Oscar Predictions – Nadia Dalimonte

Here are Nadia Dalimonte’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

Nadia Dalimonte
1SINNERS
2AFTER THE HUNT
3FRANKENSTEIN
4SENTIMENTAL VALUE
5WICKED: FOR GOOD
6JAY KELLY
7MARTY SUPREME
8BUGONIA
9ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
10IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT

Best Director

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1Ryan Coogler (SINNERS)
2Luca Guadagnino (AFTER THE HUNT)
3Guillermo Del Toro (FRANKENSTEIN)
4Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT)
5Joachim Trier (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
6Noah Baumbach (JAY KELLY)
7Jon M. Chu (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
8Paul Thomas Anderson (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
9Josh Safdie (MARTY SUPREME)
10Kathryn Bigelow (A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE)

Best Actress

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1Cynthia Erivo (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
2Renate Reinsve (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
3Julia Roberts (AFTER THE HUNT)
4Jennifer Lawrence (DIE, MY LOVE)
5Tessa Thompson (HEDDA)
6Jessie Buckley (HAMNET)
7Emma Stone (BUGONIA)
8Amanda Seyfried (ANN LEE)
9Rose Byrne (IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU)
10Eva Victor (SORRY BABY)

Best Actor

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1Timothée Chalamet (MARTY SUPREME)
2George Clooney (JAY KELLY)
3Michael B. Jordan (SINNERS)
4Jeremy Allen White (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
5Wagner Moura (THE SECRET AGENT)
6Leonardo DiCaprio (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
7Oscar Isaac (FRANKENSTEIN)
8Willem Dafoe (LATE FAME)
9Jesse Plemons (BUGONIA)
10Daniel Day Lewis (ANEMONE)

Best Supporting Actress

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1Ariana Grande (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
2Elle Fanning (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
3Ayo Edebiri (AFTER THE HUNT)
4Rebecca Ferguson (A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE)
5Laura Dern (JAY KELLY)
6Greta Lee (A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE)
7Jennifer Lopez (KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN)
8Chase Infiniti (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
9Gwyneth Paltrow (MARTY SUPREME)
10Emily Blunt (THE SMASHING MACHINE)

Best Supporting Actor

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1Stellan Skarsgård (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
2Jeremy Strong (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
3Andrew Garfield (AFTER THE HUNT)
4Delroy Lindo (SINNERS)
5Adam Sandler (JAY KELLY)
6Paul Mescal (HAMNET)
7Jonathan Bailey (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
8Jack O'Connell (SINNERS)
9Stephen Graham (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
10Jacob Elordi (FRANKENSTEIN)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Nadia Dalimonte
1FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro)
2ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson)
3BUGONIA (Will Tracy)
4SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper)
5WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson)
6WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman)
7HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao)
8HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (William Alan Fox)
9NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar)
10DIE, MY LOVE (Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh)

Best Original Screenplay

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1JAY KELLY (Noah Baumbach & Emily Mortimer)
2SINNERS (Ryan Coogler)
3SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt)
4SORRY BABY (Eva Victor)
5AFTER THE HUNT (Nora Garrett)
6IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (Jafar Panahi)
7MARTY SUPREME (Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie)
8A HOUSE FULL OF DYNAMITE (Noah Oppenheim)
9ANN LEE (Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold)
10THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING (James Montague & Andrew Patterson)

Best Animated Feature

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

Best Documentary Feature

Nadia Dalimonte
1THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
2APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS
32000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA
4TIMESTAMP
5ARCHITECTION
6THE ALABAMA SOLUTION
7SEEDS
8ORWELL 2+2=5
9CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS
10COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT

Best International Feature

Nadia Dalimonte
1SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Norway)
2IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (Luxembourg)
3THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE (Iraq)
4NO OTHER CHOICE (South Korea)
5SIRÄ€T (Spain)
6THE SECRET AGENT (Brazil)
7SOUND OF FALLING (Germany)
8RESURRECTION (China)
9MY FATHER'S SHADOW (Nigeria)
10ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU (Cyprus)

Best Casting

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