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: DECEMBER 5 2024
BEST PICTURE
1. Anora (Neon)
2. Conclave (Focus Features)
3. The Brutalist (A24)
4. Wicked (Universal Pictures)
5. Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
6. Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)
7. Sing Sing (A24)
8. Nickel Boys (Amazon MGM Studios)
9. A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
10. A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)
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BEST DIRECTOR
1. Brady Corbet – The Brutalist (A24)
2. Sean Baker – Anora (Neon)
3. Denis Villenueve – Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)
4. Edward Berger – Conclave (Focus Features)
5. Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
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BEST ACTRESS
1. Mikey Madison – Anora (Neon)
2. Angelina Jolie – Maria (Netflix)
3. Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
4. Nicole Kidman – Babygirl (A24)
5. Demi Moore – The Substance (MUBI)
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BEST ACTOR
1. Ralph Fiennes – Conclave (Focus Features)
2. Adrien Brody – The Brutalist (A24)
3. Colman Domingo – Sing Sing (A24)
4. Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)
5. Daniel Craig – Queer (A24)
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
2. Felicity Jones – The Brutalist (A24)
3. Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson (Netflix)
4. Ariana Grande – Wicked (Universal Pictures)
5. Isabella Rossellini – Conclave (Focus Features)
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
2. Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing (A24)
3. Guy Pearce – The Brutalist (A24)
4. Denzel Washington – Gladiator II (Paramount Pictures)
5. Yura Borislov – Anora (Neon)
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Anora – Sean Baker (Neon)
2. The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold (A24)
3. A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg (Searchlight Pictures)
4. Hard Truths – Mike Leigh (Bleeker Street)
5. The Substance – Coralie Fargeat (MUBI)
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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. Conclave – Peter Straughan (Focus Features)
2. Sing Sing – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield (A24)
3. Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard (Netflix)
4. The Room Next Door – Pedro Almodóvar (Sony Pictures Classics)
5. Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes (Amazon MGM Studios)
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser (Warner Bros.)
2. The Brutalist – Lol Crawley (A24)
3. Maria – Edward Lachmann (Netflix)
4. Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke (Focus Features)
5. Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray (Amazon MGM Studios)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Wicked – Paul Tazewell (Universal Pictures)
2. Dune: Part Two – Jacqueline West (Warner Bros.)
3. Blitz – Jacqueline Durran (Apple Original Films)
4. Gladiator II – Janty Yates (Paramount Pictures)
5. Maria – Massimo Cantini Parrini (Netflix)
BEST FILM EDITING
1. Anora – Sean Baker (Neon)
2. The Brutalist – Dávid Jancsó (A24)
3. Conclave – Nick Emerson (Focus Features)
4. Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker (Warner Bros.)
5. Emilia Pérez – Juliette Welfling (Netflix)
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
1. Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)
2. Nosferatu (Focus Features)
3. The Substance (Mubi)
4. Wicked (Universal Pictures)
5. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros.)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Conclave – Volker Bertelmann (Focus Features)
2. The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg (A24)
3. Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol (Netflix)
4. The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers (Universal Pictures)
5. Gladiator II – Harry Gregson-Williams (Paramount Pictures)
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. “Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot (Universal Pictures)
5. “Beautiful That Way” – The Last Showgirl (Roadside Attractions)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Wicked – Nathan Crowley (Universal Pictures)
2. Dune: Part Two – Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos (Warner Bros.)
3. The Brutalist – Judy Becker (A24)
4. Gladiator II – Arthur Max, Elli Griff (Paramount Pictures)
5. Blitz – Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock (Apple Original Films)
BEST SOUND
1. Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)
2. Gladiator II (Paramount Pictures)
3. Wicked (Universal Pictures)
4. Blitz (Apple Original Films)
5. A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)
2. Gladiator II (Paramount Pictures)
3. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Studios)
4. Mufasa: The Lion King (Walt Disney Pictures)
5. Wicked (Universal Pictures)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
1. The Wild Robot (DreamWorks)
2. Inside Out 2 (Disney/Pixar)
3. Memoir of a Snail (IFC Films)
4. Flow (Janus Films)
5. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1. No Other Land (TBC)
2. Black Box Diaries (MTV Documentary Films)
3. Sugarcane (National Geographic Documentary Films)
4. Will & Harper (Netflix)
5. Daughters (Netflix)
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
1. Emilia Pérez (France)
2. I’m Still Here (Brazil)
3. The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
4. Kneecap (Ireland)
5. Grand Tour (Portugal)
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