Oscar Predictions

Here are the 2025 Oscar Predictions from the NBP staff! Ranking is updated in real-time, and is constantly changing until the end of the year. Accuracy will be calculated after the winners are announced at The 98th Annual Academy Awards.

Click each heading to view individual staff rankings, or search/sort by the drop-downs below:

Best Picture

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RankChange
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
2SINNERS
3HAMNET
4MARTY SUPREME
5SENTIMENTAL VALUE
6IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
7FRANKENSTEIN
8JAY KELLY
9THE SECRET AGENT
10WICKED: FOR GOODNEW


 
 
Last Updated
12/14/2025 at 12:51PM EST


 
 

Best Director

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RankChange
1Paul Thomas Anderson (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
2Chloé Zhao (HAMNET)
3Ryan Coogler (SINNERS)â–² 1
4Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT)â–² 1
5Josh Safdie (MARTY SUPREME)â–¼ 2
6Joachim Trier (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
7Guillermo Del Toro (FRANKENSTEIN)
8Kleber Mendonça Filho (THE SECRET AGENT)
9Park Chan-wook (NO OTHER CHOICE)
10Noah Baumbach (JAY KELLY)


 
 
Last Updated
12/10/2025 at 9:21PM EST


 
 

Best Actress

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RankChange
1Jessie Buckley (HAMNET)
2Renate Reinsve (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
3Rose Byrne (IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU)
4Amanda Seyfried (THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE)
5Chase Infiniti (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)â–² 1
6Cynthia Erivo (WICKED: FOR GOOD)â–¼ 1
7Kate Hudson (SONG SUNG BLUE)
8Emma Stone (BUGONIA)
9Tessa Thompson (HEDDA)
10Jennifer Lawrence (DIE, MY LOVE)


 
 
Last Updated
12/13/2025 at 3:21PM EST


 
 

Best Actor

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RankChange
1Timothée Chalamet (MARTY SUPREME)
2Leonardo DiCaprio (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
3Wagner Moura (THE SECRET AGENT)
4Ethan Hawke (BLUE MOON)
5Joel Edgerton (TRAIN DREAMS)
6Michael B. Jordan (SINNERS)â–² 1
7George Clooney (JAY KELLY)â–¼ 1
8Jeremy Allen White (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
9Dwayne Johnson (THE SMASHING MACHINE)
10Jesse Plemons (BUGONIA)


 
 
Last Updated
12/8/2025 at 9:21AM EST


 
 

Best Supporting Actress

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RankChange
1Teyana Taylor (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
2Ariana Grande (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
3Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)â–² 1
4Elle Fanning (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)â–¼ 1
5Amy Madigan (WEAPONS)â–² 1
6Gwyneth Paltrow (MARTY SUPREME)â–¼ 1
7Wunmi Mosaku (SINNERS)
8Odessa Azion (MARTY SUPREME)
9Emily Blunt (THE SMASHING MACHINE)
10Regina Hall (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)


 
 
Last Updated
12/13/2025 at 3:21PM EST


 
 

Best Supporting Actor

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RankChange
1Stellan Skarsgård (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
2Sean Penn (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
3Benicio Del Toro (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
4Paul Mescal (HAMNET)â–² 1
5Adam Sandler (JAY KELLY)â–¼ 1
6Jacob Elordi (FRANKENSTEIN)
7Delroy Lindo (SINNERS)
8Jeremy Strong (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
9Andrew Scott (BLUE MOON)
10Miles Caton (SINNERS)


 
 
Last Updated
12/14/2025 at 11:36AM EST


 
 

Best Adapted Screenplay

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RankChange
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao)
3TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar)
4FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro)NEW
5BUGONIA (Will Tracy)
6NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar)â–² 1
7WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson)â–¼ 1
8HEDDA (Nia DaCosta)
9NUREMBERG (James Vanderbilt)
10WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman)


 
 
Last Updated
12/14/2025 at 12:06PM EST


 
 

Best Original Screenplay

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RankChange
1SINNERS (Ryan Coogler)
2IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (Jafar Panahi, Nader Saeivar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian)
3SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt)
4MARTY SUPREME (Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie)
5JAY KELLY (Noah Baumbach & Emily Mortimer)
6SORRY BABY (Eva Victor)
7THE SECRET AGENT (Kleber Mendonça Filho)▲ 1
8BLUE MOON (Robert Kaplow)â–¼ 1
9IS THIS THING ON? (Will Arnett, Mark Chappell, Bradley Cooper, John Bishop)
10WEAPONS (Zach Cregger)


 
 
Last Updated
10/8/2025 at 10:21PM EST


 
 

Best Animated Feature

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RankChange
1KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
2ZOOTOPIA 2
3ARCO
4LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
5ELIO
6IN YOUR DREAMS
7SCARLET
8A MAGNIFICENT LIFE
9ENDLESS COOKIEâ–² 1
10BOYS GO TO JUPITERâ–¼ 1


 
 
Last Updated
12/12/2025 at 7:21PM EST


 
 

Best Documentary Feature

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RankChange
1THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
22000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA
3PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK
4APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS
5THE ALABAMA SOLUTION
6THE TALE OF SILYAN
7ORWELL 2+2=5
8COVER-UP
9MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I - LAST AIR IN MOSCOWâ–² 1
10SEEDSâ–¼ 1


 
 
Last Updated
12/13/2025 at 3:51PM EST


 
 

Best International Feature

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RankChange
1SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Norway)
2IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (France)NEW
3THE SECRET AGENT (Brazil)
4NO OTHER CHOICE (South Korea)
5THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE (Iraq)
6THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB (Tunisia)
7SIRÄ€T (Spain)
8LEFT-HANDED GIRL (Taiwan)
9SOUND OF FALLING (Germany)
10THE LOVE THAT REMAINS (Iceland)


 
 
Last Updated
12/14/2025 at 8:51PM EST


 
 

Best Casting

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RankChange
1Francine Maisler (SINNERS)
2Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
3Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME)
4Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
5Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY)â–² 1
6Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY)â–¼ 1
7Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
8Nina Gold (HAMNET)
9Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN)
10Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT)


 
 
Last Updated
12/8/2025 at 5:06PM EST


 
 

Best Cinematography

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RankChange
1SINNERS (Autumn Durald Arkapaw)
2ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Michael Bauman)
3FRANKENSTEIN (Dan Laustsen)
4TRAIN DREAMS (Adolpho Veloso)â–² 1
5HAMNET (Lukasz Zal)â–¼ 1
6MARTY SUPREME (Darius Khondji)
7THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE (William Rexer)
8F1 (Claudio Miranda)
9JAY KELLY (Linus Sandgren)
10AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH (Russell Carpenter)


 
 
Last Updated
12/14/2025 at 11:51AM EST


 
 

Best Costume Design

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RankChange
1FRANKENSTEIN
2WICKED: FOR GOOD
3SINNERS
4HAMNET
5KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
6ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHERâ–² 1
7HEDDAâ–¼ 1
8THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE
9MARTY SUPREME
10SNOW WHITE


 
 
Last Updated
12/14/2025 at 9:06PM EST


 
 

Best Film Editing

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RankChange
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
2MARTY SUPREME
3SINNERS
4F1
5HAMNET
6SENTIMENTAL VALUE
7IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENTâ–² 1
8NO OTHER CHOICEâ–¼ 1
9AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
10A HOUSE OF DYNAMITENEW


 
 
Last Updated
12/13/2025 at 4:06PM EST


 
 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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RankChange
1FRANKENSTEIN
2WICKED: FOR GOOD
3SINNERS
4THE SMASHING MACHINE
528 YEARS LATER
6WEAPONSâ–² 1
7WOLF MANâ–¼ 1
8KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
9ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
10BUGONIA


 
 
Last Updated
12/13/2025 at 4:06PM EST


 
 

Best Production Design

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RankChange
1FRANKENSTEIN
2WICKED: FOR GOODâ–² 1
3HAMNETâ–¼ 1
4MARTY SUPREME
5SINNERS
6AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
7THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE
8THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME
9ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
10THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS


 
 
Last Updated
12/14/2025 at 9:21PM EST


 
 

Best Original Score

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RankChange
1SINNERS (Ludwig Göransson)
2ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Jonny Greenwood)
3MARTY SUPREME (Daniel Lopatin)
4HAMNET (Max Richter)
5FRANKENSTEIN (Alexandre Desplat)NEW
6JAY KELLY (Nicholas Britell)
7F1 (Hans Zimmer)
8THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE (Daniel Blumberg)
9SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Hania Rani)â–² 1
10SIRÄ€T (Kangding Ray)NEW


 
 
Last Updated
12/15/2025 at 11:06AM EST


 
 

Best Original Song

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RankChange
1KPOP DEMON HUNTERS ("Golden")
2SINNERS ("I Lied to You")
3WICKED FOR GOOD ("The Girl in the Bubble")
4DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS ("Dear Me")
5TRAIN DREAMS ("Train Dreams")
6THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE ("Clothed By The Sun")
7COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT ("Salt Then Sour Then Sweet")
8SINNERS ("Last Time (I Seen the Sun)")
9WICKED FOR GOOD ("No Place Like Home")
10HIGHEST 2 LOWEST ("Highest 2 Lowest")


 
 
Last Updated
12/8/2025 at 9:21AM EST


 
 

Best Sound

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RankChange
1SINNERS
2F1â–² 1
3AVATAR: FIRE AND ASHâ–¼ 1
4ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
5WICKED: FOR GOOD
6FRANKENSTEIN
7MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FINAL RECKONINGâ–² 1
8WARFAREâ–¼ 1
9MARTY SUPREME
10SUPERMAN


 
 
Last Updated
12/15/2025 at 11:06AM EST


 
 

Best Visual Effects

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RankChange
1AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
2F1
3SUPERMAN
4WICKED: FOR GOOD
5FRANKENSTEIN
6MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING
7MICKEY 17
8THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPSâ–² 1
9SINNERSâ–¼ 1
10TRON: ARES


 
 
Last Updated
12/14/2025 at 9:21PM EST