2025 Oscars Challenge: [8] “The Brutalist” (Ten Nominations)

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97TH ACADEMY AWARDS | 2025 OSCARS CHALLENGE
“THE BRUTALIST“
February 11, 2025
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When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious, wealthy client.

Directed by Brady Corbet
A24
December 20, 2024
215 minutes

best MOTION PICTURE
Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim and Brady Corbet

First-time Nominees

PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS | Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim, Brady Corbet

EXPERTS

1. “Anora”
2. “Conclave”
3. “The Brutalist”
4. “A Complete Unknown”
5. “Wicked”
6. “Emilia Pérez”
7. “The Substance”
8. “I’m Still Here”
9. “Dune: Part Two”
10. “Nickel Boys”

PERSONAL

1. “Anora”
2. “Dune: Part Two”
3. “The Substance”
4. “The Brutalist”
5. “Wicked”
6. “Conclave”
7. “Nickel Boys”
8. “A Complete Unknown”
9. “Emilia Pérez”
10. “I’m Still Here”

best Actor in a Leading Role
Adrien Brody

2002

75th Academy Awards

Best Actor in a Leading Role

“The Pianist”

WINNER

PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS | Adrien Brody

EXPERTS

1. Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist”
2. Timothée Chalamet – “A Complete Unknown”
3. Ralph Fiennes – “Conclave”
4. Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing”
5. Sebastian Stan – “The Apprentice”

PERSONAL

best Actor in a SUPPORTING Role
Guy Pearce

First-time Nominee

PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS | Guy Pearce

EXPERTS

1. Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain”
2. Edward Norton – “A Complete Unknown”
3. Guy Pearce – “The Brutalist”
4. Yura Borisov – “Anora”
5. Jeremy Strong – “The Apprentice”

PERSONAL

1. Yura Borisov – “Anora”
2. Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain”
3. Edward Norton – “A Complete Unknown”
4. Jeremy Strong – “The Apprentice”
5. Guy Pearce – “The Brutalist”

best ActRESS IN A SUPPORTING Role
Felicity Jones

2014

87th Academy Awards

Best Actress in a Leading Role

“The Theory of Everything”

Nominee

PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS | Felicity Jones

EXPERTS

1. Zoe Saldaña – “Emilia Pérez”
2. Ariana Grande – “Wicked”
3. Isabella Rossellini – “Conclave”
4. Felicity Jones – “The Brutalist”
5. Monica Barbaro – “A Complete Unknown”

PERSONAL

1. Zoe Saldaña – “Emilia Pérez”
2. Ariana Grande – “Wicked”
3. Monica Barbaro – “A Complete Unknown”
4. Felicity Jones – “The Brutalist”
5. Isabella Rossellini – “Conclave”

best Cinematography
Lol Crawley

First-time Nominee

PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS | Lol Crawley

EXPERTS

1. “The Brutalist”
2. “Nosferatu”
3. “Dune: Part Two”
4. “Maria”
5. “Emilia Pérez”

PERSONAL

1. “The Brutalist”
2. “Nosferatu”
3. “Dune: Part Two”
4. “Maria”
5. “Emilia Pérez”

best Directing
Brady Corbet

First-time Nominee

PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS | Brady Corbet

EXPERTS

1. Sean Baker – “Anora”
2. Brady Corbet – “The Brutalist”
3. James Mangold – “A Complete Unknown”
4. Coralie Fargeat – “The Substance”
5. Jacques Audiard – “Emilia Pérez”

PERSONAL

1. Sean Baker – “Anora”
2. Brady Corbet – “The Brutalist”
3. Coralie Fargeat – “The Substance”
4. James Mangold – “A Complete Unknown”
5. Jacques Audiard – “Emilia Pérez”