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
2HAMNET
3SINNERS
4MARTY SUPREME
5SENTIMENTAL VALUE
6IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
7FRANKENSTEINâ–² 1
8JAY KELLYâ–¼ 1
9WICKED: FOR GOOD
10AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH


 
 
Last Updated
11/28/2025 at 2:51PM EST


 
 

Best Director

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


 
 
Last Updated
11/20/2025 at 8:51AM EST


 
 

Best Actress

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


 
 
Last Updated
11/29/2025 at 11:36AM 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)â–² 1
6George Clooney (JAY KELLY)â–¼ 1
7Michael B. Jordan (SINNERS)
8Jeremy Allen White (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
9Dwayne Johnson (THE SMASHING MACHINE)
10Daniel Day Lewis (ANEMONE)


 
 
Last Updated
11/22/2025 at 7:21PM EST


 
 

Best Supporting Actress

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


 
 
Last Updated
11/29/2025 at 12:06PM EST


 
 

Best Supporting Actor

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


 
 
Last Updated
11/21/2025 at 12:06PM 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)â–² 1
4WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson)â–¼ 1
5FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro)
6BUGONIA (Will Tracy)
7NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar)
8HEDDA (Nia DaCosta)
9NUREMBERG (James Vanderbilt)â–² 1
10WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman)â–¼ 1


 
 
Last Updated
11/29/2025 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)
6BLUE MOON (Robert Kaplow)
7SORRY BABY (Eva Victor)
8IS THIS THING ON? (Will Arnett, Mark Chappell, Bradley Cooper, John Bishop)
9THE SECRET AGENT (Kleber Mendonça Filho)
10THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE (Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold)NEW


 
 
Last Updated
9/16/2025 at 11:21PM EST


 
 

Best Animated Feature

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RankChange
1KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
2ZOOTOPIA 2
3ARCO
4LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
5ELIO
6SCARLET
7IN YOUR DREAMS
8A MAGNIFICENT LIFEâ–² 1
9BOYS GO TO JUPITERNEW
10DOG OF GODNEW


 
 
Last Updated
11/22/2025 at 11:06AM EST


 
 

Best Documentary Feature

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RankChange
1THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
22000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA
3THE ALABAMA SOLUTION
4PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK
5APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS
6ORWELL 2+2=5â–² 1
7COVER-UPâ–¼ 1
8SEEDS
9THE LIBRARIANS
10THE TALE OF SILYAN


 
 
Last Updated
11/30/2025 at 11:06AM EST


 
 

Best International Feature

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RankChange
1SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Norway)
2IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (France)
3THE SECRET AGENT (Brazil)
4NO OTHER CHOICE (South Korea)
5THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE (Iraq)â–² 1
6THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB (Tunisia)â–¼ 1
7LEFT-HANDED GIRL (Taiwan)
8SIRÄ€T (Spain)
9THE LOVE THAT REMAINS (Iceland)
10SOUND OF FALLING (Germany)


 
 
Last Updated
11/23/2025 at 11:21AM EST


 
 

Best Casting

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


 
 
Last Updated
11/29/2025 at 12:22PM EST


 
 

Best Cinematography

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


 
 
Last Updated
11/29/2025 at 12:21PM EST


 
 

Best Costume Design

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


 
 
Last Updated
11/21/2025 at 12:21PM EST


 
 

Best Film Editing

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RankChange
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
2MARTY SUPREME
3SINNERS
4HAMNETâ–² 2
5SENTIMENTAL VALUEâ–¼ 1
6F1â–¼ 1
7NO OTHER CHOICE
8AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
9A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
10JAY KELLYNEW


 
 
Last Updated
12/2/2025 at 2:22AM EST


 
 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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RankChange
1FRANKENSTEIN
2WICKED: FOR GOOD
3SINNERS
4THE SMASHING MACHINE
528 YEARS LATER
6WOLF MAN
7WEAPONS
8KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
9ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
10SONG SUNG BLUE


 
 
Last Updated
11/29/2025 at 12:22PM EST


 
 

Best Production Design

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RankChange
1FRANKENSTEIN
2WICKED: FOR GOOD
3HAMNET
4AVATAR: FIRE AND ASHâ–² 2
5MARTY SUPREMEâ–¼ 1
6SINNERSâ–¼ 1
7THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE
8THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME
9ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
10KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMANNEW


 
 
Last Updated
12/2/2025 at 2:06AM 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)
5JAY KELLY (Nicholas Britell)
6FRANKENSTEIN (Alexandre Desplat)
7THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE (Daniel Blumberg)
8SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Hania Rani)
9HEDDA (Hildur Guðnadóttir)
10WICKED: FOR GOOD (John Powell, Stephen Schwartz)


 
 
Last Updated
11/27/2025 at 2:51AM 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")â–² 1
4DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS ("Dear Me")â–¼ 1
5TRAIN DREAMS ("Train Dreams")
6SINNERS ("Last Time (I Seen the Sun)")
7WICKED FOR GOOD ("No Place Like Home")
8COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT ("Salt Then Sour Then Sweet")
9THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE ("Clothed By The Sun")
10HIGHEST 2 LOWEST ("Highest 2 Lowest")


 
 
Last Updated
11/29/2025 at 12:22PM EST


 
 

Best Sound

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RankChange
1SINNERS
2AVATAR: FIRE AND ASHâ–² 1
3WICKED: FOR GOODâ–¼ 1
4F1
5ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
6MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FINAL RECKONING
7FRANKENSTEIN
8WARFARE
9MARTY SUPREME
10SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERENEW


 
 
Last Updated
12/2/2025 at 2:36AM EST


 
 

Best Visual Effects

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RankChange
1AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
2WICKED: FOR GOOD
3F1
4SUPERMAN
5MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONINGâ–² 1
6FRANKENSTEINâ–¼ 1
7MICKEY 17
8TRON: ARES
9THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS
10HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON


 
 
Last Updated
12/1/2025 at 3:51PM EST