97th Academy Awards Predictions
These are my predictions for the 97th Academy Awards to take place in 2025. All films are listed in alphabetic order.
Multiple nominations:
11 - "Dune: Part Two"
8 - "Blitz", "Kinds of Kindness"
7 - "Joker: Folie à Deux", "Megalopolis"
6 - "Conclave"
5 - "Queer", "The Wild Robot"
4 - "The Nickel Boys"
3 - "Maria"
2 - "Bird", "Deadpool & Wolverine", "The End", "Klara and the Sun", "Nosferatu", "The Piano Lesson"
Multiple awards:
5 - "Dune: Part Two"
4 - "Joker: Folie à Deux"
3 - "Blitz"
2 - "Conclave", "The Wild Robot"
Multiple nominations:
11 - "Dune: Part Two"
8 - "Blitz", "Kinds of Kindness"
7 - "Joker: Folie à Deux", "Megalopolis"
6 - "Conclave"
5 - "Queer", "The Wild Robot"
4 - "The Nickel Boys"
3 - "Maria"
2 - "Bird", "Deadpool & Wolverine", "The End", "Klara and the Sun", "Nosferatu", "The Piano Lesson"
Multiple awards:
5 - "Dune: Part Two"
4 - "Joker: Folie à Deux"
3 - "Blitz"
2 - "Conclave", "The Wild Robot"
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- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJenna OrtegaMonica BellucciWinona RyderThis is a follow-up to the comedy Beetlejuice (1988), about a ghost who's recruited to help haunt a house.Nominations:
Best Costume Design - DirectorMark MolloyStarsJudge ReinholdEddie MurphyJoseph Gordon-LevittAxel Foley returns to Beverly Hills after his daughter's life is threatened for a family reunion that includes old pals John Taggart and Billy Rosewood to uncover a conspiracy.Nominations:
Best Original Song - TBC - DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsBarry KeoghanFranz RogowskiJames Nelson-JoyceBailey lives with her brother Hunter and her father Bug, who raises them alone in a squat in northern Kent. Bug doesn't have much time to devote to them. Bailey looks for attention and adventure elsewhere.Nominations:
Best Actor - Barry Keoghan
Best Original Screenplay - Andrea Arnold - DirectorSteve McQueenStarsHarris DickinsonSaoirse RonanStephen GrahamFollow the stories of a group of Londoners during the events of the British capital bombing in World War II.Awards:
Best Picture
Best Director - Steve McQueen
Best Original Screenplay - Steve McQueen
Nominations:
Best Supporting Actor - Harris Dickinson
Best Supporting Actress - Saoirse Ronan
Best Production Design
Best Cinematography - Yorick Le Saux
Best Film Editing - Peter Sciberras - DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsMike FaistJosh O'ConnorZendayaTashi, a former tennis prodigy turned coach, turned her husband into a champion. But to overcome a losing streak, he needs to face his ex-best friend and Tashi's ex-boyfriend.Nominations:
Best Actress - Zendaya - DirectorEdward BergerStarsStanley TucciRalph FiennesJohn LithgowCardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, where he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the very foundation of The Church.Awards:
Best Actor - Ralph Fiennes
Best Adapted Screenplay - Peter Straughan
Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actor - Stanley Tucci
Best Supporting Actress - Isabella Rossellini
Best Film Editing - Nick Emerson - DirectorShawn LevyStarsRyan ReynoldsHugh JackmanEmma CorrinWolverine is recovering from his injuries when he crosses paths with the loudmouth Deadpool. They team up to defeat a common enemy.Nominations:
Best Sound
Best Visual Effects - DirectorSean WangStarsIzaac WangJoan ChenShirley ChenIn 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can't teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom.Nominations:
Best Supporting Actress - Joan Chen - DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsTimothée ChalametZendayaRebecca FergusonPaul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.Awards:
Best Production Design
Best Cinematography - Greig Fraser
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing - Joe Walker
Best Visual Effects
Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Director - Denis Villeneuve
Best Adapted Screenplay - Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve
Best Original Score - Hans Zimmer
Best Sound
Best Makeup and Hairstyling - DirectorAudrey DiwanStarsNaomi WattsJamie Campbell BowerNoémie MerlantFollows a woman and the series of erotic fantasies that she entertains.Nominations:
Best Original Score - Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine - DirectorJoshua OppenheimerStarsMichael ShannonTilda SwintonGeorge MacKayA Golden Age-style musical about the last human family.Nominations:
Best Original Song - TBC
Best Production Design - DirectorRachel MorrisonStarsRyan DestinyJazmin HeadleyKylee D. AllenThe story of Claressa 'T-Rex' Shields, a boxer from Flint, Michigan who trained to become the first woman in her country's history to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport.Nominations:
Best Original Screenplay - Barry Jenkins - DirectorGeorge MillerStarsAnya Taylor-JoyChris HemsworthTom BurkeThe origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter and teamup with Mad Max.Nominations:
Best Sound - DirectorRidley ScottStarsPedro PascalDenzel WashingtonJoseph QuinnFollows Lucius, the son of Maximus's love Lucilla, after Maximus's death.Nominations:
Best Makeup and Hairstyling - DirectorJohn KrasinskiStarsCailey FlemingRyan ReynoldsJohn KrasinskiA young girl who goes through a difficult experience begins to see everyone's imaginary friends who have been left behind as their real-life friends have grown up.Nominations:
Best Original Score - Michael Giacchino - DirectorKelsey MannStarsAmy PoehlerPhyllis SmithLewis BlackFollow Riley, in her teenage years, encountering new emotions.Nominations:
Best Animated Feature - DirectorTodd PhillipsStarsJoaquin PhoenixZazie BeetzCatherine KeenerSequel to the film "Joker" from 2019.Awards:
Best Actress - Lady Gaga
Best Original Song - TBC
Best Sound
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Original Score - Hildur Guðnadóttir
Best Costume Design - DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsEmma StoneJesse PlemonsWillem DafoeA man seeks to break free from his predetermined path, a cop questions his wife's demeanor after her return from a supposed drowning, and a woman searches for an extraordinary individual prophesied to become a renowned spiritual guide.Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Director - Yorgos Lanthimos
Best Actress - Emma Stone
Best Supporting Actor - Jesse Plemons
Best Original Screenplay - Yorgos Lanthimos
Best Cinematography - Robbie Ryan
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Film Editing - Yorgos Mavropsaridis - DirectorWes BallStarsOwen TeagueFreya AllanKevin DurandMany years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to question everything he's been taught about the past and make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.Nominations:
Best Visual Effects - DirectorTaika WaititiStarsJenna OrtegaAmy AdamsSimon BakerA robot girl designed to prevent loneliness tries to save a heartbroken family of humans.Nominations:
Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
Best Adapted Screenplay - Dahvi Waller - DirectorKenji KamiyamaStarsBrian CoxLorraine AshbourneMiranda OttoThe untold story behind Helm's Deep, hundreds of years before the fateful war, telling the life and bloodsoaked times of its founder, Helm Hammerhand, the King of Rohan.Nominations:
Best Animated Feature - DirectorSylvain ChometStarsNoa StaesIt follows the life of Pagnol, a playwright, novelist, and filmmaker who grew up in a middle-class household in Marseille and became one of the world's most inventive and prolific artists from the 1930's to the 1950's.Nominations:
Best Animated Feature - DirectorPablo LarraínStarsAngelina JolieValeria GolinoKodi Smit-McPheeFollows the life story of the world's greatest opera singer, Maria Callas, during her final days in 1970s Paris.Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Actress - Angelina Jolie
Best Cinematography - Edward Lachmann - DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsAdam DriverGiancarlo EspositoNathalie EmmanuelAn architect wants to rebuild New York City as a utopia following a devastating disaster.Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Director - Francis Ford Coppola
Best Actor - Adam Driver
Best Original Screenplay - Francis Ford Coppola
Best Production Design
Best Cinematography - Mihai Malaimaire Jr.
Best Costume Design - DirectorBarry JenkinsStarsAaron PierreKelvin Harrison Jr.Seth RogenSimba, having become king of the Pride Lands, is determined for his cub to follow in his paw prints while the origins of his late father Mufasa are explored.Nominations:
Best Visual Effects - DirectorRaMell RossStarsEthan HerisseBrandon WilsonHamish LinklaterBased on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.Awards:
Best Supporting Actress - Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Adapted Screenplay - Joslyn Barnes, RaMell Ross
Best Film Editing - Nicholas Monsour - DirectorRobert EggersStarsAaron Taylor-JohnsonBill SkarsgårdNicholas HoultA gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.Nominations:
Best Production Design
Best Makeup and Hairstyling - DirectorNora FingscheidtStarsSaoirse RonanSaskia ReevesStephen DillaneAfter living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. She returns to the wild beauty of Scotland's Orkney Islands (where she grew up) hoping to heal. Adapted from Amy Liptrot's bestselling memoir.Nominations:
Best Actress - Saoirse Ronan - DirectorMalcolm WashingtonStarsSamuel L. JacksonJohn David WashingtonJerrika HintonFollows the lives of the Charles family as they deal with themes of family legacy and more, in deciding what to do with an heirloom, the family piano.Awards:
Best Supporting Actor - Samuel L. Jackson
Nominations:
Best Actor - John David Washington - DirectorTyler PerryStarsSusan SarandonDean NorrisKerry Washington855 women joined the war to fix the three-year backlog of undelivered mail. Faced with discrimination and a country devastated by war, they managed to sort more than 17 million pieces of mail ahead of time.Nominations:
Best Original Song - TBC - DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsDaniel CraigJason SchwartzmanDrew StarkeyLee, who recounts his life in Mexico City among American expatriate college students and bar owners surviving on part-time jobs and GI Bill benefits. He is driven to pursue a young man named Allerton, who is based on Adelbert Lewis Marker.Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Director - Luca Guadgnino
Best Actor - Daniel Craig
Best Supporting Actor - Drew Starkey
Best Original Song - TBC - DirectorLee Isaac ChungStarsDaisy Edgar-JonesGlen PowellMaura TierneyAn update to the 1996 film 'Twister', which centered on a pair of storm chasers who risk their lives in an attempt to test an experimental weather alert system.Nominations:
Best Visual Effects - DirectorShannon TindleJohn AoshimaStarsChristopher SeanRob FukuzakiHiro NakamuraKen Sato, a superstar baseball player who returns to Japan to become the latest hero to carry the mantle of Ultraman. However, he is compelled to raise a newborn kaiju monster, the offspring of his greatest enemy as his own child.Nominations:
Best Animated Feature - DirectorJon M. ChuStarsCynthia ErivoAriana GrandeJonathan BaileyAfter two decades as one of the most beloved and enduring musicals on the stage, Wicked makes its long-awaited journey to the big screen as a spectacular, generation-defining cinematic event this holiday season.Nominations:
Best Costume Design - DirectorChris SandersStarsLupita Nyong'oPedro PascalCatherine O'HaraAfter a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.Awards:
Best Animated Feature
Best Original Score - Kris Bowers
Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Adapted Screenplay - Chris Sanders
Best Sound