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
5FRANKENSTEIN
6SENTIMENTAL VALUE
7BUGONIA
8THE SECRET AGENTâ–² 1
9TRAIN DREAMSâ–¼ 1
10F1


 
 
Last Updated
1/22/2026 at 10:21AM EST


 
 

Best Director

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RankChange
1Paul Thomas Anderson (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
2Ryan Coogler (SINNERS)
3Chloé Zhao (HAMNET)
4Joachim Trier (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
5Josh Safdie (MARTY SUPREME)


 
 
Last Updated
1/23/2026 at 12:51AM EST


 
 

Best Actress

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RankChange
1Jessie Buckley (HAMNET)
2Rose Byrne (IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU)
3Renate Reinsve (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
4Emma Stone (BUGONIA)
5Kate Hudson (SONG SUNG BLUE)


 
 
Last Updated
1/23/2026 at 12:51AM 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)
5Michael B. Jordan (SINNERS)


 
 
Last Updated
1/23/2026 at 12:51AM EST


 
 

Best Supporting Actress

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RankChange
1Teyana Taylor (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
2Amy Madigan (WEAPONS)
3Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
4Wunmi Mosaku (SINNERS)
5Elle Fanning (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)


 
 
Last Updated
1/23/2026 at 12:51AM EST


 
 

Best Supporting Actor

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RankChange
1Stellan Skarsgård (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
2Benicio Del Toro (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
3Jacob Elordi (FRANKENSTEIN)
4Sean Penn (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
5Delroy Lindo (SINNERS)


 
 
Last Updated
1/23/2026 at 12:51AM 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)
5BUGONIA (Will Tracy)


 
 
Last Updated
1/23/2026 at 12:51AM EST


 
 

Best Original Screenplay

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RankChange
1SINNERS (Ryan Coogler)
2SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt)
3MARTY SUPREME (Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie)
4IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (Jafar Panahi, Nader Saeivar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian)
5BLUE MOON (Robert Kaplow)


 
 
Last Updated
1/7/2026 at 1:51PM EST


 
 

Best Animated Feature

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RankChange
1KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
2ZOOTOPIA 2
3ARCO
4LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
5ELIO


 
 
Last Updated
1/20/2026 at 10:21AM EST


 
 

Best Documentary Feature

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RankChange
1THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
2THE ALABAMA SOLUTION
3CUTTING THROUGH ROCKSNEW
4MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN
5COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT


 
 
Last Updated
1/22/2026 at 1:36PM EST


 
 

Best International Feature

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RankChange
1SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Norway)
2THE SECRET AGENT (Brazil)
3IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (France)
4SIRÄ€T (Spain)
5THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB (Tunisia)


 
 
Last Updated
1/23/2026 at 12:51AM EST


 
 

Best Casting

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RankChange
1Francine Maisler (SINNERS)
2Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
3Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME)
4Nina Gold (HAMNET)
5Gabriel Domingues (THE SECRET AGENT)


 
 
Last Updated
1/23/2026 at 12:51AM EST


 
 

Best Cinematography

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RankChange
1SINNERS (Autumn Durald Arkapaw)
2TRAIN DREAMS (Adolpho Veloso)
3ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Michael Bauman)
4FRANKENSTEIN (Dan Laustsen)
5MARTY SUPREME (Darius Khondji)


 
 
Last Updated
1/23/2026 at 12:51AM EST


 
 

Best Costume Design

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RankChange
1FRANKENSTEIN
2SINNERSâ–² 1
3HAMNETâ–² 1
4MARTY SUPREMEâ–² 3
5AVATAR: FIRE AND ASHNEW


 
 
Last Updated
1/22/2026 at 10:07AM EST


 
 

Best Film Editing

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RankChange
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
2MARTY SUPREME
3SINNERS
4F1
5SENTIMENTAL VALUEâ–² 3


 
 
Last Updated
1/22/2026 at 10:07AM EST


 
 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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RankChange
1FRANKENSTEIN
2SINNERSâ–² 1
3THE SMASHING MACHINEâ–¼ 1
4KOKUHO
5THE UGLY STEPSISTER


 
 
Last Updated
1/22/2026 at 12:22PM EST


 
 

Best Production Design

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RankChange
1FRANKENSTEIN
2SINNERS
3MARTY SUPREMEâ–² 1
4HAMNETâ–² 1
5ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHERNEW


 
 
Last Updated
1/22/2026 at 10:07AM EST


 
 

Best Original Score

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RankChange
1SINNERS (Ludwig Göransson)
2ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Jonny Greenwood)
3HAMNET (Max Richter)
4FRANKENSTEIN (Alexandre Desplat)
5BUGONIA (Jerskin Fendrix)NEW


 
 
Last Updated
1/23/2026 at 12:51AM EST


 
 

Best Original Song

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RankChange
1KPOP DEMON HUNTERS ("Golden")
2SINNERS ("I Lied to You")
3DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS ("Dear Me")
4TRAIN DREAMS ("Train Dreams")
5VIVA VERDI! ("Sweet Dreams of Joy")


 
 
Last Updated
1/23/2026 at 12:51AM EST


 
 

Best Sound

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RankChange
1SINNERS
2F1
3ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
4SIRAT
5FRANKENSTEIN


 
 
Last Updated
1/22/2026 at 9:52AM EST


 
 

Best Visual Effects

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RankChange
1AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
2F1
3SINNERS
4THE LOST BUS
5JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH


 
 
Last Updated
1/22/2026 at 10:07AM EST


 
 

Best Animated Short Film

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RankChange
1THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLSNEW
2BUTTERFLY
3RETIREMENT PLAN
4THE THREE SISTERSâ–² 1
5FOREVERGREENâ–¼ 1


 
 
Last Updated
1/22/2026 at 1:36PM EST


 
 

Best Documentary Short Film

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RankChange
1ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS
2ARMED ONLY WITH A CAMERA: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BRENT RENAUDNEW
3THE DEVIL IS BUSY
4PERFECTLY A STRANGENESS
5CHILDREN NO MORE: “WERE AND ARE GONE"


 
 
Last Updated
1/22/2026 at 12:22PM EST


 
 

Best Live Action Short Film

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RankChange
1TWO PEOPLE EXCHANGING SALIVA
2THE SINGERS
3JANE AUSTEN’S PERIOD DRAMA
4BUTCHER’S STAIN▲ 1
5A FRIEND OF DOROTHYâ–¼ 1


 
 
Last Updated
1/22/2026 at 12:06PM EST