Oscar nominations are tomorrow morning. Here are my predictions for what will make the Academy’s nomination list in all categories for 2024 movies being honored March 2, 2025. Can’t wait to be wrong on some choices! Then phase two of voting will commence!
THE BEST PICTURE TEN
All We Imagine is Light
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
September 5
The Substance
Wicked
BEST DIRECTOR
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker, Anora
Edward Berger, Conclave
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Michele Austin, Hard Truths
Jamie Lee Curtis, The Last Showgirl
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Stanley Tucci, Conclave
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Wicked
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora
The Brutalist
Hard Truths
A Real Pain
The Substance
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
BEST FILM EDITING
Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
A Different Man
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked
BEST SCORE
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
The Wild Robot
BEST SONG
“El Mal,” Emilia Pérez
“The Journey,” The Six Triple Eight
“Kiss the Sky,” The Wild Robot
“Never Too Late,” Elton John: Never Too Late
“Sick in the Head,” Kneecap
BEST SOUND
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
The Substance
Wicked
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Twisters
Wicked
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Daughters
No Other Land
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane
Will and Harper
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Emilia Pérez
Flow
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
A Bear Named Wojtek
Beautiful Men
A Crab in the Pool
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Death by Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World
Once Upon a Time in Ukraine
A Swim Lesson
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Anuja
Dovecote
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
The Masterpiece
An Orange from Jaffa