professionals. That might explain missing one or two, although I wouldn't. But Chalamet has been involved in so many movies that have been nominated over the last several years that it seems like voter malfeasance for him not to have seen any of these. Really?

This kind of stuff is why they have had to formally say it is a requirement to see all nominees. Obviously, they won't really be able to enforce that. But good grief.

 

[JoeStemmex]

Sean Penn has won two Oscars. That means is almost certainly an Academy member and voter. In this article, Penn specifically says "I haven't watched his movies yet" -- movies plural -- in regards to Timothee Chalamet.

Sean Penn Says Movie Stars ‘Ran Out Around Jennifer Lawrence. She’s Probably the Last Movie Star.’ As for Timothée Chalamet: ‘I Haven’t Seen His Movies Yet’

For Sean Penn, Jennifer Lawrence is the last movie star. Although the jury is still out on Timothee Chalamet because he hasn't seen his movies yet.

variety.com

Chalamet has appeared in six Best Picture nominees that I can think of off the top of my head:
Chalamet was also in Interstellar, which had multiple nominations. He was nominated personally twice for his performances in Call Me By Your Name and A Complete Unknown.

How is it possible for Sean Penn -- Academy voter -- not to have seen any of these films? I know the usual arguments that there are a lot of things to see in a short span of time and Academy voters are working professionals. That might explain missing one or two, although I wouldn't. But Chalamet has been involved in so many movies that have been nominated over the last several years that it seems like voter malfeasance for him not to have seen any of these. Really?

This kind of stuff is why they have had to formally say it is a requirement to see all nominees. Obviously, they won't really be able to enforce that. But good grief.

Had the same thought when I saw the story. How the hell could one be an active Academy voting member and not have seen any of those 8 or more films????

 

[TravisR]

Sean Penn has won two Oscars. That means is almost certainly an Academy member and voter. In this article, Penn specifically says "I haven't watched his movies yet" -- movies plural -- in regards to Timothee Chalamet.

Sean Penn Says Movie Stars ‘Ran Out Around Jennifer Lawrence. She’s Probably the Last Movie Star.’ As for Timothée Chalamet: ‘I Haven’t Seen His Movies Yet’

For Sean Penn, Jennifer Lawrence is the last movie star. Although the jury is still out on Timothee Chalamet because he hasn't seen his movies yet.

variety.com

Chalamet has appeared in six Best Picture nominees that I can think of off the top of my head:

Call Me By Your Name (2017)
Lady Bird (2017)
Little Women (2019)
Dune Part One (2021)
A Complete Unknown (2024)
Dune Part Two (2024.)

Chalamet was also in Interstellar, which had multiple nominations. He was nominated personally twice for his performances in Call Me By Your Name and A Complete Unknown.

How is it possible for Sean Penn -- Academy voter -- not to have seen any of these films? I know the usual arguments that there are a lot of things to see in a short span of time and Academy voters are working professionals. That might explain missing one or two, although I wouldn't. But Chalamet has been involved in so many movies that have been nominated over the last several years that it seems like voter malfeasance for him not to have seen any of these. Really?

This kind of stuff is why they have had to formally say it is a requirement to see all nominees. Obviously, they won't really be able to enforce that. But good grief.

I saw that story and my initial thought was that Penn doesn't like Chalamet's work and was simply being diplomatic by saying he hadn't seen any of his movies. Like you said, it's hard to believe that he hasn't seen at least one or two of those movies.

 

[MartinP.]

You're all assuming he actually votes, too, which he may not.

 

[TravisR]

You're all assuming he actually votes, too, which he may not.

I'm only assuming that he watches something other than Jennifer Lawrence movies.

 

[mskaye]

I'm only assuming that he watches something other than Jennifer Lawrence movies.

And people are believing certain celebrities that are provocative and like to push buttons. Do you think John Wayne actually watched Midnight Cowboy all the way through the year it won Best Picture ?

 

[Malcolm R]

Penn is old. He doesn't remember what he's watched.

 

[Jake Lipson]

Movie Theater Owners Want to Vote for Oscars and Push to Join the Academy: ‘We Watch Everything… It’s a No Brainer’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Inside the theater owners' push for the Oscars to invite more exhibitors to join the Academy.

variety.com

 

[Jake Lipson]

Here's another incident of Academy members not watching all the nominees.

As recounted by The Times: “Weeks before the ceremony, after Oscar voting was closed, she attended a party for the nominees at the home of Paul Haggis, the director of ‘Crash.’ Clint Eastwood was in attendance and Ossana, a fan of ‘Unforgiven,’ was eager to meet him. “Paul started walking me over and he goes, ‘Diana, I have to tell you, he hasn’t seen your movie.’ And it was like somebody kicked me in the stomach,” Ossanna recalled. “That’s when I knew we would not win best picture.”

This kind of garbage is why the Academy has to make it a requirement, even if there's not an easy enforcement mechanism.

‘Brokeback Mountain’ Writer Predicted Oscar Loss After Being Told Clint Eastwood ‘Hasn’t Seen Your Movie’: ‘Like Somebody Kicked Me in the Stomach’

The writer of 'Brokeback Mountain' knew the movie would lose the Oscar for best picture after being told Clint Eastwood never watched the movie.

variety.com

 

[JoeStemmex]

Here's another incident of Academy members not watching all the nominees.
This kind of garbage is why the Academy has to make it a requirement, even if there's not an easy enforcement mechanism.

‘Brokeback Mountain’ Writer Predicted Oscar Loss After Being Told Clint Eastwood ‘Hasn’t Seen Your Movie’: ‘Like Somebody Kicked Me in the Stomach’

The writer of 'Brokeback Mountain' knew the movie would lose the Oscar for best picture after being told Clint Eastwood never watched the movie.

variety.com

Of course, Brokeback Mountain is exhibit A of members not only not watching a Best Picture nominee - but even loudly and publicly announcing they wouldn't watch it.

 

[mskaye]

Of course, Brokeback Mountain is exhibit A of members not only not watching a Best Picture nominee - but even loudly and publicly announcing they wouldn't watch it.

And of all things, the execrable Crash won that year; a movie that no one will remember at all. Movies with Steven Seagal are talked about with more fondness than Crash.

 

[Jake Lipson]

And of all things, the execrable Crash won that year; a movie that no one will remember at all.

People do remember Crash -- for being the film that beat Brokeback Mountain. That is its legacy.

 

[mskaye]

People do remember Crash -- for being the film that beat Brokeback Mountain. That is legacy.

Exactly. For nothing other than that.

 

[Tino]

And of all things, the execrable Crash won that year; a movie that no one will remember at all. Movies with Steven Seagal are talked about with more fondness than Crash.

I loved Crash. Go figure. *shrug*.

 

[Tino]

I also loved Brokeback Mountain by the way. Interestingly Crash has a higher audience score than BM.

 

[MartinP.]

Interestingly Crash has a higher audience score than BM.

That doesn't surprise me. Back in 2005-6 there were some articles about people purposely going on movie rating sites online to give it low ratings whether they'd seen the film or not and also to inflate their opinions of the other film.

 

[Jake Lipson]

Mikey Madison, Kieran Culkin, Ariana Grande Among 534 New Invitees To Motion Picture Academy

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences have invited 534 new members including new Oscar winners Mikey Madison & Kieran Culkin among star names

deadline.com