Oscar Predictions – Joselyn Safadi

Here are Joselyn Safadi’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

Joselyn Safadi
1SINNERS
2AFTER THE HUNT
3HAMNETâ–² 5
4MARTY SUPREME
5SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE
6WICKED: FOR GOOD
7SENTIMENTAL VALUE
8JAY KELLYâ–¼ 5
9THE SECRET AGENT
10AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

 
 

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9/5/2025 2:51 PM


 
 

Best Director

Joselyn Safadi
1Ryan Coogler (SINNERS)
2Chloé Zhao (HAMNET)▲ 4
3Joachim Trier (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)â–² 4
4Jon M. Chu (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
5Josh Safdie (MARTY SUPREME)
6Luca Guadagnino (AFTER THE HUNT)â–¼ 4
7Noah Baumbach (JAY KELLY)â–¼ 4
8Guillermo Del Toro (FRANKENSTEIN)
9Kathryn Bigelow (A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE)
10Yorgos Lanthimos (BUGONIA)

 
 

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9/5/2025 2:36 PM


 
 

Best Actress

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1Jessie Buckley (HAMNET)
2Renate Reinsve (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
3Cynthia Erivo (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
4Amanda Seyfried (THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE)
5Julia Roberts (AFTER THE HUNT)
6Jennifer Lawrence (DIE, MY LOVE)
7Emma Stone (BUGONIA)
8Rose Byrne (IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU)â–² 1
9Sydney Sweeney (CHRISTY)â–² 1
10Saoirse Ronan (BAD APPLES)NEW

 
 

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9/5/2025 7:51 PM


 
 

Best Actor

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1Timothée Chalamet (MARTY SUPREME)
2Jeremy Allen White (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
3George Clooney (JAY KELLY)
4Michael B. Jordan (SINNERS)
5Wagner Moura (THE SECRET AGENT)
6Matthew McConaughey (THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING)
7Oscar Isaac (FRANKENSTEIN)
8Leonardo DiCaprio (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
9Dwayne Johnson (THE SMASHING MACHINE)
10Denzel Washington (HIGHEST 2 LOWEST)

 
 

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Best Supporting Actress

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

 
 

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9/5/2025 7:51 PM


 
 

Best Supporting Actor

Joselyn Safadi
1Stellan Skarsgård (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
2Jeremy Strong (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
3Adam Sandler (JAY KELLY)â–² 3
4Paul Mescal (HAMNET)
5Delroy Lindo (SINNERS)
6Andrew Garfield (AFTER THE HUNT)â–¼ 3
7Robert Pattinson (DIE, MY LOVE)
8Sean Penn (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
9Jonathan Bailey (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
10Bradley Cooper (IS THIS THING ON?)

 
 

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9/5/2025 7:51 PM


 
 

Best Adapted Screenplay

Joselyn Safadi
1HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao)
2ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson)
3NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar)NEW
4SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper)
5DIE, MY LOVE (Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh)
6HEDDA (Nia DaCosta)
7BUGONIA (Will Tracy)
8THE SMASHING MACHINE (Benny Safdie)
9THE LIFE OF CHUCK (Mike Flanagan)
10THE HISTORY OF SOUND (Ben Shattuck)

 
 

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9/5/2025 2:51 PM


 
 

Best Original Screenplay

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

 
 

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8/26/2025 9:21 PM


 
 

Best Animated Feature

Joselyn Safadi
1KPOP DEMON HUNTERSâ–² 6
2ZOOTOPIA 2
3IN YOUR DREAMS
4SCARLETâ–¼ 3
5ARCO
6NE ZHA 2
7ELIOâ–¼ 3
8THE BAD GUYS 2
9LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
10DEATH DOES NOT EXIST

 
 

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9/5/2025 2:51 PM


 
 

Best Documentary Feature

Joselyn Safadi
1THE ALABAMA SOLUTION
2TIMESTAMP
3SEEDS
4ARCHITECTON
5THE LIBRARIANS
6NUESTRA TIERRA
7APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS
8ORWELL 2+2=5
9THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
102000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA

 
 

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Best International Feature

Joselyn Safadi
1SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Norway)
2THE SECRET AGENT (Brazil)
3THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE (Iraq)
4ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU (Jordan)NEW
5SOUND OF FALLING (Germany)
6LEFT-HANDED GIRL (Taiwan)
7IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (France)
8NO OTHER CHOICE (South Korea)
9THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB (Tunisia)
10RESURRECTION (China)

 
 

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9/28/2025 11:21 AM


 
 

Best Casting

Joselyn Safadi
1Francine Maisler (SINNERS)
2Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
3Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY)
4Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY)
5Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
6Jessica Ronane (AFTER THE HUNT)
7Avy Kaufman & Tracy Kilpatrick (THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING)
8Emily Brockmann & Lucy Bevan (F1)
9Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME)
10Jennifer Venditti (BUGONIA)

 
 

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Best Cinematography

Joselyn Safadi
1FRANKENSTEIN (Dan Laustsen)
2SINNERS (Autumn Durald Arkapaw)
3MARTY SUPREME (Darius Khondji)
4HAMNET (Lukasz Zal)
5F1 (Claudio Miranda)
6AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH (Russell Carpenter)
7WICKED: FOR GOOD (Alice Brooks)
8THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE (William Rexer)
9JAY KELLY (Linus Sandgren)
10THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME (Bruno Delbonnel)

 
 

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Best Costume Design

Joselyn Safadi
1WICKED: FOR GOOD
2FRANKENSTEIN
3HAMNET
4SINNERS
5MARTY SUPREME
6THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME
7COUTURE
8HEDDA
9SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE
10THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE

 
 

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Best Film Editing

Joselyn Safadi
1SINNERS
2MARTY SUPREME
3JAY KELLY
4WICKED: FOR GOOD
5AFTER THE HUNT
6F1
7FRANKENSTEIN
8SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE
9ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
10DIE MY LOVE

 
 

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Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Joselyn Safadi
1FRANKENSTEIN
2WICKED: FOR GOOD
3THE SMASHING MACHINE
4SINNERS
5MARTY SUPREME
6HEDDA
728 YEARS LATER
8WARFARE
9SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE
10WOLF MAN

 
 

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Best Production Design

Joselyn Safadi
1WICKED: FOR GOOD
2SINNERS
3FRANKENSTEIN
4HAMNET
5THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME
6MARTY SUPREME
7AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
8THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE
9HEDDA
10THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS

 
 

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Best Original Score

Joselyn Safadi
1SINNERS (Ludwig Göransson)
2FRANKENSTEIN (Alexandre Desplat)
3JAY KELLY (Nicholas Britell)
4AFTER THE HUNT (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross)
5A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (Volker Bertelmann)
6HEDDA (Hildur Guðnadóttir)
7WICKED: FOR GOOD (John Powell, Stephen Schwartz)
8SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Hania Rani)
9THE LOST BUS (James Newton Howard)
10THE BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER (Volker Bertelmann)

 
 

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Best Original Song

Joselyn Safadi
1"No Place Like Home" (WICKED FOR GOOD)NEW
2"Golden" (KPOP DEMON HUNTERS)
3"Last Time (I Seen the Sun)" (SINNERS)
4"I Lied to You" (SINNERS)
5"Dear Me" (DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS)
6"Clothed By The Sun" (THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE)
7"Lose My Mind" (F1)
8"Highest 2 Lowest" (HIGHEST 2 LOWEST)
9"Pale, Pale Moon" (SINNERS)
10"Dangerous" (SINNERS)

 
 

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9/17/2025 1:21 PM


 
 

Best Sound

Joselyn Safadi
1WICKED: FOR GOOD
2F1
3SINNERS
4AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
5WARFARE
6FRANKENSTEIN
7SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE
8MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FINAL RECKONING
9MARTY SUPREME
10THE SMASHING MACHINE

 
 

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Best Visual Effects

Joselyn Safadi
1AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
2WICKED: FOR GOOD
3F1
4FRANKENSTEIN
5THE LOST BUS
6TRON: ARES
7HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
8SUPERMAN
9WARFARE
10THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS

 
 

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Best Animated Short Film

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Best Documentary Short Film

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