Oscar Nominations Predictions 2025

Another Oscar nominations announcement is imminent, so as has been my habit for the past 26 years, I've collated my predictions in each category (except for the short films). It's always a tough exercise, but this year, the timing of some of the precursor awards has made it all the more difficult. In particular, the BAFTA nominations won't be revealed until several days after the Academy's own announcement. Likewise, the writers' and editors' guilds will deliver their picks at a later date. All generally provide helpful insight into the mood of the industry and, thus, the thoughts of Academy voters, so without them, things can get a bit hairy. Nonetheless, I've done the best I can and we'll see shortly just how much of a fool I've managed to make of myself.

In recent years, the same handful of movies seem to get announced in category after category, a trend I expect will continue this year. As such, when tallying up the total nominations I'm predicting for each film, it seems I may have overdone it yet again. I've pegged 10 nods for Hamnet, 12 for Frankenstein, and 15 each for Sinners and One Battle After Another, which would give both films the all-time record. That seems unlikely, even with the help of an additional category this year (Best Casting), but I'm locked in now, so there's no turning back. That said, I'm still confident that One Battle will pick up the five acting nominations I'm forecasting, which would make it only the 10th film in Oscar history to do so.

Enough babbling. If you're interested in seeing my predictions for the 2025 Oscar nominations, you can find them here.