2025 Academy Awards Choices and Predictions, Part II

 

On Sunday (3/15), the Academy will announce the 2025 Oscar winners. It’s been a good year for
movies, even if most of the good ones were overlooked. Here’s what I would vote for if I was a member of the Academy:

 

Best Picture – Train Dreams

Best Director – Hamnet

Best Actor – Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another

Best Actress – Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

Best Supporting Actor – Delroy Lindo, Sinners

Best Supporting Actress – Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value

Best Casting - Hamnet

Best Adapted Screenplay – Train Dreams

Best Original Screenplay – Sinners

Best Animated Feature – KPop Demon Hunters

Best Documentary Feature – Cutting Through Rocks

Best Foreign Language Feature – Sentimental Value

Best Cinematography – Train Dreams

Best Costume Design – Frankenstein

Best Art Direction – Hamnet

Best Makeup – The Frankenstein

Best Visual Effects – The Lost Bus

Best Film Editing – F1

Best Score – Sinners

Best Song – KPop Demon Hunters

Best Sound – F1

Best Animated Short Film – Unsure

Best Live Action Short Film – Unsure

Best Documentary Short Subject – Unsure

 

However, things don’t always pan out like planned. Here are my actual predictions of who will win:

 

Best Picture – One Battle After Another

Best Director - One Battle After Another

Best Actor – Michael B Jordan, Sinners

Best Actress – Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

Best Supporting Actor – Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Actress – Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Best Casting - Sinners

Best Adapted Screenplay – One Battle After Another

Best Original Screenplay – Sinners

Best Animated Feature – KPop Demon Hunters

Best Documentary Feature – Nobody Against Mr. Putin

Best Foreign Language Feature – The Secret Agent

Best Cinematography – One Battle After Another

Best Costume Design – Frankenstein

Best Art Direction – Frankenstein

Best Makeup – Frankenstein

Best Visual Effects – Avatar: Fire and Ash

Best Film Editing – One Battle After Another

Best Score – Sinners

Best Song – KPop Demon Hunters

Best Sound – F1

Best Animated Short Film – Unsure

Best Live Action Short Film – Unsure

Best Documentary Short Subject – Unsure