Well, let’s see how this goes!

My FINAL 2025 Oscar Predictions are:

Best Picture

1. Anora (Neon)
2. Conclave (Focus Features)
3. The Brutalist (A24)
4. A Complete Unknown (Searchlight)
5. Wicked (Universal)
6. The Substance (MUBI)
7. Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
8. I’m Still Here (Sony Pictures Classics)
9. Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)
10. Nickel Boys (Amazon MGM Studios)

Director

1. Anora – Sean Baker
2. The Brutalist – Brady Corbet
3. The Substance – Coralie Fargeat
4. Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard
5. A Complete Unknown – James Mangold

Actress

1. Mikey Madison – Anora
2. Demi Moore – The Substance
3. Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here
4. Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
5. Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez

Actor

1. Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
2. Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
3. Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
4. Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
5. Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice

Supporting Actress

1. Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
2. Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
3. Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown
4. Ariana Grande – Wicked
5. Felicity Jones – The Brutalist

Supporting Actor

1. Keiran Culkin – A Real Pain
2. Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
3. Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
4. Yura Borisov – Anora
5. Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice

Original Screenplay

1. Anora
2. A Real Pain
3. The Substance
4. The Brutalist
5. September 5

Adapted Screenplay

1. Conclave
2. Nickel Boys
3. Sing Sing
4. A Complete Unknown
5. Emilia Pérez

International Feature

1. No Other Land
2. Porcelain War
3. Sugarcane
4. Soundtrack to a Coup d’État
5. Black Box Diaries

Animated Feature

1. The Wild Robot
2. Flow
3. Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
4. Memoir of a Snail
5. Inside Out 2

Cinematography

1. The Brutalist
2. Maria
3. Nosferatu
4. Dune: Part Two
5. Emilia Pérez

Editing

1. Conclave
2. Anora
3. Wicked
4. Emilia Pérez
5. The Brutalist

Production Design

1. Wicked
2. Dune: Part Two
3. The Brutalist
4. Nosferatu
5. Conclave

Costume Design

1. Wicked
2. Nosferatu
3. Conclave
4. A Complete Unknown
5. Gladiator II

Visual Effects

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
3. Better Man
4. Alien: Romulus
5. Wicked

Makeup and Hairstyling

1. The Substance
2. A Different Man
3. Nosferatu
4. Wicked
5. Emilia Pérez

Sound

1. Dune: Part Two
2. A Complete Unknown
3. Wicked
4. Emilia Pérez
5. The Wild Robot

Score

1. The Brutalist
2. Conclave
3. Wicked
4. Emilia Pérez
5. The Wild Robot

Original Song

1. “El Mal” – Emilia Pérez
2. “The Journey” – The Six Triple Eight
3. “Like a Bird” – Sing Sing
4. “Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez
5. “Never Too Late” – Elton John: Never Too Late

Documentary Short

1. The Only Girl in the Orchestra
2. Incident
3. I Am Ready, Warden
4. Instruments of a Beating Heart
5. Death by Numbers

Animated Short

1. Yuck!
2. Wander to Wonder
3. Beautiful Men
4. Magic Candies
5. In the Shadow of the Cypress

Live Action Short

1. A Lien
2. Anuja
3. The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
4. I’m Not a Robot
5. The Last Ranger