I’m Still Here

I ’m Still Hereearned a surprisal Best Picture nomination for the Oscars 2025 , and it may issue forth as a surprise to learn the unlikely winner hold up a noteworthy record among the nominees . The Brazilian drama base on a true story starring Fernanda Torres was not widely predict to be in theBest Picture lineupby the meter Oscar nomination were announced . Even after its vital acclamation and credit at the Golden Globes , most - myself included - were still diffident to predictI’m Still Herewould be one of the ten nominee , and yet it was .

That credit meantI’m Still Herehad a shot to advance Best Picture , technically , even if that outcome did not come along potential . I even put the movie in the " Just Happy To Be Nominated " family in myBest Picture Tier Ranking . The three Oscar nominations that the movie received helped wreak more attention to an international dramatic event than would have come otherwise . It ’s help make Fernanda Torres a more placeable actress and made wave for Brazilian cinema . While it ’s not considered a legitimate candidate to win Best Picture , one disk suggests it should be .

I’m Still Here Has The Highest Rotten Tomatoes Score Among The Oscars 2025 Best Picture Nominees

The Movie Earned Wide Critical Praise

Most of the Best Picture nominees in 2025 are movies that accomplish a certain level of critical acclaim . All are impertinent onRotten Tomatoesand have achieved attest Fresh status with critics . However , I’m Still Hereis in the best office of all the candidate . I’m Still Here ’s 97 % critics score on Rotten Tomatoes is the highest among the Best Picture nominees . It ’s a full four percentage points gamy than the next best film . If that was n’t telling enough , I’m Still Here ’s audience score of 97 % is also the high from the ten nominated movies .

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97 %

Anora

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93 %

89 %

The Brutalist

Fernanda Torres as Eunice Paiva inside a car in I’m Still Here

80 %

Conclave

86 %

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92 %

95 %

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91 %

75 %

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88 %

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81 %

Emilia Pérez

72 %

16 %

The critical congratulations forI’m Still Hereis not a fluke or a matter of the plastic film not make a self-aggrandising enough pool of reviews to pull from . However , it is worth observe that the moving picture has the fewest reviews among the ten film , with 166 review counted on the collector . It andNickel Boysare the only films with less than 200 followup , and all but them andEmilia Pérezhave over 300 reviews . I’m Still Here ’s average review score of 8.3 is also lower thanAnora(8.5),The Brutalist(8.7),Dune : Part Two(8.4 ) , andNickel Boys(8.4 ) .

I’m Still Here Is Unlikely To Win Best Picture Despite Its Incredible Critical Acclaim

Critics Don’t Vote On The Oscars

Academy members share the love that critic have forI’m Still Here , otherwise it would not have earned a dapple among the Best Picture nominee . That makesI’m Still Here ’s Best Picture nominationstatus as a not - naturalistic contender to advance a fleck perplexing at first . However , there is a bighearted difference between getting good reviews and being a Best Picture nominee , let alone winning the award . Winning Best Picture requires having a good amount of financing for campaigning , a strong narrative pushing , and/or loads of support from nominations and win in other categories .

I ’m Still Heremay have the support of the Brazilian movie scenery , but Sony Pictures has not cope to turn it into a bigger challenger . external films have a tough time winning Best Picture historically , and most success in this family have a lot more than two other nomination . I’m Still Heremay not win Best Picture at the Oscars 2025 , but at least it can say it hold a disc among its fellow nominee .

reservoir : Rotten Tomatoes

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