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.
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Best Picture
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | AFTER THE HUNT |
| 2 | SINNERS |
| 3 | SENTIMENTAL VALUE |
| 4 | JAY KELLY |
| 5 | BUGONIA |
| 6 | MARTY SUPREME |
| 7 | WICKED: FOR GOOD |
| 8 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE |
| 9 | AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH |
| 10 | IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT |
Best Director
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Luca Guadagnino (AFTER THE HUNT) |
| 2 | Joachim Trier (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) |
| 3 | Noah Baumbach (JAY KELLY) |
| 4 | Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT) |
| 5 | Josh Safdie (MARTY SUPREME) |
| 6 | Ryan Coogler (SINNERS) |
| 7 | Yorgos Lanthimos (BUGONIA) |
| 8 | Guillermo Del Toro (FRANKENSTEIN) |
| 9 | Kathryn Bigelow (A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE) |
| 10 | Jon M. Chu (WICKED: FOR GOOD) |
Best Actress
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Renate Reinsve (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) |
| 2 | Julia Roberts (AFTER THE HUNT) |
| 3 | Emma Stone (BUGONIA) |
| 4 | Jennifer Lawrence (DIE, MY LOVE) |
| 5 | Cynthia Erivo (WICKED: FOR GOOD) |
| 6 | Jessie Buckley (HAMNET) |
| 7 | Eva Victor (SORRY BABY) |
| 8 | Amanda Seyfried (ANN LEE) |
| 9 | June Squibb (ELEANOR THE GREAT) |
| 10 | Rose Byrne (IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU) |
Best Actor
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Timothée Chalamet (MARTY SUPREME) |
| 2 | Jeremy Allen White (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE) |
| 3 | George Clooney (JAY KELLY) |
| 4 | Leonardo DiCaprio (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) |
| 5 | Wagner Moura (THE SECRET AGENT) |
| 6 | Joel Edgerton (TRAIN DREAMS) |
| 7 | Oscar Isaac (FRANKENSTEIN) |
| 8 | Colin Farrell (THE BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER) |
| 9 | Michael B. Jordan (SINNERS) |
| 10 | Denzel Washington (HIGHEST 2 LOWEST) |
Best Supporting Actress
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ayo Edebiri (AFTER THE HUNT) |
| 2 | Elle Fanning (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) |
| 3 | Gwyneth Paltrow (MARTY SUPREME) |
| 4 | Ariana Grande (WICKED: FOR GOOD) |
| 5 | Regina Hall (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) |
| 6 | Rebecca Ferguson (A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE) |
| 7 | Emily Blunt (THE SMASHING MACHINE) |
| 8 | Glenn Close (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY) |
| 9 | Jennifer Lopez (KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN) |
| 10 | Laura Dern (JAY KELLY) |
Best Supporting Actor
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stellan Skarsgård (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) |
| 2 | Adam Sandler (JAY KELLY) |
| 3 | Jeremy Strong (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE) |
| 4 | Andrew Garfield (AFTER THE HUNT) |
| 5 | Robert Pattinson (DIE, MY LOVE) |
| 6 | Sean Penn (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) |
| 7 | Jonathan Bailey (WICKED: FOR GOOD) |
| 8 | Jacob Elordi (FRANKENSTEIN) |
| 9 | Delroy Lindo (SINNERS) |
| 10 | Paul Mescal (HAMNET) |
Best Adapted Screenplay
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) |
| 2 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) |
| 3 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) |
| 4 | DIE, MY LOVE (Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh) |
| 5 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) |
| 6 | THE SMASHING MACHINE (Benny Safdie) |
| 7 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) |
| 8 | HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (William Alan Fox) |
| 9 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) |
| 10 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) |
Best Original Screenplay
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | JAY KELLY (Noah Baumbach & Emily Mortimer) |
| 2 | SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt) |
| 3 | SINNERS (Ryan Coogler) |
| 4 | AFTER THE HUNT (Nora Garrett) |
| 5 | SORRY BABY (Eva Victor) |
| 6 | IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (Jafar Panahi) |
| 7 | MARTY SUPREME (Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie) |
| 8 | A HOUSE FULL OF DYNAMITE (Noah Oppenheim) |
| 9 | THE SECRET AGENT (Kleber Mendonça Filho) |
| 10 | THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING (James Montague & Andrew Patterson) |
Best Animated Feature
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ELIO |
| 2 | ZOOTOPIA 2 |
| 3 | ARCO |
| 4 | SCARLET |
| 5 | IN YOUR DREAMS |
| 6 | NE ZHA 2 |
| 7 | THE BAD GUYS 2 |
| 8 | A MAGNIFICENT LIFE |
| 9 | LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN |
| 10 | KPOP DEMON HUNTERS |
Best Documentary Feature
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR |
| 2 | 2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA |
| 3 | THE ALABAMA SOLUTION |
| 4 | TIMESTAMP |
| 5 | THE LIBRARIANS |
| 6 | SEEDS |
| 7 | THE SIX BILLION DOLLAR MAN |
| 8 | BELOW THE CLOUDS |
| 9 | CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS |
| 10 | APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS |
Best International Feature
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Norway) |
| 2 | IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (Luxembourg) |
| 3 | THE SECRET AGENT (Brazil) |
| 4 | NO OTHER CHOICE (South Korea) |
| 5 | SIRĀT (Spain) |
| 6 | NOUVELLE VAGUE (France) |
| 7 | LEFT-HANDED GIRL (Taiwan) |
| 8 | RESURRECTION (China) |
| 9 | SOUND OF FALLING (Germany) |
| 10 | CASE 137 (France) |
Best Casting
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Francine Maisler (SINNERS) |
| 2 | Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY) |
| 3 | Jessica Ronane (AFTER THE HUNT) |
| 4 | Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD) |
| 5 | Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY) |
| 6 | Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) |
| 7 | Margery Simkin (AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH) |
| 8 | Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN) |
| 9 | Jennifer Venditti (BUGONIA) |
| 10 | Francine Maisler (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE) |