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If the 2025 Oscar nominations were announced today, what would Gold Derby predict would be the nominees and winners? Our predictions center officially opened on July 1, 2024 and already more than 1,800 people have made their nominations forecasts in the eight top categories for picture, directing, acting and writing. So who’s out front to claim these golden trophies, according to the initial Gold Derby Oscar predictions 2025?
Below, see a snapshot in time of our Oscar racetrack odds, updated on July 16. (See how the odds and rankings have changed over time by examining our previous snapshots on July 3 and July 9.) Now expected to receive a nomination since the last update: “A Real Pain” in Best Picture. The film stars writer/director/producer Jesse Eisenberg as David, who reunites with his cousin Benji (Kieran Culkin) in Poland, as they honor the life of their grandmother. It will be released on October 18 by Searchlight Pictures.
Gold Derby’s odds are based on the combined forecasts of Experts we’ve polled from major media outlets, Editors who cover awards year-round for this website, Top 24 Users who did the best predicting the winners last time, All-Star Users who had the best prediction scores over the last two years, and the mass of Users who make up our biggest predictions bloc. We will be updating the predictions center weekly by adding, deleting and changing contenders whenever new information is provided to us by the studios/campaigners.
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BEST PICTURE
Predicted Nominees
1. “Sing Sing” — 15/2
2. “Dune: Part Two” — 8/1
3. “Blitz” — 17/2
4. “Anora” — 9/1
5. “Conclave” — 19/2
6. “Emilia Perez” — 13/1
7. “Joker: Folie à Deux” — 15/1
8. “Nickel Boys” — 18/1
9. “Gladiator II” — 18/1
10. “A Real Pain” — 25/1
Predicted Spoilers
“The Piano Lesson,” “Hard Truths,” “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” “Wicked,” “Nightbitch”
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BEST DIRECTOR
Predicted Nominees
1. Steve McQueen (“Blitz”) — 9/2
2. Sean Baker (“Anora”) — 9/2
3. Denis Villeneuve (“Dune: Part Two”) — 11/2
4. Edward Berger (“Conclave”) — 17/2
5. Greg Kwedar (“Sing Sing”) — 9/1
Predicted Spoilers
Ridley Scott (“Gladiator II”), Jacques Audiard (“Emilia Perez”), Mohammad Rasoulof (“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”), Todd Phillips (“Joker: Folie à Deux”), Marielle Heller (“Nightbitch”)
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BEST ACTRESS
Predicted Nominees
1. Amy Adams (“Nightbitch”) — 5/1
2. Mikey Madison (“Anora”) — 5/1
3. Saoirse Ronan (“Blitz”) — 13/2
4. Lady Gaga (“Joker: Folie à Deux”) — 7/1
5. Karla Sofia Gascon (“Emilia Perez”) — 7/1
Predicted Spoilers
Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Hard Truths”), Tilda Swinton (“The Room Next Door”), June Squibb (“Thelma”), Saoirse Ronan (“The Outrun”), Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”)
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BEST ACTOR
Predicted Nominees
1. Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”) — 69/20
2. Ralph Fiennes (“Conclave”) — 4/1
3. Joaquin Phoenix (“Joker: Folie à Deux”) — 6/1
4. John David Washington (“The Piano Lesson”) — 8/1
5. Paul Mescal (“Gladiator II”) — 17/2
Predicted Spoilers
Sebastian Stan (“A Different Man”), Nicholas Hoult (“Juror #2”), Jesse Plemons (“Kinds of Kindness”), Andrew Garfield (“We Live in Time”), Ethan Herisse (“Nickel Boys”)
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Predicted Nominees
1. Danielle Deadwyler (“The Piano Lesson”) — 4/1
2. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (“Nickel Boys”) — 9/2
3. Zoe Saldana (“Emilia Perez”) — 11/2
4. Isabella Rossellini (“Conclave”) — 6/1
5. Toni Collette (“Juror #2”) — 12/1
Predicted Spoilers
Julianne Moore (“The Room Next Door”), Joan Chen (“Didi”), Selena Gomez (“Emilia Perez”), Carrie Coon (“His Three Daughters”), Margaret Qualley (“The Substance”)
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Predicted Nominees
1. Samuel L. Jackson (“The Piano Lesson”) — 37/10
2. Clarence Maclin (“Sing Sing”) — 5/1
3. Kieran Culkin (“A Real Pain”) — 5/1
4. Stanley Tucci (“Conclave”) — 7/1
5. Denzel Washington (“Gladiator II”) — 15/2
Predicted Spoilers
John Lithgow (“Conclave”), Harris Dickinson (“Blitz”), Paul Raci (“Sing Sing”), Pedro Pascal (“Gladiator II”), Mark Eydelshteyn (“Anora”)
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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Predicted Nominees
1. “Sing Sing” — 71/20
2. “Conclave” — 9/2
3. “Nickel Boys” — 6/1
4. “Nightbitch” — 15/2
5. “Dune: Part Two” — 17/2
Predicted Spoilers
“The Piano Lesson,” “Hit Man,” “Joker: Folie à Deux,” “Gladiator II,” “Here”
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Predicted Nominees
1. “Anora” — 18/5
2. “Blitz” — 4/1
3. “A Real Pain” — 11/2
4. “Hard Truths” — 15/2
5. “Emilia Perez” — 8/1
Predicted Spoilers
“The Room Next Door,” “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” “The Substance,” “Juror #2,” “Challengers”
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