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Make your Oscars predictions — and see how they compare to our film experts’
Gold-dusted chocolate Oscar statues are pictured during the Oscars Governors Ball press preview on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
By LINDSEY BAHR and JAKE COYLE
The Associated Press’ film writers have made their Oscars predictions in every category, ahead of the March 15 ceremony. Now it’s time to make your own picks, and see how they stack up.
See their predictions in all 24 categories and register your own votes below. We’ll be tracking their prognostications and yours against the winners on our Oscars live blog. Polls close just before the show starts at 7 p.m. Eastern.
Lindsey Bahr has been a film writer and critic for the AP since 2014
Jake Coyle has been a film writer and critic for the AP since 2013
• ‘Bugonia’
• ‘F1’
• ‘Frankenstein’
• ‘Hamnet’
• ‘Marty Supreme’
• ‘One Battle After Another’
• ‘The Secret Agent’
• ‘Sentimental Value’
• ‘Sinners’
• ‘Train Dreams’
Lindsey’s Pick: ‘One Battle After Another’
Jake’s Pick: ‘One Battle After Another’
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• 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’
Lindsey’s Pick: Jessie Buckley, ‘Hamnet’
Jake’s Pick: Jessie Buckley, ‘Hamnet’
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• Timothée Chalamet, ‘Marty Supreme’
• Leonardo DiCaprio, ‘One Battle After Another’
• Ethan Hawke, ‘Blue Moon’
• Michael B. Jordan, ‘Sinners’
• Wagner Moura, ‘The Secret Agent’
Lindsey’s Pick: Michael B. Jordan, ‘Sinners’
Jake’s Pick: Michael B. Jordan, ‘Sinners’
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• Elle Fanning, ‘Sentimental Value’
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, ‘Sentimental Value’
• Amy Madigan, ‘Weapons’
• Wunmi Mosaku, ‘Sinners’
• Teyana Taylor, ‘One Battle After Another’
Lindsey’s Pick: Teyana Taylor, ‘One Battle After Another’
Jake’s Pick: Teyana Taylor, ‘One Battle After Another’
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• Benicio Del Toro, ‘One Battle after Another’
• Jacob Elordi, ‘Frankenstein’
• Delroy Lindo, ‘Sinners’
• Sean Penn, ‘One Battle After Another’
• Stellan Skarsgård, ‘Sentimental Value’
Lindsey’s Pick: Delroy Lindo, ‘Sinners’
Jake’s Pick: Sean Penn, ‘One Battle After Another’
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• Chloé Zhao, ‘Hamnet’
• Josh Safdie, ‘Marty Supreme’
• Paul Thomas Anderson, ‘One Battle After Another’
• Joachim Trier, ‘Sentimental Value’
• Ryan Coogler, ‘Sinners’
Lindsey’s Pick: Paul Thomas Anderson, ‘One Battle After Another’
Jake’s Pick: Paul Thomas Anderson, ‘One Battle After Another’
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• ‘The Alabama Solution’
• ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’
• ‘Cutting Through Rocks’
• ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’
• ‘The Perfect Neighbor’
Lindsey’s Pick: ‘The Perfect Neighbor’
Jake’s Pick: ‘The Perfect Neighbor’
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• ‘The Secret Agent’ (Brazil)
• ‘It Was Just an Accident’ (France)
• ‘Sentimental Value’ (Norway)
• ‘Sirāt’ (Spain)
• ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ (Tunisia)
Lindsey’s Pick: ‘The Secret Agent’ (Brazil)
Jake’s Pick: ‘Sentimental Value’ (Norway)
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• ‘Arco’
• ‘Elio’
• ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
• ‘Little Amélie or the Character of Rain’
• ‘Zootopia 2’
Lindsey’s Pick: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
Jake’s Pick: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
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• ‘Blue Moon’
• ‘It Was Just an Accident’
• ‘Marty Supreme’
• ‘Sentimental Value’
• ‘Sinners’
Lindsey’s Pick: ‘Sinners’
Jake’s Pick: ‘Sinners’
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• ‘Bugonia’
• ‘Frankenstein’
• ‘Hamnet’
• ‘One Battle After Another’
Lindsey’s Pick: ‘One Battle After Another’
Jake’s Pick: ‘One Battle After Another
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• ‘Frankenstein’
• ‘Hamnet’
• ‘Marty Supreme’
• ‘One Battle After Another’
• ‘Sinners’
Lindsey’s Pick: ‘Frankenstein’
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• ‘Frankenstein’
• ‘Marty Supreme’
• ‘One Battle After Another’
• ‘Sinners’
• ‘Train Dreams’
Lindsey’s Pick: ‘Sinners’
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• ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’
• ‘Frankenstein’
• ‘Hamnet’
• ‘Marty Supreme’
• ‘Sinners’
Lindsey’s Pick: ‘Frankenstein’
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• ‘F1’
• ‘Marty Supreme’
• ‘One Battle After Another’
• ‘Sentimental Value’
• ‘Sinners’
Lindsey’s Pick: ‘One Battle After Another’
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• ‘Frankenstein’
• ‘Kokuho’
• ‘Sinners’
• ‘The Smashing Machine’
• ‘The Ugly Stepsister’
Lindsey’s Pick: ‘Frankenstein’
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• ‘F1’
• ‘Frankenstein’
• ‘One Battle After Another’
• ‘Sinners’
• ‘Sirāt’
Lindsey’s Pick: ‘Sirāt’
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• ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’
• ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’
• ‘F1’
• ‘The Lost Bus’
• ‘Sinners’
Lindsey’s Pick: ‘F1’
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• ‘Bugonia’
• ‘Frankenstein’
• ‘Hamnet’
• ‘One Battle After Another’
• ‘Sinners’
Lindsey’s Pick: ‘One Battle After Another’
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• ‘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’
Lindsey’s Pick: ‘Golden’ from ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
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• ‘Butterfly’
• ‘Forevergreen’
• ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls’
• ‘Retirement Plan’
• ‘The Three Sisters’
Lindsey’s Pick: ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls’
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• ‘All the Empty Rooms’
• ‘Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud’
• ‘Children No More: Were and Are Gone’
• ‘The Devil Is Busy’
• ‘Perfectly a Strangeness’
Lindsey’s Pick: ‘All the Empty Rooms’
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• ‘Butcher’s Stain’
• ‘A Friend of Dorothy’
• ‘The Singers’
• ‘Two People Exchanging Saliva’
Lindsey’s Pick: ‘A Friend of Dorothy’
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• ‘Hamnet’
• ‘Marty Supreme’
• ‘Sinners’
Lindsey’s Pick: ‘Sinners’
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