The 97th Academy Awards are scheduled to be presented on March 2, 2025, with the Oscar nominations announcement on January 23, 2025. Below, you can find our predictions in all categories. The movies must have a qualifying run in cinemas (Best International Feature Film being an exception); their final qualification will be confirmed later, depending on whether they have actually been submitted for consideration.
And since we love movies, in addition to the predicted nominees, there are also the ''should be nominated'' shouts and a few additional worthy categories for films, performers and filmmakers that we have seen and would love to see recognised. Browse through them and perhaps you'll also find some help for your own predictions (or something to add to your watchlist).
Last updated: January 19h, 2025
BEST PICTURE
Will Be Nominated
A Complete Unknown
A Real Pain
Anora
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Sing Sing
The Brutalist
The Substance
Wicked
Should Be Nominated
20,000 Species Of Bees
Challengers
Exhuma
His Three Daughters
How To Have Sex
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
Late Night With The Devil
No Other Land
Red Rooms
The First Omen
BEST DIRECTOR
Will Be Nominated
Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)
Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
Edward Berger (Conclave)
Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)
Sean Baker (Anora)
Should Be Nominated
Ariane Louis-Seize (Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person)
Arkasha Stevenson (The First Omen)
Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (20,000 Species Of Bees)
Luca Guadagnino (Challengers)
Pascal Plante (Red Rooms)
BEST ACTRESS
Will Be Nominated
Angelina Jolie (Maria)
Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)
Demi Moore (The Substance)
Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez)
Mikey Madison (Anora)
Should Be Nominated
Florence Pugh (We Live In Time)
Kim Go-eun (Exhuma)
Mia McKenna-Bruce (How To Have Sex)
Natasha Lyonne (His Three Daughters)
Sofía Otero (20,000 Species Of Bees)
BEST ACTOR
Will Be Nominated
Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)
Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)
Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)
Should Be Nominated
Andrew Garfield (We Live In Time)
David Dastmalchian (Late Night With The Devil)
Glen Powell (Hit Man)
Josh O'Connor (Challengers)
Théodore Pellerin (Solo)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Will Be Nominated
Ariana Grande (Wicked)
Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)
Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
Jamie Lee Curtis (The Last Showgirl)
Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)
Should Be Nominated
Adria Arjona (Blink Twice)
Kathryn Newton (Abigail)
Laurie Babin (Red Rooms)
Patricia López Arnaiz (20,000 Species Of Bees)
Tilda Cobham-Hervey (Young Woman And The Sea)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Will Be Nominated
Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)
Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)
Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
Yura Borisov (Anora)
Should Be Nominated
Benjamin Clementine (Blitz)
Jesse Plemons (Civil War)
José Coronado (Close Your Eyes)
Joseph Quinn (A Quiet Place: Day One)
Nicolas Cage (Longlegs)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Will Be Nominated
A Real Pain (Jesse Eisenberg)
Anora (Sean Baker)
Challengers (Justin Kuritzkes)
The Brutalist (Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold)
The Substance (Coralie Fargeat)
Should Be Nominated
20,000 Species Of Bees (Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren)
Challengers (Justin Kuritzkes)
His Three Daughters (Azazel Jacobs)
How To Have Sex (Molly Manning Walker)
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Ariane Louis-Seize, Christine Doyon)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Will Be Nominated
A Complete Unknown (James Mangold, Jay Cocks)
Conclave (Peter Straughan)
Dune: Part Two (Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts)
Emilia Pérez (Jacques Audiard)
Sing Sing (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar)
Should Be Nominated
A Quiet Place: Day One (Michael Sarnoski)
Hit Man (Glen Powell, Richard Linklater)
The Devil's Bath (Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz)
The First Omen (Arkasha Stevenson, Keith Thomas, Tim Smith) Young Woman And The Sea (Jeff Nathanson)
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM*
Will Be Nominated
Emilia Pérez (France)
I'm Still Here (Brazil)
Kneecap (Ireland)
The Girl With The Needle (Denmark)
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig (Germany)
Should Be Nominated
20,000 Species Of Bees (Spain)
Exhuma (South Korea)
No Other Land (Palestine, Norway)
Red Rooms (Canada)
The Devil's Bath (Austria)
*This category needs an overhaul immediately, starting with giving the award to the director(s) and producer(s) instead of the country, and changing the submission system so that films won't be excluded for political reasons.
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Will Be Nominated
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir Of A Snail
The Wild Robot
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Should Be Nominated
Inside Out 2
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Will Be Nominated
Black Box Diaries
Daughters
No Other Land
Sugarcane
Will & Harper
Should Be Nominated
No Other Land
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Will Be Nominated
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
The Brutalist
The Girl With The Needle
Should Be Nominated
Challengers
Exhuma
Longlegs
Red Rooms
The First Omen
BEST FILM EDITING
Will Be Nominated
Anora
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Should Be Nominated
Challengers
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
Late Night With The Devil
No Other Land
We Live In Time
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Will Be Nominated
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
The Brutalist
Wicked
Should Be Nominated
A Quiet Place: Day One
Blitz
The Devil's Bath
The First Omen
Twisters
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Will Be Nominated
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked
Should Be Nominated
Blink Twice
Blitz
Lisa Frankenstein
Solo
The Devil's Bath
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Will Be Nominated
Challengers
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Brutalist
Should Be Nominated
Challengers
Immaculate
The Devil's Bath
The First Omen
We Live In Time
BEST SOUND
Will Be Nominated
A Complete Unknown
Blitz
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Wicked
Should Be Nominated
Arcadian
Blitz
Civil War
Exhuma
Twisters
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Will Be Nominated
Diane Warren sneezing (The Six Triple Eight)
'El Mal' (Emilia Pérez)
'Like A Bird' (Sing Sing)
'Mi Camino' (Emilia Pérez) 'Never Too Late' (Elton John: Never Too Late)
Should Be Nominated
'Release' (Trap)
'Sick In The Head' (Kneecap)
'Winter Coat' (Blitz)
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Will Be Nominated
A Different Man
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
Should Be Nominated
In A Violent Nature
Lisa Frankenstein
Longlegs
Love Lies Bleeding
Solo
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Will Be Nominated
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
Twisters
Wicked
Should Be Nominated
A Quiet Place: Day One
Blitz
IF
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
Twisters
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Will Be Nominated
A Bear Named Wojtek
In The Shadow Of The Cypress
Percebes
Wander To Wonder
Yuck!
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM
Will Be Nominated
An Orange From Jaffa
Clodagh
I'm Not A Robot
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
The Masterpiece
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
Will Be Nominated
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments Of A Beating Heart
Makayla's Voice: A Letter To The World
Until He's Back
+ Other notable categories for fun, no qualifying run needed
BEST STUNTS AND CHOREOGRAPHY
Should Be Nominated
Abigail
Monkey Man
Rebel Ridge
The Beekeeper
The Fall Guy
BEST STRAIGHT-TO-STREAMING FILMS
Should Be Nominated
Carry-On
It's What's Inside
Orion And The Dark
Rebel Ridge
'Salem's Lot
BEST ENSEMBLE
Should Be Nominated
Abigail
Exhuma
His Three Daughters
It's What's Inside
Late Night With The Devil
BEST CASTING
Should Be Nominated
Abigail
Blink Twice
Blitz
How To Have Sex
It's What's Inside
BEST VOICE OR MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE
Should Be Nominated
Kevin Durand (Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes)
Maya Hawke (Inside Out 2)
Paul Walter Hauser (Orion And The Dark)
