Oscars 2025 Nominations

It's that time again! Films marked in blue are ones I watched prior to the nominations and green are those I watched afterwards. For the few I decided not to watch, you'll find them struck through. As per usual, I've arranged them in the order of my preference.



Best Picture

1. Anora
2. Dune: Part Two
3. Nickel Boys
4. The Brutalist
5. I'm Still Here
6. A Complete Unknown
7. Conclave
8. Wicked
9. Emilia Perez

And the one I chose not to watch, since horror isn't my bag:

• The Substance

Actor in a Leading Role

1. Colman Domingo in Sing Sing
2. Sebastian Stan in The Apprentice
3. Adrien Brody in The Brutalist
4. Ralph Fiennes in Conclave
5. Timothée Chalamet in A Complete Unknown

Actor in a Supporting Role

1. Edward Norton in A Complete Unknown
2. Yura Borisov in Anora
3. Kieran Culkin in A Real Pain
4. Guy Pearce in The Brutalist
5. Jeremy Strong in The Apprentice

Actress in a Leading Role

1. Mikey Madison in Anora
2. Fernanda Torres in I'm Still Here
3. Cynthia Erivo in Wicked
4. Karla Sofía Gascón in Emilia Perez

And I KNOW, I'm sure Demi was great, but those unwatched go unranked:

• Demi Moore in The Substance

Actress in a Supporting Role

1. Zoe Saldaña in Emilia Perez
2. Monica Barbaro in A Complete Unknown
3. Ariana Grande in Wicked
4. Felicity Jones in The Brutalist
5. Isabella Rossellini in Conclave

Animated Feature Film

1. The Wild Robot
2. Flow
3. Inside Out 2
4. Memoir of a Snail

And I have never liked the Wallace & Gromit schtick, so.

• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

So I made the choice to not go and see the short films, but mostly because I had some work stuff to do. I count these as unranked instead of skipped!
Animated Short Film

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

Cinematography

1. Ed Lachman for Maria
2. Greig Fraser for Dune: Part Two
3. Lol Crawley for The Brutalist
4. Jarin Blaschke for Nosferatu
5. Paul Guilhaume for Emilia Perez

Costume Design

1. Linda Muir for Nosferatu
2. Janty Yates and Dave Crossman for Gladiator II
3. Paul Tazewell for Wicked
4. Arianne Phillips for A Complete Unknown
5. Lisy Christl for Conclave

Directing

1. Sean Baker for Anora
2. Brady Corbet for The Brutalist
3. James Mangold for A Complete Unknown
4. Jacques Audiard for Emilia Perez

And unranked:

• Coralie Fargeat for The Substance

Documentary Feature Film

1. Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2. Sugarcane

Two documentaries weren't accessible and Black Box Diaries focuses on sexual assault, so I decided to skip it.

• Black Box Diaries
• No Other Land
• Porcelain War

And documentary shorts, unranked.
Documentary Short Film

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

Film Editing

1. Nick Emerson for Conclave
2. Sean Baker for Anora
3. David Jancso for The Brutalist
4. Myron Kerstein for Wicked
5. Juliette Welfling for Emilia Perez

International Feature Film

1. I'm Still Here (Brazil)
2. Flow (Latvia)
3. Emilia Perez (France)

And for the final two, reviews sort of indicated I wouldn't really enjoy them, as they are in the pool of, like, suspense/horror. Not for me!

• The Girl with the Needle (Denmark)
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)

Makeup and Hairstyling

1. David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton for Nosferatu
2. Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado for A Different Man
3. Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth for Wicked
4. Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini for Emilia Perez

And the unranked once again:

• Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli for The Substance

Music (Original Score)

1. Volker Bertelmann for Conclave
2. Kris Bowers for The Wild Robot
3. John Powell and Stephen Schwartz for Wicked
4. Daniel Blumberg for The Brutalist
5. Clément Ducol and Camille for Emilia Perez

Music (Original Song)

1. "Like A Bird" from Sing Sing; Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
2. "El Mal" from Emilia Perez; Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
3. "Mi Camino" from Emilia Perez; Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol

I didn't watch two of the films, but I'm also counting them as unranked instead of skipped, since it's more a time issue than an unwillingness to watch them.

• "The Journey" from The Six Triple Eight; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
• "Never Too Late" from Elton John: Never Too Late; Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin

Production Design

1. Patrice Vermette and Shane Vieau for Dune: Part Two
2. Craig Lathrop and Beatrice Brentnerová for Nosferatu
3. Judy Becker and Patricia Cuccia for The Brutalist
4. Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales for Wicked
5. Suzie Davies and Cynthia Sleiter for Conclave

Again, unranked.
Live Action Short Film

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

Sound

1. Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco for A Complete Unknown
2. Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill for Dune: Part Two
3. Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts for The Wild Robot
4. Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta for Emilia Perez
5. Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis for Wicked

Visual Effects

1. Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan for Alien: Romulus
2. Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
3. Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer for Dune: Part Two
4. Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould for Wicked

And since I decided not to see Better Man, it goes unranked:

• Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs for Better Man

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

1. RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes for Nickel Boys
2. Peter Straughan for Conclave
3. Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar with story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield for Sing Sing
4. James Mangold and Jay Cocks for A Complete Unknown
5. Jacques Audiard in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi for Emilia Perez

Writing (Original Screenplay)

1. Sean Baker for Anora
2. Moritz Binder and Tim Fehlbaum; co-written by Alex David for September 5
3. Jesse Eisenberg for A Real Pain
4. Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold for The Brutalist

Sorry, The Substance, for shutting you out!

• Coralie Fargeat for The Substance

And that's all I've got! I fully recognize my preferences likely do not reflect what will actually happen tomorrow, BUT STILL.