Oscars 2025: who will win, who should win – and who was snubbed
Will win: The Brutalist Should win: Nickel Boys Shoulda been a contender: I Saw the TV Glow
Will win: Brady Corbet for The BrutalistShould win: Brady Corbet for The BrutalistShoulda been a contender: Jesse Eisenberg for A Real Pain
Will win: Adrien Brody for The BrutalistShould win: Timothée Chalamet for A Complete UnknownShoulda been a contender: Cillian Murphy for Small Things Like These
Will win: Demi Moore for The Substance
Should win: Mikey Madison for Anora Shoulda been a contender: Marianne Jean-Baptiste for Hard Truths
Will win: Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain Should win: Kieran Culkin for A Real PainShoulda been a contender: Michael Potts for The Piano Lesson
Will win: Zoe Saldaña for Emilia PérezShould win: Isabella Rossellini for ConclaveShoulda been a contender: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor for Nickel Boys
Will win: FlowShould win: Memoir of a SnailShoulda been a contender: The Most Precious of Cargoes
Will win: Peter Straughan for ConclaveShould win: Peter Straughan for ConclaveShoulda been a contender: Justin Kuritzkes for Queer
Will win: Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold for The BrutalistShould win: Jesse Eisenberg for A Real PainShoulda been a contender: Justin Kuritzkes for Challengers
Will win: Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor for No Other LandShould 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
Will win: Emilia Pérez Should win: The Girl With the Needle Shoulda been a contender: All We Imagine As Light
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
Will win: Lol Crawley for The BrutalistShould win: Lol Crawley for The Brutalist Shoulda been a contender: Ranabir Das for All We Imagine As Light
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
Will win: Paul Tazewell for Wicked
Should win: Arianne Phillips for A Complete Unknown
Shoulda been a contender: Steve Newburn for Sasquatch Sunset
Will win: David Jancso for The BrutalistShould win: David Jancso for The BrutalistShoulda been a contender: Nicholas Monsour for Nickel Boys
The Oscars will take place on Sunday 2 March
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