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

AND THE WINNERS ARE ...
marked with a ★ on the chart.

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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 

 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

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