Our Final 2025 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award Winner Predictions – Next Best Picture

The winners of the 31st Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards will be announced tomorrow on February 23rd. Even though Oscar voting is done, this is the last opportunity we have to see what the industry thinks about the acting categories before the big show. Here’s what members of the Next Best Picture team are predicting in every category.Predictions provided by: Alyssa Christian, Cody Derricks, Dan Bayer, Daniel Howat, Ema Sasic, Josh Parham, Lauren LaMagna, Matt Neglia, Nadia Dallimonte, Tom O’Brien, & Will MavityOutstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
ADRIEN BRODY – “THE BRUTALIST” (Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Lauren, Matt, Nadia & Tom)
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET – “A COMPLETE UNKNOWN” (Will)
DANIEL CRAIG – “QUEER”
COLMAN DOMINGO – “SING SING”
RALPH FIENNES – “CONCLAVE”Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
PAMELA ANDERSON – “THE LAST SHOWGIRL”
CYNTHIA ERIVO – “WICKED”
KARLA SOFÍA GASCÓN – “EMILIA PÉREZ”
MIKEY MADISON – “ANORA” (Josh, Lauren & Will)
DEMI MOORE – “THE SUBSTANCE” (Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Matt, Nadia & Tom)Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
JONATHAN BAILEY – “WICKED”
YURA BORISOV – “ANORA”
KIERAN CULKIN – “A REAL PAIN” (ALL)
EDWARD NORTON – “A COMPLETE UNKNOWN”
JEREMY STRONG – “THE APPRENTICE”Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
MONICA BARBARO – “A COMPLETE UNKNOWN”
JAMIE LEE CURTIS – “THE LAST SHOWGIRL”
DANIELLE DEADWYLER – “THE PIANO LESSON”
ARIANA GRANDE – “WICKED”
ZOE SALDAÑA – “EMILIA PÉREZ” (ALL)Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
ANORA (Cody, Dan, Ema, Lauren & Matt)
CONCLAVE (Daniel)
EMILIA PÉREZ
WICKED (Alyssa, Josh, Nadia, Tom & Will)Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE
DUNE: PART TWO (Cody & Will)
THE FALL GUY (Daniel, Ema, Josh, Matt, Nadia & Tom)
GLADIATOR II (Alyssa)
WICKED (Dan & Lauren) Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
JAVIER BARDEM – “MONSTERS: THE LYLE AND ERIK MENENDEZ STORY”
COLIN FARRELL – “THE PENGUIN” (ALL)
RICHARD GADD – “BABY REINDEER”
KEVIN KLINE – “DISCLAIMER”
ANDREW SCOTT – “RIPLEY”Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
KATHY BATES “THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL”
CATE BLANCHETT – “DISCLAIMER”
JODIE FOSTER – “TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY” (Josh)
LILY GLADSTONE – “UNDER THE BRIDGE”
JESSICA GUNNING – “BABY REINDEER” (Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Lauren, Matt, Nadia, Tom & Will)
CRISTIN MILIOTI – “THE PENGUIN” (Alyssa)Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
TADANOBU ASANO – “SHŌGUN”
JEFF BRIDGES – “THE OLD MAN”
GARY OLDMAN – “SLOW HORSES”
EDDIE REDMAYNE – “THE DAY OF THE JACKAL”
HIROYUKI SANADA – “SHŌGUN” (ALL)Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
KATHY BATES – “MATLOCK” (Cody, Dan, Josh, Lauren, Matt, Nadia & Tom)
NICOLA COUGHLAN – “BRIDGERTON”
ALLISON JANNEY – “THE DIPLOMAT”
KERI RUSSELL – “THE DIPLOMAT”
ANNA SAWAI – “SHŌGUN” (Alyssa, Daniel, Ema & Will)Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ADAM BRODY – “NOBODY WANTS THIS” (Alyssa)
TED DANSON – “A MAN ON THE INSIDE”
HARRISON FORD – “SHRINKING” (Daniel, Matt & Tom)
MARTIN SHORT – “ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING”
JEREMY ALLEN WHITE – “THE BEAR” (Cody, Dan, Ema, Josh, Lauren, Nadia & Will)Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
KRISTEN BELL – “NOBODY WANTS THIS”
QUINTA BRUNSON – “ABBOTT ELEMENTARY”
LIZA COLÓN-ZAYAS – “THE BEAR”
AYO EDEBIRI – “THE BEAR”
JEAN SMART – “HACKS” (ALL)Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
BRIDGERTON
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
THE DIPLOMAT
SHŌGUN (Alyssa, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Lauren, Matt, Nadia, Tom, & Will)
SLOW HORSES (Josh)Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY
THE BEAR
HACKS (ALL)
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
SHRINKINGOutstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
THE BOYS
FALLOUT
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON
THE PENGUIN
SHŌGUN (ALL)Who are you predicting to take home this year’s SAG Awards? Please let us know your thoughts on our X account. Click here for more important upcoming dates this awards season and here for the most recent tally of awards season winners for the current year.Log in to leave a commentNext Best Picture is one of the newest leading voices on the film awards season race while also providing commentary for the Tony and Emmy awards. We are on a year long search to find the next Best Picture Oscar winner. We do this through weekly podcasts, reviews, interviews with people in the industry and blog posts expressing our own thoughts, opinions and love for all things cinema. We have an eclectic group of contributors (who are listed below) and we believe in the following values:
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