The 2025 Academy Awards are right around the corner, airing this Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM EST on ABC and Hulu. In case you forgot the nominees (or are just tuning in now), here’s the full list of nominees, with our picks in bold.

Best Actor in a Leading Role

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

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Yura Borisov- Anora
Kieran Culkin- A Real Pain
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón- Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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

Best Animated Feature Film

Flow – Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman
Inside Out 2 – Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen
Memoir of a Snail – Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham and Richard Beek
The Wild Robot – Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann

Best 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

Best Cinematography

The Brutalist- Lol Crawley
Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser
Emilia Pérez – Paul Guilhaume
Maria – Ed Lachman
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke

Best Costume Design

A Complete Unknown – Arianne Phillips
Conclave – Lisy Christl
Gladiator II – Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
Nosferatu – Linda Muir
Wicked – Paul Tazewell

Best Director

Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet
A Complete Unknown – James Mangold
Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat

Best 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 – Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie and Kellen Quinn

Best 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

Best Film Editing

Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – David Jancso
Conclave – Nick Emerson
Emilia Pérez – Juliette Welfling
Wicked – Myron Kerstein

Best International Feature Film

Brazil – I’m Still Here
Denmark – The Girl with the Needle
France – Emilia Pérez
Germany – The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Latvia – Flow

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best Picture

Anora – Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker
The Brutalist- Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim and Brady Corbet
A Complete Unknown – Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman
Conclave – Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman
Dune: Part Two – Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve
Emilia Pérez – Pascal Caucheteux and Jacques Audiard
I’m Still Here – Maria Carlota Bruno and Rodrigo Teixeira
Nickel Boys – Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Joslyn Barnes
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat and Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner
Wicked – Marc Platt

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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