The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards have been announced, and victory at the Golden Globes and nominations from several other notable organizations, the film was already expected to be a force to be reckoned with at the Oscars. However, the film has exceeded expectations and earned several nominations across the board.

This includes a nomination for Best Picture, an award Emilia Pérez is now considered a frontrunner to win. That is a big deal for Netflix, which released the film to critical acclaim. This is the tenth film from Netflix to be nominated for Best Picture. If the musical actually wins, it would break a long-running losing streak from the streaming service at the Oscars. It would be a huge victory for Netflix given their efforts over the last decade of original films to breakthrough in that category, and could impact how the company moves forward with its future film slate.

Emilia Pérez Is In A Great Position To Win Best Picture After The 2025 Oscar Nominations

Emilia Pérez Earning 13 Nominations Makes It A Major Oscar Frontrunner

Emilia Pérez is officially the front-runner for Best Picture at the 97th Academy Awards, which could finally give Netflix a long-wanted victory in the category. Any film that earns over a dozen Oscar nominations will likely win at least some of them, especially if it gains recognition at precursor award ceremonies. Emilia Pérez has accomplished both, with the film earning several awards at the Golden Globes including Best Performance for a Female Actor in a ing Role and Best Picture - Musical or Comedy. The film has remained a major force in the award-season discourse because of its subject matter.

The musical melodrama, which focuses on a crime lord who goes into hiding by transitioning into a woman, has enough hot topic issues to make it an easy conversation starter among Academy . A victory for the film, which includes the first Best Actress nomination for a transgender actress, could be seen as an important moral statement. The film also being widely available across Netflix makes it easier for audiences to check out for themselves. All of these elements play into the growing narrative behind Emilia Pérez, which could propel it to a victory in a tough Best Picture category.

Emilia Pérez Has The Most Oscar Nominations Of Any Netflix Movie

13 Nominations Is An Impressive Tally Of Nominations For Emilia Pérez

Emilia Pérez isn't the only Netflix film to be nominated at the 97th Academy Awards, with Maria, The Six Triple Eight, Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, The Only Girl In the Orchestra, and Anuja also earning nominations. However, Emilia Pérez earning 13 nominations is a historic showing for the French film, as well as Netflix in general. Jacques Audiard's Spanish-language musical is the most nominated non-English language film in Academy history. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Roma (the latter was also a Netflix film) previously held that record, with ten nominations each. Neither film eventually won Best Picture, however.

[Emilia Pérez is] the first Netflix film to earn 13 Oscar nominations, which is a staggering victory for the film all on its own.

By contrast, the momentum behind Emilia Pérez can't be understated. It's the first Netflix film to earn 13 Oscar nominations, which is a staggering victory for the film all on its own. While this doesn't quite reach the all-time nominations record of 14 (an honor shared by All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land), it does indicate that Netflix is very much an award contender. This is a big step forward for the streaming service, which has spent the last decade in competition for Oscar recognition but has so far failed to earn the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Netflix Has Tried & Failed To Get A Best Picture Win Over The Last 7 Years

Nine Netflix Films Have Earned Best Picture Nominations Before Emilia Pérez

Netflix has been in the hunt for the Best Picture Oscar for a decade now, with the first original film from the streamer being considered a genuine contender at the time of release. However, Cary Joji Fukunaga's Beasts of No Nation failed to earn a single nomination after it was released in 2015, considered by many to be among the year's biggest snubs. It would take until Roma in 2019 for Netflix to earn a nomination for Best Picture. The last five years have been kinder for the streamer, with eight other films earning nominations for the Best Picture category.

Despite those nominations, none of the other films Netflix has been up for the Best Picture Oscar has actually walked away with the award. While some of those films did earn major awards at their respective Academy Award ceremonies (such as Roma and The Power of the Dog winning the Best Director award), this has remained an unfortunate streak for Netflix. However, the recognition that Emilia Pérez has earned at the 97th Academy Awards could suggest that fortunes are changing for Netflix, and that the Academy sees them as a major contender. This could be a huge development for Netflix.

What Emilia Pérez Winning Best Picture Would Mean For Netflix

2025 Is A Big Year For Netflix, And Emilia Pérez Earning Oscar Gold Would Be A Great Start

Netflix has grown a lot over the years, developing from a mail-in DVD rental service to one of the defacto names in the world of streaming. The service has struggled at times with earning recognition from the old guard in Hollywood, but critically acclaimed shows like Orange is the New Black and an ever-growing slate of award-nominated films have helped transform them into a powerhouse company. 2025 was already set to be a big year for Netflix, with major shows like Wednesday, Squid Games, and Stranger Things all set to return (with the latter two even concluding their final seasons).

Netflix needs to continue innovating and experimenting if they want to keep growing, and it looks like Emilia Pérez is the exact kind of development that will benefit the streamer. The transgressive elements of the film would have made it next to impossible to produce in the studio system of previous years. However, Netflix took a chance on the film and has now set themselves up to earn serious Oscar recognition for it. Netflix winning a Best Picture Oscar for Emilia Pérez could signify a further commitment to challenging and unique movies from the service, a potentially very exciting development.