The 97th Academy Awards will be presented on March 2, 2025. Here are our ranked predictions for who will be nominated and which films will win. Check back in, as the list will be updated often.
| Best Picture | Best Director |
|---|---|
| 1. Conclave 2. The Brutalist 3. Emilia Pérez 4. Wicked 5. Anora 6. A Complete Unknown 7. Dune: Part Two 8. Nickel Boys 9. I’m Still Here 10. The Substance | 1. Sean Baker, “Anora” 2. Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist” 3. Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez” 4. James Mangold, “Conclave” 5. Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance” |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
|---|---|
| 1. Anora 2. The Substance 3. The Brutalist 4. A Real Pain 5. September 5 | 1. Conclave 2. Nickel Boys 3. Sing Sing 4. A Complete Unknown 5. Emilia Pérez |
| Best Actress | Best Actor |
|---|---|
| 1. Demi Moore, “The Substance” 2. Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here” 3. Mikey Madison, “Anora” 4. Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked” 5. Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez” | 1. Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist” 2. Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave” 3. Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown” 4. Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice” 5. Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing” |
| Best Supporting Actress | Best Supporting Actor |
|---|---|
| 1. Zoe Saldana, “Emilia Pérez” 2. Ariana Grande, “Wicked” 3. Isabella Rosellini, “Conclave” 4. Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist” 5. Monica Barbaro, “A Complete Unknown” | 1. Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain” 2. Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist” 3. Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown” 4. Yura Borisov, “Anora” 5. Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice” |
| Best Animated Feature | Best Documentary Feature |
|---|---|
| 1. The Wild Robot 2. Flow 3. Inside Out 2 4. Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl 5. Memoir of a Snail | 1. No Other Land 2. Porcelain War 3. Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat 4. Black Box Diaries 5. Sugarcane |
| Best Cinematography | Best Visual Effects |
|---|---|
| 1. The Brutalist 2. Dune: Part Two 3. Nosferatu 4. Emilia Pérez 5. Maria | 1. Dune: Part Two 2. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 3. Alien: Romulus 4. Better Man 5. Wicked |
| Best Film Editing | Best Costume Design |
|---|---|
| 1. Conclave 2. Anora 3. Emilia Pérez 4. Wicked 5. The Brutalist | 1. Wicked 2. Nosferatu 3. Gladiator II 4. A Complete Unknown 5. Conclave |
| Best Original Score | Best Sound |
|---|---|
| 1. The Brutalist 2. Conclave 3. The Wild Robot 4. Emilia Pérez 5. Wicked | 1. Dune: Part Two 2. A Complete Unknown 3. Emilia Pérez 4. Wicked 5. The Wild Robot |
| Best International Feature | Best Production Design |
|---|---|
| 1. Emilia Pérez 2. The Seed of the Sacred Fig 3. I’m Still Here 4. Flow 5. The Girl With the Needle | 1. Wicked 2. The Brutalist 3. Dune: Part Two 4. Nosferatu 5. Conclave |
| Best Original Song | Best Makeup & Hairstyling |
|---|---|
| 1. “El Mal”, Emilia Pérez 2. Like a Bird, “Sing Sing” 3. “Mi Camino”, Emilia Pérez 4. “The Journey”, The Six Triple Eight 5. “Never Too Late”, Elton John: Never Too Late | 1. Wicked 2. The Substance 3. Emilia Pérez 4. Nosferatu 5. A Different Man |
| Best Animated Short Film | Best Live-Action Short Film |
|---|---|
| 1. Wander to Wonder 2. In the Shadow of the Cypress 3. Yuck! 4. Magic Candies 5. Beautiful Men | 1. The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent 2. I’m Not a Robot 3. A Lien 4. Anuja 5. The Last Ranger |
| Best Documentary Short Film | |
|---|---|
| 1. Incident 2. Instruments of a Beating Heart 3. I Am Ready, Warden 4. Death by Numbers 5. The Only Girl in the Orchestra |
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