The shortlists are out! A horror film leading the pack so far beside Wicked 2 is fantastic to see

I've been following along earlier and more closely this year. Great to see 'Wicked: For Good' make the shortlists in technical categories, might not be as dead as thought from it missing a couple of major categories at precursors (Cynthia not in at Critics Choice, not in at Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical at the Globes)

What I'm hearing is that the supporting categories are pretty open this year, but Timothee looks like a safe bet for his first Oscar in Best Actor, and Jessie Buckley has had Best Actress sewn up for a while for 'Hamnet' ( @Tafty to confirm)

4 hours ago, J❄️hq said:

I've been following along earlier and more closely this year. Great to see 'Wicked: For Good' make the shortlists in technical categories, might not be as dead as thought from it missing a couple of major categories at precursors (Cynthia not in at Critics Choice, not in at Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical at the Globes)

What I'm hearing is that the supporting categories are pretty open this year, but Timothee looks like a safe bet for his first Oscar in Best Actor, and Jessie Buckley has had Best Actress sewn up for a while for 'Hamnet' ( @Tafty to confirm)

It feels like Jesse has had Actress sewn up for a while now. I assume Timothee is indeed the safe bet for Best Actor but for some reason, I feel that there could be some kind of upset in this, Idk why...

On 18/12/2025 at 15:18, J❄️hq said:

I've been following along earlier and more closely this year. Great to see 'Wicked: For Good' make the shortlists in technical categories, might not be as dead as thought from it missing a couple of major categories at precursors (Cynthia not in at Critics Choice, not in at Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical at the Globes)

What I'm hearing is that the supporting categories are pretty open this year, but Timothee looks like a safe bet for his first Oscar in Best Actor, and Jessie Buckley has had Best Actress sewn up for a while for 'Hamnet' ( @Tafty to confirm)

He deserves it fot Wonka tbh!

Frozen 2 has been a damp swuid, so don't expect it to pick up anything.

Black Phone 2 is atrocious, so it won't win anython either

Robert Aramayo needs to be nominated for best actor award for his role as Tourette’s sufferer John Davidson in I Swear

Sinners is the most nominated film ever!!!

Amazing for Sinners, and a horror film as well! Still seems like One Battle After Another will likely take the Best Picture. I've seen all but F1 and The Secret Agent, the former definitely sticks out a bit. I really wasn't expecting Bugonia to get on, nice to see but I wouldn't put it amongst his best.

Amy Madigan is a real surprise to me, but wonderful to see some representation for Weapons as well as I was sure it would get nothing.

Hamnet is one I'm really not getting the hype with, it felt rather empty and emotionally manipulative outside of the great cinematography and acting, hoping that doesn't sneak up.

I’ve only seen the brilliant One Battle After Another from the Best Picture noms so time for the annual catch-up on as many of the rest as possible.

Oops at the complete shut out for Wicked: For Good! I didn’t get into it as much as the first one, but do feel a bit bad for Ari, who turned in a great performance and was nominated for others, eg. Golden Globes.

Loads still to watch but YES at the horror recognition this year. Love the shifting tide for that genre over the past few years.

Sneak that Oscar Mr Elordi

Full Noms:

Best Picture

Bugonia

F1

Frankenstein

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value

Sinners

Train Dreams

Actress in a Leading Role

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

Actress in a Supporting Role

Elle Fanning Sentimental Value

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas Sentimental Value

Amy Madigan Weapons

Wunmi Mosaku Sinners

Teyana Taylor One Battle After Another

Actor in a Leading Role

Timothée Chalamet Marty Supreme

Leonardo DiCaprio One Battle After Another

Ethan Hawke Blue Moon

Michael B. Jordan Sinners

Wagna Moura The Secret Agent

Actor in a Supporting Role

Benicio Del Toro One Battle After Another

Jacob Elordi Frankenstein

Delroy Lindo Sinners

Sean Penn One Battle After Another

Stellan Skarsgård Sentimental Value

Directing

Chloé Zhao Hamnet

Josh Safdie Marty Supreme

Paul Thomas Anderson One Battle After Another

Joachim Trier Sentimental Value

Ryan Coogler Sinners

International Feature Film

The Secret Agent Brazil

It Was Just An Accident France

Sentimental Value Norway

Sirāt Spain

The Voice of Hind Rajab Tunisia

Original Screenplay

Robert Kaplow Blue Moon

Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators - Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian It Was Just An Accident

Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie Marty Supreme

Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier Sentimental Value

Ryan Coogler Sinners

Adapted Screenplay

Will Tracy Bugonia

Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein

Chloé Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell Hamnet

Paul Thomas Anderson One Battle After Another

Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar Train Dreams

Original Score

Jerskin Fendrix Bugonia

Alexandre Desplat Frankenstein

Max Richter Hamnet

Jonny Greenwood One Battle After Another

Ludwig Goransson Sinners

Original Song

Dear Me Diane Warren: Relentless

Golden K-Pop Demon Hunters

I Lied To You Sinners

Sweet Dreams of Joy Viva Verdi!

Train Dreams Train Dreams

Animated Feature Film

Arco

Elio

K-Pop Demon Hunters

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Zootopia 2

Animated Short Film

Butterfly

Forevergreen

The Girl Who Cried Pearls

Retirement Plan

The Three Sisters

Live Action Short Film

Butcher's Stain

A Friend of Dorothy

Jane Austen's Period Drama

The Singers

Two People Exchanging Saliva

Documentary Feature Film

The Alabama Solution

Come See Me In The Good Light

Cutting Through Rocks

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

The Perfect Neighbor

Documentary Short Film

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

*NEW CATEGORY* Casting

Nina Gold Hamnet

Jennifer Venditti Marty Supreme

Cassandra Kulukundis One Battle After Another

Gabriel Domingues The Secret Agent

Francine Maisler Sisters

Cinematography

Dan Lausten Frankenstein

Darius Khondji Marty Supreme

Michael Bauman One Battle After Another

Autumn Durald Arkapaw Sinners

Adolpho Veloso Train Dreams

Editing

Stephen Mirrione F1

Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie Marty Supreme

Andy Jurgensen One Battle After Another

Olivier Bugge Coutté Sentimental Value

Michael P. Shawver Sinners

Visual Effects

Avatar: Fire & Ash

F1

Jurassic World: Rebirth

The Lost Bus

Sinners

Sound

Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta F1

Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern Frankenstein

José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor One Battle After Another

Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker Sinners

Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas Sirāt

Production Design

Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau Frankenstein

Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton Hamnet

Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis Marty Supreme

Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino One Battle After Another

Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne Sinners

Costume Design

Deborah L. Scott Avatar: Fire & Ash

Kate Hawley Frankenstein

Malgosia Turzanska Hamnet

Miyaki Bellizzi Marty Supreme

Ruth E. Carter Sinners

Costume Design

Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey Frankenstein

Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu Kokuho

Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry Sinners

Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein The Smashing Machine

Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg The Ugly Stepsister

it's kinda frustrating to see non-Ghibli anime movies keep being snubbed every year (especially with 100 METERS), and not to mention good donghuas like Ne Zha 2 and Legend of Hei 2, so hopefully either Arco or Little Amélie wins the Best Animation category.

But that's pretty unlikely since it's definitely KDH vs Zootopia 2

2 minutes ago, CowTzy said:

it's kinda frustrating to see non-Ghibli anime movies keep being snubbed every year (especially with 100 METERS), and not to mention good donghuas like Ne Zha 2 and Legend of Hei 2, so hopefully either Arco or Little Amélie wins the Best Animation category.

But that's pretty unlikely since it's definitely KDH vs Zootopia 2

'Ne Zha 2' was never going to get a look in. I just know that those who are in Hollywood HAAAATE that NZ2 is one of the highest grossing films of all time and only a small portion of that total was from US territories

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I got around to watching 'Song Sung Blue' the other day.. it was alright. Not sure I'd have chosen Kate over Chase Infiniti for 'One Battle After Another' though... so that was a choice... (but Kate was good - just not worthy of it over Chase, imo)

Apparently Kate Hudson has a lot of friends in the voting body. Kinda like the Diane Warren thing. On top of the whole legacy narrative. Chase as a relatively new actress unfortunately lost to Hudson.

Wunmi won the BAFTA! Interesting races for both of the Supporting categories - nobody is sweeping! But she is my first choice! So I APPROVE!

Robert Aramayo winning Best Actor for I Swear, too. Still need to see it but I did think BAFTAs might swerve in that direction!

I love that's its turning into a unpredictable race at least for the acting roles (with the exception of Best Actress which is a lock) and Sinners is winning what it needs to challenge One Battle After Another so thats exciting.

Edited February 23Feb 23 by Henessy Lake

My Oscar Predictions:

Best Picture: Sinners 51% (Could Win at 49% -OBAA as the others are not even in the BP race at this point) This one was tough but I'm gonna go with my hope that the Oscars don't go the predictable route and it feels like momentum is shifting Sinners way.

Best Actor: Michael B. Jordan 75% (Could Win- Timothee Chalamet)

Best Actress: Jessie Buckley 100%

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Madigan 51% (Could Win-Wunmi Mosaku)

Best Supporting Actor: Sean Penn 85% (Could Win- Delroy Lindo)

Best Casting: Sinners 90%

Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson 85% (Could Win-Ryan Coogler)

Best Original Screenplay: Sinners 99%

Best Adapted Screenplay: OBAA 99%

Best Editing: OBAA 95%

Best Animated Feature: K-Pop Demon Hunters 95%

Best International: Sentimential Value 60% (Could Win- The Secret Agent)

Best Documentary: Mr. Nobody Against Putin 55% (Could Win- The Perfect Neighbour)

Best Live Action Short: Two People Exchanging Saliva

Best Animated Short: Butterfly

Best Documentary Short: All The Empty Rooms

Best Production Design: Frankenstein 95%

Best Cinematography: OBAA 80% (Could Win-Sinners)

Best Makeup & Hairstyling: Frankenstein 90%

Best Costume Design: Frankenstein 85% (Could Win-Sinners)

Best Visual Effects: Avatar: Fire And Ash 85% (Could Win-The Lost Bus)

Best Original Score: Ludwig Goransson 100%

Best Original Song: Golden 90%

Best Sound: F1 85% (Could Win- Sinners)

GREAT night for horror - the best ever in Oscars history?

Amy Madigan

Warner Bros is the studio with the highest Oscar wins of the night with 11.

First woman + first black person to ever win Cinematography.

Amy is the 1st actress to ever win supporting actress while being the sole nominee for her film.

Horror wins 8 awards, most its ever won in a single night and for 3 different films and I would argue that K-Pop Demon Hunters is gateway horror for kids so technically horror got 10 awards across 4 films.

A great night for genre films as well. With OBAA being a thriller, F1 an action film and Avatar a fantasy. The Oscars has changed for the better. Hamnet was the only drama win of the night in motion picture films.

Despite the Oscars not giving Best Picture to Sinners which to me is the far superior film, I can't be too mad considering how much they have awarded horror finally!

Full list of winners here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c33jkvmzl4ko

Seriously amazing for Amy Madigan, that was an outside pick to begin with, incredible that Weapons is now an Oscar winning film *.

My predictions were a bit off as I thought a Sinners takeover would happen, but actually it secondary to One Battle After Another. I did really like both but I did ever so slightly prefer the latter so I'm pleased to see this, but an amazing achievement for Sinners nonetheless and always amazing to see a horror film get so much recognition. The cynic in me did think the awful BAFTAs drama might have drummed up a sympathy vote amongst the academy, I hope we can now all forget that x

I am pleased for Jessie Buckley as she's a phenomental actress even if the film was really subpar for me, but I definitely would've given that to Rose Byrne, that was a breathtakingly great performance. Glad that Timothee didn't win Main Actor being honest, as much as I liked the film, the desperation wasn't a great look.