2025 Oscar Nomination Predictions (October)
From most to least likely to earn a nomination:
Best Picture
One Battle After Another
Hamnet
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Marty Supreme
Avatar: Fire and Ash
It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
—Jay Kelly
No Other Choice
Rental Family
Bugonia
Is This Thing On?
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Jafar Panah, It Was Just an Accident
—Kleber Mendonça Filho, The Secret Agent
Park Chan-wook, No Other Choice
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Scott Cooper, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Jon M. Chu, Wicked: For Good
Best Actress
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked: For Good
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Emma Stone, Bugonia
Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee
—Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Sydney Sweeney, Christy
Julia Roberts, After the Hunt
Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Jeremy Allen White, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent
Brendan Fraser, Rental Family
—George Clooney, Jay Kelly
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Jesse Plemons, Bugonia
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Will Arnett, Is This Thing On?
Best Supporting Actress
Ariana Grande, Wicked: For Good
Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Regina Hall, One Battle After Another
—Glenn Close, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Gwyneth Paltrow, Marty Supreme
Odessa A'zion, Marty Supreme
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Jamie Lee Curtis, Ella McCay
Best Supporting Actor
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Jeremy Strong, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
—Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly
Jonathan Bailey, Wicked: For Good
Delroy Lindo, Sinners
Josh O’Connor, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Ben Foster, Christy
Best Original Screenplay
Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt, Sentimental Value
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Jafar Panahi, Nader Saeivar, Shadmehr Rastin and Mehdi Mahmoudian, It Was Just an Accident
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer, Jay Kelly
—Kleber Mendonça Filho, The Secret Agent
Will Arnett, Mark Chappell, Bradley Cooper and John Bishop, Is This Thing On?
Hikari and Stephen Blahut, Rental Family
Robert Kaplow, Blue Moon
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Testament of Ann Lee
Best Adapted Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Maggie O’Farrell and Chloe Zhao, Hamnet
Rian Johnson, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar, No Other Choice
Scott Cooper, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
—Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams
Will Tracy, Bugonia
Dana Fox and Winnie Holzman, Wicked: For Good
Nia DaCosta, Hedda
Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein
Best International Feature
Sentimental Value (Norway)
It Was Just an Accident (France)
The Secret Agent (Brazil)
No Other Choice (South Korea)
Left-Handed Girl (Taiwan)
—The President’s Cake (Iraq)
Mr. Nobody Against Putin (Denmark)
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)
Sound of Falling (Germany)
Sirāt (Spain)
Best Casting
Cassandra Kulukundis, One Battle After Another
Francine Maisler, Sinners
Bret Howe and Mary Vernieu, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Yngvill Kolset Haga and Avy Kaufman, Sentimental Value
Nina Gold, Hamnet
—Francine Maisler, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Jennifer Venditti, Marty Supreme
Tiffany Little Canfield and Bernard Telsey, Wicked: For Good
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
Douglas Aibel and Nina Gold, Jay Kelly
More categories to come!