Nominations for the upcoming Academy Awards on March 15 are here, highlighting some of the best in cinema from 2025. With these nominations, actors, actresses, films, and studios alike have etched their names in the record books of Hollywood history.
Starting off with the new most nominated film of all time at the Oscars: Ryan Coogler’s Sinners. The Warner Bros. film earned 16 nominations while only being eligible for 17 categories, beating the record of 14 previously shared by All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land. Sinners is nominated for Best Picture and also earned 3 acting nominations, with Michael B. Jordan nominated for Actor in a Leading Role, Delroy Lindo nominated for Actor in a Supporting Role, and Wunmi Mosaku nominated for Actress in a Supporting Role. Ryan Coogler is nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, marking his first nominations and the first nominations for the mentioned members of his cast.
The film is also nominated in the categories of Best Casting, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song for ‘I Lied To You’. Sinners silenced doubters at the box office by becoming the highest-grossing film domestically in a decade and a half and is now right in the thick of things this award season.
Sticking with Warner Bros., the studio tied its own record set in 2005 by accumulating 30 total nominations. These nominations came in the form of 16 for Sinners, 13 for One Battle After Another, and 1 for Weapons. Paul Thomas Anderson is riding high right now as One Battle After Another has been the award darling early on in the season. Anderson not only secured both the Critics’ Choice and Golden Globe for Best Director, but his film also won Best Picture at both award shows. For Weapons, the sole nomination comes in the form of Amy Madigan’s nomination for Actress in a Supporting Role. CEO and President of Warner Bros. Discovery, David Zaslav, championed the importance of original storytelling and the theatrical experience, but as things stand today it doesn’t appear this success will deter him from the sale of WBD.
The Secret Agent marked Brazil’s second ever Best Picture Oscar nomination. The film is also nominated for Best International Film, while Wagner Moura is nominated for Acctor in a Leading Role. It is the second year in a row that Brazil has earned major recognition, with I’m Still Here being nominated for Best Picture in 2025, the first Brazilian film to have achieved this honor. The Secret Agent has the chance to go back-to-back with I’m Still Here and win Best International Film. This would be a fantastic achievement as a country hasn’t secured back-to-back victories since 1988, and Brazil hadn’t been recognized in the category since Central Station in 1998.
Emma Stone made some history for Bugonia, becoming the youngest woman and person since Walt Disney in 1936 to earn seven Oscar nominations. She earned a Best Actress in a leading role nomination and a Best Picture nomination for producing Bugonia. Stone became the first woman to earn a dual nomination for more than 1 film, earning nominations in the same categories for Poor Things.
This year’s Academy Awards show is shaping up to be very competitive because of a very strong year in film in 2025. Be sure to stay with us at MXDWN, and we will keep you up to date with the latest on the award season.
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