Oscar Predictions – Megan Lachinski

Here are Megan Lachinski’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

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

 
 

Last Updated:

10/27/2025 12:36 PM


 
 

Best Director

Megan Lachinski
1Paul Thomas Anderson (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
2Chloé Zhao (HAMNET)
3Josh Safdie (MARTY SUPREME)
4Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT)â–² 2
5Joachim Trier (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
6Ryan Coogler (SINNERS)â–¼ 2
7Jon M. Chu (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
8Kleber Mendonça Filho (THE SECRET AGENT)NEW
9Guillermo Del Toro (FRANKENSTEIN)â–¼ 1
10Noah Baumbach (JAY KELLY)â–¼ 1

 
 

Last Updated:

11/4/2025 11:21 PM


 
 

Best Actress

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

 
 

Last Updated:

11/19/2025 11:21 AM


 
 

Best Actor

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

 
 

Last Updated:

11/2/2025 8:51 PM


 
 

Best Supporting Actress

Megan Lachinski
1Ariana Grande (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
2Teyana Taylor (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
3Elle Fanning (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
4Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
5Gwyneth Paltrow (MARTY SUPREME)
6Odessa Azion (MARTY SUPREME)
7Amy Madigan (WEAPONS)NEW
8Wunmi Mosaku (SINNERS)
9Zoey Deutch (NOUVELLE VAGUE)
10Jennifer Lopez (KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN)

 
 

Last Updated:

11/19/2025 11:21 AM


 
 

Best Supporting Actor

Megan Lachinski
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)â–² 1
7Delroy Lindo (SINNERS)â–¼ 1
8Jeremy Strong (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
9Jude Law (THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN)
10Jonathan Bailey (WICKED: FOR GOOD)

 
 

Last Updated:

11/19/2025 11:21 AM


 
 

Best Adapted Screenplay

Megan Lachinski
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao)
3FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro)
4TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar)
5WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson)NEW
6DIE, MY LOVE (Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh)â–¼ 1
7BUGONIA (Will Tracy)â–¼ 1
8NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar)NEW
9THE SMASHING MACHINE (Benny Safdie)
10HEDDA (Nia DaCosta)â–¼ 2

 
 

Last Updated:

10/27/2025 8:20 PM


 
 

Best Original Screenplay

Megan Lachinski
1SINNERS (Ryan Coogler)
2IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (Jafar Panahi, Nader Saeivar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian)
3MARTY SUPREME (Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie)
4SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt)
5JAY KELLY (Noah Baumbach & Emily Mortimer)
6SORRY BABY (Eva Victor)
7BLUE MOON (Robert Kaplow)
8THE SECRET AGENT (Kleber Mendonça Filho)
9THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE (Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold)
10IS THIS THING ON? (Will Arnett, Mark Chappell, Bradley Cooper, John Bishop)NEW

 
 

Last Updated:

11/9/2025 10:35 AM


 
 

Best Animated Feature

Megan Lachinski
1KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
2ZOOTOPIA 2
3ARCOâ–² 1
4LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN▲ 1
5ELIOâ–² 1
6BOYS GO TO JUPITERNEW
7DOG OF GODNEW
8ENDLESS COOKIENEW
9LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
10A MAGNIFICENT LIFE

 
 

Last Updated:

11/22/2025 11:06 AM


 
 

Best Documentary Feature

Megan Lachinski
1THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
2TIMESTAMP
3SEEDS
4MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN
52000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA
6ORWELL 2+2=5
7THE ALABAMA SOLUTION
8NUESTRA TIERRA
9CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS
10APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS

 
 

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Best International Feature

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

 
 

Last Updated:

10/27/2025 8:20 PM


 
 

Best Casting

Megan Lachinski
1Francine Maisler (SINNERS)
2Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
3Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD)â–² 3
4Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME)NEW
5Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN)
6Nina Gold (HAMNET)NEW
7Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY)
8Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY)
9Jessica Ronane (AFTER THE HUNT)
10Anne McCarthy, Morgan Robbins & Kellie Roy (THE LIFE OF CHUCK)

 
 

Last Updated:

11/9/2025 11:20 AM


 
 

Best Cinematography

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

 
 

Last Updated:

11/7/2025 5:20 PM


 
 

Best Costume Design

Megan Lachinski
1WICKED: FOR GOOD
2FRANKENSTEIN
3MARTY SUPREME
4SINNERS
5HAMNET
6KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
7HEDDA
8ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHERNEW
9THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME
10COUTURE

 
 

Last Updated:

11/7/2025 5:20 PM


 
 

Best Film Editing

Megan Lachinski
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHERNEW
2MARTY SUPREME
3SINNERSâ–¼ 2
4WICKED: FOR GOODâ–¼ 1
5JAY KELLYâ–¼ 1
6A HOUSE OF DYNAMITEâ–¼ 1
7F1NEW
8AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
9DIE MY LOVE
10THE SMASHING MACHINE

 
 

Last Updated:

10/7/2025 9:21 AM


 
 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Megan Lachinski
1FRANKENSTEINâ–² 1
2WICKED: FOR GOODâ–¼ 1
3THE SMASHING MACHINE
4SINNERS
5MARTY SUPREME
628 YEARS LATER
7BUGONIA
8CHRISTY
9KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
10WOLF MAN

 
 

Last Updated:

9/1/2025 1:36 PM


 
 

Best Production Design

Megan Lachinski
1FRANKENSTEIN
2AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
3WICKED: FOR GOOD
4THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE
5HAMNET
6MARTY SUPREME
7BUGONIA
8THE PHOENICIAN SCHEMENEW
9SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE
10SINNERS

 
 

Last Updated:

10/22/2025 12:21 AM


 
 

Best Original Score

Megan Lachinski
1SINNERS (Ludwig Göransson)
2ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Jonny Greenwood)
3MARTY SUPREME (Daniel Lopatin)
4JAY KELLY (Nicholas Britell)â–² 3
5HAMNET (Max Richter)
6A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (Volker Bertelmann)
7THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE (Daniel Blumberg)â–¼ 3
8FRANKENSTEIN (Alexandre Desplat)
9F1 (Hans Zimmer)
10SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Hania Rani)

 
 

Last Updated:

11/9/2025 10:50 AM


 
 

Best Original Song

Megan Lachinski
1"The Girl in the Bubble" (WICKED FOR GOOD)
2"Golden" (KPOP DEMON HUNTERS)
3"I Lied to You" (SINNERS)
4"Dear Me" (DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS)â–² 2
5"Drive" (F1)
6"Train Dreams" (TRAIN DREAMS)â–¼ 2
7"Your Idol" (KPOP DEMON HUNTERS)
8"Give Your Love" (THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND)
9"Highest 2 Lowest" (HIGHEST 2 LOWEST)
10"My Baby (Got Nothing At All)" (MATERIALISTS)

 
 

Last Updated:

11/9/2025 10:50 AM


 
 

Best Sound

Megan Lachinski
1WICKED: FOR GOOD
2SINNERS
3AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
4F1
5ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
6MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FINAL RECKONING
7FRANKENSTEIN
8MARTY SUPREME
9WARFARE
10THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEENEW

 
 

Last Updated:

11/7/2025 5:35 PM


 
 

Best Visual Effects

Megan Lachinski
1AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
2WICKED: FOR GOOD
3FRANKENSTEIN
4F1
5SUPERMANâ–² 5
6WARFARE
7A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
8HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
9TRON: ARES
10THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPSâ–¼ 5

 
 

Last Updated:

11/7/2025 5:35 PM


 
 

Best Animated Short Film

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Best Documentary Short Film

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