2025 Oscar Predictions

The Contending Consensus

Below, you will find the consensus predictions from staff and contributors here at The Contending. Simply select the header (e.g. “Best Picture”) if you’d like to view individual staff or contributor predictions per category.

We will add other categories in the coming weeks.

Anora
Conclave
The Brutalist
Emilia Pérez
A Real Pain
Blitz
Dune: Part Two
September 5
Gladiator II
Sing Sing
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Sean Baker, Anora
Edward Berger, Conclave
Ridley Scott, Gladiator II
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Daniel Craig, Queer
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Mikey Madison, Anora
Angelina Jolie, Maria
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Denzel Washington, Gladiator II
Stanley Tucci, Conclave
Peter Sarsgaard, September 5
Zoë Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys
Anora
A Real Pain
The Brutalist
Hard Truths
September 5
Conclave
Nickel Boys
The Room Next Door
Sing Sing
Emilia Pérez

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