Here are the 2025 Oscar Predictions from InSession Film Awards Editor Shadan Larki! These rankings will continue to evolve and change until our final predictions before the 97th Academy Awards, taking place on March 2, 2025. Please check back for regular updates.
These predictions are as of February 18, 2025.
Rank
Picture
1
Anora
2
Conclave
3
The Brutalist
4
Wicked
5
A Complete Unknown
6
The Substance
7
I’m Still Here
8.
Emilia Pérez
9
Dune: Part Two
10
Nickel B oys
Rank
Director
1
Sean Baker, Anora
2
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
3
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
4
James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
5
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
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Rank
Actor
1
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
2
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
3
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
4
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
5
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
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Rank
Actress
1
Demi Moore, The Substance
2
Mikey Madison, Anora
3
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
4
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
5
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
6
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Best Supporting Actor
Rank
Supporting Actor
1
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
2
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
3
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
4
Yura Borisov, Anora
5
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
6
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Best Supporting Actress
Rank
Supporting Actress
1
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
2
Ariana Grande, Wicked
3
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
4
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
5
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
6
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Best Original Screenplay
Rank
Screenplay
1
Anora (Written by Sean Baker)
2
The Substance (Written by Coralie Fargeat)
3
A Real Pain (Written by Jesse Eisenberg)
4
he Brutalist (Written by Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold)
5
September 5 (Written by Moritz Binder & Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David)
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Best Adapted Screenplay
Rank
Screenplay
1
Conclave (Screenplay by Peter Straughan)
2
A Complete Unknown (Screenplay by James Mangold & Jay Cocks)
3
Emilia Pérez (Screenplay by Jacques Audiard. In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius & Nicolas Livecchi)
4
Nickel Boys (Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes)
5
Sing Sing (Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin & John “Divine G” Whitfield)
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Best Animated Film
Rank
Picture
1
The Wild Robot (Chris Sanders & Jeff Hermann)
2
Flow (Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens & Gregory Zalcman)
3
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham & Richard Beek)
4
Inside Out 2 (Kelsey Mann & Mark Nielsen)
5
Memoir of a Snail (Adam Elliot & Liz Kearney)
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Best International Film
Rank
Picture
1
Emilia Pérez (France)
2
I’m Still Here (Brazil)
3.
Flow (Latvia)
4
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
5
The Girl with the Needle (Denmark)
6
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Best Documentary
Rank
Picture
1
No Other Land (Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal & Yuval Abraham)
2
Porcelain War (Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska & Paula DuPre’ Pesmen)
3
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius & Rémi Grellety)
4
Black Box Diaries (Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari & Hanna Aqvilin)
5
Sugarcane (Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie & Kellen Quinn)
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Rank
Picture
1
Nick Emerson, Conclave
2
Sean Baker, Anora
3.
David Jancso, The Brutalist
4
Myron Kerstein, Wicked
5
Juliette Welfling, Emilia Pérez
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Best Cinematography
Rank
Picture
1
Lol Crowley, The Brutalist
2
Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu
3
Greg Fraser, Dune: Part Two
4
Paul Guilhaume, Emilia Pérez
5
Edward Lachman, Maria
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Best Visual Effects
Rank
Picture
1
Dune: Part Two ( Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe & Gerd Nefzer)
2
Wicked (Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk & Paul Corbould)
3
Better Man (Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft & Peter Stubbs)
4
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke)
5
Alien: Romulus (Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin & Shane Mahan)
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Best Original Score
Rank
Picture
1
Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
2
Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot
3
Volker Bertelmann, Conclave
4
John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, Wicked
5
Clément Ducol & Camille, Emilia Pérez
6
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Best Original Song
Rank
Picture
1
“El Mal” Music by Clément Ducol & Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille & Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)
2
“The Journey” Music & Lyric by Diane Warren (The Six Triple Eight )
3
“Never Too Late” Music & Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt & Bernie Taupin (Elton John: Never Too Late )
4
“Mi Camino” Music & Lyric by Camille & Clément Ducol (Emilia Pérez)
5
“Like a Bird” Music & Lyric by Abraham Alexander & Adrian Quesada (Sing Sing)
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Best Production Design
Rank
Picture
1
Wicked (Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales)
2
The Brutalist ( Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia)
3
Dune: Part Two (Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau)
4
Conclave
5
Nosferatu (
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Best Costume Design
Rank
Picture
1
Paul Tazewell, Wicked
2
Arianne Phillips, A Complete Unknown
3
Lisy Christl, Conclave
4
Linda Muir, Nosferatu
5
Janty Yates & Dave Crossman, Gladiator II
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Best Make-Up & Hairstyling
Rank
Picture
1
The Substance (Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon & Marilyne Scarselli)
2
Wicked (Frances Hannon, Laura Blount & Sarah Nuth)
3
Nosferatu
4
A Different Man ( Mike Marino, David Presto & Crystal Jurado)
5
Emilia Pérez (Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier & Jean-Christophe Spadaccini)
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Rank
Picture
1
Dune: Part Two (Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett & Doug Hemphill)
2
Wicked (Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson & John Marquis)
3
A Complete Unknown ( Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey & David Giammarco)
4
Emilia Pérez (Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz & Niels Barletta)
5
The Wild Robot (Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo & Leff Lefferts)
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Best Live-Action Short FilmScreenshot
Rank
Picture
1
Anuja (Adam J. Graves & Suchitra Mattai)
2
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent (Nebojša Slijepčević & Danijel Pek)
3
I’m Not a Robot (Victoria Warmerdam & Trent)
4
A Lien (Sam Cutler-Kreutz & David Cutler-Kreutz)
5
The Last Ranger (Cindy Lee & Darwin Shaw)
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Best Animated Short Film
Rank
Picture
1
Wander to Wonder (Nina Gantz & Stienette Bosklopper)
2
In the Shadow of the Cypress (Shirin Sohani & Hossein Molayemi)
3
Yuck! (Loïc Espuche & Juliette Marquet)
4
Beautiful Men (Nicolas Keppens & Brecht Van Elslande)
5
Magic Candies (Daisuke Nishio & Takashi Washio)
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Best Documentary Short Subject
Rank
Picture
1
Incident (Bill Morrison & Jamie Kalven)
2
I Am Ready, Warden ( Smriti Mundhra & Maya Gnyp)
3
Death by Numbers (Kim A. Snyder & Janique L. Robillard)
4
The Only Girl in the Orchestra (Molly O’Brien & Lisa Remington)
5
Instruments of a Beating Heart (Ema Ryan Yamazaki & Eric Nyari)
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