Emilia Perez (2024/2025)

Emilia Perez commands attention as a genre-hybrid triumph, winning the Cannes Jury Prize and earning 13 Oscar nominations—the most of any 2025 film. Jacques Audiard's Spanish-language musical crime drama grossed $180 million worldwide against a $25 million budget, faster than the average awards contender in box office return. Its critical consensus of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes surpasses #5 Nosferatu in breadth of appeal, blending categories without losing coherence.