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Oscar Predictions
for the 97th Academy Awards
2024 FILM YEAR / 2025 OSCAR CEREMONY
CURRENT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS RACE

AND THE WINNERS ARE ...
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BEST PICTURE

★ ANORA

BRUTALIST

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

CONCLAVE

DUNE 2

EMILIA PEREZ

I'M STILL HERE

NICKEL BOYS

THE SUBSTANCE

WICKED

predictions:
7/10 ouch

BEST DIRECTOR 

 

Jacques Audiard
EMILIA PEREZ

★ Sean Baker
ANORA


Brady Corbet
THE BRUTALIST

Coralie Fargeat
THE SUBSTANCE

James Mangold
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

predictions: 4/5
prediction:  corbet

 BEST ACTRESS

Cynthia Erivo
WICKED

Karla Sofia Gascon
EMILIA PEREZ

★ Mikey Madison
ANORA


Demi Moore
THE SUBSTANCE

Fernanda Torres
I'M STILL HERE

predictions: 4/5
prediction:  Moore

BEST ACTOR

★ Adrien Brody
THE BRUTALIST


Timothée Chalamet
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Colman Domingo
SING SING

Ralph Fiennes
CONCLAVE

Sebastian Stan
THE APPRENTICE

predictions: 4/5

SUPP ACTRESS

Monica Barbaro
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Ariana Grande
WICKED

Felicity Jones
THE BRUTALIST

Isabella Rossellini
CONCLAVE

★ Zoe Saldana
EMILIA PEREZ

predictions: 4/5

SUPP' ACTOR 

Yura Borisov
ANORA

★ Kieran Culkin
A REAL PAIN


Edward Norton
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Guy Pearce
THE BRUTALIST

Jeremy Strong
THE APPRENTICE

predictions: 3/5

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

★ ANORA

THE BRUTALIST

A REAL PAIN

SEPTEMBER 5

THE SUBSTANCE

predictions: 4/5

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

★ CONCLAVE

EMILIA PEREZ

NICKEL BOYS

SING SING

predictions: 3/5

CINEMATOGRAPHY

★ THE BRUTALIST
Crawley


DUNE PT TWO
Fraser

EMILIA PEREZ
Guilhaume

MARIA
Lachman

NOSFERATU
Blaschke

predictions: 3/5

COSTUME DESIGN

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Phillips

CONCLAVE
Christl

GLADIATOR II
Yates & Crossman

NOSFERATU
Muir

★ WICKED
Tazewell

predictions: 3/5

 

PRODUCTION DESIGN


BRUTALIST
Becker & Cuccia

CONCLAVE
Davies & Sleiter

DUNE PT TWO
Vermette & Vieau

NOSFERATU
Lathrop & Brentner

★ WICKED
Crowley & Sandales

predictions: 3/5

FILM EDITING

ANORA
Baker


BRUTALIST
Jansco

CONCLAVE
Emerson

EMILIA PEREZ
Welfling

WICKED
Kerstein

nom predictions: 3/5
prediction: conclave

 

VISUAL EFFECTS

ALIEN ROMULUS

A BETTER MAN

★ DUNE PART TWO

KINGDOM OF PLANET OF APES

WICKED

predictions: 5/5

MAKEUP & HAIR

A DIFFERENT MAN

EMILIA PEREZ

NOSFERATU

★ THE SUBSTANCE

WICKED

predictions: 3/5

 

INTERNATIONAL FILM 

EMILIA PEREZ
France

GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
Denmark

FLOW
Latvia

★ I'M STILL HERE
Brazil


SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
Germany

predictions: 4/5

ORIGINAL SCORE

★ BRUTALIST
Blumberg


CONCLAVE
Bertelmann

EMILIA PEREZ
Ducol & Camille

WICKED
Powell & Schwartz

WILD ROBOT
Bowers

predictions: 3/5

prediction: wild robot

ORIGINAL SONG 

ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE
"Never Too Late"

★ EMILIA PEREZ
"El Mal"


EMILIA PEREZ
"Mia Camino"

SING SING
"Like a Bird"

THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT
"The Journey"

predictions: 3/5

SOUND

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

★ DUNE PART TWO

EMILIA PEREZ

WICKED

THE WILD ROBOT

predictions: 4/5

ANIMATED FILM

★ FLOW

INSIDE OUT 2

MEMOIR OF A SNAIL

WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL

WILD ROBOT

predictions: 5/5
prediction: wild robot

DOCUMENTARY

BLACK BOX DIARIES

★ NO OTHER LAND

PORCELAIN WAR

SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT

SUGARCANE

predictions: 3/5

 
   

 

SHORTS, DOCUMENTARY

Death by Numbers

I Am Ready Warden

Incident

Instruments of a Beating Heart

★ Only Girl in the Orchestra

predictions: 1/5

SHORTS, LIVE ACTION

A Lien

Anuja

★ I'm Not a Robot

The Last Ranger

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

predictions: 3/5

prediction: man who could not

SHORTS, ANIMATED

Beautiful Men

★ In the Shadow of the Cypress

Magic Candies

Wander to Wonder

Yuck

predictions: 3/5
prediction: wander to wonder

 

 

 

WIN TALLY

5 Oscars
Anora 

3 Oscars
The Brutalist

2 Oscars
Dune Part Two
Emilia Perez
Wicked

1 Oscar
Conclave
Flow
I'm Still Here
No Other Land
A Real Pain
The Substance

sound off on the Oscar race

 

 

 

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PREDICTED WINS

3 - The Brutalist

2 - Anora, Conclave, Dune Part Two, Emilia Perez, The Substance, Wicked, The Wild Robot, 

1 - I'm Still Here

with the only best picture nominees going home empty-handed being A Complete Unknown and Nickel Boys. 

 

NOMINATION TALLIES, OFFICIAL

13 - Emilia Perez

10 - The Brutalist, Wicked

8 - A Complete Unknown, Conclave

6 - Anora

5 - Dune Part Two, The Substance

4 - Nosferatu (most nominations without a Best Picture nod)

3 - I'm Still Here, Sing Sing, The Wild Robot

2 - Nickel Boys (lowest total for a best picture nominee)

2 - The Apprentice, Flow, A Real Pain

1 - Alien Romulus, A Better Man, A Different Man, The Girl with the Needle, Gladiator II, Inside Out 2, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Maria, Memoir of a Snail, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, September 5, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

 

COMPLETELY SHUT OUT EVEN THOUGH THEY LOOKED A STRONG POSSIBILITY IN ONE OR TWO CATEGORIES

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Challengers
Hard Truths
Kneecap
The Last Showgirl
Queer
The Room Next Door