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
It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
—Jay Kelly
No Other Choice
Frankenstein
Rental Family
Bugonia
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
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Jonathan Bailey, Wicked: For Good
Delroy Lindo, Sinners
Josh O’Connor, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
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 Animated Feature
KPop Demon Hunters
Zootopia 2
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Arco
Elio
—Ne Zha 2
In Your Dreams
The Bad Guys 2
Scarlet
A Magnificent Life
Best Documentary Feature
The Perfect Neighbor
The Tale of Silyan
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Orwell 2+2=5
—The Librarians
The Alabama Solution
Seeds
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Eyes of Ghana
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
Best Cinematography
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein
Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another
Lukasz Zal, Hamnet
Darius Khondji, Marty Supreme
—David Chambille, Nouvelle Vague
Robbie Ryan, Bugonia
Adolfo Veloso, Train Dreams
Claudio Miranda, F1
Russell Carpenter, Avatar: Fire and Ash
Best Costume Design
Paul Tazewell, Wicked: For Good
Ruth E. Carter, Sinners
Kate Hawley, Frankenstein
Malgosia Turzanska, Hamnet
Malgorzata Karpiuk, The Testament of Ann Lee
—Lindsay Pugh, Hedda
Colleen Atwood, One Battle After Another
Miyako Bellizzi, Marty Supreme
Colleen Atwood and Christine L. Cantella, Kiss of the Spider Woman
Pascaline Chavanne, Nouvelle Vague
Best Film Editing
Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another
Michael P. Shawver, Sinners
Ronald Bronstein, Marty Supreme
Stephen Mirrione, F1
Chloé Zhao and Affonso Gonçalves, Hamnet
—Olivier Bugge Coutté, Sentimental Value
Myron Kerstein, Wicked: For Good
Evan Schiff, Frankenstein
Kirk Baxter, A House of Dynamite
James Cameron, Nicolas De Toth, John Refoua, David Brenner and Stephen E. Rivkin, Avatar: Fire and Ash
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The team from Wicked: For Good
The team from Frankenstein
The team from Sinners
The team from The Smashing Machine
The team from Bugonia
—The team from Christy
The team from Weapons
The team from Kiss of the Spider Woman
The team from One Battle After Another
The team from Hamnet
Best Original Score
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
Max Richter, Hamnet
Stephen Schwartz and John Powell, Wicked: For Good
Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
—Nicholas Britell, Jay Kelly
Daniel Blumberg, The Testament of Ann Lee
Hania Rani, Sentimental Value
Hildur Guðnadóttir, Hedda
Daniel Lopatin, Marty Supreme
Best Original Song
“Dear Me,” Diane Warren: Relentless
“Golden,” KPop Demon Hunters
“No Place Like Home,” Wicked: For Good
“I Lied to You,” Sinners
“Highest 2 Lowest,” Highest 2 Lowest
—“The Girl in the Bubble,” Wicked: For Good
“Clothed by the Sun,” The Testament of Ann Lee
“Lose My Mind,” F1
“Zoo,” Zootopia 2
“Train Dreams,” Train Dreams
Best Production Design
Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales, Wicked: For Good
Hannah Beachler and Monique Champagne, Sinners
Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau, Frankenstein
Dylan Cole, Ben Procter and Vanessa Cole, Avatar: Fire and Ash
Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton, Hamnet
—Jack Fisk and Adam Willis, Marty Supreme
Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino, One Battle After Another
Katia Wyszkop, Nouvelle Vague
Cara Bower and Stella Fox, Hedda
Scott Chambliss and Andrew Baseman, Kiss of the Spider Woman
Best Sound
The team from One Battle After Another
The team from Wicked: For Good
The team from Avatar: Fire and Ash
The team from Sinners
The team from F1
—The team from Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
The team from Frankenstein
The team from Marty Supreme
The team from Warfare
The team from Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Best Visual Effects
The team from Avatar: Fire and Ash
The team from Wicked: For Good
The team from Sinners
The team from F1
The team from Frankenstein
—The team from Superman
The team from How to Train Your Dragon
The team from The Running Man
The team from The Fantastic Four: First Steps
The team from Tron: Ares
Best Animated Short
TBD
Best Documentary Short
TBD
Best Live Action Short
TBD