2025 Oscars: 323 Films Eligible for 97th Academy Awards But Only 207 for Best Picture

323 feature films are eligible for the 97th Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. Last year, 321 films were eligible for Oscar consideration, with 265 competing for Best Picture.

Of those 323 however, only 207 feature films are eligible for consideration in the Best Picture category, 58 fewer than last year, which has additional eligibility requirements beyond those for general entry. While several non-English language films and documentaries – like Denmark’s The Girl With the Needle, Norway’s Armand, Canada’s Universal Language, Senegal’s Dahomey, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin and Frida – failed to make the Best Picture cut, some high profile studio titles like Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Mean Girls and Smile 2, Sony’s Bad Boys Ride or Die and Madame Web, won’t be on the ballot for the top award. The Marlon Brando biopic Waltzing with Brando starring Billy Zane, which was Oscar-shortlisted for makeup, was also missing from the Best Picture list, most likely for not qualifying under the Academy’s new rules regarding the span and scope of theatrical presentation within the deadline.

To be eligible for consideration in the general entry categories, under rules implemented for the 97th Academy Awards year, feature films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in at least one of six U.S. metropolitan areas: Los Angeles County; the City of New York; the Bay Area; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas; and Atlanta, Georgia, between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024, and complete a minimum qualifying run of seven consecutive days in the same venue. Feature films must have a running time of more than 40 minutes. 

To be eligible for consideration in the Best Picture category for the 97th Academy Awards, films must be eligible for general entry and have submitted a confidential Academy Representation and Inclusion Standards (RAISE) entry form.  They must have met two of the four standards required in addition to an expanded theatrical eligibility requirement, which includes a theatrical run of seven days, consecutive or non-consecutive, in 10 of the top 50 U.S. markets, no later than 45 days after the initial release in 2024. Eligibility in the Best Picture category is subject to change if late-in-the-year films do not complete the planned expanded theatrical run by January 24, 2025.  A film’s distributor or producer had the option to opt out of Best Picture consideration.

The Reminder List also includes the performers eligible for consideration in the Acting categories (see file below).

Nominations voting begins on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, and concludes on Sunday, January 12, 2025. Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced on Friday, January 17, 2025. The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC, streamed live on Hulu and airs live in more than 200 territories worldwide.

Films Eligible for the 97th Oscars with those ineligible for Best Picture in all caps.

“Aadujeevitham – The Goat Life”
“Abigail”
“The Absence of Eden”
AFRAID
“Albany Road”
“Alien: Romulus”
“All We Imagine as Light”
“Am I Racist?”
AMERICAN CATS: THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE CUDDLY
“The American Society of Magical Negroes”
“American Star”
AMERICANS WITH NO ADDRESS
“Anora”
“The Apprentice”
“Argylle”
ARMAND
“Arthur the King”
“Babes”
“Babygirl”
“Back to Black”
“Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme”
BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE
“Band of Maharajas”
“The Beast”
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
“Better Man”
“Between the Temples”
THE BIBI FILES
“The Bikeriders”
“BIRD”
“Black Dog”
“Blink Twice”
“Blitz”
“Bob Marley: One Love”
“Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.”
“The Book of Clarence”
BOY KILLS WORLD
BRIEF TENDER LIGHT
“The Brutalist”
“Bull Street”
“Cabrini”
CAPTAIN AVISPA
CARVILLE: WINNING IS EVERYTHING, STUPID
CATCHING FIRE: THE STORY OF ANITA PALLENBERG
CELEBRATING LAUGHTER, THE LIFE AND FILMS OF COLIN HIGGINS
“Challengers”
CHICKEN FOR LINDA!
CHRONICLES OF A WANDERING SAINT
“City of Dreams”
“Civil War”
“Close to You”
THE COLORS WITHIN
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“The Count of Monte Cristo”
COUP!
“The Critic”
“Cuckoo”
“Daddio”
DAHOMEY
DANCE FIRST
“Dandelion”
DAUGHTERS
“Day of the Fight”
THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE
“The Dead Don’t Hurt”
“Deadpool & Wolverine”
“The Deliverance”
“Despicable Me 4”
THE DEVIL’S BATH
“Dìdi”
“A Different Man”
DON’T SAY IT
“Drive-Away Dolls”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Elton John: Never Too Late”
“Emilia Pérez”
“The End”
ERNEST COLE LOST AND FOUND
EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA
“Evil Does Not Exist”
“Exhibiting Forgiveness”
“Ezra”
“The Fall Guy”
“Fancy Dance”
FEDERER: TWELVE FINAL DAYS
THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED
FIGHTING SPIRIT: A COMBAT CHAPLAIN’S JOURNEY
“The Fire Inside”
“Firebrand”
FLIPSIDE
“Flow”
“Fly Me to the Moon”
FOLLOWING HARRY
FOOD INC 2
“The Forge”
FREE TIME
“Fresh Kills”
FRIDA
FROM EMBERS
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”
THE GARFIELD MOVIE
GAUCHO GAUCHO
GHOST CAT ANZU
“Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire”
“Ghostlight”
THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS
“Gladiator II”
GLITTER & DOOM
BOG & COUNTRY
“Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire”
“Good One”
“Goodrich”
THE GRAB
“The Greatest Hits”
“Green Border”
“Handling the Undead”
“Hard Truths”
HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON
“Here”
“Heretic”
HIGH TIDE
“His Three Daughters”
“Hit Man”
HOLLYWOOD DEAL
HOMEGROWN
“The Hopeful”
“Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1”
“How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies”
HUMMINGBIRDS
I AM CELINE DION
I CAN’T BREATHE
“I Saw the TV Glow”
“The Idea of You”
“IF”
“I’ll Be Right There”
“I’m Still Here”
“Imaginary”
“The Imaginary”
“Immaculate”
IN BETWEEN STARS AND SCARS: MASTERS OF CINEMA
IN HER PLACE
“In the Land of Saints and Sinners”
“In the Summers”
INDIGO GIRLS: IT’S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL
“Inside Out 2”
INSIDE THE YELLOW COCCOON SHELL
“The Instigators”
“It Ends with Us”
“Janet Planet”
“Joker: Folie à Deux”
JOY
“Juror #2”
“Kanguva”
“The Keeper”
“Kensuke’s Kingdom”
“Kinds of Kindness”
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
“Kneecap”
KNOX GOES AWAY
“Kraven the Hunter”
“Kung Fu Panda 4”
“La Cocina”
LAKE GEORGE
“The Last Front”
“The Last Showgirl”
“Last Summer”
“Late Night with the Devil”
“Lee”
LEFT BEHIND
“Lisa Frankenstein”
THE LISTENER
THE LONG WAY OF CARLOS GUERRERO
“Longing”
“Longlegs”
LOOK BACK
“The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim”
“Los Frikis”
LOST LADIES
THE LOST LEGACY OF TONY GAUDIO
“Love Lies Bleeding”
LOVELY JACKSON
LOVER OF MEN, THE UNTOLD STORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

MADAME WEB
MAHAYOGI
“Maria”
MARS EXPRESS
MARTHA
“MaXXXine”
MEAN GIRLS
MEETING YOU, MEETING ME
“Megalopolis”
“Memoir of a Snail”
MILESTONE
“The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare”
MISS OR MISSES
“Moana 2”
“Monkey Man”
MOTHER’S INSTINCT
MOUNTAIN QUEEN: THE SUMMITS OF LKAHPA SHERPA
“Mufasa: The Lion King”
MURDERESS
“My Old Ass”
“My Penguin Friend”
“National Anthem”
THE NEON HIGHWAY
“Never Let Go”
“Nickel Boys”
“Night Swim”
“Nightbitch”
“1992”
NO RIGHT WAY
“Nosferatu”
NURSE UNSEEN
“Oh, Canada”
OMNI LOOP
“One Life”
“The Order”
“Ordinary Angels”
THE OTHER, GOLD
“The Outrun”
PEDRO PARAMO
“The People’s Joker”
“The Performance”
“The Piano Lesson”
“Piece by Piece”
“Porcelain War”
“Problemista”
“Putul”

“Queens”
“Queer”
“A Quiet Place: Day One”
RAY OF HOPE
REAGAN
“A Real Pain”
REBEL MOON – PART TWO: THE SCARGIVER
“Red One”
THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF IBELIN
“The Return”
REZ BALL
“The Room Next Door”
“Rumours”
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO | OPUS
SAMUEL: HOLLYWOOD VS. HOLLYWOOD
“Santosh”
“Sasquatch Sunset”
“Saturday Night”
SEBASTIAN
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
“Seeking Mavis Beacon”
SEPARATED
“September 5”
SHE TAUGHT LOVE
“Shirley”
“Sing Sing”
SIROCCO AND THE KINGDOM OF WINDS
“The Six Triple Eight”
“Skincare”
SKYWALKERS: A LOVE STORY
“Small Things like These”
SMILE 2
“Sometimes I Think about Dying”
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3
“Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot”
“Spaceman”
“Speak No Evil”
SPELLBOUND
STATE ORGANS: UNMASKING TRANSPLANT ABUSE IN CHINA
STOP MOTION
“Strange Darling”
“The Strangers – Chapter 1”
“Stress Positions”
“The Substance”
“Sugarcane”
SUMMER SOLSTICE

“Suncoast”
“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story”
“Swatantrya Veer Savarkar”
THE TASTE OF MANGO
THAT CHRISTMAS
“Thelma”
THELMA THE UNICORN
THERE’S STILL TOMORROW
“The Thicket”
“Tokyo Cowboy”
“Touch”
“Transformers One”
“Trap”
“Tuesday”
“Twisters”
2073
“Ultraman: Rising”
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
“Unstoppable”
UNSUNG HERO
“Venom: The Last Dance”
“Vermiglio”
VESEKLA: THE RAINBOW ON THE CORNER AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD
VIGILANTES: AMERICAN’S NEW VOTE SUPPRESSION HITMEN
THE WAIT
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
WALTZING WITH BRANDO
‘WAR GAME
“The Watchers”
WAVES
“We Grown Now”
“We Live in Time”
WE WILL DANCE AGAIN
“White Bird”
“Wicked”
“Wicked Little Letters”
“Widow Clicquot”
“The Wild Robot”
“Wildcat”
“Will & Harper”
“William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill”
“Wolfs”
WOMAN OF THE HOUR
“Young Woman and the Sea”
“Your Monster”
THE ZEBRAS
ZURAWSKI V TEXAS