
Featuring Six Films Nominated for "Best Picture"
at the 97th Academy Awards
2025 FEATURED FILMS:
ANORA
A young escort from Brooklyn meets and impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch.
Once the news reaches Russia, her fairy tale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.
Directed by: Sean Baker || Distributed by: Neon Rated LLC || Rated 93% on Rotten Tomatoes || 7.8/10 on IMDb
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THE SUBSTANCE
A fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
Directed by: Coralie Fargeat || Distributed by: Variance Films || Rated 89% on Rotten Tomatoes || 7.3/10 on IMDb
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THE BRUTALIST
When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States,
their lives are changed forever by a mysterious, wealthy client.
Directed by: Brady Corbet || Distributed by: A24|| Rated 93% on Rotten Tomatoes || 8.0/10 on IMDb
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EMILIA PEREZ
Emilia Pérez, based on Audiard’s opera libretto of the same name, follows a Mexican cartel leader who enlists a lawyer
to help her fake her death in order to retire and transition into a woman.
Director: Jacques Audiard || Distributed by: Netflix || Rated 74% on Rotten Tomatoes || 5.8/10 on IMDb
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I’M STILL HERE
A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family’s life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence during the tightening grip of a military dictatorship in Brazil, 1971.
Director: Walter Salles || Distributed by: Sony Classics || Rated 96% on Rotten Tomatoes || 8.8/10 on IMDb
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NICKEL BOYS
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, “Nickel Boys” chronicles the powerful friendship between
two young African-American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.
Director: RaMell Ross || Distributed by: MGM || Rated 90% on Rotten Tomatoes || 7.6/10 on IMDb
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