10 potential Oscar 2025 nominees that have already been released

This year’s awards season hasn’t started yet, but… There are already a ton of great films out that could be nominated for an Oscar in 2025. The 97th Academy Awards won’t take place until March 2, 2025, but there’s already a lot of buzz surrounding the nomination leaders. But most of the acclaimed films have yet to hit theaters after their highly publicized festival debuts. Sean Baker Anora out October 18, Luca Guadagnino strange will be released on November 27, and Brady Corbet’s book Brutalist will be released on December 20th.

The biggest potential Oscar contenders have yet to be named, but several possible nominees have already been announced. Some of the year’s biggest box office hits, e.g. Dune: Part Two And Inside Out 2might be a populist choice for an Oscar nomination. Acclaimed leading roles in small drama films such as sing sing And Outran will definitely receive acting nominations. From a stunning Best Visual Effects contender to a heartwarming Best Animated Feature contender, some of the films with a really strong shot at the 2025 Oscars have already received recognition.

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Dune: Part Two

“Dune: Part II” could repeat the success of its predecessor at the Oscars

One of the strongest contenders for the 2025 Oscars actually showed up just days before the 2024 Oscars. Denis Villeneuve Dune: Part Two was one of the biggest critical and commercial hits of the year. He completed Villeneuve’s cinematic adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi work, bringing captivating world-building and rich social commentary to the silver screen in spectacular style.

First volume of Villeneuve. Dune The saga was a huge success at the Oscars, winning six awards from 10 nominations, and the sequel received even better reviews, so it makes sense that it will repeat its predecessor’s Oscar success in 2025.

Greig Fraser could win another award for Best Cinematography, Hans Zimmer could win another award for Best Original Score, and Joe Walker could win another award for Best Film Editing. Perhaps this time Villeneuve will be able to win the coveted award for best director.

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sing sing

Colman Domingo Likely Nominated for Best Actor

Prison docudrama by Greg Kvedar sing sing revolves around real program “Rehabilitation through art” in Sing Sing maximum security prisonwhich allows prisoners to find a new passion by performing stage shows. Professional actors Colman Domingo and Paul Raci lead a cast made up primarily of real-life alumni of the program. Although it premiered at TIFF in 2023, sing sing didn’t receive wide release until it was picked up by A24 in 2024, putting it in contention for the 2025 Oscars.

Most likely Oscar nomination sing sing This is Domingo’s award for Best Actor. Last year, Domingo was nominated for best actor for his portrayal of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in the Netflix biopic. Rustinbut he lost to Cillian Murphy Oppenheimer. Now that Domingo is an established Oscar favorite and he gave a stunning performance in sing sing — he may be in line for another nomination.

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Wild robot

“Wild Robot” is a leader in the “Best Animated Film” category

Since arriving in theaters on September 27, the DreamWorks film Wild robot quickly became a front-runner for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Based on Peter Brown’s beloved children’s book of the same name., Wild robot Lupita Nyong’o plays a shipwrecked robot who maroons on a remote island, adapts to her environment, and becomes the foster mother of an orphaned goose. With gorgeous animation and heartfelt storytelling. Wild robot Oscar winner written all over it.

WITH an almost perfect Rotten Tomatoes score of 98%., Wild robot is a contender for the Best Animated Feature Film category. This will be DreamWorks Animation’s first Oscar nomination since 2022. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. If it wins, it will be the studio’s first Oscar win since 2005. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit won Best Animated Feature.

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Inside Out 2

Box office success Pixar vying for Best Animated Feature

To Wild robot came leader in the category “Best Animated Film” was Inside Out 2highest grossing film of the year. In the sequel, 13-year-old Riley enters puberty and struggles with a ton of new emotions—most notably anxiety, which quickly takes over her mind and turns her into a nervous wreck.

The film was praised for capturing the touching emotion of the original. Considering that nearly every Pixar film has been nominated for Best Animated Feature since the category’s inception, it’s highly likely that Inside Out 2 will follow this example.

It was a huge box office success and received mostly positive reviews from critics.and since animated films are expensive to produce, there usually isn’t much competition in this category. Whether he will bring home gold is another story, especially after Wild robot came out as an untouchable masterpiece, but it was virtually guaranteed a nomination.

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Contenders

Contenders may receive nominations for screenplay and music

Luca Guadagnino strange hasn’t been released in theaters yet, but Call me by your name The director already has another film in the 2025 Oscar race. Tennis drama starring Zendaya Contenders up for multiple Oscar nominations. The film revolves around a traumatized tennis star turned coach, played by Zendaya, and her 13-year love triangle with her tennis ex-boyfriend, played by Josh O’Connor, and her tennis champion husband, played by Mike Feist.

Although Zendaya, O’Connor and Feist have a slim chance of getting an acting nomination, Contenders will likely be nominated for Best Original Screenplay or Best Original Score. Justin Kuritzkes’ script was praised for its a rich novel, rich characterization, and a complex, nonlinear narrative structure. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross previously won Oscars for their music in Soul And Social networkand received a nomination for Mankso they are already entered.

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Outran

Saoirse Ronan is already a contender for Best Actress

Saoirse Ronan is already being touted as a favorite for the 2025 Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Outran. Based on Amy Liptrot’s 2016 memoir of the same name. Outran follows a recovering alcoholic returning to Orkney. in Scotland, where she grew up to come to terms with her troubled past. Ronan is praised for her gripping portrayal of her struggles with addiction.

Ronan currently has three nominations for Best Actress – for her work in Brooklyn, Lady BirdAnd Little women – linking up with the likes of Faye Dunaway and Jodie Foster. If she scores the fourth goal for Outranshe will join the ranks of Diane Keaton, Nicole Kidman and Barbara Stanwyck. Ronan was also previously nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Redemption.

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Types of Kindness

Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest work is a possible dark horse for various categories

Although it’s too weird to be a leader, Yorgos Lanthimos’ surreal black comedy Types of Kindness could be a dark horse in several Oscar categories. Types of Kindness is a three-part anthology revolves around a mysterious man named RMF, with each major ensemble cast member playing a different role in each segment.

The Oscar success of Lanthimos’s last two films. Favorite And Poor things (including Best Actress awards on both occasions) earned him favor from the Academy. There are several categories where Types of Kindness could have earned a nomination, if not a win.

Robbie Ryan’s cinematography is intoxicating. Jesse Plemons and Emma Stone are charming in all three of their roles.and the script by Lanthimos and Efthymis Philippou is more than unconventional enough to attract the attention of the Academy. Types of Kindness It’s not necessarily a win-win, but it can be an unexpected inclusion.

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Substance

‘Substance’ Could Get Nomination for Best Makeup or Even Best Actress for Demi Moore

Stunning body horror from Coralie Fargit The is Substance was named one of the wildest films of the year. Demi Moore plays a former celebrity who uses a black market anti-aging drug with horrific side effects. Fargeat already won Best Screenplay at Cannes, so there’s precedent for a Best Original Screenplay nomination at the Oscars.

The race for Best Actress is very competitive this year, and the Oscars are rarely given out for horror films, but the Academy loves comeback stories, so Moore may have a chance. SubstanceYour best hope for an Oscar nomination may be best makeup and hairstyle. Not only that Substance you’ll have the best makeup seen on the big screen this year; makeup ties into theme and narrative. This movie is all about cosmetic enhancements and the makeup reflects that.

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His three daughters

Three nominees for Best Supporting Actress in One Film

Finally released on Netflix on September 20, just over a year after its TIFF premiere, Azazel Jacobs’ film His three daughters is strong contender for three nominations in one Oscar category. His three daughters It stars Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen as three estranged sisters who are forced to live under the same roof as their father dies of a terminal illness. This character-centric idea puts the film’s emphasis solely on their performances.

None of the three leads are considered strong enough to be nominated for Best Actress, but all three are up for Best Supporting Actress. Although all three were nominated for an Emmy, none of them had ever been nominated for an Oscar before. But their performances were so widely (and deservedly) praised that any one of them could have won an Oscar.

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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

The latest Planet of the Apes film is a contender for Best Visual Effects

Although it has no chance of receiving more prestigious nominations such as Best Picture or Best Director, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes has a good chance of getting nominated for Best Visual Effects. The action takes place 300 years after the death of Caesar. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes revolves around a small resistance group rebelling against a sinister ape dictator. Like its predecessors, it brings ape characters to life. amazing performance capture effects.

So far the only Oscar that has received Planet of the Apes The franchise received an Academy Honorary Award for the classic original film. all three movies lately Planet of the Apes the prequel trilogy was nominated for Best Visual Effects. V Oscarbut none of them took home the trophy. Featuring even more advanced motion capture effects, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes maybe this is the chance for this franchise to finally get it in the bag.