Screenplay Oscar Nominations & Contenders: read full list of Original & Adapted Screenplays
- Tersi Collins
- Jan 23
- 2 min read
2024 - Oscar Nominees
Bridge 17 Studio - The nominations for the 97th Acamedy Awards were announced Thursday, January 23, 2025, at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles, after being delayed by the LA wildfires. The announcements were met with shock, snubs, and surprises. Many expected Denzel Washington (Gladiator II,) Daniel Craig (Queer), Nicole Kidman (Babygirl), and Jamie Lee Curtis (The Last Showgirl) performances to receive nominations, they missed the mark this year. While many look for the sugar that sells in the actor nominations, writers focus on the Original and Adapted screenplays. Take a look at this year's nominations and contenders below. Do you see any snubs? Do you have a prediction of the winners?
Best Adapted Screenplay
(screenplays below)
A Complete Unknown (James Mangold & Jay Cocks)
Conclave (Peter Straughan)
Nickel Boys (RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes)
Sing Sing (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar)
Emilia Pérez (Jacques Audiard)
Best Original Screenplay
(screenplays below)
Anora (Sean Baker)
The Brutalist (Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold)
A Real Pain (Jesse Eisenberg)
September 5 (Mortiz Binder & Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David)
The Substance (Coralie Fargeat)
2024 - Award Contenders (Film)
A Different Man
All We Imagine As Light (98 pages)
A Real Pain (101 pages)
Babygirl
Conclave
Didi (104 pages)
Dune Part Two (119 pages)
Emilia Pérez (124 pages)
Flow
Memoir of a Snail (86 pages)
My Old Ass (104 pages)
Nosferatu
Saturday Night (125 pages)
September 5 (108 pages)
Sing Sing (77 pages)
Thelma
Small Things Like These
The Apprentice
The Piano Lesson
The Fire Inside
The Last Showgirl
A Better Man
Wicked
While I didn’t expect Babygirl nor The Last Showgirl to be screenplay nominees I thought for best actress or supporting would be on the list.