Best pictureWill win: SinnersShould win: The Secret AgentShoulda been a contender: The MastermindBest directorWill win: Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After AnotherShould win: Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After AnotherShoulda been a contender: Kleber Mendonça Filho for The Secret AgentPrime contender … Sinners. Photograph: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc./PABest actorWill win: Michael B Jordan for SinnersShould win: Timothée Chalamet for Marty SupremeShoulda been a contender: Josh O’Connor for The MastermindBest actressWill win: Jessie Buckley for HamnetShould win: Jessie Buckley for HamnetShoulda been a contender: Jennifer Lawrence for Die My LovePraying for success … Jessie Buckley in Hamnet. Photograph: 2025 Focus Features LLC./PABest supporting actorWill win: Delroy Lindo for SinnersShould win: Delroy Lindo for SinnersShoulda been a contender: Russell Crowe for NurembergBest supporting actressWill win: Wunmi Mosaku for SinnersShould win: Teyana Taylor for One Battle After AnotherShoulda been a contender: Gwyneth Paltrow for Marty SupremeListening out for a win …Zootopia 2. Photograph: DIsney/APBest animated featureWill win: Zootopia 2Should win: Little AmélieShoulda been a contender: FixedBest adapted screenplayWill win: One Battle After AnotherShould win: One Battle After AnotherShoulda been a contender: Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs TonightDeserves to be celebrated … It Was Just an Accident. Photograph: APBest original screenplayWill win: SinnersShould win: It Was Just an AccidentShoulda been a contender: Black BagBest documentaryWill win: Mr Nobody Against PutinShould win: Mr Nobody Against PutinShoulda been a contender: Ocean With David AttenboroughHolding on to hope … Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning in Sentimental Value. Photograph: Landmark Media/AlamyBest international feature filmWill win: Sentimental ValueShould win: The Secret AgentShoulda been a contender: The Ice TowerBest production designWill win: HamnetShould win: HamnetShoulda been a contender: BugoniaWaiting for news … The Secret Agent. Photograph: Victor Juca/APBest cinematographyWill win: Train DreamsShould win: Train DreamsShoulda been a contender: The Secret AgentBest makeup and hairWill win: FrankensteinShould win: FrankensteinShoulda been a contender: Blue MoonA monstrous oversight? … Oscar Isaac in Frankenstein. Photograph: Ken Woroner/NetflixBest costume designWill win: SinnersShould win: SinnersShoulda been a contender: The Phoenician SchemeBest editingWill win: Sentimental ValueShould win: Sentimental ValueShoulda been a contender: Die My Love