Oscar Predictions – Daniel Howat

Here are Daniel Howat’s 2025 Oscar Predictions. 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 97th Annual Academy Awards.

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

Best Picture

Daniel Howat
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
2SINNERS
3MARTY SUPREME
4HAMNET
5SENTIMENTAL VALUE
6WICKED: FOR GOOD
7IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
8JAY KELLY
9FRANKENSTEINNEW
10AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

 
 

Last Updated:

10/21/2025 11:35 AM


 
 

Best Director

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

 
 

Last Updated:

10/25/2025 11:50 AM


 
 

Best Actress

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

 
 

Last Updated:

11/8/2025 12:20 PM


 
 

Best Actor

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

 
 

Last Updated:

11/7/2025 7:05 PM


 
 

Best Supporting Actress

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

 
 

Last Updated:

11/7/2025 7:05 PM


 
 

Best Supporting Actor

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1Stellan Skarsgård (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
2Sean Penn (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
3Paul Mescal (HAMNET)
4Adam Sandler (JAY KELLY)
5Benicio Del Toro (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
6Jacob Elordi (FRANKENSTEIN)NEW
7Jonathan Bailey (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
8Delroy Lindo (SINNERS)â–¼ 2
9Jeremy Strong (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)â–¼ 1
10Jack O'Connell (SINNERS)

 
 

Last Updated:

11/7/2025 7:05 PM


 
 

Best Adapted Screenplay

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

 
 

Last Updated:

10/29/2025 11:21 PM


 
 

Best Original Screenplay

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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)
5JAY KELLY (Noah Baumbach & Emily Mortimer)
6BLUE MOON (Robert Kaplow)
7IS THIS THING ON? (Will Arnett, Mark Chappell, Bradley Cooper, John Bishop)
8THE SECRET AGENT (Kleber Mendonça Filho)
9SORRY BABY (Eva Victor)NEW
10THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE (Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold)

 
 

Last Updated:

11/9/2025 10:50 AM


 
 

Best Animated Feature

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1KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
2ZOOTOPIA 2
3ARCOâ–² 1
4LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN▼ 1
5ELIO
6SCARLET
7A MAGNIFICENT LIFE
8IN YOUR DREAMS
9THE BAD GUYS 2
10NE ZHA 2

 
 

Last Updated:

11/8/2025 12:50 AM


 
 

Best Documentary Feature

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1THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
22000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA
3THE ALABAMA SOLUTION
4DEAF PRESIDENT NOW!
5THE EYES OF GHANA
6SEEDS
7PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK
8BELOW THE CLOUDS
9COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHTNEW
10APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS

 
 

Last Updated:

11/8/2025 1:05 AM


 
 

Best International Feature

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

 
 

Last Updated:

10/26/2025 4:35 AM


 
 

Best Casting

Daniel Howat
1Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)NEW
2Francine Maisler (SINNERS)â–¼ 1
3Nina Gold (HAMNET)
4Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME)NEW
5Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD)NEW
6Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)â–¼ 1
7Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY)â–¼ 3
8Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN)
9Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY)â–¼ 7
10Aine O'Sullivan, Olivia Scott-Webb (BLUE MOON)NEW

 
 

Last Updated:

11/8/2025 12:50 AM


 
 

Best Cinematography

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

 
 

Last Updated:

11/7/2025 5:05 PM


 
 

Best Costume Design

Daniel Howat
1WICKED: FOR GOOD
2FRANKENSTEIN
3HAMNET
4SINNERS
5THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEEâ–² 1
6MARTY SUPREMEâ–² 2
7KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
8ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHERâ–² 1
9HEDDAâ–² 1
10THE PHOENICIAN SCHEMENEW

 
 

Last Updated:

11/8/2025 12:50 AM


 
 

Best Film Editing

Daniel Howat
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
2MARTY SUPREME
3SENTIMENTAL VALUE
4HAMNETNEW
5NO OTHER CHOICE
6SINNERS
7JAY KELLYâ–¼ 3
8BUGONIA
9F1
10AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

 
 

Last Updated:

11/7/2025 5:05 PM


 
 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Daniel Howat
1FRANKENSTEIN
2WICKED: FOR GOOD
3SINNERS
4THE SMASHING MACHINE
528 YEARS LATERâ–² 1
6WOLF MANNEW
7HAMNET
8SONG SUNG BLUENEW
9WEAPONSNEW
10KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN

 
 

Last Updated:

11/7/2025 5:05 PM


 
 

Best Production Design

Daniel Howat
1WICKED: FOR GOOD
2FRANKENSTEIN
3HAMNET
4MARTY SUPREME
5SINNERS
6THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME
7SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE
8BUGONIA
9KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMANNEW
10AVATAR: FIRE AND ASHNEW

 
 

Last Updated:

11/8/2025 1:20 AM


 
 

Best Original Score

Daniel Howat
1SINNERS (Ludwig Göransson)
2ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Jonny Greenwood)
3JAY KELLY (Nicholas Britell)
4MARTY SUPREME (Daniel Lopatin)
5FRANKENSTEIN (Alexandre Desplat)â–² 2
6WICKED: FOR GOOD (John Powell, Stephen Schwartz)
7FRANKENSTEIN (Alexandre Desplat)NEW
8SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Hania Rani)
9HEDDA (Hildur Guðnadóttir)
10THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE (Daniel Blumberg)â–¼ 5

 
 

Last Updated:

11/9/2025 11:35 AM


 
 

Best Original Song

Daniel Howat
1"Golden" (KPOP DEMON HUNTERS)
2"I Lied to You" (SINNERS)
3"The Girl in the Bubble" (WICKED FOR GOOD)
4"Train Dreams" (TRAIN DREAMS)
5"Dear Me" (DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS)
6"Clothed By The Sun" (THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE)â–² 1
7"My Baby (Got Nothing At All)" (MATERIALISTS)â–¼ 1
8"Last Time (I Seen the Sun)" (SINNERS)
9"Highest 2 Lowest" (HIGHEST 2 LOWEST)
10"Lose My Mind" (F1)

 
 

Last Updated:

11/9/2025 11:35 AM


 
 

Best Sound

Daniel Howat
1SINNERS
2WICKED: FOR GOOD
3AVATAR: FIRE AND ASHâ–² 1
4F1â–² 1
5ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHERNEW
6FRANKENSTEINâ–¼ 3
7MARTY SUPREMEâ–² 3
8MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FINAL RECKONING
9WARFARE
10THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEENEW

 
 

Last Updated:

11/8/2025 1:05 AM


 
 

Best Visual Effects

Daniel Howat
1AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
2WICKED: FOR GOOD
3F1
4TRON: ARES
5MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONINGNEW
6FRANKENSTEINâ–¼ 1
7MICKEY17NEW
8SUPERMANNEW
9THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPSâ–¼ 3
10JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH

 
 

Last Updated:

11/8/2025 1:05 AM


 
 

Best Animated Short Film

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Best Documentary Short Film

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Best Live Action Short Film

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