2025 Oscars – 97th Academy Awards predictions
Note: missed nominations are marked with an (x).
Films removed from the list:
All We Imagine as Light
April
Babygirl
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Blitz
Challengers
Civil War
The Devil's Bath
Dìdi
Dahomey
Daughters
Eden
The Fire Inside
From Ground Zero
Grand Tour
Hard Truths
Heretic
Holland
Horizon: An American Saga
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
Joker: Folie à Deux
Juror #2
Kinds of Kindness
Kneecap
The Last Showgirl
Long Day's Journey Into Night
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Meeting with Pol Pot
Megalopolis
Mickey 17
Moana 2
Mothers' Instinct
Oh, Canada
The Order
The Outrun
The Piano Lesson
Piece by Piece
Queer
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
The Return
The Room Next Door
Saturday Night
Shirley
Small Things Like These
Sujo
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Thelma
Transformers One
Twisters
Union
Vermiglio
We Live in Time
Will & Harper
Young Woman and the Sea
Films removed from the list:
All We Imagine as Light
April
Babygirl
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Blitz
Challengers
Civil War
The Devil's Bath
Dìdi
Dahomey
Daughters
Eden
The Fire Inside
From Ground Zero
Grand Tour
Hard Truths
Heretic
Holland
Horizon: An American Saga
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
Joker: Folie à Deux
Juror #2
Kinds of Kindness
Kneecap
The Last Showgirl
Long Day's Journey Into Night
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Meeting with Pol Pot
Megalopolis
Mickey 17
Moana 2
Mothers' Instinct
Oh, Canada
The Order
The Outrun
The Piano Lesson
Piece by Piece
Queer
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
The Return
The Room Next Door
Saturday Night
Shirley
Small Things Like These
Sujo
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Thelma
Transformers One
Twisters
Union
Vermiglio
We Live in Time
Will & Harper
Young Woman and the Sea
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- DirectorRidley ScottStarsPaul MescalDenzel WashingtonPedro PascalAfter his home is conquered by the tyrannical emperors who now lead Rome, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum and must look to his past to find strength to return the glory of Rome to its people.Best Supporting Actor (x)
(Denzel Washington)
Best Sound (x)
Best Costume Design
Best Production Design (x)
Best Visual Effects (x) - DirectorPablo LarraínStarsAngelina JoliePierfrancesco FavinoAlba RohrwacherMaria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity.Best Actress (x)
(Angelina Jolie)
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design (x)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling (x) - DirectorJesse EisenbergStarsKieran CulkinJesse EisenbergOlha BosovaMismatched cousins reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother, but their old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.Best Supporting Actor
(Kieran Culkin)
Best Original Screenplay - DirectorAaron SchimbergStarsSebastian StanRenate ReinsveAdam PearsonAn aspiring actor undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance, but his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare.Best Actor (x)
(Sebastian Stan)
Best Supporting Actor (x)
(Adam Pearson)
Best Original Screenplay (x)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling - DirectorKelsey MannStarsAmy PoehlerMaya HawkeKensington TallmanA sequel that features Riley entering puberty and experiencing brand new, more complex emotions as a result. As Riley tries to adapt to her teenage years, her old emotions try to adapt to the possibility of being replaced.Best Animated Feature Film
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsTimothée ChalametZendayaRebecca FergusonPaul Atreides unites with the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future.Best Picture
Best Director (x)
(Denis Villeneuve)
Best Adapted Screenplay (x)
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing (x)
Best Sound
Best Costume Design (x)
Best Production Design
Best Makeup and Hairstyling (x)
Best Visual Effects - DirectorGreg KwedarStarsColman DomingoClarence MaclinSean San JoseDivine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art.Best Actor
(Colman Domingo)
Best Supporting Actor (x)
(Clarence Maclin)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Song
("Like a Bird") - DirectorChris SandersStarsLupita Nyong'oPedro PascalKit ConnorAfter a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.Best Animated Feature Film
Best Sound
Best Original Song (x)
("Kiss the Sky")
Best Original Score - DirectorSean BakerStarsMikey MadisonPaul WeissmanYura BorisovA young stripper from Brooklyn meets and impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairy tale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.Best Picture
Best Director
(Sean Baker)
Best Actress
(Mikey Madison)
Best Supporting Actor
(Yura Borisov)
Best Original Screenplay
Best Cinematography (x)
Best Film Editing
Best Production Design (x) - DirectorEdward BergerStarsRalph FiennesStanley TucciJohn LithgowWhen Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, he finds himself at the center of a web of conspiracies and intrigue that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church.Best Picture
Best Director (x)
(Edward Berger)
Best Actor
(Ralph Fiennes)
Best Supporting Actor (x)
(Stanley Tucci)
Best Supporting Actress
(Isabella Rossellini)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography (x)
Best Film Editing
Best Costume Design
Best Production Design
Best Original Score - DirectorJacques AudiardStarsZoe SaldañaKarla Sofía GascónSelena GomezEmilia Pérez follows three remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. Cartel leader Emilia enlists unappreciated lawyer Rita to help fake her death so that she can finally live authentically as her true self.Best Picture
Best Director
(Jacques Audiard)
Best Actress
(Karla Sofía Gascón)
Best Supporting Actress
(Selena Gomez) (x)
(Zoe Saldaña)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best International Feature Film
(France)
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Sound
Best Costume Design (x)
Best Production Design (x)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Original Song
("El Mal")
("Mi Camino")
Best Original Score - DirectorJames MangoldStarsTimothée ChalametEdward NortonElle FanningIn 1961, an unknown 19-year-old Bob Dylan arrives in New York City with his guitar and forges relationships with musical icons on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking performance that reverberates around the world.Best Picture
Best Director
(James Mangold)
Best Actor
(Timothée Chalamet)
Best Supporting Actor
(Edward Norton)
Best Supporting Actress
(Monica Barbaro)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography (x)
Best Film Editing (x)
Best Sound
Best Costume Design
Best Production Design (x) - DirectorMohammad RasoulofStarsSoheila GolestaniMissagh ZarehSetareh MalekiAn investigating judge struggles with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran caused by the death of a young woman. When his gun goes missing, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing harsh measures that fray family ties.Best International Feature Film
(Germany) - DirectorGints ZilbalodisCat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences.Best Animated Feature Film
Best International Feature Film
(Latvia) - DirectorAdam ElliotStarsJacki WeaverSarah SnookCharlotte BelseyA bittersweet memoir of a melancholic woman called Grace Pudel - a hoarder of snails, romance novels, and guinea pigs.Best Animated Feature Film
- DirectorWalter SallesStarsFernanda TorresFernanda MontenegroSelton MelloA woman married to a former politician during the military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.Best Picture
Best Actress
(Fernanda Torres)
Best International Feature Film
(Brazil) - DirectorBrady CorbetStarsAdrien BrodyFelicity JonesGuy PearceWhen a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious, wealthy client.Best Picture
Best Director
(Brady Corbet)
Best Actor
(Adrien Brody)
Best Supporting Actor
(Guy Pearce)
Best Supporting Actress
(Felicity Jones)
Best Original Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Costume Design (x)
Best Production Design
Best Original Score - DirectorAli AbbasiStarsSebastian StanJeremy StrongMartin DonovanA young man took over his father's real-estate business in 1970s and '80s New York, and got the helping hand of an infamous closeted gay lawyer who helped him turn this young man into a notorious legend. Based on true events.Best Actor
(Sebastian Stan)
Best Supporting Actor
(Jeremy Strong)
Best Supporting Actress (x)
(Maria Bakalova)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling (x) - DirectorJon M. ChuStarsCynthia ErivoAriana GrandeJeff GoldblumElphaba, a young woman ridiculed for her green skin, and Galinda, a popular girl, become friends at Shiz University in the Land of Oz. After an encounter with the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads.Best Picture
Best Director (x)
(Jon M. Chu)
Best Actress
(Cynthia Erivo)
Best Supporting Actress
(Ariana Grande)
Best Adapted Screenplay (x)
Best Cinematography (x)
Best Film Editing
Best Sound
Best Costume Design
Best Production Design
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Visual Effects
Best Original Score - DirectorRaMell RossStarsEthan HerisseBrandon WilsonAunjanue Ellis-TaylorBased on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, "Nickel Boys" chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African-American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.Best Picture
Best Director (x)
(RaMell Ross)
Best Supporting Actress (x)
(Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography (x) - DirectorCoralie FargeatStarsDemi MooreMargaret QualleyDennis QuaidA fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.Best Picture
Best Director
(Coralie Fargeat)
Best Actress
(Demi Moore)
Best Supporting Actress (x)
(Margaret Qualley)
Best Original Screenplay
Best Costume Design (x)
Best Production Design (x)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling - DirectorMagnus von HornStarsVic Carmen SonneTrine DyrholmBesir ZeciriCopenhagen 1919: A young worker finds herself unemployed and pregnant. She meets Dagmar, who runs an underground adoption agency. A strong connection grows but her world shatters when she stumbles on the shocking truth behind her work.Best International Feature Film
(Denmark) - DirectorRobert EggersStarsLily-Rose DeppNicholas HoultBill SkarsgårdA gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Production Design
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Original Score (x) - DirectorWes BallStarsOwen TeagueFreya AllanKevin DurandMany years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to question everything he's been taught about the past and make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.Best Visual Effects
- DirectorFede AlvarezStarsCailee SpaenyDavid JonssonArchie RenauxWhile scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonists come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.Best Sound (x)
Best Visual Effects
