Welcome to Filmotomy’s predictions hub for the 98th Academy Awards. It’s here you’ll find the latest predictions from Awards Editor Doug Jamieson. Stay tuned for monthly detailed coverage and a full list of contenders for each category.
Be sure to check back regularly for updated predictions as awards season barrels along and the race begins to become clearer.
UPDATED: DECEMBER 3, 2025
BEST PICTURE
1. One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
2. Hamnet (Focus Features)
3. Sinners (Warner Bros.)
4. Sentimental Value (NEON)
5. It Was Just an Accident (NEON)
6. Marty Supreme (A24)
7. Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
8. Jay Kelly (Netflix)
9. Frankenstein (Netflix)
10. Train Dreams (Netflix)
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BEST DIRECTOR
1. Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
2. Chloé Zhao – Hamnet (Focus Features)
3. Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
4. Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident (NEON)
5. Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value (NEON)
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BEST ACTRESS
1. Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (Focus Features)
2. Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value (NEON)
3. Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
4. Cynthia Erivo – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
5. Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
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BEST ACTOR
1. Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
2. Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (A24)
3. Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent (NEON)
4. Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams (Netflix)
5. Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
2. Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
3. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (NEON)
4. Amy Madigan – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
5. Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value (NEON)
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value (NEON)
2. Sean Penn – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
3. Paul Mescal – Hamnet (Focus Features)
4. Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
5. Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Netflix)
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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson (Warner Bros.)
2. Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell & Chloé Zhao (Focus Features)
3. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson (Netflix)
4. No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi & Lee Ja-hye (NEON)
5. Train Dreams – Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar (Netflix)
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Sinners – Ryan Coogler (Warner Bros.)
2. It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi (NEON)
3. Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt (NEON)
4. Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie (A24)
5. Jay Kelly – Noah Baumbach & Emily Mortimer (Netflix)
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BEST CASTING
1. One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis (Warner Bros.)
2. Sinners – Francine Maisler (Warner Bros.)
3. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (Netflix)
4. Wicked: For Good – Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (Universal Pictures)
5. Hamnet – Nina Gold (Focus Features)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Hamnet – Lukasz Zal (Focus Features)
2. Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Warner Bros.)
3. One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman (Warner Bros.)
4. Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen (Netflix)
5. Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso (Netflix)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Frankenstein – Kate Hawley (Netflix)
2. Wicked: For Good – Paul Tazewell (Universal Pictures)
3. Hamnet – Malgosia Turzanska (Focus Features)
4. Sinners – Ruth E. Carter (Warner Bros.)
5. Kiss of the Spider Woman – Colleen Atwood & Christine L. Cantella (Lionsgate)
BEST FILM EDITING
1. One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen (Warner Bros.)
2. Sinners – Michael P. Shawver (Warner Bros.)
3. Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein (A24)
4. Hamnet – Chloé Zhao & Affonso Gonçalves (Focus Features)
5. It Was Just an Accident – Amir Etminan (NEON)
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
1. Frankenstein (Netflix)
2. Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
3. The Smashing Machine (A24)
4. Sinners (Warner Bros.)
5. Bugonia (Focus Features)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Sinners – Ludwig Göransson (Warner Bros.)
2. One Battle After Another – Johnny Greenwood (Warner Bros.)
3. Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat (Netflix)
4. Hamnet – Max Richter (Focus Features)
5. Jay Kelly – Nicholas Britell (Netflix)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
1. “Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
2. “I Lied to You” – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
3. “The Girl in the Bubble” – Wicked (Universal Pictures)
4. “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless (Greenwich Entertainment)
5. “Clothed by the Sun” – The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Frankenstein (Netflix)
2. Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
3. Hamnet (Focus Features)
4. Sinners (Warner Bros.)
5. Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)
BEST SOUND
1. Sinners (Warner Bros.)
2. Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
3. Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)
4. F1: The Movie (Apple Original Films)
5. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (20th Century Studios)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)
2. F1: The Movie (Apple Original Films)
3. Superman (Warner Bros.)
4. The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Walt Disney Studios)
5. Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
1. KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
2. Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios)
3. Arco (NEON)
4. Elio (Pixar)
5. Little Amélie or the Character of the Rain (GKIDS)
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BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1. 2000 Meters to Andriivka (PBS Distribution)
2. Apocalypse in the Tropics (Netflix)
3. Cover-Up (Netflix)
4. Seeds (TBD)
5. Come See Me in the Good Light (Apple Original Films)
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BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
1. It Was Just an Accident (France)
2. Sentimental Value (Norway)
3. No Other Choice (South Korea)
4. The Secret Agent (Brazil)
5. The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)
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