And the Nominees Are… (2025)

We have our heading.

He said, having seen way to many intro videos from the DVDs of his youth.

It’s a shame physical media is a thing of the past.

Anyway, we’ve got nominees. What an interesting outcome. Just straight up nominated stuff across the board. That’s one way to do it.

I haven’t really looked at things on a macro level yet. Just sort of looked at each individual category. So I’m curious how this is going to look to me now from the perspective of, “So okay… what’s going to win now?” Also very fascinated to come back to this in a week once we have all the precursors we didn’t have to see what would have changed had we known them ahead of time.

Best Picture

Bugonia

F1

Frankenstein

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value

Sinners

Train Dreams

F1. Insane. I hate when stuff like this happens because… it’s a good movie. I enjoyed the hell out of it. But it shouldn’t be here. But hey, it is. It’s important to remember it’s not the film’s fault in this scenario. It’s never the film’s fault. Crash, Green Book — they didn’t nominate or vote for themselves. But I’m curious if this represents the ‘old guard’ of the Academy or the ones with no taste who only watched like five movies this year. I’m sure there’s a lot of overlap there. But that’s what we got.

The PGA goes 9/10, so not perfect, as usual. Weapons gets left off there, as expected. The Secret Agent gets on, as expected. And the one that I wasn’t 100% on, It Was Just an Accident, doesn’t get on. F1 makes sense as the choice. I thought they’d go Wicked, but as we’ll get to, that wasn’t fucking happening.

I went 9/10 here, missing just F1, which was my Dark Horse. So that means we got the obvious choices. And I’ll say, I pretty much agree with most of this list. Not a single movie I disliked, not even a single movie I was tepid on. The most I’ll say is that I’d have preferred a film or two on over another film or two. Good year.

In terms of what’s gonna win… One Battle and Sinners is the race. One Battle is leading with the two precursors, but you gotta see where the rest of the places go. It’s early. We’re just getting started.

 

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

Chloe Zhao, Hamnet

This was the list I expected. As usual, the DGA goes 4/5. Guillermo was left off in favor of Joachim Trier. No surprises here. But we do have a Black man and a woman on the ballot, which is not the norm. Plus a foreign nominee. A nice, well-rounded list.

I went 5/5 here. This one felt easy.

Anderson has to be considered the heavy favorite. Even if they split Picture with Sinners, he seems like he’s finally gonna get his moment.

 

Best Actor

Timothee Chalamet, Marty Supreme

Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another

Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon

Michael B. Jordan, Sinners

Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Another one that went exactly as expected. Another 5/5 for me. Moura was a lock after the Globes win and there just wasn’t enough space for Jesse Plemons (though look out the next time he’s got something in the realm of a nomination). All around a good set of people on here.

I guess we consider Chalamet the frontrunner, only because Moura won’t catch the support, Hawke has no shot, and it’s hard to think Leo does it because he’s won already. Jordan will probably win SAG, and it’ll come down to whoever wins BAFTA. That’s where I’d be looking. But if someone other than Jordan wins SAG, that’s your winner.

 

Best Actress

Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue

Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value

Emma Stone, Bugonia

Are you fucking kidding me? Really?

I try not to think about how badly the Academy hates young actors, but my god. I knew they weren’t gonna vote for Amanda Seyfried, but shitting all over Chase Infiniti like that because she’s 25 and hasn’t acted before? It’s 100% what happened. I know it is. I hear that shit every year. That’s how they think. They don’t respect it. They think people have to ‘pay their dues’. They have disdain for them when it comes to nominations. It’s awful.

Nothing against Kate Hudson, she’s wonderful and I’m glad she’s got a second nomination on her resume. But that nomination is 100% a “I haven’t watched anything else” nomination. It’s a real shame, because we could have had a generational category here. Infinti yes, but imagine Amanda Seyfried here. My god.

I went 4/5 here. I moved Hudson down to a surprise because it was so out of the realm of believability to me that they’d actually vote for her. Absolutely ridiculous. Funny, though, the big thing I said about not using PGA or SAG… and the one time they come in as generic as possible.

Thank god most of this ballot is good because I’m appalled by this (and again, it’s the omission, not Kate Hudson).

The category’s between Buckley and Byrne. I wish Reinsve had more of a shot, but I think it’s the two of them. And Buckley’s way out in front at the moment and looks like she’s gonna cruise to an easy win.

 

Best Supporting Actor

Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another

Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein

Delroy Lindo, Sinners

Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Value

DELROY FUCKING LINDO.

I. Am. Thrilled.

This is a 4/5 I will happily take. I love that man. I moved him up to Dark Horse without a precursor because I felt that one coming on. He just stood out in the film and came so close a few years ago for Da 5 Bloods. I’m so happy for him.

Paul Mescal gets left off, though, which is a big sign of Hamnet coming in soft. It feels like it came in a distant third at best for contenting for Picture. We’ll see how the rest of the season goes, but Mescal being left off certainly doesn’t help its case. Otherwise, the other four all were locked throughout the season. No surprises there. Surprised Elordi had such a smooth go of it, but good for him.

Right now… shit, you ask me straight up, I’d tell you there’s a legitimate chance Lindo is your frontrunner. Skarsgard seems like an obvious favorite. Penn and del Toro are basically splitting votes, and Elordi, without major wins stacking up, shouldn’t be the one. So it’s Skarsgard or Lindo. I wanna see if Lindo also gets BAFTA. That’ll be interesting. SAG and BAFTA will be interesting. Though I’m waiting for a Marcia Gay Harden situation. I know we’re due for one. The double nominees will probably make that difficult. But one of these years it’s gonna happen. We almost got it a few years ago with that Frances McDormand Best Actress category.

 

Best Supporting Actress

Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value

Amy Madigan, Weapons

Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners

Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Double double nominees going on here. That happened in 2022, which coincidentally was the last time we had double nominees in a category. We had like six years in a row at that point with at least one set of double nominees. But yeah, double nominees in both supporting categories. Wild.

Anyway… every year, there are a few instances where, if I’m right about those things, I’ll take a dozen other things wrong and be fine. Ariana Grande not getting nominated in this category was one of them. I bet people were all over that one, guessing her. It seemed like an afterthought. Like, “Why even put any consideration, of course it’s going to happen.” The minute I realized how few people were nominated twice for the same role, I immediately took her off my list and said “It’s not going to happen.” And I was steadfast about it. It was “fuck fish.” I was dying on that hill. And I’m glad I was right. I didn’t realize it was gonna extend to the film as a whole, but I’m still glad I was right.

Now, I did guess the wrong nominee instead. I wasn’t totally sold on Odess A’Zion as the choice and figured it wouldn’t come in. But at that point, I knew who it wasn’t, so as long as that part was right, I didn’t care. In the end, Fanning makes a lot of sense. I just felt like, with her coming in soft on the precursors, that she’d end up like she did last year. But good for her. I thought Hamnet might come on strong and get Emily Watson on (not that I’d have loved the nomination, but it felt like something they’d do). But in the end, we got who would have been considered the most obvious fifth choice at the outset. So I’m not totally surprised.

Another 4/5 for me, and a ‘surprise’ got on, because I dropped her thinking an actual surprise was more likely. That’s cool.

In terms of who’s winning… now that we have a vote split, it’s gotta be Taylor. Right? Mosaku needs multiple wins for me to feel comfortable with her, and I just can’t imagine Madigan sweeps this. So that leaves Taylor, who seems like she’ll catch the momentum after the Globes and string some wins together end route to an easy one. But we’ll see.

 

Best Original Screenplay

Blue Moon

It Was Just an Accident

Marty Supreme

Sentimental Value

Sinners

Irony. They finally nominate a Linklater movie and he didn’t write the script. (Yes, I know he’s been nominated multiple times here. I was being facetious.)

But hey, It Was Just an Accident gets on. Which tells me that it did come close in Picture. But The Secret Agent gets left off. Okay, then. No Weapons either. Which I did guess. I figured that would happen. WGA wouldn’t have helped because the ones who got on aren’t gonna be eligible there. The WGA list is going to look wildly different from this list. BAFTA, though… that will be interesting to see.

But hey, I got 4/5 here. Mostly because a lot of this was an obvious category. We had such few contenders this year. Blue Moon was a surprise tier for me, mostly because I thought they might sneak on a surprise. I tend to bump the surprises up at the last minute because I end up going, “Well it’s so obvious an alternate, but if they aren’t gonna go for it, is it really something you need to keep that high?” It’s horrible logic, but I do it. Anyway, 4/5 is fine. It’s a good overall category.

I presume Sentimental Value is likely to win this, but Sinners could also take it. I wanna see where the precursors go on this. BAFTA is probably gonna tell that tale.

 

Best Adapted Screenplay

Bugonia

Frankenstein

Hamnet

One Battle After Another

Train Dreams

Oh hey, a 5/5. If you thought Original was a limited field and easy to guess, this one was even easier. Legitimately could not have guessed an alternate choice that would’ve made sense here over these five. The minute all five were on Picture, they were on here. The most copy-paste category you could find. And that’s fine, because they’re all worthy of being here.

One Battle After Another will win this easily. Hamnet is the only potential spoiler, and I don’t think it’ll happen. I think people will give Anderson his win because some might put Coogler over him in Director, and they won’t have to do that here. Paul should win this.

 

Best Editing

F1

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

Sentimental Value

Sinners

Yeah, this makes sense. Once F1 got on in Picture, this was automatic. All five Picture nominees, and the only swap was Sentimental Value for Hamnet. So 4/5 for me, and it again tells me Hamnet is not a ‘serious’ contender for a win. Though of course we’ve had recent Picture winners without Editing nominations, but that plus the overdrive of nominations for One Battle and Sinners tells me Hamnet is still, at best, a distant third. But Editing for Sentimental Value… that came in stronger than expected. That’s gotta be a like, 9 overall nominations. Wild.

Right now, I can tell you that Sentimental Value won’t win this. And probably Marty Supreme won’t either. Past that, anyone’s game. The car movie, the One Battle chase sequence, Sinners… all feel legitimate at this point. F1 already winning CCA tells me it’s probably gonna be the obvious winner, but hey, you never know. BAFTA and ACE may throw us a curve.

Also, I know Editing is easy because it’s so tied to Picture, but the fact that we did this with literally one precursor (the weakest one, too) is crazy to me.

 

Best Cinematography

Frankenstein

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

Sinners

Train Dreams

Another 5/5. We got the obvious list. ASC again goes 5/5. That seems to happen a lot. Also, I knew when I saw that Hamnet’s DP was Lukasz Zal, who was not nominated for Zone of Interest and was only nominated for his two black-and-white efforts, that it was gonna be the one they left off. These five felt clearly like the big five. So nothing surprising here.

However, I will say… three first-time nominees here. Sinners’ DP is also a woman of mixed Filipino and Black descent. That’s pretty awesome.

I’m presuming Sinners wins this, but you never know. Train Dreams has the only precursor at the moment. We’ll see where ASC and BAFTA go. Unless Train Dreams wins multiple, I have to assume it’s Sinners first, One Battle distant second. But we’ll see.

 

Best Original Score

Bugonia

Frankenstein

Hamnet

One Battle After Another

Sinners

4/5. Nice. Bugonia gets on with no precursor (though maybe BAFTA, so we’ll see). Otherwise the obvious top four got on. What got left off? Oh, Marty Supreme. Well, considering who the composer is, and knowing that score skews… younger… I’m not surprised. Though Bugonia is an interesting choice for them. But okay.

Not much to say here. Score can be a very subjective category. But based on precursors, most of this was what was expected.

I presume Ludwig Goransson wins this in a walk and wins his third. Black Panther, Oppenheimer, Sinners is a wild trio of wins. Shame Jonny Greenwood won’t win, but him just getting nominated at this point is kind of a win, because for years they wouldn’t even do that. But yeah, I presume this is Sinners by a mile.

 

Best Original Song

“Dear Me,” from Diane Warren: Relentless

“Golden,” from KPop Demon Hunters

“I Lied to You,” from Sinners

“Sweet Dreams of Joy,” from Viva Verdi!

“Train Dreams,” from Train Dreams

4/5 here for me. They just completely shut Wicked off the ballot. Would not have guessed that to be the one they left off. I even put Train Dreams on because I said, “If they leave something else off, that’s the most middle of the road choice to bump me back up to 4.” Look at that. Here we are.

Viva Verdi is weird choice for the fifth spot, but whatever. They made it. Diane Warren gets to lose again. And the category’s already over because “Golden” is gonna run away with this. Sinners will be a respectable second, but we know what’s taking this.

 

Best Production Design

Frankenstein

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

Sinners

Another 4/5 for me. This is how I dream of doing on ballots. Lots of 4/5s and 5/5s. I missed Wicked, because they shut it out. They must have fucking hated it. Which is funny, because I think they over-nominated the first one and now they under-nominated this. It averages out to where it should have been all along. It should have had 10 nominations between the two. About 6 last year and 4 this year. Maybe 7 and 3. Still.

The one I missed was One Battle After Another, because apparently we’re nominating contemporary stuff now. That’s two years in a row for them. They nominated that highway. But that’s cool. It’s legitimately some of the most memorable stuff from the year.

Very curious to see what happens here. Feels like Frankenstein takes this. Sinners maybe. Hamnet, doubtful. Marty Supreme no. One Battle no. I think Guillermo takes this one again. Seems like the only obvious choice. Oh, and it has CCA already. So yeah. If it wins BAFTA too, I think it wins.

 

Best Costume Design

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Frankenstein

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

Sinners

Oh, my first 3/5. Because who could have seen the Wicked freeze coming this bad? But I mean, it is a continuation, so maybe they said, “Fuck you, we nominated you last time, now you’re just trying to money grab by splitting one movie into two.” And you know what? I respect that.

You know it’s crazy when Avatar being nominated in fucking Costumes is the second thing you talk about with the category.

EVERYONE IS IN MO-CAP SUITS. WHO’S WEARING A FUCKING COSTUME?

That’s insane.

I also missed Marty Supreme, which I figured would get the spot and I just left off for Testament of Ann Lee. I did that one to myself. Is what it is. Could’ve gone 4/5 here had I stuck with the obvious five. But the thing about me is — I’m gonna make myself earn it every time because I’ll never always take the easy way out.

Frankenstein or Sinners wins this. I’m leaning Sinners now, but Frankenstein makes more sense. It does have the one precursor so far, so there’s that.

 

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

Frankenstein

Kokuho

Sinners

The Smashing Machine

The Ugly Stepsister

Oh, so we’re back to a few years ago, where it’s “foreign? Guess it.” Okay then. Sure.

3/5 for me. Wicked snubbed again, and One Battle doesn’t make it. I’m fine there. I would have, at best, split the foreign choices and not guessed both. So sure. But good to know that if it’s foreign and makes the shortlist, they’re gonna put it on.

Frankenstein also wins this easily, right? I mean, what else can it possibly (and legitimately) be? This seems like it’s already one of the biggest locks of the night.

 

Best Visual Effects

Avatar: Fire and Ash

F1

Jurassic World Rebirth

The Lost Bus

Sinners

Fucking wow. So I was right guessing Frankenstein would be left off… then they put Sinners on. Just so it could help break a bunch of precedent and lose to Avatar. Though at this point I guess you can legitimately say… will it? But I think Avatar will sweep precursors and yes, probably still win.

Also Jurassic World gets on after almost 30 years and, what, four other films, of not being nominated? Okay. If it ends up with a BAFTA nomination, I’m gonna be pissed. Because I would have then had it.

Also, I will say, all five of these did get the big VES nominations, so I probably should have gone 4/5 here. I was too hung up on the Picture thing. But I should have had one of them. Oh well.

 

Best Sound

F1

Frankenstein

One Battle After Another

Sinners

Sirât

4/5. I had Mission Impossible instead of Sirat, but Sirat was my alternate, so that makes sense. I figured it likely was gonna be that final spot and just didn’t guess it. I can live with that. This one was pretty easy, all around.

F1 probably wins this without much fanfare, but I’m not ruling out a potential Sinners win either.

 

Best Casting

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

The Secret Agent

Sinners

So in the first year they have a casting category, they nominate a film for four acting awards and then don’t nominate it in Casting. 10/10, no notes.

Outside of that, I went 4/5 here and I think the obvious ones got on. Secret Agent actually does very much belong here. I just didn’t trust they’d actually do it. So cool. Again, solid 4/5 and we’ll see what this category ends up being and how long it can actually last.

What wins… I mean, Sinners wins, right? One Battle maybe, but Sinners far and away seems like what they’re gonna vote for here to pad that total.

 

Best Animated Feature

Arco

Elio

KPop Demon Hunters

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Zootopia 2

I cannot believe I went 5/5 here, because it means we may have gotten the best possible category we could have gotten. I’d argue against Zootopia, but I’ll accept it just to have the other three. But also, I don’t know what else was gonna get nominated if not these five. I said that I didn’t feel like they watched enough of the other stuff to get a category that wasn’t this. So cool.

Now the question becomes if KPop Demon Hunters has what it takes to take the whole thing down. Elio and Zootopia are strong competition. But we’ll need to see how precursors shake out. It’s got two already, but not the important two. So we’ll see.

 

Best International Feature

It Was Just an Accident (France)

The Secret Agent (Brazil)

Sentimental Value (Norway)

Sirāt (Spain)

The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

Yup. It’s official. They do not respect Park Chan-wook.

I was about to leave him off my guesses because I saw this coming, but I didn’t know what I’d have put on instead (because I didn’t really want to guess The Voice of Hind Rajab, even though it was the obvious fifth choice there. The director got shortlisted at BAFTA, of course it was the obvious choice). I probably could have gone 5/5 here and just didn’t. I think that was more ‘I was pulling for No Other Choice to get on’ than anything. So whatever. I’ll take the 4/5. But the alternate made it and in the end we got one of the obvious categories just because the films at the top were so damn strong.

What wins, now, though. I have to imagine it’s still Sentimental Value. But I’m Still Here took down Emilia Pérez last year. But I don’t see Sentimental Value backlash happening to that extent, so I think in the end it’s still your favorite. But you never know.

 

Best Documentary Feature

The Alabama Solution

Come See Me in the Good Light

Cutting Through Rocks

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

The Perfect Neighbor

And here’s where the ballot unravels. I’ve been doing awful in these categories the past few years. Because even seeing most of the nominees you still feel in the dark and they still make these crazy decisions.

I’ll say this much, though — they got the two that should have been here. The Perfect Neighbor and The Alabama Solution should have been here.

Come See Me in the Good Light is fine, but it doesn’t necessarily fit the vibe of what they usually choose. Cutting Through Rocks… also fine. Just couldn’t have guessed that would be the one over any number of others. Mr. Nobody… yeah, figured the title might get it on. I actually had it on my list until the very last second. But oh well.

2/5 for me, but the right two were right, so I’m good.

What the hell even wins this now? It might be Come See Me in the Good Light. But Alabama Solution also feels good as well. But no clue. Three of these are nominated at the PGA, so that’s something. Cutting Through Rocks got no precursors at all. And Come See Me in the Good Light only got NBR. So yeah, this’ll be fun to throw darts at the wall.

 

Best Documentary Short

All the Empty Rooms

Armed with Only a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud

Children No More: Were and Are Gone

The Devil Is Busy

Perfectly a Strangeness

They nominated the fucking donkeys. Wild.

I’ve got nothing else to say after that. What can you say?

I got 3/5 here, so that’s great in and of itself. Of course the one year I don’t guess the abortion documentary they actually nominate it.

I feel like I did well with this one in that I knew which ones were definitely getting on. There’s always one you can never figure on, and I just straight up gave up on them ever nominating an abortion doc and that’s why I missed that one. So sure.

All the Empty Rooms feels like a solid choice as a winner. Either that or Children No More. School shootings vs. murder of Palestinian children. Close call.

 

Best Live Action Short

Butcher’s Stain

A Friend of Dorothy

Jane Austen’s Period Drama

The Singers

Two People Exchanging Saliva

Like Documentary, I also went 2/5, but it’s the right two. I haven’t seen The Singers, actually, but I knew when I couldn’t find it they’d nominate it. Happens every single year like that. And Two People Exchanging Saliva also was one… better have made it. So good.

Jane Austen’s Period Drama… I just had no faith in them, so I went elsewhere. Butcher’s Stain feels like them, but whatever. Friend of Dorothy… just… no comment.

What’s funny is, I completely redid my guess list at the last minute because I know I always go 2/5 each year and thought I’d put on stuff that I’d leave off that they’d put on… and they were also left off, as would have been my original guesses. So I think I’m just destined to do badly here. But at least I’m glad I knew the mermaid short wasn’t gonna make it.

I need to see The Singers to have a feel for this. But I have concerns about where this is going. I know where it should go, but I don’t have faith it’s gonna go that way. So we’ll see. I’ve got six weeks.

 

Best Animated Short

Butterfly

Forevergreen

The Girl Who Cried Pearls

Retirement Plan

The Three Sisters

This one stings. I left Three Sisters off knowing it was gonna get nominated for that fucking bear short that I didn’t even like thinking they’d flock to it. So I’m glad ultimately the right short got on, because Three Sisters was lovely. I got 3/5 here, but one of those stings because it should have been 4/5. The one time I assumed they’d go boring and mainstream they didn’t, despite doing so for most of the ballot. Go figure. And Forevergreen… wow. Thought they’d take the other tree short. There’s always one I could never figure. 3/5 actually does feel solid. I pegged Butterly immediately as a nominee and I could not imagine they’d leave Girl Who Cried Pearls off. Retirement Plan I think is another one that felt easy once you saw it. So good for them. I actually like most of this category. Shame about Eiru though.

I think either Girl Who Cried Pearls or Retirement Plan wins this. But honestly I’m not ruling out Three Sisters or even Butterfly either. But Girl Who Cried Pearls does seem to me like a frontrunner at first glance.

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Okay, so, before we get into the overall here — 16 nominations for Sinners. Most ever. The extra category is gonna start to inflate those overall totals. You’re gonna start to see some 15s and 14s coming in. Just wait until they introduce the stunt category (which I assume is gonna be done for the 100th anniversary in two years).

If you asked me the biggest takeaways of this ballot, my initial response, just vomiting out an answer, would be, in no particular order:

• They sure did hate Wicked: For Good
• Kate Hudson, really?
• F1, really?
• The donkey short, really?
• Avatar in Costumes… well, you get the picture.

Those are probably the big five for me. I’m trying to think what else stood out. They kind of block nominated the same handful of movies, so there wasn’t a lot of room for crazy stuff. Kate Hudson over Chase Infiniti and Amanda Seyfried is just stunning to me. F1, not surprising, just… they did it. I expected Wicked to come in soft, but not shut out entirely. That’s… that’s a fuck you to them.

At this point things coming in super strong doesn’t faze me, so 16, 13, 9, 9… whatever. Overall totals feel meaningless at this point.

• Oh, Delroy Lindo in Supporting Actor. Thrilled about that one.
• Elle Fanning, also happy for her.
• Blue Moon in Screenplay is deserved.
• I worry we may never escape the Diane Warren vortex.
• Very curious to see if KPop Demon Hunters can win Animated Feature or if they default back to Disney/Pixar.
• Still funny that Sentimental Value got four acting nominations and wasn’t nominated in casting.
• Very happy Alabama Solution and The Perfect Neighbor made it.
• Very happy Two People Exchanging Saliva made it.
• Very happy The Girl Who Cried Pearls and Retirement Plan made it.

Otherwise, there we are.

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Nominee Breakdown:

• Sinners — 16 nominations (Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Editing, Cinematography, Song, Score, Production Design, Costume Design, Makeup & Hairstyling, Visual Effects, Sound, Casting)
• One Battle After Another — 13 nominations (Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor x2, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Cinematography, Score, Production Design, Sound, Casting)
• Frankenstein — 9 nominations (Picture, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Score, Production Design, Costume Design, Makeup & Hairstyling, Sound)
• Marty Supreme — 9 nominations (Picture, Director, Actor, Original Screenplay, Editing, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, Casting)
• Sentimental Value — 9 nominations (Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress x2, Original Screenplay, Editing, International Feature)
• Hamnet — 8 nominations (Picture, Director, Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Score, Production Design, Costume Design, Casting)
• Bugonia — 4 nominations (Picture, Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Score)
• F1 — 4 nominations (Picture, Editing, Visual Effects, Sound)
• The Secret Agent — 4 nominations (Picture, Actor, Casting, International Feature)
• Train Dreams — 4 nominations (Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Song)
• Avatar: Fire and Ash — 2 nominations (Costume Design, Visual Effects)
• Blue Moon — 2 nominations (Actor, Original Screenplay)
• It Was Just an Accident — 2 nominations (Original Screenplay, International Feature)
• KPop Demon Hunters — 2 nominations (Song, Animated Feature)
• Sirât — 2 nominations (Sound, International Feature)
• The Alabama Solution — 1 nomination (Documentary Feature)
• Arco — 1 nomination (Animated Feature)
• Come See Me in the Good Light — 1 nomination (Documentary Feature)
• Cutting Through Rocks — 1 nomination (Documentary Feature)
• Diane Warren: Relentless — 1 nomination (Song)
• Elio — 1 nomination (Animated Feature)
• If I Had Legs I’d Kick You — 1 nomination (Actress)
• Jurassic World Rebirth — 1 nomination (Visual Effects)
• Kokuho — 1 nomination (Makeup & Hairstyling)
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain– 1 nomination (Animated Feature)
• The Lost Bus — 1 nomination (Visual Effects)
• Mr. Nobody Against Putin — 1 nomination (Documentary Feature)
• The Perfect Neighbor — 1 nomination (Documentary Feature)
• The Smashing Machine — 1 nomination (Makeup & Hairstyling)
• Song Sung Blue — 1 nominations (Actress)
• The Ugly Stepsister — 1 nomination (Makeup & Hairstyling)
• Viva Verdi! — 1 nomination (Song)
• The Voice of Hind Rajab — 1 nomination (International Feature)
• Weapons — 1 nomination (Supporting Actress)
• Zootopia 2 — 1 nomination (Animated Feature)

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Okay, but… how did I do?

This year, I went:

• 9/10 in Picture
• 5/5 in Director, Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Animated Feature
• 4/5 in Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Editing, Score, Song, Production Design, Sound, Casting, International Feature
• 3/5 in Costume Design, Makeup & Hairstyling, Visual Effects, Documentary Short, Animated Short
• 2/5 in Documentary Feature, Live Action Short
• 1/5 in

Out of 125 nominees, I guessed 97 correctly.

So wow. That’s the best I’ve ever done. And fuck, did I come close to 80%. 77.6%. Second best percentage ever and most overall ever. 80% seems actually possible now. This is also one where, not just the ones I could have done if I went with a more obvious choice… if the shorts break my way, that’s 80% right there. So yeah. Cool. Let’s aim for 100 total next year.

Previous totals:

• 2024: 75.8% (91/120)
• 2023: 75% (90/120)
• 2022: 77.5% (93/120)
• 2021: 72.5% (87/120)
• 2020: 75.4% (89/118)
• 2019: 76.6% (95/124)
• 2018: 74.4% (90/121)
• 2017: 74.5% (91/122)
• 2016: 77% (94/122)
• 2015: 78.5% (95/121)
• 2014: 71.9% (87/121)
• 2013: 76% (92/121)
• 2012: 71% (87/122)
• 2011: 68% (81/119)

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I’ll update my Oscar Trivia page based on these nominations in the next few days.

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