97th Academy Awards Predictions Hub

Welcome to Filmotomy’s predictions hub for the 97th Academy Awards. It’s here you’ll find the latest predictions from Awards Editor Doug Jamieson. Click the links below each category for monthly detailed coverage and a full list of contenders.

Be sure to check back regularly for updated predictions as awards season barrels along and the race begins to become clearer.

_{UPDATED: FEBRUARY 28 2025}

BEST PICTURE

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

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BEST DIRECTOR

1. Sean Baker – Anora (Neon)
2. Brady Corbet – The Brutalist (A24)
3. Coralie Fargeat – The Substance (MUBI)
4. Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
5. James Mangold – A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)

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BEST ACTRESS

1. Demi Moore – The Substance (MUBI)
2. Mikey Madison – Anora (Neon)
3. Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here (Sony Pictures Classics)
4. Cynthia Erivo – Wicked (Universal Pictures)
5. Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez (Netflix)

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BEST ACTOR

1. Adrien Brody – The Brutalist (A24)
2. Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)
3. Ralph Fiennes – Conclave (Focus Features)
4. Colman Domingo – Sing Sing (A24)
5. Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice (Briarcliff Entertainment)

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
2. Ariana Grande – Wicked (Universal Pictures)
3. Isabella Rossellini – Conclave (Focus Features)
4. Felicity Jones – The Brutalist (A24)
5. Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
2. Yura Borisov – Anora (Neon)
2. Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)
4. Guy Pearce – The Brutalist (A24)
5. Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice (Briarcliff Entertainment)

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. Anora – Sean Baker (Neon)
2. A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg (Searchlight Pictures)
3. The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold (A24)
4. The Substance – Coralie Fargeat (MUBI)
5. September 5 – Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum (Paramount Pictures)

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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. Conclave – Peter Straughan (Focus Features)
2. Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes (Amazon MGM Studios)
3. A Complete Unknown – Jay Cocks, James Mangold (Searchlight Pictures)
4. Sing Sing – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield (A24)
5. Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard (Netflix)

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

1. The Brutalist – Lol Crawley (A24)
2. Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke (Focus Features)
3. Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser (Warner Bros.)
4. Emilia Pérez – Paul Guilhaume (Netflix)
5. Maria – Edward Lachman (Netflix)

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BEST COSTUME DESIGN

1. Wicked – Paul Tazewell (Universal Pictures)
2. Conclave – Lisy Christi (Focus Features)
3. Nosferatu – Linda Muir (Focus Features)
4. A Complete Unknown – Arianne Phillips (Searchlight Pictures)
5. Gladiator II – Janty Yates (Paramount Pictures)

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BEST FILM EDITING

1. Conclave – Nick Emerson (Focus Features)
2. Anora – Sean Baker (Neon)
3. The Brutalist – Dávid Jancsó (A24)
4. Emilia Pérez – Juliette Welfling (Netflix)
5. Wicked – Myron Kerstein (Universal Pictures)

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BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

1. The Substance (MUBI)
2. Wicked (Universal Pictures)
3. Nosferatu (Focus Features)
4. A Different Man (A24)
5. Emilia Pérez (Netflix)

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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

1. The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg (A24)
2. Conclave – Volker Bertelmann (Focus Features)
3. The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers (Universal Pictures)
4. Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol (Netflix)
5. Wicked – John Powell, Stephen Schwartz (Universal Pictures)

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BEST ORIGINAL SONG

1. “El Mal” – Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
2. “The Journey” – The Six Triple Eight (Netflix)
3. “Like a Bird” – Sing Sing (A24)
4. “Never Too Late” – Elton John: Never Too Late (Walt Disney Pictures)
5. “Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez (Netflix)

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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

1. Wicked – Nathan Crowley (Universal Pictures)
2. The Brutalist – Judy Becker (A24)
3. Nosferatu – Craig Lathrop (Focus Features)
4. Dune: Part Two – Patrice Vermette (Warner Bros.)
5. Conclave – Suzie Davies (Focus Features)

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BEST SOUND

1. Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)
2. A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)
3. Wicked (Universal Pictures)
4. Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
5. The Wild Robot (Universal Pictures)

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BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

1. Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)
2. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Studios)
3. Better Man (Paramount Pictures)
4. Wicked (Universal Pictures)
5. Alien: Romulus (20th Century Pictures)

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BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

1. The Wild Robot (DreamWorks)
2. Flow (Janus Films)
3. Inside Out 2 (Disney/Pixar)
4. Memoir of a Snail (IFC Films)
5. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix)

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BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

1. No Other Land (no U.S distribution)
2. Porcelain War (Picturehouse)
3. Sugarcane (National Geographic Documentary Films)
4. Black Box Diaries (MTV Documentary Films)
5. Soundtrack to a Coup d’etat (Kino Lorber)

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BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

1. I’m Still Here (Brazil)
2. Emilia Pérez (France)
3. The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
4. Flow (Latvia)
5. The Girl with the Needle (Denmark)

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BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM