The Big Picture · Awards
Final 2025 Oscar Predictions: Who Will Win and Should Win
February 27, 2025/ 98 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins
Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins call all 23 categories two days before the 97th Academy Awards. They agree on most and split on five or six coin flips: animated feature, international feature, the shorts, and a Best Picture race narrowed to Anora against Conclave.
120 films across 1 segment.
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Final 2025 Oscar Predictionsall 23 categories · who will win
Best Animated Feature
Best Documentary Feature
Best International Feature
Best Animated Short
Best Documentary Short
Best Live Action Short
Best Original Song
- El Mal Emilia Pérez Their pick
- The Journey The Six Triple Eight
- Like a Bird Sing Sing
- Mi Camino Emilia Pérez
- Never Too Late Elton John: Never Too Late
Best Original Score
- The Brutalist Daniel Blumberg Their pick
- Conclave Volker Bertelmann
- Emilia Pérez Camille & Clément Ducol
- Wicked John Powell & Stephen Schwartz
- The Wild Robot Kris Bowers
Best Sound
Best Visual Effects
Best Production Design
- The Brutalist Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia
- Conclave Suzie Davies, Cynthia Sleiter
- Dune: Part Two Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau
- Nosferatu Craig Lathrop, Beatrice Brentnerová
- Wicked Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales Their pick
Best Costume Design
- A Complete Unknown Arianne Phillips
- Conclave Lisy Christl
- Gladiator II Janty Yates, Dave Crossman
- Nosferatu Linda Muir
- Wicked Paul Tazewell Their pick
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- A Different Man
- Emilia Pérez
- Nosferatu
- The Substance Their pick
- Wicked
Best Film Editing
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- Conclave Their pick
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
Best Cinematography
- The Brutalist Lol Crawley Their pick
- Dune: Part Two Greig Fraser
- Emilia Pérez Paul Guilhaume
- Maria Ed Lachman
- Nosferatu Jarin Blaschke
Best Original Screenplay
- Anora Their pick
- The Brutalist
- A Real Pain
- September 5
- The Substance
Best Adapted Screenplay
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave Their pick
- Emilia Pérez
- Nickel Boys
- Sing Sing
Best Supporting Actor
- Anora Yura Borisov
- A Real Pain Kieran Culkin Their pick
- A Complete Unknown Edward Norton
- The Brutalist Guy Pearce
- The Apprentice Jeremy Strong
Best Supporting Actress
- A Complete Unknown Monica Barbaro
- Wicked Ariana Grande
- The Brutalist Felicity Jones
- Conclave Isabella Rossellini
- Emilia Pérez Zoe Saldaña Their pick
Best Actor
- The Brutalist Adrien Brody Their pick
- A Complete Unknown Timothée Chalamet
- Sing Sing Colman Domingo
- Conclave Ralph Fiennes
- The Apprentice Sebastian Stan
Best Actress
- Wicked Cynthia Erivo
- Emilia Pérez Karla Sofía Gascón
- Anora Mikey Madison
- The Substance Demi Moore Their pick
- I'm Still Here Fernanda Torres
Best Director
- Anora Sean Baker Their pick
- The Brutalist Brady Corbet
- A Complete Unknown James Mangold
- Emilia Pérez Jacques Audiard
- The Substance Coralie Fargeat
Best Picture
Also mentioned raised along the way
In the banter Licorice PizzaPriscillaHit ManMean GirlsRed Rocket
Oscar history they invoked Get OutMoonlightLa La LandGreen BookThe Shape of WaterThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriKillers of the Flower MoonPoor ThingsThe PianistBlade Runner 2049The Boy and the HeronSpider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseBohemian RhapsodyThe Last Repair ShopDawson City: Frozen TimeHarlan County USADesperately Seeking SusanThe Lords of FlatbushFast FiveOpus
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