After months of predictions and chatter, the 98th Oscar nominations are finally in! The nominees were announced by actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman on January 22 via livestream. The Oscars will be live March 15 on ABC and Hulu. The event will also be hosted by Conan O’Brien again. 2025 kept theatergoers fed with amazement, and now, here are the nominees in the major categories.
Best Picture
- Bugonia (Focus Features) — Emma Stone, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, & Lars Knudsen
- F1 (Apple) — Brad Pitt, Chad Oman, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski & Jerry Bruckheimer
- Frankenstein (Netflix) — Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, & Scott Stuber
- Hamnet (Focus Features) — Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg & Sam Mendes
- Marty Supreme (A24) —Timothée Chalamet, Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie & Anthony Katagas
- One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) — Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner & Sara Murphy
- The Secret Agent (Neon) — Emilie Lesclaux
- Sentimental Value (Neon) — Maria Ekerhovd & Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
- Sinners (Warner Bros.) — Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler & Sev Ohanian
- Train Dreams (Netflix) — Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer & Michael Heimler
Best Director
- Chloé Zhao — Hamnet
- Josh Safdie — Marty Supreme
- Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another
- Joachim Trier — Sentimental Value
- Ryan Coogler — Sinners
Actor in a Leading Role
- Timothée Chalamet — Marty Supreme
- Leonardo DiCaprio — One Battle After Another
- Ethan Hawke — Blue Moon
- Michael B. Jordan — Sinners
- Wagner Moura — The Secret Agent
Actress in a Leading Role
- Jessie Buckley — Hamnet
- Rose Byrne — If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
- Kate Hudson — Song Sung Blue
- Renate Reinsve — Sentimental Value
- Emma Stone — Bugonia
Actor in a Supporting Role
- Benicio del Toro— One Battle After Another
- Jacob Elordi — Frankenstein
- Delroy Lindo — Sinners
- Sean Penn — One Battle After Another
- Stellan Skarsgård — Sentimental Value
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Elle Fanning — Sentimental Value
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas — Sentimental Value
- Amy Madigan — Weapons
- Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners
- Teyana Taylor — One Battle After Another
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Bugonia— Will Tracy
- Frankenstein — Guillermo del Toro
- Hamnet — Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
- One Battle After Another— Paul Thomas Anderson
- Train Dreams — Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Best Original Screenplay
- Blue Moon — Robert Kaplow
- It Was Just an Accident — Jafar Panahi (with Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin & Mehdi Mahmoudian)
- Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
- Sentimental Value — Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier
- Sinners — Ryan Coogler
Animated Feature Film
Cinematography
- Frankenstein — Dan Laustsen
- Marty Supreme — Darius Khondji
- One Battle After Another — Michael Bauman
- Sinners— Autumn Durald Arkapaw
- Train Dreams — Adolpho Veloso
Film Editing
- F1 — Stephen Mirrione
- Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
- One Battle After Another— Andy Jurgensen
- Sentimental Value — Olivier Bugge Coutté
- Sinners — Michael P. Shawver
Production Design
- Frankenstein — Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
- Hamnet— Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton
- Marty Supreme — Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
- One Battle After Another — Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
- Sinners — Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne
Sound
- F1
- Frankenstein
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Sirāt
Visual Effects
The Oscars Make History
There were many firsts in this year’s Oscar nominations. For starters, Sinners costume designer Ruth E. Carter became the first Black woman in Oscar history to hold the record for most nominations in any category — how inspiring! Speaking of Sinners, the film broke the all-time nominations record with 16 nods, as it should. And the DP for Sinners, Arkapaw, became the first woman of color ever nominated for Best Cinematography.
It doesn’t stop there. Moura is the first Brazilian actor nominated for Best Actor, and Chalamet is now the youngest man to earn three acting nominations.
Who Got Snubbed?
With nominations always come debates and controversy, and this year was no different. The most talked-about snub was Wicked: For Good. Viewers are split on whether it truly got robbed, but the film received zero nominations. Neither Ariana Grande nor Cynthia Erivo earned mentions, which isn’t shocking, considering Grande didn’t win a Golden Globe Award for Glinda, and Erivo didn’t win for Elphaba. The film also received mixed reviews, so many saw this coming.
Another actress people feel was overlooked is Chase Infiniti for her role as Willa in One Battle After Another. And another project watchers believe deserved recognition is Sorry, Baby, written and directed by Eva Victor, which follows a young woman navigating life after being assaulted. It almost feels like women-led films and stories centered on complex female characters were pushed to the back burner this awards season.
Love them or hate them, this year’s nominations prove the Academy is evolving, albeit slowly, messily, and with plenty of side-eye from the rest of us. Awards night might crown the winners, but the real story is the conversation we’re all having right now.
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