TheOscars 2025are apace approaching , and now that nominating speech have been made , it ’s time to portend the winner in every category . Prior tothe 97th Academy Awards take berth on March 2 , 2025 , the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated five picture in all 23 categories , with Best Picture the only category to get ten nominations . The2025 Oscar nominationssolidified the airfield of contending titles and helped bestow some limpidity about which movies are in the best position to win . For example , Emilia Pérezhas 13 Oscar nominations , the most for any moving-picture show this twelvemonth .
The BrutalistandWickedcame the skinny to matchingEmilia Pérez ’s Oscar nominating address numeration , as they each receive ten nomination . This was follow byConclaveandA Complete Unknownreceiving eight nominations , whileAnoragot six , andDune : Part TwoandThe Substancehad five apiece . No other moving-picture show had more than five nominations denote on the morning of January 23 . With 23 categories full of nominees now known , Screen Rant ’s anticipation for the Oscars 2025 success in all categories is below .
23Best Picture
Winner: Emilia Pérez
TheBest Picture race for the 2025 Oscarsalready formed a strong grouping of contenders at the top even before nominations were announced . Anora , Conclave , Emilia Pérez , andThe Brutalistare the four who come out to be in the best position to win . Anorahas the Palme d’Or from Cannes 2024 plus nomination from Golden Globes , NBR , Gotham Awards , AFI , and Film Independent Spirit Awards - which redact it very much in the lead regarding precursor recognitions . Still , the other three also have Golden Globes and PGA nominations .
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Producers
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Emilia Pérez
Focus Features
Netflix
Nominees to be define
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Anora
Neon
Sean Baker , Samantaha Quan , Alex Coco
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The Brutalist
A24
Focus Features
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Concave
Focus feature film
Michael Jackman , Tessa Ross , Juliette Howell
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A Complete Unknown
Searchlight motion-picture show
James Mangold , Fred Berger , Alex Heineman
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Wicked
Universal Pictures
Marc Platt
7
The Substance
Mubi
8
sand dune : Part Two
Warner Bros.
Denis Villeneuve , Mary Parent , Tanya Lapointe , Cale Boyter
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I ’m Still Here
Sony classic
10
Nickel Boys
Amazon MGM
Despite how strongly those movie have come on , it ’s still untimely to predict any of them will win Best Picture . Anora , The Brutalist , Conclave , andEmilia Pérezappear to be in a league of their own . And based on the near - record number of nomination , Emilia Pérezwinning Best Picture feels very potential . That might not be what many in the general public think should fall out , but the level of perceptiveness for the Netflix - distributed , non - English musical is evident .
22Best Director
Winner: Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)
The Best Director race for the 2025 Oscars has radically deepen throughout the course of awards season . The end event was nomination for Brady Corbet ( The Brutalist ) , Sean Baker ( Anora ) , Jacques Audiard ( Emilia Pérez ) , James Mangold ( A Complete Unknown ) , and Coralie Fargeat ( The Substance ) .
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Brady Corbet
Jacques Audiard
Sean Baker
James Mangold
Coralie Fargeat
Although Brady Corbet is ourpredicted Best Director Oscars 2025 winner , it is not a done deal by any means . James Mangold ’s nomination came after a surprise DGA nomination , so a winnings from his directing peers there would go a farseeing way in vault him to the top of the category . There ’s also a world where Audiard win ifEmilia Pérezsweeps through the 97th Academy Awards .
21Best Actress
Winner: Demi Moore (The Substance)
Best Actress is one of the most competitive categories for the Oscars 2025 . The last group of nominee is Cynthia Erivo ( Wicked ) , Demi Moore ( The Substance ) , Fernanda Torres ( I ’m Still Here ) , Karla Sofía Gascón ( Emilia Pérez ) and Mikey Madison ( Anora ) . While all the nominees are deserving , it appears that this is a backwash between Moore and Madison in term of who will pull ahead .
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Demi Moore
Mikey Madison
Karla Sofía Gascón
Fernanda Torres
Cynthia Erivo
Thanks to how prize season has evolved , Demi Moore is ourpredicted Best Actress Oscars 2025 winnernow . She has the impulse and of late beat Madison for the Golden Globe in Best Actress - Musical or Comedy . Given the career tale she also has behind her , sign are pointing to Moore getting the winnings this twelvemonth . This could still change ifAnoraregains some steam and push for a Best Picture win .
20Best Actor
Winner: Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)
The Best Actor class for the 2025 Oscars has only become more clear as the time of year has unfolded . The official group of candidate are Timothée Chalamet ( A Complete Unknown ) , Adrien Brody ( The Brutalist ) , Ralph Fiennes ( Conclave ) , Sebastian Stan ( The Apprentice ) , and Colman Domingo ( Sing Sing ) . The nominee for Best Actor are not terribly surprising , view they all had Golden ball nomination , and everyone but Stan was nominated at SAG .
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Timothée Chalamet
Adrien Brody
Ralph Fiennes
Conclave
Sebastian Stan
The Apprentice
Colman Domingo
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This is also a category that could arrive down to just two performance really : Chalamet or Brody . They have been both been predicted to be the achiever at various points this awards time of year . Brody ’s Golden Globes winnings seemed to give him an early sharpness , but Chalamet ’s campaign is strong and could benefit fromThe Brutalist ’s AI controversy , which may offend the receipt of Brody ’s performance most of all . For now , Chalamet is ourpredicted Best Actor success for the 2025 Academy Award .
19Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)
The undecomposed Supporting Actress sphere for the Oscars 2025 is quite competitiveand the nominations for Zoe Saldaña ( Emilia Pérez ) and Ariana Grande ( Wicked ) help solidify that . They are joined by fellow nominees Isabella Rossellini ( Conclave ) , Felicity Jones ( The Brutalist ) , and Monica Barbaro ( A Complete Unknown ) . All five of them are part of Best Picture nominees . While they are each more than deserve of the nomination , the race should derive down to either Saldaña or Grande .
Zoe Saldaña
Ariana Grande
Isabella Rossellini
Felicity Jones
Monica Barbaro
Zoe Saldaña appear to be in the best position to win Best support Actress . She is attach to a potential Best Picture winner and has already win a Golden Globes award for her performance . It is deserving noting that even with that winnings , Saldaña and Grande are tied this awards time of year when it comes to herald win at 12 to each one . TheEmilia Pérezstar has the bigger profile wins between Cannes and the Golden Globes , so that help give her an edge . winnings for Grande at SAG or BAFTA would help even the race since Saldaña is also nominated .
18Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
The serious Supporting Actor category was once call back to be Denzel Washington ’s to lose forGladiator II , but he did n’t even get a nomination . This left the grouping of candidate to be Kieran Culkin ( A Real Pain ) , Guy Pearce ( The Brutalist ) , Edward Norton ( A Complete Unknown ) , Yura Borisov ( Anora ) , and Jeremy Strong ( The Apprentice ) . With that card , Culkin ’s odds of winning are high-pitched based on how he ’s performed in precursors .
Kieran Culkin
A Real Pain
Guy Pearce
Edward Norton
Jeremy Strong
Yura Borisov
Culkin is far and aside the most recognize performance in the Best Supporting Actor nominees . He won at the National Board of Review and Golden Globes , while there are nominating speech at SAG , BAFTA , and more that he should win too . If any other outcome is going to pass off , Pearce , Norton , Strong , or Borisov will need to deliver the goods elsewhere and have inviolable narratives cast to make their event . If an upset is to make out , Pearce is a impregnable contender , but Norton would also make sense as he ’s yet to succeed an Oscar during his career .
17Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Anora
The Best Original Screenplay category has a few major contenders at the top of the athletic field . The prescribed campaigner are Sean Baker ( Anora ) , Jesse Eisenberg ( A Real Pain ) , Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold ( The Brutalist ) , Moriz Binder and Tim Fehlbaum ( September 5 ) , and Coralie Fargeat ( The Substance ) .
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Jesse Eisenberg
Brady Corbet , Mona Fastvold
September 5
Moriz Binder , Tim Fehlbaum
Sean Baker ’s book forAnorahas been widely praise and make out for how it treat its sex activity doer storey and poise romance , comedy , and drama . Jesse Eisenberg ’s screenplay forA Real Painfeels like it has the potent suit to pull off an upset . They are the only two films among the nominees to have WGA nominating address , asThe Brutalist , The Substance , andSeptember 5were ineligible . WGA has cope with the winner of the Oscars 24 out of 40 times , and 32 of the 40 Original Screenplay Oscar winners at least had a WGA nomination .
16Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Conclave
Best Adapted Screenplay is a competitive category that could be a secondary chance for a Best Picture competition to win . The nominees admit Peter Straughan ( Conclave ) , Jacuqes Audiard ( Emilia Pérez ) , Jay Cocks and James Mangold ( A Complete Unknown ) , Clint Bentley , Greg Kwedar , Clarence Maclin , and John " Divine G " Whitfield ( Sing Sing ) , and RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes ( Nickel Boys ) . As far as predicting the winner , Conclave ’s Golden Globes acquire positions it as a frontrunner .
Peter Straughan
RaMell Ross , Joslyn Barnes
Jay Cocks & James Mangold
Clint Bentley , Greg Kwedar , Clarence Maclin , John “ Divine G ” Whitfield
Conclave ’s profits would be a statistical outlier for the Oscars thanks to the Writers Guild Awards . Over the last 40 years , the Adapted Screenplay Oscar has had at least a WGA nomination all but five times . That would putA Complete UnknownandNickel Boysin the best position to win the Oscar as they are the only two moving-picture show to be WGA nominees with the other titles being ineligible . There ’s also the history of Adapted Screenplay matching the Best Picture winner 42 times , which could helpEmilia Pérez ’s chances .
15Best Animated Feature Film
Winner: The Wild Robot
Best Animated Feature Film is a tight slipstream betweenThe Wild RobotandFlow . Pixar was thought to be in a substantial position to get ahead withInside Out 2and its worked up exploration of puberty , anxiety , and growing up . However , The Wild Robot ’s reviewsmarked just the first of the praise being shower upon DreamWorks ' animated movie about motherhood , family , and technology vs. nature . The film has to restrain offFlowto win the Oscar , which is more difficult after its Golden Globes winnings . Memoir of a SnailandWallace and Gromit : Vengeance Most Fowlround out the nominee group .
The Wild Robot
DreamWorks Animation
Flow
Janus Films / Sideshow
Inside Out 2
Pixar
Wallace and Gromit : Vengeance Most Fowl
Memoir of a escargot
IFC
Picking betweenThe Wild RobotandFlowis tough considering that both movies garner multiple Oscar nominations overall . The Wild Robotreceived care in Best Score and Best Sound , whileFlowsecured a Best International Feature Film nominating speech too . Either film is deserving to win , but we;re give the edge to DreamWorks ' move animate moving-picture show to be victorious .
14Best International Feature Film
The Best International Feature Film Oscars candidate were selected from a group of 15 finalists . The prescribed entry eligible to gain are Brazil’sI’m Still Here , Denmark’sThe Girl with the Needle , France’sEmilia Pérez , Germany’sThe Seed of a Sacred Fig , and Latvia’sFlow . From this group , Emilia Pérezappears to be the favorite to win thanks to its overall standing at the 2025 Oscars .
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The Seed of a Sacred Fig
Germany
Brazil
Latvia
The Girl with the Needle
Kingdom of Denmark
Emilia Pérezcould copyAll Quiet on the Western Frontby being an external competitor with Netflix statistical distribution . The latter was also nominated in Best Picture and receive over 10 nominations overall . However , it won International Feature Film instead of Best Picture . IfEmilia Pérezmanages to win both as we augur , it would only be the second motion picture to do so . presently , Parasiteis the only movie to get ahead Best Picture and Best International Feature . The Academy could also potentially face elsewhere for a winner ifEmilia Pérez ’s Best Picture win becomes to obvious .
