2025 Oscars Predictions
I’m predicting my favorite categories for movies biggest night!
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2025 Oscars Predictions
Reminder: before we start, I see no need to go through every single category, so I’m just sticking to my favorites with this one. And please remember my predictions are built on acute knowledge and research of every little component involving film; therefore, they cannot be judged or questioned in the least. The assumption is that all of them are correct.
Every. Single. One.
BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Wild Robot
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Should Win: Memoir of a Snail
Will Win: The Wild Robot
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Porcelain War
No Other Land
Black Box Dairies
Sugarcane
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Should Win: No Other Land
Will Win: No Other Land
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
I’m Still Here (Brazil)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
The Girl with the Needle (Denmark)
Flow (Latvia)
Emilia Pérez (France)
Should Win: I’m Still Here
Will Win: I’m Still Here
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Better Man
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Dune: Part Two
Alien: Romulus
Wicked
Should Win: Dune: Part Two
Will Win: Dune: Part Two
BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Clément Ducol and Camille - Emilia Pérez
Daniel Blumberg - The Brutalist
Volker Bertelmann - Conclave
Kris Bowers - The Wild Robot
John Powell and Stephen Schwartz - Wicked
Should Win: Daniel Blumber
Will Win: Daniel Blumberg
BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Coralie Fargeat - The Substance
Sean Baker - Anora
Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David - September 5
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold - The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg - A Real Pain
Should Win: The Brutalist
Will Win: Anora
BEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes - Nickel Boys
Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield - Sing Sing
James Mangold and Jay Cocks - A Complete Unknown
Peter Straughan - Conclave
Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi - Emilia Pérez
Should Win: Sing Sing
Will Win: Conclave
BEST FILM EDITING
Nick Emerson - Conclave
Myron Kerstein - Wicked
David Jancso - The Brutalist
Juliette Welfling - Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker - Anora
Should Win: David Jancso - The Brutalist
Will Win: Nick Emerson - Conclave
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Greig Fraser - Dune: Part Two
Paul Guilhaume - Emilia Pérez
Ed Lachman - Maria
Jarin Blaschke - Nosferatu
Lol Crawley - The Brutalist
Should Win: Greig Fraser - Dune: Part Two
Will Win: Lol Crawley - The Brutalist
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Yura Borisov– Anora
Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice
Should Win: Guy Pearce
Will Win: Kieran Culkin
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown
Should Win: Monica Barbaro
Will Win: Zoe Saldaña
BEST ACTOR
Colman Domingo– Sing Sing
Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Should Win: Adrien Brody
Will Win: Adrien Brody
BEST ACTRESS
Demi Moore – The Substance
Mikey Madison – Anora
Fernanda Torres - I’m Still Here
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Cynthia Erivo– Wicked
Should Win: Mikey Madison
Will Win: Demi Moore
BEST DIRECTOR
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker – Anora
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
James Mangold - A Complete Unknown
Should Win: Brady Corbet
Will Win: Sean Baker
BEST PICTURE
Wicked
The Substance
Nickel Boys
Anora
A Complete Unknown
The Brutalist
I’m Still Here
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Conclave
Should Win: Dune: Part Two
Will Win: Anora
The 97th Academy Awards air Sunday, March 2, 2025 on ABC.