Tonight is the 98th Academy Awards! It’s been a while since I’ve invested in the Oscars, but 2025 had so many great films, so I’m excited to watch tonight. And to celebrate the ultimate celebration of movies, here are my Oscar predictions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bold<\/strong> choice is who I think will win. The\u00a0italicized<\/em><\/span> choice is who I want to win.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Picture<\/strong> Actor in a Leading Role Actress in a Leading Role<\/strong> Actress in a Supporting Role (honestly, I will be thrilled for Amy as well if she wins as I adored her in Weapons<\/em>!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Actor in a Supporting Role Best Casting Animated Feature Film Documentary Feature Film International Feature Film Directing Cinematography Writing (Original Screenplay) Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Film Editing Music (Original Song) Music (Original Score) Sound Production Design Visual Effects Costume Design Makeup and Hairstyling Best Animated Short Best Documentary Short Best Live-Action Short Tonight is the 98th Academy Awards! It’s been a while since I’ve invested in the Oscars, but 2025 had so many great films, so I’m excited to watch tonight. And to celebrate the ultimate celebration of movies, here are my Oscar predictions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[342,6216,6217],"class_list":["post-77835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-news","tag-oscar-predictions","tag-the-oscars"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77835"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78367,"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77835\/revisions\/78367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners<\/em><\/strong>
Train Dreams<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners<\/strong><\/em>
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet<\/strong><\/em>
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You
Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Emma Stone, Bugonia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan, Weapons<\/strong>
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners<\/em>
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo, Sinners<\/em>
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another<\/strong>
Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd, Sentimental Value<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sinners<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters<\/strong>
Little Am\u00e9lie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>The Secret Agent
It Was Just an Accident
Sentimental Value<\/strong>
Sir\u00e2t
The Voice of Hind Rajab<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Chlo\u00e9 Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another<\/strong>
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Train Dreams
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Robert Kaplow, Blue Moon
Jafar Panahi & Script Collaborators, It Was Just an Accident
Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Will Tracy, Bugonia
Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein
Chlo\u00e9 Zhao & Maggie O\u2019Farrell, Hamnet<\/em>
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another<\/strong>
Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Stephen Mirrione, F1
Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another<\/strong>
Olivier Bugge Coutt\u00e9, Sentimental Value
Michael Shawver, Sinners<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>\u201cDear Me\u201d from Diane Warren: Relentless
\u201cGolden\u201d from KPop Demon Hunters<\/strong>
\u201cHighest 2 Lowest\u201d from Highest 2 Lowest
\u201cI Lied To You\u201d from Sinners<\/em>
\u201cSweet Dreams of Joy\u201d from Viva Verdi!
\u201cTrain Dreams\u201d from Train Dreams<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners<\/em><\/strong>
Sir\u00e2t<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tamara Deverell, Frankenstein<\/strong>
Fiona Crombie, Hamnet
Jack Fisk, Marty Supreme
Florencia Martin, One Battle After Another
Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne, Sinners<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Avatar: Fire and Ash<\/strong>
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Frankenstein<\/em><\/strong>
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Butterfly<\/strong>
Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All the Empty Rooms<\/strong>
Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Children No More: \u201cWere and Are Gone\u201d
The Devil Is Busy
Perfectly a Strangeness<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Butcher\u2019s Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen\u2019s Period Drama
The Singers
Two People Exchanging Saliva<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n