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Oscars Preview 2025

Writer's picture: Thomas DuncanThomas Duncan

Best Picture:

Nominees:

  • Anora

  • The Brutalist

  • A Complete Unknown

  • Conclave

  • Dune: Part Two

  • Emilia Pérez

  • I’m Still Here

  • Nickel Boys

  • The Substance

  • Wicked


Will Win: Anora (Tom/Dana)


Tom Rankings:

  1. Anora

  2. Dune: Part 2

  3. I'm Still Here

  4. The Brutalist

  5. Wicked

  6. Nickel Boys

  7. A Complete Unknown

  8. The Substance

  9. Emilia Perez

  10. Conclave


Dana Rankings:

  1. The Brutalist

  2. Nickel Boys

  3. A Complete Unknown

  4. Conclave

  5. I'm Still Here

  6. Wicked

  7. Anora

  8. Dune: Part Two

  9. The Substance

  10. Emilia Perez


In Memoriam Tiebreaker:

  • Tom: David Lynch

  • Dana: James Earl Jones


Best Actress:

Nominees:

  • Cynthia Erivo, Wicked

  • Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez

  • Mikey Madison, Anora

  • Demi Moore, The Substance

  • Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here

Will Win: Mikey Madison (Tom)/Demi Moore (Tom)

Should Win: Mikey Madison (Tom)/Fernanda Torres (Dana)


Best Director:

Nominees:

  • Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez

  • Sean Baker, Anora

  • Brady Corbet, The Brutalist

  • Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

  • James Mangold, A Complete Unknown

Will Win: Sean Baker (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Sean Baker (Tom)/Brady Corbet (Dana)


Best Actor:

Nominees:

  • Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

  • Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

  • Colman Domingo, Sing Sing

  • Ralph Fiennes, Conclave

  • Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Will Win: Adrien Brody (Tom)

Should Win: Timothee Chalamet (Tom)/Adrien Brody (Tom)


Best Original Song:

Nominees:

  • “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez (Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard)

  • “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight (Music and Lyric by Diane Warren)

  • “Like a Bird” from Sing Sing (Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada)

  • “Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez (Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol)

  • “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late (Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin)

Will Win: The Journey - Six Triple Eight (Tom)/El Mal - Emilia Perez (Dana)

Should Win: Never Too Late (Tom/Dana)


Best Score:

Nominees:

  • The Brutalist (Daniel Blumberg)

  • Conclave (Volker Bertelmann)

  • Emilia Pérez (Clément Ducol and Camille)

  • Wicked (John Powell and Stephen Schwartz)

  • The Wild Robot (Kris Bowers)

Will Win: The Brutalist (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: The Brutalist (Tom/Dana)


Best Sound:

Nominees:

  • A Complete Unknown (Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco)

  • Dune: Part Two (Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill)

  • Emilia Pérez (Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta)

  • Wicked (Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis)

  • The Wild Robot (Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts)

Will Win: Dune: Part Two (Tom)/Wicked (Dana)

Should Win: Dune: Part Two (Tom)/Wicked (Dana)


Best Live Action Short:

Nominees:

  • A Lien (Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz)

  • Anuja (Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai)

  • I’m Not a Robot (Victoria Warmerdam and Trent)

  • The Last Ranger (Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw)

  • The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent (Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek)

Will Win: The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: A Lien (Tom)/The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent (Dana)


Best Cinematography:

Nominees:

  • The Brutalist (Lol Crawley)

  • Dune: Part Two (Greig Fraser)

  • Emilia Pérez (Paul Guilhaume)

  • Maria (Ed Lachman)

  • Nosferatu (Jarin Blaschke)

Will Win: The Brutalist (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: The Brutalist (Tom/Dana)


Best Documentary:

Nominees:

  • Black Box Diaries (Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin)

  • No Other Land (Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham)

  • Porcelain War (Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre’ Pesmen)

  • Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety)

  • Sugarcane (Nominees to be determined)

Will Win: No Other Land (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Sugarcane (Dana)


Best Documentary Short:

Nominees:

  • Death by Numbers (Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard)

  • I Am Ready, Warden (Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp)

  • Incident (Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven)

  • Instruments of a Beating Heart (Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari)

  • The Only Girl in the Orchestra (Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington)

Will Win: Incident (Tom)/I Am Ready, Warden (Dana)

Should Win: Incident (Dana)


Best Film Editing:

Nominees:

  • Anora (Sean Baker)

  • The Brutalist (David Jancso)

  • Conclave (Nick Emerson)

  • Emilia Pérez (Juliette Welfling)

  • Wicked (Myron Kerstein)

Will Win: Anora (Tom)/Conclave (Dana)

Should Win: Anora (Tom)/Conclave (Tom)


Best Visual Effects:

Nominees:

  • Alien: Romulus (Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan)

  • Better Man (Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs)

  • Dune: Part Two (Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer)

  • Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke)

  • Wicked (Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould)

Will Win: Dune: Part Two (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Dune: Part Two (Tom/Dana)


Best Supporting Actor:

Nominees:

  • Yura Borisov, Anora

  • Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

  • Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown

  • Guy Pearce, The Brutalist

  • Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

Will Win: Kieran Culkin (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Guy Pearce (Tom)/Kieran Culkin (Dana)


Best International Film:

Nominees:

  • I’m Still Here (Brazil)

  • The Girl With the Needle (Denmark)

  • Emilia Pérez (France)

  • The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)

  • Flow (Latvia)

Will Win: I'm Still Here (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: I'm Still Here (Tom/Dana)


Best Costume Design:

Nominees:

  • A Complete Unknown (Arianne Phillips)

  • Conclave (Lisy Christl)

  • Gladiator II (Janty Yates and Dave Crossman)

  • Nosferatu (Linda Muir)

  • Wicked (Paul Tazewell)

Will Win: Wicked (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: A Complete Unknown (Tom)/Wicked (Dana)


Best Production Design:

Nominees:

  • The Brutalist (Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia)

  • Conclave (Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter)

  • Dune: Part Two (Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau)

  • Nosferatu (Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová)

  • Wicked (Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales)

Will Win: Wicked (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Dune: Part Two (Tom)/Wicked (Dana)


Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

Nominees:

  • A Different Man (Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado)

  • Emilia Pérez (Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini)

  • Nosferatu (David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton)

  • The Substance (Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli)

  • Wicked (Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth)

Will Win: The Substance (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: The Substance (Tom)/Wicked (Dana)


Best Adapted Screenplay:

Nominees:

  • A Complete Unknown (Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks)

  • Conclave (Screenplay by Peter Straughan)

  • Emilia Pérez (Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi)

  • Nickel Boys (Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes)

  • Sing Sing (Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield)

Will Win: Conclave (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Nickel Boys (Tom)/A Complete Unknown (Dana)


Best Original Screenplay:

Nominees:

  • Anora (Written by Sean Baker)

  • The Brutalist (Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold)

  • A Real Pain (Written by Jesse Eisenberg)

  • September 5 (Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David)

  • The Substance (Written by Coralie Fargeat)

Will Win: Anora (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Anora (Tom)/September 5 (Dana)


Best Animated Feature:

Nominees:

  • Flow (Nominees to be determined)

  • Inside Out 2 (Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen)

  • Memoir of a Snail (Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney)

  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Nominees to be determined)

  • The Wild Robot (Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann)

Will Win: The Wild Robot (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Inside Out 2 (Tom)


Best Animated Short:

Nominees:

  • Beautiful Men (Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande)

  • In the Shadow of the Cypress (Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi)

  • Magic Candies (Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio)

  • Wander to Wonder (Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper)

  • Yuck! (Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet)

Will Win: Wander to Wonder (Tom)/Beautiful Men (Dana)

Should Win: Magic Candies (Tom)/Wander to Wonder (Dana)


Best Supporting Actress:

Nominees:

  • Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown

  • Ariana Grande, Wicked

  • Felicity Jones, The Brutalist

  • Isabella Rossellini, Conclave

  • Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

Will Win: Zoe Saldana (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Ariana Grande (Tom)/Felicity Jones (Dana)

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