Musical Emilia Pérez, about a Mexican drug lord, is the frontrunner for the Academy Awards, with 13 nominations. But its depiction of the country is stoking criticism.

Netflix has become the most nominated studio at the Oscars 2025, with 18 nominations in total. To no one's surprise, Jacques Audiard's Emilia Pérez has earned most of them.

The directing lineup encompasses all first-timers — Sean Baker (“Anora”), Brady Corbet (“The Brutalist”), James Mangold (“A Complete Unknown”), Jacques Audiard (“Emilia Pérez”) and Coralie Fargeat (“The Substance”), a first since 1997 where James Cameron’s “Titanic” swept the ceremony. In fact, 13 of the 20 actors recognized their inaugural noms.

The Academy Awards season begins with the announcement of all Oscar nominees. Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott will host the broadcast, which will stream on ABC, Disney+ and Hulu.

Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language cartel musical has garnered a lot of buzz this Oscar season — good and bad. Here's everything to know about the 'Emilia Pérez' discourse.

"Emilia Perez" leads the Oscar awards nomination from Netflix, followed by 'Anuja' and the full list is below.

Actors Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang announced the nominees for the 97th Academy Awards. Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” the Netflix narco-musical about transgender identity, dominated the list with 13 nominations.

Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón was nominated in the Best Actress category. Netflix’s Spanish language crime musical earned a leading 13 Oscar nominations

Emilia Pérez' star Karla Sofía Gascón has become the first openly transgender actor to be nominated for an Academy Award.

As it earned a record 13 Oscar nominations, Jacques Audiard's Spanish-language film Emilia Perez Is facing criticism in Mexico, where it is set.

The French, Spanish-language film set in Mexico broke the record for most nominations for a non-English-language movie

Emilia Pérez' thinks it’s in a transgressive tradition. Instead, it turns out like every other narco movie. The director falls for one of the worst stereotypes.