The 97th Academy Awards 2025: Complete List of Winners & Nominees

The 97th Academy Awards ceremony occurred on March 2 2025 at the Dolby Theatre in Ovation Hollywood when they honored the top films of 2024. The event displayed outstanding film achievements through expert performers and upcoming talent. “Anora” by Sean Baker swept all awards and became the Best Picture winner during the 2025 Oscars ceremony. Here we present the winner and nominee details through all the different film categories.

Major Categories

Best Picture

• Winner: Anora

• Nominees:

• The Brutalist

• A Complete Unknown

• Conclave

• Dune: Part Two

• Emilia Pérez

• I’m Still Here

• Nickel Boys

• The Substance

• Wicked

Best Director

• Winner: Sean Baker (Anora)

• Nominees:

• Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)

• James Mangold (A Complete Unknown)

• Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)

• Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Winner: Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)

• Nominees:

• Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)

• Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)

• Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)

• Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Winner: Mikey Madison (Anora)

• Nominees:

• Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)

• Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez)

• Demi Moore (The Substance)

• Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Winner: Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)

• Nominees:

• Yura Borisov (Anora)

• Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)

• Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)

• Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Winner: Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)

• Nominees:

• Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown)

• Ariana Grande (Wicked)

• Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)

• Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)

Technical & Artistic Categories

Best Cinematography

• Winner: The Brutalist (Lol Crawley)

• Nominees:

• Dune: Part Two (Greig Fraser)

• Emilia Pérez (Paul Guilhaume)

• Maria (Ed Lachman)

• Nosferatu (Jarin Blaschke)

Best Film Editing

• Winner: Anora (Sean Baker)

• Nominees:

• The Brutalist (David Jancso)

• Conclave (Nick Emerson)

• Emilia Pérez (Juliette Welfling)

• Wicked (Myron Kerstein)

Best Production Design

• Winner: Wicked

• Nominees:

• The Brutalist

• Conclave

• Dune: Part Two

• Nosferatu

Best Costume Design

• Winner: Wicked (Paul Tazewell)

• Nominees:

• A Complete Unknown (Arianne Phillips)

• Conclave (Lisy Christl)

• Gladiator II (Janty Yates, Dave Crossman)

• Nosferatu (Linda Muir)

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

• Winner: The Substance

• Nominees:

• A Different Man

• Emilia Pérez

• Nosferatu

• Wicked

Sound & Visual Effects

Best Sound

• Winner: Dune: Part Two

• Nominees:

• A Complete Unknown

• Emilia Pérez

• Wicked

• The Wild Robot

Best Visual Effects

• Winner: Dune: Part Two

• Nominees:

• Alien: Romulus

• Better Man

• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

• Wicked

Music Categories

Best Original Score

• Winner: The Brutalist (Daniel Blumberg)

• Nominees:

• Conclave (Volker Bertelmann)

• Emilia Pérez (Clément Ducol, Camille)

• Wicked (John Powell, Stephen Schwartz)

• The Wild Robot (Kris Bowers)

Best Original Song

• Winner: El Mal (Emilia Pérez)

• Music: Clément Ducol, Camille

• Lyrics: Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard

• Nominees:

• The Journey (The Six Triple Eight) – Diane Warren

• Like A Bird (Sing Sing) – Abraham Alexander, Adrian Quesada

• Mi Camino (Emilia Pérez) – Camille, Clément Ducol

• Never Too Late (Elton John: Never Too Late) – Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt, Bernie Taupin

Writing Categories

Best Original Screenplay

• Winner: Anora (Sean Baker)

• Nominees:

• The Brutalist (Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold)

• A Real Pain (Jesse Eisenberg)

• September 5 (Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David)

• The Substance (Coralie Fargeat)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Winner: Conclave (Peter Straughan)

• Nominees:

• A Complete Unknown (James Mangold, Jay Cocks)

• Emilia Pérez (Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, Nicolas Livecchi)

• Nickel Boys (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes)