Awards

December 18, 2024

Awards Update: The People Have Spoken!

Things are being written in pen rather than pencil, and it’s time to start putting our money where our mouths have been for the past several months.

December 7, 2024

2025 Golden Globe Awards Nomination Predictions

This year's crop is much more independent-focused than in years past, which could lend the Globes more influence in this chaotic Oscar race.

November 9, 2024

Awards Update: The Eye of the Hurricane

We've still got some awards buzz in the form of the Gotham Awards, and some rumors/reactions from screenings for upcoming titles.

Oscar Predictions

Last Updated: 12/18/2024 Next Update: 01/14/2025


1			Anora
2			Conclave
3			Emilia Pérez
4			The Brutalist
5			Wicked
6			Dune: Part Two
7			Nickel Boys
8			A Complete Unknown
9			Sing Sing
10			A Real Pain

Best Picture


1			Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)
2			Sean Baker (Anora)
3			Jacques Audiard (Emilia Perez)
4			Edward Berger (Conclave)
5			RaMell Ross (Nickel Boys)

Best Director


1			Anora
2			The Brutalist
3			A Real Pain
4			The Substance
5			Hard Truths

Best Original Screenplay


1			Conclave
2			Sing Sing
3			Nickel Boys
4			Emilia Pérez
5			Dune: Part Two

Best Adapted Screenplay


1			Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)
2			Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)
3			Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
4			Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
5			Daniel Craig (Queer)

Best Lead Actor


1			Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Perez)
2			Angelina Jolie (Maria)
3			Mikey Madison (Anora)
4			Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths)
5			Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)

Best Lead Actress


1			Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
2			Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
3			Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)
4			Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing)
5			Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)

Best Supporting Actor


1			Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Perez)
2			Ariana Grande (Wicked)
3			Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)
4			Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
5			Danielle Deadwyler (The Piano Lesson)

Best Supporting Actress


1			The Brutalist
2			Maria
3			Nickel Boys
4			Dune: Part Two
5			The Girl with the Needle

Best Cinematography


1			Conclave
2			Anora
3			Emilia Pérez
4			The Brutalist
5			Dune: Part Two

Best Film Editing


1			The Brutalist
2			Conclave
3			Emilia Pérez
4			The Wild Robot
5			Challengers

Best Original Score


1			El Mal (Emilia Pérez)
2			Mi Camino (Emilia Pérez)
3			The Journey (The Six Triple Eight)
4			Kiss the Sky (The Wild Robot)
5			Forbidden Road (Better Man)

Best Original Song


1			Dune: Part Two
2			Wicked
3			Emilia Pérez
4			Gladiator II
5			A Complete Unknown

Best Sound


1			Wicked
2			The Brutalist
3			Dune: Part Two
4			Gladiator II
5			A Complete Unknown

Best Production Design


1			Wicked
2			Dune: Part Two
3			Maria
4			Gladiator II
5			Nosferatu

Best Costume Design


1			The Substance
2			Dune: Part Two
3			Wicked
4			Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
5			Nosferatu

Best Makeup & Hairstyling


1			Dune: Part Two
2			Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
3			Wicked
4			Gladiator II
5			Better Man

Best Visual Effects


1			The Wild Robot
2			Flow
3			Inside Out 2
4			Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
5			Memoir of a Snail

Best Animated Feature


1			Emilia Pérez (France)
2			The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
3			I'm Still Here (Brazil)
4			The Girl with the Needle (Denmark)
5			Vermiglio (Italy)

Best International Feature


1			No Other Land
2			Sugarcane
3			Daughters
4			Black Box Diaries
5			Will & Harper

Best Documentary Feature


1			Emilia Pérez (11)
2			The Brutalist (10)
3			Dune: Part Two (9)
4			Wicked (8)
5			Conclave (7)
6			A Complete Unknown (5)
7			Anora (5)
8			Gladiator II (5)
9			Nickel Boys (4)
10			Sing Sing (4)