Oscars 2025: Best Picture nominees

Comedy drama starring Mikey Madison. New York erotic dancer Ani is overjoyed when a young and extremely wealthy Russian client, Ivan, proposes to her. The two are quickly married, but this fairy-tale ending curdles when it transpires that the immature Ivan has a powerful family that wants the union annulled - immediately.

Biographical drama starring Timothée Chalamet. Bob Dylan arrives in New York in 1961, hoping to meet his hero, ailing folk musician Woody Guthrie, and to carve his own path as a singer/songwriter. Over the next few years, Dylan begins to chafe against the confines of the folk community, threatening to alienate his peers and mentors.

Epic period drama starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce. In 1947, Hungarian architect and Holocaust survivor László Tóth arrives in America. After a rocky start in this new land, he finds his luck changing when he meets a wealthy industrialist who wants László to build an ambitious community project. However, for the tormented László and his wife, Erzsébet, this commission proves both blessing and curse.

Epic sci-fi drama starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya. With the evil Harkonnen family back in charge of Arrakis, deposed heir Paul Atreides and his mother have taken refuge with the native Fremen in the planet's perilous desert wasteland. Paul becomes close with Fremen warrior Chani and begins to demonstrate powers that persuade her people to aid in the young man's plan to avenge his father and take back control.

Drama starring Ralph Fiennes. Following the death of the Pope, the cardinals of the Catholic Church gather in seclusion at the Vatican to begin election proceedings, presided over by the reluctant Cardinal-Dean Thomas Lawrence. Over several days, the fate of an already troubled Church hangs in the balance amid a storm of intrigue, lies and back-stabbing.

Fantasy musical starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande-Butera. Elphaba Thropp is an outcast among the citizens of Oz due to her green skin and magical powers. When she arrives at the prestigious Shiz University, she is given a chance to develop her abilities and finds an unlikely friend in the popular Galinda. But something's rotten in the state of Oz, and the two young women arrive at a crossroads from which there'll be no turning back.

Ang Lee's Oscar-winning adventure drama based on Yann Martel's bestselling novel, starring Suraj Sharma. Following a disaster at sea, young Pi Patel is cast adrift in a small boat with only a Bengal tiger and a zebra as unlikely companions on what becomes a battle for survival and a quest for spiritual enlightenment.