2025 Gold Derby Film Awards nominations: ‘Wicked’ and ‘Dune: Part Two’ lead with 11

After more than 2,400 people cast their votes, the finalists for the 2025 Gold Derby Film Awards have been unveiled. Leading the way are Dune: Part Two and Wicked,  with 11 bids apiece, followed closely by Conclave with 10.

You can vote for winners effective immediately through Jan. 31 by visiting our predictions center and clicking the green vote button to the right of Gold Derby Film Awards 2025. Most categories will be decided by a straight plurality vote where you will select one nominee as your favorite, and whoever gets the most votes wins. The one exception is Best Picture, where you will rank your top three favorites in order of preference. Your top choice gets three points, second choice gets two points, and third choice gets one point. Whoever scores the most points wins. Winners in all categories will be announced on Feb. 10.

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Conclave, Dune: Part Two, and Wicked face off for Best Picture, as they are expected to do at the Oscars. They’re joined in that top category by predicted Oscar contenders Anora, The Brutalist, Emilia Pérez, and The Substance. Our users also embraced two other international features, India’s All We Imagine as Light and Brazil’s I’m Still Here. Rounding out the top category is the tennis love triangle Challengers, which amassed a robust eight nominations across the board. Notable Best Picture snubs include PGA nominee A Complete Unknown, Golden Globe nominee Nickel Boys, and Gotham Award winner Sing Sing.

Other noteworthy nominees include awards season underdogs like Luca Guadagnino (Best Director for Challengers), Joan Chen (Best Supporting Actress for Didi), and Josh O’Connor (Best Supporting Actor for Challengers). Golden Globe winner Fernanda Torres scored a Best Actress bid for I’m Still Here. In one category not present at the Oscars, Best Breakthrough Performer, Anora standout Mark Eydelshteyn received a bid alongside Karla Sofía Gascón, Clarence Maclin, Mikey Madison, and Katy O’Brian. Maclin is actually a triple nominee, having also secured Best Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay bids for Sing Sing. In our ensemble cast category, Anora is up against Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, and Wicked. That matches four out of the five SAG Award nominees, with Dune replacing Screen Actors Guild pick A Complete Unknown.

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BEST PICTURE:
All We Imagine as Light — Julien Graff, Thomas Hakim, producers
Anora — Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker, producers
The Brutalist — Nick Gordon, D.J. Gugenheim, Andrew Lauren, Trevor Matthews, Andrew Morrison, Brian Young, producers
Challengers — Luca Guadagnino, Rachel O’Connor, Amy Pascal, Zendaya, producers
Conclave — Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael Jackman, producers
Dune: Part Two — Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe, Patrick McCormick, Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve, producers
Emilia Pérez — Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux, Valérie Schermann, Anthony Vaccarello, producers
I’m Still Here — Maria Carlota Bruno, Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Rodrigo Teixeira, producers
The Substance — Tim Bevan, Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner, producers
Wicked — Marc Platt, David Stone, producers

BEST DIRECTOR:
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Luca Guadagnino, Challengers
Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two

BEST ACTRESS:
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here

BEST ACTOR:
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Joan Chen, Didi
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Margaret Qualley, The Substance
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Salda?a, Emilia Pérez

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Josh O’Connor, Challengers
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Conclave — Peter Straughan
Dune: Part Two — Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve
I’m Still Here — Murilo Hauser, Heitor Lorega
Sing Sing — Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield
Wicked — Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
All We Imagine as Light — Payal Kapadia
Anora — Sean Baker
Challengers — Justin Kuritzkes
A Real Pain — Jesse Eisenberg
The Substance — Coralie Fargeat

BEST ENSEMBLE:
Anora — Yura Borisov, Darya Ekamasova, Mark Eydelshteyn, Karren Karagulian, Mikey Madison, Lindsey Normington, Luna Sofía Miranda, Aleksei Serebryakov, Vache Tovmasyan
Conclave — Sergio Castellitto, Carlos Diehz, Ralph Fiennes, Jacek Koman, John Lithgow, Loris Loddi, Thomas Loibl, Balkissa Maiga, Lucian Msamati, Merab Ninidze, Brían F. O’Byrne, Isabella Rossellini, Stanley Tucci
Dune: Part Two — Javier Bardem, Dave Bautista, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Florence Pugh, Charlotte Rampling, Léa Seydoux, Stellan Skarsg?rd, Christopher Walken, Souheila Yacoub, Zendaya
Emilia Pérez — Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Mark Ivanir, Adriana Paz, édgar Ramírez, Zoe Salda?a
Wicked — Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Courtney-Mae Briggs, Peter Dinklage, Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Goldblum, Ariana Grande, Bronwyn James, Andy Nyman, Keala Settle, Ethan Slater, Aaron Teoh, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER:
Mark Eydelshteyn
Karla Sofía Gascón
Clarence Maclin
Mikey Madison
Katy O’Brian

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
The Brutalist — Lol Crawley
Challengers — Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
Conclave — Stéphane Fontaine
Dune: Part Two — Greig Fraser
Nosferatu — Jarin Blaschke

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Conclave — Lisy Christl
Dune: Part Two — Jacqueline West
Maria — Massimo Cantini Parrini
Nosferatu — Linda Muir
Wicked — Paul Tazewell

BEST FILM EDITING:
Anora — Sean Baker
Challengers — Marco Costa
Conclave — Nick Emerson
Dune: Part Two — Joe Walker
The Substance — Jér?me Eltabet, Coralie Fargeat, Valentin Féron

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR:
A Different Man — Michael Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier
Dune: Part Two — Eva Von Bahr, Love Larson
Nosferatu — Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White
The Substance — Pierre Olivier Persin, Frédérique Arguello, Stéphanie Guillon, Marilyne Scarselli
Wicked — Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
The Brutalist — Daniel Blumberg
Challengers — Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Conclave — Volker Bertelmann
Wicked — John Powell, Stephen Schwartz
The Wild Robot — Kris Bowers

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
“Compress/Repress” from Challengers — Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Luca Guadagnino
“El Mal” from Emilia Pérez — Camille, Clément Ducol, Jacques Audiard
“Harper and Will Go West” from Will and Harper — Kristen Wiig, Josh Greenbaum, Sean Douglas
“Kiss the Sky” from The Wild Robot — Jordan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi, Delacey, Stefan Johnson
“Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez — Camille, Clément Ducol

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
The Brutalist — Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia, Mercédesz Nagyváradi
Conclave — Suzie Davies, Cynthia Sleiter
Dune: Part Two — Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau
Nosferatu — Craig Lathrop, Beatrice Brentnerova
Wicked — Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales

BEST SOUND:
Civil War — Glenn Freemantle, Howard Bargroff, Mary H. Ellis
Dune: Part Two — Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John, Richard King
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga — Ben Osmo, James Ashton, Tom Holkenborg, Robert Mackenzie
The Substance — Valérie Deloof, Victor Praud, Emmanuelle Villard, Victor Fleurant, Stéphane Thiébaut
Wicked — Robin Baynton, Simon Hayes, John Marquis, Andy Nelson, Nancy Nugent Title

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Alien: Romulus — Eric Barba, Daniel Macarin, Nelson Sepulveda, Shane Mahan
Dune: Part Two — Stephen James, Paul Lambert, Gerd Nefzer, Rhys Salcombe
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes — Erik Winquist, Paul Story, Rodney Burke, Stephen Unterfranz
The Substance — Bryan Jones, Chevin Shafaghi, Pierre Olivier Persin, Jean Miel
Wicked — Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, Anthony Smith

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
Flow — Gints Zilbalodis, Matiss Kaza
Inside Out 2 — Kelsey Mann, Mark Nielsen
Memoir of a Snail — Adam Elliot, Liz Kearney
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl — Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek
The Wild Robot — Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Black Box Diaries — Shiori It?, Hanna Aqvilin, Eric Nyari
Dahomey — Mati Diop, Judith Lou Lévy, Eve Robin
No Other Land — Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story — Ian Bonh?te, Peter Ettedgui, Lizzie Gillett, Robert Ford
Will and Harper — Josh Greenbaum, Rafael Marmor, Chris Leggett, Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE:
All We Imagine as Light — Payal Kapadia, Julie Graff, Thomas Hakim
Emilia Pérez — Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux, Valérie Schermann, Anthony Vaccarello
Flow — Gints Zilbalodis, Matiss Kaza
I’m Still Here — Walter Salles, Maria Carlota Bruno, Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Rodrigo Teixeira
The Seed of the Sacred Fig — Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei, Jean-Christophe Simon, Mani Tilgner, Rozita Hendijanian

Nomination Totals

11 Nominations
Dune: Part Two
Wicked

10 Nominations
Conclave

9 Nominations
The Substance

8 Nominations
Challengers

7 Nominations
Anora

6 Nominations
The Brutalist
Emilia Pérez

4 Nominations
I’m Still Here
Nosferatu

3 Nominations
All We Imagine as Light
Sing Sing
The Wild Robot

2 Nominations
Flow
A Real Pain
Will and Harper

1 Nomination
Alien: Romulus
The Apprentice
Civil War
A Complete Unknown
Didi
A Different Man
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Hard Truths
Inside Out 2
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Maria
Memoir of a Snail
Queer
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Wallance and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

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