BEVERLY HILLS, California, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Musical

thriller "Emilia Perez" and historical epic "The Brutalist" led

the roster of films nominated on Monday for the 2025 Golden

Globes, the Hollywood honors that kick off the movie awards

season leading to the Oscars.

"Emilia Perez," released by Netflix, scored 10 nods

and "The Brutalist," from independent distributor A24, earned

seven.

Taking home a Globe can help movies in the race to the

Academy Awards in March. Last year's Hollywood strikes scrambled

this year's release schedule, and awards pundits say there is no

clear frontrunner for best picture at the Oscars.

The Globe winners will be chosen by 334 entertainment

journalists from 85 countries and will be announced Jan. 5 at a

ceremony broadcast live on CBS and streamed on Paramount+.

"Emilia Perez" stars Zoe Saldana as a lawyer who helps a

drug cartel leader (Spanish actor Karla Sofía Gascón) fake his

death and transition from a man to a woman. Selena Gomez

co-stars as the cartel leader's wife. All three were nominated

for by Globes voters for acting honors.

"The Brutalist" stars Adrien Brody in an epic tale of a

Hungarian immigrant who flees the horrors of World War Two to

rebuild his life in the United States.

Box office smash "Wicked," adapted from a long-running

Broadway play about the witches in "The Wizard of Oz," landed

four nominations.