2025 Academy Awards Nomination Prediction

BEST PICTURE
1. Wicked
2. Emilia Pérez
3. The Brutalist
4. Conclave
5. Anora
6. A Complete Unknwon
7. The Substance
8. Dune: Part Two
9. Sing Sing
10. A Real Pain
Alternates: Nickel Boys, September 5
No Gut, No Glory!: The Seed of the Sacred Fig

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
2. Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
3. Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
4. Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
5. Daniel Craig, Queer
Alternates: Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice, Jesse Eisenberg, The Real Pain
No Gut, No Glory!: Nicholas Hoult, Juror #2

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Demi Moore, The Substance
2. Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
3. Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
4. Mikey Madison, Anora
5. Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here
Alternates: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths, Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl
No Gut, No Glory!: Zendaya, Challengers

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
2. Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
3. Yura Borisov, Anora
4. Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
5. Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Alternates: Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice, Denzel Washington, Gladiator II
No Gut, No Glory!: Jonathan Bailey, Wicked

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
2. Ariana Grande, Wicked
3. Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
4. Jamie Lee Curtis, The Last Showgirl
5. Margaret Qualley, The Substance
Alternates: Felicity Jones, The Brutalist, Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
No Gut, No Glory!: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
1. The Wild Robot
2. Flow
3. Inside Out 2
4. Memoir of a Snail
5. Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Alternates: Moana 2, Despicable Me 4
No Gut, No Glory!: Ghost Cat Anzu

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
1. Beautiful Men
2. In the Shadow of Cypress
3. Wander to Wonder
4. A Bear Named Wojtek
5. Yuck!
Alternates: The 21, A Crab in the Pool
No Gut, No Glory!: Magic Candies

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. The Brutalist
2. Nickel Boys
3. Nosferatu
4. Dune: Part Two
5. Conclave
Alternates: Maria, Emilia Pérez
No Gut, No Glory!: Challengers

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Wicked
2. Dune: Part Two
3. Gladiator II
4. Nosferatu
5. Conclave
Alternates: Maria, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
No Gut, No Glory!: Blitz

BEST DIRECTING
1. Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
2. Sean Baker, Anora
3. Edward Berger, Conclave
4. Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
5. Jon M. Chu, Wicked
Alternates: Coralie Fargeat, The Substance, Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two
No Gut, No Glory!: Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
1. Sugarcane
2. No Other Land
3. Daughters
4. Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
5. Will and Harper
Alternates: Black Box Diaries, Dahomey
No Gut, No Glory!: The Remarkable Life of Ibelin

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
1. Once upon a Time in Ukraine
2. I Am Ready, Warden
3. Death By Numbers
4. Incident
5. A Swim Lesson
Alternates: Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World, Eternal Father
No Gut, No Glory!: Until He’s Back

BEST FILM EDITING
1. The Brutalist
2. Conclave
3. Emilia Pérez
4. Dune: Part Two
5. Anora
Alternates: Wicked, Challengers
No Gut, No Glory!: The Substance

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
1. Emilia Pérez (France)
2. The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
3. I’m Still Here (Brazil)
4. Flow (Latvia)
5. Kneecap (Ireland)
Alternates: The Girl with the Needle (Denmark), Vermiglio (Italy)
No Gut, No Glory!: How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies (Thailand)

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
1. The Substance
2. Wicked
3. A Different Man
4. Nosferatu
5. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Alternates: Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez
No Gut, No Glory!: Waltzing with Brando

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
1. Conclave
2. The Brutalist
3. The Wild Robot
4. Challengers
5. Emilia Pérez
Alternates: Wicked, The Room Next Door
No Gut, No Glory!: Nosferatu

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
1. "El Mal", Emilia Pérez
2. "Kiss the Sky", The Wild Robot
3. "The Journey", The Six Triple Eight
4. "Never Too Late", Elton John: Never Too Late
5. "Harper And Will Go West", Will and Harper
Alternates: "Like A Bird", Sing Sing, "Mi Camino", Emilia Pérez
No Gut, No Glory!: "Winter Coat", Blitz

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Wicked
2. Dune: Part Two
3. The Brutalist
4. Conclave
5. Nosferatu
Alternates: Gladiator II, A Complete Unknown
No Gut, No Glory!: The Substance

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
1. The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
2. Dovecote
3. Anuja
4. An Orange from Jaffa
5. The Ice Cream Man
Alternates: The Masterpiece, Room Taken
No Gut, No Glory!: The Compatriot

BEST SOUND
1. Dune: Part Two
2. Wicked
3. Gladiator II
4. A Complete Unknown
5. Emilia Pérez
Alternates: Alien: Romulus, Blitz
No Gut, No Glory!: The Wild Robot

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Dune: Part Two
2. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
3. Wicked
4. Gladiator II
5. Better Man
Alternates: Alien: Romulus, Twisters
No Gut, No Glory!: Civil War

BEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
1. Conclave
2. Emilia Pérez
3. A Complete Unknown
4. Sing Sing
5. Wicked
Alternates: Nickel Boys, I'm Still Here
No Gut, No Glory!: The Wild Robot

BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
1. Anora
2. The Brutalist
3. A Real Pain
4. The Substance
5. September 5
Alternates: All We Imagine as Light, Challengers
No Gut, No Glory!: Juror #2