2025 Academy Award Nominations Predictions

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The W Spotlight team have curated our predictions for the films, actors and crew who will be nominated at this year's Academy Awards - hosted Sunday March 2, 2025.

Our ranking is from most votes from the team, to the least amount of votes.

Feature Film

  1. Conclave
  2. The Substance
  3. The Brutalist
  4. A Complete Unknown
  5. Emilia Pérez
  6. Dune: Part 2
  7. Wicked
  8. Anora
  9. Sing Sing
  10. A Real Pain

Please note, 1-2 are tied, 3-6 are tied, 7-8 are tied, and 9-10 are tied.

Best Director

  1. Coralie Fargeat
  2. Edward Berger
  3. Brady Corbet
  4. Sean Baker
  5. Jacques Audiard

Please note, 1-2 are tied, and 3-4 are tied.

Best Actress

  1. Demi Moore
  2. Fernanda Torres
  3. Mikey Madison
  4. Angelina Jolie
  5. Karla Sofia Gascòn

Please note, 2-3 are tied, and 4-5 are tied.

Best Actor

  1. Adrien Brody
  2. Ralph Fiennes
  3. Colman Domingo
  4. Timothee Chalamet
  5. Sebastian Stan

Please note 1-2 are tied.

Supporting Actress

  1. Zoe Saldana
  2. Ariana Grande
  3. Isabella Rossellini
  4. Felicity Jones
  5. Jamie Lee Curtis

Please note 1-3 are tied.

Supporting Actor

  1. Kieran Culkin
  2. Guy Pearce
  3. Yura Borisov
  4. Edward Norton
  5. Clarence Maclin

Please note 3-4 are tied.

Animated Feature Film

  1. The Wild Robot
  2. Flow
  3. Inside Out 2
  4. Memoir of a Snail
  5. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Please note 1-2 are tied, and 3-4 are tied.

Original Screenplay

  1. A Real Pain
  2. The Substance
  3. Anora
  4. The Brutalist
  5. Challengers

Please note 1-2 are tied, and 3-4 are tied.

Adapted Screenplay

  1. Conclave
  2. Emilia Pérez
  3. A Complete Unknown
  4. Wicked
  5. Nickel Boys

Please note 1-3 are tied, and 4-5 are tied.

Cinematography

  1. Dune: Part 2
  2. The Brutalist
  3. Conclave
  4. Maria
  5. Nosferatu

Please note 2-4 are tied.

Visual Effects

  1. Dune: Part 2
  2. Wicked
  3. Gladiator II
  4. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
  5. Better Man

Please note 2-3 are tied.

International Feature

  1. Emilia Pérez
  2. I'm Still Here
  3. The Seed of the Sacred Fig
  4. Flow
  5. The Girl with the Needle

Please note 1-2 are tied.

Sound

  1. Dune: Part 2
  2. Wicked
  3. A Complete Unknown
  4. Gladiator II
  5. Emilia Pérez

Please note 1-2 are tied, and 3-4 are tied.

Film Editing

  1. Dune: Part 2
  2. The Brutalist
  3. Conclave
  4. Anora
  5. Challengers

Please note 2-4 are tied.

Production Design

  1. Wicked
  2. The Brutalist
  3. Conclave
  4. Dune: Part 2
  5. Nosferatu

Please note 1-4 are tied.

Costume Design

  1. Wicked
  2. Dune: Part 2
  3. Conclave
  4. Nosferatu
  5. A Complete Unknown

Please note 1-2 are tied, and 3-4 are tied.

Make-up and Hairstyling

  1. Wicked
  2. The Substance
  3. A Different Man
  4. Nosferatu
  5. Dune: Part 2

Please note 1-2 are tied, and 4-5 are tied.

Original Song

  1. "El Mal" - Emilia Pérez
  2. "Kiss the Sky" - The Wild Robot
  3. "Mi Camino" - Emilia Pérez
  4. "Compress/repress" - Challengers
  5. "Harper & Will Go West" - Will & Harper

Please note 1-4 are tied.

Original Score

  1. Challengers
  2. Conclave
  3. The Brutalist
  4. Emilia Pérez
  5. The Wild Robot

Please note 1-2 are tied, and 3-5 are tied.

Documentary Feature

  1. No Other Land
  2. Sugarcane
  3. Daughters
  4. Dahomey
  5. Will & Harper

Please note 1-3 are tied, and 4-5 are tied.

And there you have it folks, W Spotlight's current Academy Award nomination predictions. Stay tuned for when we update with who we believe the winners will be once the nominations are released.

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