Oscars 2025: who will win, who should win – and who was snubbed

Best picture

Will win: The Brutalist
Should win: Nickel Boys
Shoulda been a contender: I Saw the TV Glow

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Best director

Will win: Brady Corbet for The Brutalist
Should win: Brady Corbet for The Brutalist
Shoulda been a contender: Jesse Eisenberg for A Real Pain

Best actor

Will win: Adrien Brody for The Brutalist
Should win: Timothée Chalamet for A Complete Unknown
Shoulda been a contender: Cillian Murphy for Small Things Like These

Best actress

Will win: Demi Moore for The Substance
Should win: Mikey Madison for Anora
Shoulda been a contender: Marianne Jean-Baptiste for Hard Truths

Best supporting actor

Will win: Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain
Should win: Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain
Shoulda been a contender: Michael Potts for The Piano Lesson

Best supporting actress

Will win: Zoe Saldaña for Emilia Pérez
Should win: Isabella Rossellini for Conclave
Shoulda been a contender: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor for Nickel Boys

Best animated feature

Will win: Flow
Should win: Memoir of a Snail
Shoulda been a contender: The Most Precious of Cargoes

Best adapted screenplay

Will win: Peter Straughan for Conclave
Should win: Peter Straughan for Conclave
Shoulda been a contender: Justin Kuritzkes for Queer

Best original screenplay

Will win: Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold for The Brutalist
Should win: Jesse Eisenberg for A Real Pain
Shoulda been a contender: Justin Kuritzkes for Challengers

Best documentary

Will win: Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor for No Other Land
Should win: Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor for No Other Land
Shoulda been a contender: Maroesja Perizonius, Alice McShane for Children of the Cult

Best international feature film

Will win: Emilia Pérez
Should win: The Girl With the Needle
Shoulda been a contender: All We Imagine As Light

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Best production design

Will win: Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales for Wicked
Should win: Suzie Davies and Cynthia Sleiter for Conclave
Shoulda been a contender: Stanislas Reydellet and Cécilia Blom for The Substance

Best cinematography

Will win: Lol Crawley for The Brutalist
Should win: Lol Crawley for The Brutalist
Shoulda been a contender: Ranabir Das for All We Imagine As Light

Best makeup and hairstyling

Will win: Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth for Wicked
Should win: Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth for Wicked
Shoulda been a contender: Michelle Côté, Colin Penman, Sean Sansom and Brandi Boulet for The Apprentice

Best costume design

Will win: Paul Tazewell for Wicked
Should win: Arianne Phillips for A Complete Unknown
Shoulda been a contender: Steve Newburn for Sasquatch Sunset

Best editing

Will win: David Jancso for The Brutalist
Should win: David Jancso for The Brutalist
Shoulda been a contender: Nicholas Monsour for Nickel Boys