When the 2025 Oscar Nominations were announced today sff was well represented among the nominees.

Three of the Best Picture nominees are of genre interest, Dune: Part Two, The Substance and Wicked.

 Emilia Pérez, the musical about a Mexican cartel leader who fakes his death and undergoes a gender transition but cannot avoid the people in her former life, leads all nominees with 13 including Best Picture, the most by a non-English-language film in Oscar history.

Wicked received 10 nominations, including for its stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. Dune: Part Two got five, as did horror tale The Substance. Nosferatu is up for four Oscars, The Wild Robot for three, and Flow for two. Alien: Romulus and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes each have one, in the Visual Effects category.

The complete list of nominees follows the jump.

BEST PICTURE

• Anora — (Neon) A Cre Films Production. Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers
• The Brutalist — (A24) An A24/Brookstreet Pictures/Kaplan Morrison Production.
• A Complete Unknown — (Searchlight). A Veritas Entertainment Group/White Water/Range/Picture Company/Turnpike Films Production. Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers
• Conclave — (Focus Features). A FilmNation Entertainment/Indian Paintbrush/House Production. Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers
• Dune: Part Two — (Warner Bros.). A Legendary Pictures Production. Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, Producers
• Emilia Pérez — (Netflix). A Netflix/Page 114/Why Not Productions/Pathé/France 2 Cinéma/Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello in association with Library Pictures International Production.
• I’m Still Here — (Sony Pictures Classics). A VideoFilmes/RT Features/Mact Production.
• Nickel Boys — (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios). A Plan B Entertainment/Anonymous Content/Louverture Films Production.
• The Substance — (Mubi). A Match Factory/Working Title/Blacksmith/A Good Story Production
• Wicked — (Universal). A Universal Pictures/Marc Platt Production. Marc Platt, Producer

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• Adrien Brody in The Brutalist (A24)
• Timothée Chalamet in A Complete Unknown (Searchlight)
• Colman Domingo in Sing Sing (A24)
• Ralph Fiennes in Conclave (Focus Features)
• Sebastian Stan in The Apprentice (Briarcliff Entertainment/Rich Spirit)

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• Cynthia Erivo in Wicked (Universal)
• Karla Sofía Gascón in Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
• Mikey Madison in Anora (Neon)
• Demi Moore in The Substance (Mubi)
• Fernanda Torres in I’m Still Here (Sony Pictures Classics)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Yura Borisov in Anora (Neon)
• Kieran Culkin in A Real Pain (Searchlight)
• Edward Norton in A Complete Unknown (Searchlight)
• Guy Pearce in The Brutalist (A24)
• Jeremy Strong in The Apprentice (Briarcliff Entertainment/Rich Spirit)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Monica Barbaro in A Complete Unknown (Searchlight)
• Ariana Grande in Wicked (Universal)
• Felicity Jones in The Brutalist (A24)
• Isabella Rossellini in Conclave (Focus Features)
• Zoe Saldaña in Emilia Pérez (Netflix)

DIRECTING

• Anora (Neon) Sean Baker
• The Brutalist (A24) Brady Corbet
• A Complete Unknown (Searchlight) James Mangold
• Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Jacques Audiard
• The Substance (Mubi) Coralie Fargeat

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

• A Complete Unknown (Searchlight) Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
• Conclave (Focus Features) Screenplay by Peter Straughan
• Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Screenplay by Jacques Audiard, in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi
• Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios) Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
• Sing Sing (A24) Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John Divine G Whitfield

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

• Anora (Neon) Written by Sean Baker
• The Brutalist (A24) Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
• A Real Pain (Searchlight) Written by Jesse Eisenberg
• September 5 (Paramount) Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; co-Written by Alex David
• The Substance (Mubi) Written by Coralie Fargeat

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

• I’m Still Here (Brazil) — A VideoFilmes Produções Artísticas Production
• The Girl with the Needle (Denmark) — A Nordisk Film Creative Alliance Production
• Emilia Pérez (France) — A Pathé Production
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany) — A Run Way Pictures Production
• Flow (Latvia) — A Dream Well Studio Production

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 

• Flow (Sideshow/Janus Films)
• Inside Out 2 (Walt Disney) Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen
• Memoir of a Snail (IFC Films) Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix)
• The Wild Robot (Universal) Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM 

• Black Box Diaries — (MTV Documentary Films) A Hanashi Films/Cineric Creative/Star Sands Production. Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin
• No Other Land — An Antipode Films Production. Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham
• Porcelain War — (Picturehouse) A Songbird Studios/Imaginary Lane Production. Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre’ Pesmen
• Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat — (Kino Lorber). An Onomatopee Films/Warboys Films Production. Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety
• Sugarcane — (National Geographic Documentary Films). A Hedgehog Films/Kassie Films/Impact Partners/Fit Via Vi Production

FILM EDITING

• Anora (Neon) Sean Baker
• The Brutalist (A24) David Jancso
• Conclave (Focus Features) Nick Emerson
• Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Juliette Welfling
• Wicked (Universal) Myron Kerstein

CINEMATOGRAPHY 

• The Brutalist (A24) Lol Crawley
• Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.) Greig Fraser
• Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Paul Guilhaume
• Maria (Netflix) Ed Lachman
• Nosferatu (Focus Features) Jarin Blaschke

Production Design

• The Brutalist — (A24) Production Design: Judy Becker. Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia
• Conclave — (Focus Features) Production Design: Suzie Davies. Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter
• Dune: Part Two — (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Patrice Vermette. Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
• Nosferatu — (Focus Features) Production Design: Craig Lathrop. Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová
• Wicked — (Universal) Production Design: Nathan Crowley. Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

COSTUME DESIGN

• A Complete Unknown (Searchlight) Arianne Phillips
• Conclave (Focus Features) Lisy Christl
• Gladiator II (Paramount) Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
• Nosferatu (Focus Features) Linda Muir
• Wicked (Universal) Paul Tazewell

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

• The Brutalist (A24) Daniel Blumberg
• Conclave (Focus Features) Volker Bertelmann
• Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Clément Ducol and Camille
• Wicked (Universal) John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
• The Wild Robot (Universal) Kris Bowers

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

• El Mal from Emilia Pérez — (Netflix) Music by Clément Ducol and Camille. Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
• The Journey from The Six Triple Eight — (Netflix) Music and Lyric by Diane Warren.
• Like A Bird from Sing Sing — (A24) Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
• Mi Camino from Emilia Pérez — (Netflix) Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol
• Never Too Late from Elton John: Never Too Late — (Disney+) Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin

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 (The New Yorker) Victoria Warmerdam and Trent
• The Last Ranger Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw
• The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent (Manifest) Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

• Beautiful Men (Miyu Distribution) Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande
• In the Shadow of the Cypress Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi
• Magic Candies (Toei Animation) Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio
• Wander to Wonder (Miyu Distribution) Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper
• Yuck! (Miyu Distribution) Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

• Death by Numbers Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard
• I Am Ready, Warden (MTV Documentary Films) Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp
• Incident (The New Yorker) Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven
• Instruments of a Beating Heart (The New York Times OpDocs/Cineric Creative)
  Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari
• The Only Girl in the Orchestra (Netflix) Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

• A Different Man (A24) Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado
• Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini
• Nosferatu (Focus Features) David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes Munton
• The Substance (Mubi) Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli
• Wicked (Universal) Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth

SOUND

• A Complete Unknown (Searchlight) Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco
• Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.) Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill
• Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta
• Wicked (Universal) Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis
• The Wild Robot (Universal) Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts

VISUAL EFFECTS

• Wicked (Universal) Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould
• Alien: Romulus (20th Century) Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan
• Better Man (Paramount) Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs
• Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.) Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century) Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke