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
3HAMNET
4MARTY SUPREME
5SENTIMENTAL VALUE
6FRANKENSTEIN
7F1NEW
8TRAIN DREAMS
9BUGONIA
10THE SECRET AGENT

 
 

Last Updated:

1/23/2026 12:21 PM


 
 

Best Director

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

 
 

Last Updated:

1/23/2026 9:51 AM


 
 

Best Actress

Daniel Howat
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)NEW

 
 

Last Updated:

1/23/2026 9:51 AM


 
 

Best Actor

Daniel Howat
1Timothée Chalamet (MARTY SUPREME)▲ 1
2Leonardo DiCaprio (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)â–¼ 1
3Ethan Hawke (BLUE MOON)
4Wagner Moura (THE SECRET AGENT)
5Michael B. Jordan (SINNERS)

 
 

Last Updated:

1/12/2026 12:20 AM


 
 

Best Supporting Actress

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

 
 

Last Updated:

1/18/2026 3:50 PM


 
 

Best Supporting Actor

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

 
 

Last Updated:

1/23/2026 9:51 AM


 
 

Best Adapted Screenplay

Daniel Howat
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao)
3TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar)
4BUGONIA (Will Tracy)
5FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro)

 
 

Last Updated:

1/18/2026 3:35 PM


 
 

Best Original Screenplay

Daniel Howat
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)
5BLUE MOON (Robert Kaplow)NEW

 
 

Last Updated:

1/23/2026 9:51 AM


 
 

Best Animated Feature

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

 
 

Last Updated:

1/18/2026 3:05 PM


 
 

Best Documentary Feature

Daniel Howat
1THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
2MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTINNEW
3THE ALABAMA SOLUTIONNEW
4COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHTNEW
5CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS

 
 

Last Updated:

1/23/2026 9:51 AM


 
 

Best International Feature

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

 
 

Last Updated:

1/23/2026 9:51 AM


 
 

Best Casting

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

 
 

Last Updated:

1/23/2026 9:51 AM


 
 

Best Cinematography

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

 
 

Last Updated:

1/23/2026 9:51 AM


 
 

Best Costume Design

Daniel Howat
1FRANKENSTEIN
2SINNERS
3HAMNETâ–² 1
4MARTY SUPREMENEW
5AVATAR: FIRE AND ASHNEW

 
 

Last Updated:

1/23/2026 9:51 AM


 
 

Best Film Editing

Daniel Howat
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
2F1
3SINNERS
4MARTY SUPREME
5SENTIMENTAL VALUENEW

 
 

Last Updated:

1/23/2026 9:51 AM


 
 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Daniel Howat
1FRANKENSTEIN
2SINNERS
3KOKUHOâ–² 2
4THE SMASHING MACHINE
5THE UGLY STEPSISTERNEW

 
 

Last Updated:

1/23/2026 9:51 AM


 
 

Best Production Design

Daniel Howat
1FRANKENSTEIN
2SINNERS
3MARTY SUPREME
4ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHERNEW
5HAMNET

 
 

Last Updated:

1/23/2026 9:51 AM


 
 

Best Original Score

Daniel Howat
1SINNERS (Ludwig Göransson)
2ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Jonny Greenwood)
3HAMNET (Max Richter)NEW
4FRANKENSTEIN (Alexandre Desplat)â–¼ 1
5BUGONIA (Jerskin Fendrix)NEW

 
 

Last Updated:

1/23/2026 9:51 AM


 
 

Best Original Song

Daniel Howat
1"Golden" (KPOP DEMON HUNTERS)
2"I Lied to You" (SINNERS)
3"Train Dreams" (TRAIN DREAMS)NEW
4"Dear Me" (DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS)â–¼ 1
5"Sweet Dreams of Joy" (VIVA VERDI!)NEW

 
 

Last Updated:

1/23/2026 9:51 AM


 
 

Best Sound

Daniel Howat
1SINNERS
2F1
3ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
4FRANKENSTEINâ–² 3
5SIRAT

 
 

Last Updated:

1/20/2026 12:35 PM


 
 

Best Visual Effects

Daniel Howat
1AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
2F1
3SINNERSâ–² 2
4THE LOST BUSNEW
5JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTHNEW

 
 

Last Updated:

1/23/2026 9:51 AM


 
 

Best Animated Short Film

Daniel Howat
1BUTTERFLY
2THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLSâ–² 2
3RETIREMENT PLANNEW
4THE THREE SISTERSNEW
5FOREVERGREENNEW

 
 

Last Updated:

1/23/2026 9:51 AM


 
 

Best Documentary Short Film

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

 
 

Last Updated:

1/23/2026 9:51 AM


 
 

Best Live Action Short Film

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

 
 

Last Updated:

1/23/2026 10:06 AM