AWARDS ACE

ACE’s Key Contenders

(Listed in alphabetical order)

Amy Adams NIGHTBITCH ✪

Cynthia Erivo WICKED ✪

Karla Sofía Gascón EMILIA PEREZ ✪

Angelina Jolie MARIA ✪

Nicole Kidman BABYGIRL ✪

Mikey Madison ANORA ✪

Demi Moore THE SUBSTANCE ✪

Saoirse Ronan THE OUTRUN ✪ †

Tilda Swinton THE ROOM NEXT DOOR ✪

On ACE’s Radar

Marianne Jean-Baptiste HARD TRUTHS

Jodie Comer THE BIKERIDERS

Kirsten Dunst CIVIL WAR

Marianne Jean-Baptiste HARD TRUTHS

Regina Hall SHIRLEY

Noémie Merlant EMMANUELLE

Lupita Nyong'o A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE

Florence Pugh WE LIVE IN TIME

Luisa Ranieri PARTHENOPE

Saoirse Ronan THE OUTRUN

June Squibb THELMA

Kristen Stewart LOVE LIES BLEEDING

Tilda Swinton THE END

Anya Taylor-Joy FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA

Zendaya CHALLENGERS

✪ Expected to be key contender in category

† Photo courtesy Sony Pictures Classics

ACE’s Key Contenders

(Listed in alphabetical order)

ANORA (NEON) ✪

BLITZ (Apple) ✪

THE BRUTALIST (A24) ✪ †

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Searchlight) ✪

CONCLAVE (Focus) ✪

DUNE: PART TWO (Warner Bros) ♦ ✪

EMILIA PEREZ (Netflix) ✪

GLADIATOR 2 (Paramount) ✪

THE NICKEL BOYS (Amazon/MGM) ✪

SEPTEMBER 5 (Paramount) ✪

SING SING (A24) ✪

WICKED (Universal) ✪

On ACE’s Radar

THE APPRENTICE (Briarcliff)

BACK TO BLACK (Focus)

BETTER MAN (Paramount)

THE BIKERIDERS (Focus)

BIRD (MUBI)

BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE (Paramount)

CHALLENGERS (Amazon/MGM)

CIVIL WAR (A24)

CUCKOO (NEON)

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (20th Century)

DIDI (Focus)

A DIFFERENT MAN (A24)

EMMANUELLE (Netflix)

THE END (NEON)

FLINT STRONG (Amazon/MGM)

FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA (Warner Bros) ♦

HARD TRUTHS (Bleecker Street)

HERE (Sony)

HIS THREE DAUGHTERS (Netflix)

HIT MAN (Netflix)

HOLLAND, MICHIGAN (Amazon/MGM)

HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA (Warner Bros)

INSIDE OUT 2 (Disney/Pixar)

JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX (Warner Bros) †

JUROR NO. 2 (Warner Bros)

KINDS OF KINDNESS (Searchlight)

KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (20th Century)

LONGLEGS (NEON)

LOVE LIES BLEEDING (A24)

MARIA (Netflix)

MEGALOPOLIS (Lions gate)

MICKEY 17 (Warner Bros) ▲

MOTHER MARY (A24)

MUFASA: THE LION KING (Disney)

NIGHTBITCH (Searchlight)

NOSFERATU (Focus)

THE OUTRUN (Sony Classics)

THE PIANO LESSON (Netflix)

PIECE BY PIECE (Focus)

QUEER (A24) ✪

A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE (Paramount)

A REAL PAIN (Searchlight)

THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Sony Classics)

SATURDAY NIGHT (Sony)

THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (Films Boutique)

SHIRLEY (Netflix)

THE SUBSTANCE (MUBI)

UPRISING (Netflix)

WE LIVE IN TIME (A24)

WICKED (Universal)

YOUNG WOMAN AND THE SEA (Disney)

♦ Recommended in category by AWARDS ACE Editor-in-Chief Erick Weber

✪ Expected to be key contender in category

† Photo courtesy A24

ACE’s Key Contenders

(Listed in alphabetical order)

Adrien Brody THE BRUTALIST ✪

Timothée Chalamet A COMPLETE UNKNOWN ✪

Ralph Fiennes CONCLAVE ✪

Daniel Craig QUEER ✪

Colman Domingo SING SING ✪

Paul Mescal GLADIATOR 2 ✪ †

On ACE’s Radar

Kingsley Ben-Adir BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE

Gael García Bernal HOLLAND, MICHIGAN

Timothée Chalamet DUNE: PART TWO

Kevin Costner HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA

Harris Dickinson BLITZ +

Jesse Eisenberg A REAL PAIN

Adam Driver MEGALOPOLIS

Andrew Garfield WE LIVE IN TIME

Richard Gere OH, CANADA

Tom Hanks HERE

Brian Tyree Henry FLINT STRONG

Nicholas Hoult JUROR NO. 2

Barry Keoghan BIRD

George MacKay THE END

Gary Oldman PARTHENOPE

Joaquin Phoenix JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX

Jesse Plemons KINDS OF KINDNESS

Glen Powell HIT MAN

Bill Skarsgård NOSFERATU +

Sebastian Stan THE APPRENTICE

Sebastian Stan A DIFFERENT MAN

Aaron Taylor-Johnson NOSFERATU +

John David Washington THE PIANO LESSON

✪ Expected to be key contender in category

+ Studio may slot performance supporting

▲ Eligibility for Oscars 2025 in question

† Photo courtesy Paramount Pictures

On ACE’s Radar

Maria Bakalova THE APPRENTICE

Hong Chau KINDS OF KINDNESS

Joan Chen DIDI

Toni Collette JUROR NO. 2

Carrie Coon HIS THREE DAUGHTERS

Danielle Deadwyler THE PIANO LESSON ✪

Kirsten Dunst CIVIL WAR

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor THE NICKEL BOYS

Rebecca Ferguson DUNE: PART TWO

Lady Gaga JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX

Ariana Grande WICKED ✪ †

Catherine Keener JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX

Erin Kellyman BLITZ

Lashana Lynch BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE

Natasha Lyonne HIS THREE DAUGHTERS

Sienna Miller HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA

Carey Mulligan SPACEMAN

Connie Nielsen GLADIATOR 2

Elizabeth Olsen HIS THREE DAUGHTERS

Aubrey Plaza MEGALOPOLIS

Florence Pugh DUNE: PART TWO

Margaret Qualley KINDS OF KINDNESS

Saoirse Ronan BLITZ ✪

Isabella Rossellini CONCLAVE ✪

Zoe Saldaña EMILIA PEREZ ✪

Emma Stone KINDS OF KINDNESS

Tilda Swinton THE END

Naomi Watts EMMANUELLE

Robin Wright HERE

✪ Expected to be key contender in category

† Photo courtesy Universal Pictures

ACE’s Key Contenders

(Listed in alphabetical order)

Jacques Audiard EMILIA PEREZ ✪

Sean Baker ANORA ✪

Edward Berger CONCLAVE ✪ †

Brady Corbet THE BRUTALIST ✪

Luca Guadagnino QUEER ✪

Greg Kwedar SING SING ✪

James Mangold A COMPLETE UNKNOWN ✪

Steve McQueen BLITZ ✪

Ridley Scott GLADIATOR II ✪

Denis Villeneuve DUNE: PART TWO ♦ ✪

On ACE’s Radar

Ali Abbasi THE APPRENTICE

Pedro Almodóvar THE ROOM NEXT DOOR

Andrea Arnold BIRD

Jon M. Chu WICKED

Frances Ford Coppola MEGALOPOLIS

Kevin Costner HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA

John Crowley WE LIVE IN TIME

Audrey Diwan EMMANUELLE

Clint Eastwood JUROR NO. 2

Robert Eggers NOSFERATU

Jesse Eisenberg A REAL PAIN

Coralie Fargeat THE SUBSTANCE

Nora Fingscheidt THE OUTRUN

Alex Garland CIVIL WAR

Rose Glass LOVE LIES BLEEDING

Michael Gracey BETTER MAN

Reinaldo Marcus Green BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE

Luca Guadagnino CHALLENGERS

Marielle Heller NIGHTBITCH

Azazel Jacobs HIS THREE DAUGHTERS

Barry Jenkins MUFASA: THE LION KING

Duke Johnson THE ACTOR ▲

Bong Joon-ho MICKEY 17

Kwame Kwei-Armah THE COLLABORATION

Yorgos Lanthimos KINDS OF KINDNESS ♦

Pablo Larraín MARIA

Mike Leigh HARD TRUTHS

Shawn Levy DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE

Kobi Libii THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGICAL NEGROES

Richard Linklater HIT MAN

Kelsey Mann INSIDE OUT 2

George Miller FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA ♦

Morgan Neville PIECE BY PIECE

Jeff Nichols THE BIKERIDERS

Joshua Oppenheimer THE END

Oz Perkins LONGLEGS

Todd Phillips JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX

Mohammad Rasoulof THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG

Jason Reitman SATURDAY NIGHT

John Ridley SHIRLEY

Joachim Rønning YOUNG WOMAN AND THE SEA

RaMell Ross THE NICKEL BOYS

Michael Sarnoski A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE

Aaron Schimberg A DIFFERENT MAN

Paul Schrader OH, CANADA

Kim Sang-man UPRISING

Tilman Singer CUCKOO

Paolo Sorrentino PARTHENOPE

Sean Wang DIDI

Malcolm Washington THE PIANO LESSON

♦ Recommended in category by AWARDS ACE Editor-in-Chief Erick Weber

✪ Expected to be key contender in category

▲ Eligibility for Oscars 2025 in question

† Photo courtesy Focus Features

On ACE’s Radar

Paul Bettany HERE

Yura Borisov ANORA ✪

Austin Butler DUNE: PART TWO ✪

Kieran Culkin A REAL PAIN ✪

Willem Dafoe KINDS OF KINDNESS

Harris Dickenson BLITZ

Mike Faist CHALLENGERS

Leigh Gill BLITZ

Brendan Gleeson JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX

Chris Hemsworth FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA

Hugh Jackman DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE

Tom Hardy THE BIKERIDERS

Ed Harris LOVE LIES BLEEDING

Chris Hemsworth FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA

Ethan Herisse THE NICKEL BOYS

Derek Jacobi GLADIATOR 2

Samuel L. Jackson THE PIANO LESSON

David Jonsson ALIEN: ROMULUS

John Lithgow CONCLAVE

Barry Keoghan GLADIATOR 2

George MacKay THE END

Clarence Maclin SING SING ✪

John Magaro SEPTEMBER 5 ✪

Scoot McNairy NIGHTBITCH

Josh O'Connor CHALLENGERS

Guy Pearce THE BRUTALIST ✪

Jesse Plemons CIVIL WAR ✪

Jesse Plemons KINDS OF KINDNESS

Franz Rogowski BIRD

Peter Sarsgaard SEPTEMBER 5 ✪

Michael Shannon THE END

Jeremy Strong THE APPRENTICE

Aaron Taylor-Johnson NOSFERATU

Stanley Tucci CONCLAVE ✪

John Turturro THE ROOM NEXT DOOR

Denzel Washington GLADIATOR 2 ✪ †

Sam Worthington HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA

✪ Expected to be key contender in category

† Photo courtesy Paramount Pictures

On ACE’s Radar

ANORA ✪ †

THE APPRENTICE

BACK TO BLACK

THE BIKERIDERS

BIRD

BLITZ ✪

BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE

THE BRUTALIST ✪

CHALLENGERS

CIVIL WAR

CUCKOO

DIDI

A DIFFERENT MAN

THE END

HARD TRUTHS ✪

HIS THREE DAUGHTERS

HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA

JUROR NO. 2

KINDS OF KINDNESS ✪

LONGLEGS

LOVE LIES BLEEDING

MARIA

MEGALOPOLIS

MOTHER MARY

PARTHENOPE

PIECE BY PIECE

A REAL PAIN ✪

SATURDAY NIGHT

SEPTEMBER 5 ✪

SHIRLEY

WE LIVE IN TIME

YOUNG WOMAN AND THE SEA

✪ Expected to be key contender in category

† Photo courtesy Focus Features

On ACE’s Radar

THE CASAGRANDES MOVIE (Netflix)

DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA (Crunchyroll/Sony)

DESPICABLE ME 4 (Illumination/Universal) ✪

FIXED (Sony) ▲

THE GARFIELD MOVIE (Sony)

THE IMAGINARY (Netflix)

IN YOUR DREAMS (Netlfix)

INSIDE OUT 2 (Pixar/Disney) ✪

KUNG FU PANDA 4 (DreamWorks/Universal)

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM (Warner Bros)

THE MAGNIFICENT LIFE OF MARCEL PAGNOL (Sony Classics)

MEMOIR OF A SNAIL (IFC) ✪

MOANA 2 (Disney) ✪

MUFASA: THE LION KING (Disney)

PIECE BY PIECE (Focus)

SPELLBOUND (Netflix)

THAT CHRISTMAS (Netflix)

THELMA THE UNICORN (Netflix)

TRANSFORMERS ONE (Paramount)

ULTRAMAN: RISING (Netflix)

THE WILD ROBOT (DreamWorks/Universal) ✪ †

✪ Expected to be key contender in category

† Photo courtesy Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Animation

On ACE’s Radar

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN ✪ †

CONCLAVE ✪

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE

DUNE: PART TWO ♦ ✪

EMILIA PEREZ ✪

FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA ♦

GLADIATOR 2 ✪

HERE

HIT MAN †

INSIDE OUT 2

JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX

MUFASA: THE LION KING

THE NICKEL BOYS ✪

NIGHTBITCH

NOSFERATU

OH, CANADA

THE OUTRUN

THE PIANO LESSON

QUEER ✪

A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE

THE ROOM NEXT DOOR ✪

SING SING

WICKED ✪

THE WILD ROBOT

♦ Recommended in category by AWARDS ACE Editor-in-Chief Erick Weber

✪ Expected to be key contender in category

† Photo courtesy Searchlight Pictures

On ACE’s Radar

ALIEN: ROMULUS

BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE

BORDERLANDS

CIVIL WAR

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE

DUNE: PART TWO ♦ ✪

THE FALL GUY

FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA ♦

GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE ♦

GLADIATOR 2 ✪

GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE ♦

IF

INSIDE OUT 2

JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX

KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES ♦ ✪

MEGALOPOLIS

MUFASA: THE LION KING ✪

NOSFERATU

A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE

TUESDAY

TWISTERS ✪

VENOM 3

WICKED ✪ †

♦ Recommended in category by AWARDS ACE Editor-in-Chief Erick Weber

✪ Expected to be key contender in category

† Photo courtesy Universal Pictures

On ACE’s Radar

ANORA ✪

THE APPRENTICE

BACK TO BLACK

BETTER MAN

THE BIKERIDERS

BIRD

BLITZ ✪

BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE

THE BRUTALIST ✪

CHALLENGERS

CIVIL WAR

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN ✪

CONCLAVE ✪

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE

DIDI

A DIFFERENT MAN

DUNE: PART TWO ♦ ✪

THE END

EMILIA PEREZ ✪

FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA ♦

GLADIATOR 2 ✪

HARD TRUTHS

HERE

HIS THREE DAUGHTERS

HIT MAN

HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA

INSIDE OUT 2

JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX

JUROR NO. 2

KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

KINDS OF KINDNESS

LONGLEGS

LOVE LIES BLEEDING

MARIA

MEGALOPOLIS

MUFASA: THE LION KING

THE NICKEL BOYS

NIGHTBITCH

NOSFERATU

THE OUTRUN

PARTHENOPE

THE PIANO LESSON

PIECE BY PIECE

QUEER

A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE

A REAL PAIN

SATURDAY NIGHT

SEPTEMBER 5 ✪

SHIRLEY

SING SING ✪

WE LIVE IN TIME

WICKED ✪ †

YOUNG WOMAN AND THE SEA

♦ Recommended in category by AWARDS ACE Editor-in-Chief Erick Weber

✪ Expected to be key contender in category

▲ Eligibility for Oscars 2025 in question

† Photo courtesy Universal Pictures

On ACE’s Radar

ALIEN: ROMULUS

BETTER MAN

BLITZ ✪

CIVIL WAR

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

CONCLAVE

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE

DIDI

DUNE: PART TWO ♦ ✪

FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA ♦

GLADIATOR 2 ✪

HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA

JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX

KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

LOVE LIES BLEEDING

MARIA

MEGALOPOLIS

THE NICKEL BOYS

NOSFERATU ✪ †

QUEER

A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE

SATURDAY NIGHT ✪

SHIRLEY

SING SING

WE LIVE IN TIME

WICKED ✪

THE WILD ROBOT

YOUNG WOMAN AND THE SEA

♦ Recommended in category by AWARDS ACE Editor-in-Chief Erick Weber

✪ Expected to be key contender in category

† Photo courtesy Focus Features