Final predictions for the 2025 Academy Awards

With the 2025 Academy Awards nominations coming out on Jan. 23, I wanted to take a look at what I think will appear in each category. After careful consideration, here are my predicted nominees for the 2025 Academy Awards:

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Best Picture 

1. “Anora” - Sean Baker

2. “The Brutalist” - Brady Corbet

3. “Wicked” - Jon M. Chu

4. “Conclave” - Edward Berger

5. “Emilia Pérez” - Jacques Audiard

6. “Dune: Part Two” - Denis Villeneuve

7. “The Substance” - Coralie Fargeat

8. “A Complete Unknown” - James Mangold

9. “Nickel Boys” - RaMell Ross

10. “Sing Sing” - Greg Kwedar

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Best Director 

1. Brady Corbet - “The Brutalist”

2. Sean Baker - “Anora”

3. Jacques Audiard - “Emilia Pérez”

4. Coralie Fargeat - “The Substance”

5. RaMell Ross - “Nickel Boys”

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Best Actress 

1. Mikey Madison - “Anora”

2. Demi Moore - “The Substance”

3. Karla Sofia Gascón - “Emilia Pérez”

4. Cynthia Erivo - “Wicked”

5. Marianne-Jean Baptiste - “Hard Truths”

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Best Actor 

1. Timothée Chalamet - “A Complete Unknown”

2. Adrien Brody - “The Brutalist”

3. Ralph Finnes - “Conclave”

4. Coleman Domingo - “Sing Sing”

5. Daniel Craig - “Queer”

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Best Actress in a Supporting Role 

1. Ariana Grande-Butera - “Wicked”

2. Zoe Saldaña - “Emilia Pérez”

3. Felicity Jones - “The Brutalist”

4. Isabella Rossellini - “Conclave”

5. Margaret Qualley - “The Substance”

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Best Actor in a Supporting Role 

1. Kieran Culkin - “A Real Pain”

2. Guy Pierce - “The Brutalist”

3. Yura Borisov - “Anora”

4. Edward Norton - “A Complete Unknown”

5. Jeremy Strong - “The Apprentice”

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Best Original Screenplay 

1. Sean Baker - “Anora”

2. Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold - “The Brutalist”

3. Jesse Eisenberg - “A Real Pain”

4. Coralie Fargeat - “The Substance”

5. Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David- "September 5"

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Best Adapted Screenplay 

1. Peter Straughan - “Conclave”

2. Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley- “Sing Sing”

3. RaMell Ross and Joselyn Barnes - “Nickel Boys”

4. Jacques Audiard - “Emilia Pérez”

5. Jay Cocks and James Mangold - "A Complete Unknown"

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Best International Feature 

1. “Emilia Pérez” - Jacques Audiard

2. “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” - Mohammad Rasoulof

3. “I’m Still Here” - Walter Salles

4. "Kneecap" -  Rich Peppiatt

5. “Vermiglio” - Maura Delpero

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Best Animated Feature 

1. “The Wild Robot” - Chris Sanders

2. “Flow” - Gints Zilbalodis

3. “Inside Out 2” - Kelsey Mann

4. “Memoir of a Snail” - Adam Elliot

5. “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” - Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham

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Best Documentary Feature  

1. “No Other Land” - Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal and Rachel Szor

2. “Daughters” - Natalie Rae and Angela Patton

3. “Sugarcane” - Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie

4. “Soundtrack to a Coup d-État” - Johan Grimonprez

5. “Black Box Diaries” -  Shiori Ito

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Best Cinematography 

1. “The Brutalist” - Lol Crawley

2. “Dune: Part Two” - Greig Fraser

3. “Conclave” - Stéphane Fontaine

4. “Nosferatu” - Jarin Blaschke

5. “Nickel Boys” - Jomo Fray

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Best Editing 

1. “Dune: Part Two” - Joe Walker

2. “Anora” - Sean Baker

3. “Conclave” - Nick Emerson

4. “The Brutalist” - Dávid Jancsó

5. “Emilia Perez" - Juliette Welfling

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Best Production Design 

1. “Wicked” - Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales

2. "Conclave" - Suzie Davies and Cynthia Sleiter

3. “Dune: Part Two” - Patrice Vermette and Shane Vieau

4. “The Brutalist” - Judy Becker and Patricia Cuccia

5. “Nosferatu” - Craig Lathrop

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Best Costume Design 

1. “Wicked” - Paul Tazewell

2. “Dune: Part 2” - Jacqueline West

3. “A Complete Unknown" - Arianne Phillips

4. “Conclave” - Lisy Christi

5. “Nosferatu” - Linda Muir

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Best Makeup and Hair Styling 

1. “The Substance” - Coralie Fargeat

2. “Dune: Part Two” - Denis Villeneuve

3. “Wicked” - Jon M. Chu

4. “A Different Man” - Aaron Schimberg

5. “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” - Tim Burton

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Best Visual Effects 

1. “Dune: Part 2” - Denis Villeneuve

2. “Wicked” - Jon M. Chu

3. “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” - Wes Ball

4. “Better Man” - Michael Gracey

5. “Gladiator II” - Ridley Scott

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Best Sound 

1. “Dune: Part Two” - Denis Villeneuve

2. “Wicked” - Jon M. Chu

3. “A Complete Unknown” - James Mangold

4. “Gladiator II” - Ridley Scott

5. “Emilia Pérez” - Jacques Audiard

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Best Original Score 

1. “The Brutalist” - Daniel Blumberg

2. “Conclave” - Volker Bertelmann

3. “Emilia Pérez” - Clément Ducol and Camille 

4. “The Wild Robot” - Kris Bowers

5. “Challengers” - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

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Best Original Song 

1. “El Mal” by Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, and Camille from “Emilia Pérez”

2. “Mi Camino” by Selena Gomez from “Emilia Pérez”

3. “The Journey” by Diane Warren from “The Six Triple Eight”

4. “Kiss the Sky” by Maren Morris from “The Wild Robot”

5. “Like a Bird” by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada from “Sing Sing”

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Nomination Tally

“Emilia Pérez” - 11

“The Brutalist” - 10

“Conclave” - 9

“Dune: Part Two” - 8

“Wicked” - 8

“Anora” - 6

“A Complete Unknown” - 6

“The Substance” - 6

“Sing Sing” - 4

“Nickel Boys” - 4

“Nosferatu” - 3

“The Wild Robot” - 3

“Gladiator II” - 2

“A Real Pain” - 2

“The Apprentice” - 1

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” - 1

“Better Man” - 1

“Black Box Diaries” - 1

“Challengers” - 1

“Daughters” - 1

“A Different Man” - 1

“Flow” - 1

“Hard Truths” - 1

“I’m Still Here” - 1

“Inside Out 2” - 1

“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” - 1

"Kneecap" - 1

“Memoir of a Snail” - 1

“No Other Land” -1

“Queer” - 1

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” - 1 

"September 5" -1

“The Six Triple Eight” - 1

“Soundtrack to a Coup d-État” - 1

“Sugarcane” - 1

“Vermiglio” - 1

“Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” - 1

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Trevor Stucker (he/him) is a senior majoring in Applied Film and Journalism. This is his third year writing for The Campus Citizen.