
‘Inside Out 2’ among 15 Oscar nominations for Disney
“Inside Out 2” received the Best Animated Feature Film Oscar nomination today, one of 15 nominations for the 97th Academy Awards from across The Walt Disney Studios – including from 20th Century Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Searchlight Pictures, and Walt Disney Studios and National Geographic Documentary Films.
The Oscars will air live on ABC and for the first time stream live on Hulu on Sunday, March 2, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, with the official live red-carpet show airing at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.
Searchlight Pictures received 10 nominations, with eight for “A Complete Unknown.” The studio also earned two nods for “A Real Pain,” for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor. Searchlight Pictures has now amassed 23 Best Picture Academy Award nominations and a grand total of 205 Academy Award nominations.
Pixar Animation Studios’ “Inside Out 2,” the highest-grossing film of 2024, was nominated for Best Animated Feature. 20th Century Studios received two nods for Best Visual Effects across “Alien: Romulus” and “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.”
National Geographic Documentary Films captured its fifth nomination in seven years in the Documentary Feature Film category for “Sugarcane.” Disney Branded Television received its second nomination in two years with “Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late” up for Best Original Song.
Disney’s streaming platforms are home to seven nominations, with Best Animated Feature nominee Inside Out 2 now streaming on Disney+ and “A Real Pain” on Hulu receiving nods for Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay.
The Walt Disney Company’s total nominations are as follows:

A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)
8 Nominations
Now in Theaters
- Best Picture — Fred Berger, James Mangold, and Alex Heineman
- Best Director — James Mangold
- Best Actor — Timothée Chalamet
- Best Supporting Actor — Edward Norton
- Best Supporting Actress — Monica Barbaro
- Best Adapted Screenplay — James Mangold & Jay Cocks
- Best Costume Design — Arianne Phillips
- Best Sound — Ted Caplan, Tod A. Maitland, Paul Massey, David Giammarco, and Donald Sylvester

A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
2 Nominations
Now in Theaters and Streaming on Hulu
- Best Supporting Actor — Kieran Culkin
- Best Original Screenplay — Jesse Eisenberg

Alien: Romulus (20th Century Studios)
1 Nomination
Now Streaming on Hulu
- Best Visual Effects — Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin, and Shane Mahan

Elton John: Never Too Late (Disney Branded Television)
1 Nomination
Now Streaming on Disney+
- Best Original Song — “Never Too Late,” Disney Legend Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt, and Bernie Taupin

Inside Out 2 (Pixar Animation Studios)
1 Nomination
Now Streaming on Disney+
- Best Animated Feature Film — Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Studios)
1 Nomination
Now Streaming on Hulu
- Best Visual Effects — Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, and Rodney Burke

Sugarcane (National Geographic Documentary Films)
1 Nomination
Now Streaming on Disney+ and Hulu
- Best Documentary Feature Film — Nominees to Be Determined
Here’s a complete list of all the nominations:
Best picture
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Best animated feature film
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Best animated short film
Beautiful Men
In the Shadow of the Cypress
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!
Achievement in cinematography
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu
Achievement in costume design
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked
Achievement in directing
Anora, Sean Baker
The Brutalist, Brady Corbet
A Complete Unknown, James Mangold
Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard
The Substance, Coralie Fargeat
Best documentary feature film
Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane
Best documentary short film
Death by Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Achievement in film editing
Anora, Sean Baker
The Brutalist, David Jancso
Conclave, Nick Emerson
Emilia Pérez, Juliette Welfling
Wicked, Myron Kerstein
Best international feature film
I’m Still Here, Brazil
The Girl with the Needle, Denmark
Emilia Pérez, France
The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Germany
Flow, Latvia
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
A Different Man, Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado
Emilia Pérez, Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini
Nosferatu, David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton
The Substance, Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli
Wicked, Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth
Original Score
The Brutalist, Daniel Blumberg
Conclave, Volker Bertelmann
Emilia Pérez, Clément Ducol and Camille
Wicked, John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
The Wild Robot, Kris Bowers
Original Song
“El Mal” from Emilia Pérez
“The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight
“Like A Bird” from Sing Sing
“Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez
“Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late
Achievement in production design
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked
Best live action short film
A Lien
Anuja
I’m Not a Robot
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Achievement in sound
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Achievement in visual effects
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
A Complete Unknown, Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
Conclave, Screenplay by Peter Straughan
Emilia Pérez, Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi
Nickel Boys, Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing, Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Anora, Written by Sean Baker
The Brutalist, Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
A Real Pain, Written by Jesse Eisenberg
September 5, Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David
The Substance, Written by Coralie Fargeat