2025 Academy Award Nominations Predictions

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 3, 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.