2025 Oscar Nominations Predictions | Moviefone

(Far Left) Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger’s ‘Conclave’, a Focus Features release. Credit: Philippe Antonello/Focus Features ©2024 All Rights Reserved. (Center Left) Zoe Saldaña as Emilia Pérez in ‘Emilia Pérez’. Photo: Netflix. (Center Right) Adrien Brody in ‘The Brutalist’. Photo: A24. (Far Right) Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba in ‘Wicked’, directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.

Now that the Golden Globes are over, the official Oscar race is about to begin!

It will start on January 23rd when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announce the Oscar nominees, with the 97th Oscars Ceremony scheduled for March 2nd.

At this point, with no real frontrunner in the Best Picture race yet, it seems to be a competition between ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Conclave‘, ‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘Wicked‘.

While directors Jacques Audiard, Edward Berger, Brady Corbet and ‘Anora‘s Sean Baker seem assured to be nominated, its not so simple for ‘Wicked’s Jon M. Chu, who must fend off competition from ‘The Substance‘s Coaralie Fargeat, ‘A Complete Unknown‘s James Mangold and ‘Dune: Part Two‘s Denis Villeneuve.

The Best Actor and Best Actress races seem to have four actors locked in each category, with several possible nominees battling it out for that last coveted spot. And while Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña are locks for nominations in the Supporting categories, the rest of the nominees are pretty much up for grabs.

Moviefone is making its Oscar nomination predictions for the major categories including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, ahead of the nominee announcements on January 23rd.

Let’s begin!

BEST PICTURE

(L to R) Timothee Chalamet as Paul Atreides and Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ action adventure ‘Dune: Part Two,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Niko Tavernise. Copyright: © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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(L to R) Sean Baker and DP Drew Daniels on the set of ‘Anora’. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.

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Timothée Chalamet in ‘A Complete Unkown’. Photo by Macall Polay, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.

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BEST ACTRESS

Demi Moore in ‘The Substance’. Photo: Mubi.

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

(L to R) Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in ‘A Real Pain’. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures, © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.

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Ariana Grande is Glinda in ‘Wicked’, directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.

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Don’t forget to watch the 97th Academy Award ceremony Sunday, March 2nd on ABC.

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