Nothing produced by Apple Authentic Movies for Apple TV+ can win an Oscar this 12 months. The nominations went out Thursday, and Apple TV+ didn’t rating a single one.
Movies that appear like Oscar bait — together with Fancy Dance and Blitz — bought completely snubbed.
No Oscars for Apple: Academy snubs TV+
Apple TV+ produces a variety of sequence in quite a lot of genres. Many of those turn out to be very fashionable, win Emmys or each. Apple additionally produces movies… although it is perhaps straightforward to overlook that. New TV sequence premiere each few weeks, whereas the Mac-maker introduces solely a handful of flicks annually.
Nonetheless, through the years a few of these impressed the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences. Final 12 months, Martin Scorsese’s historic epic Killers of the Flower Moon scored ten Oscar nominations — together with for Greatest Image — and Ridley Scott’s historic epic Napoleon earned three.
However in 2025, the whole variety of Oscar noms for Apple Authentic Movies totals zip, zero, nada.
It’s a little bit of a black eye for an organization that’s clearly making an attempt to earn Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes, and so on. Because it brags in current press releases, “To date, Apple Original films, documentaries, and series have been honored with 537 wins and 2,545 award nominations and counting.” These numbers didn’t enhance in the present day.
There are some Oscar wanna-bes
Apple produced a few movies that had the potential to earn Oscars. Nobody anticipated the Matt Damon/Casey Affleck buddy comedy The Instigators to get any consideration from the Academy, however the household drama Fancy Dance starring Lily Gladstone positively had a shot at an Oscar or two. Particularly since Gladstone gained a number of awards final 12 months for her efficiency in Killers of the Flower Moon, and her latest movie was extremely praised by critics.
And there’s Steve McQueen’s WWII drama Blitz. It appears the type of movie that may decide up a nomination. However no.
As a substitute, 13 nominations, together with for Greatest Image, went to Emilia Pérez, a musical a few drug cartel chief who fakes his demise so he can undergo a gender change. And Depraved and The Brutalist earned ten nominations every. The total listing is on the market from the Academy.
