The 2025 Oscar nominations have been revealed and in a few weeks, one of 10 movies will join the illustrious ranks of Best Picture winners and become the 97 film to hold that honor. It’s the prize that all movies want to win, but only a select group has been awarded that little golden statue that cements a place in cinema history.

Every contender for best picture comes with enough critical and/or commercial heft to have at least some argument for the throne (make that the papal ring). But all claims are not equal. So let’s rank the 10 nominees from least to most deserving.

The 10 Oscar nominees for Best Picture are an eclectic bunch, an interesting mix of stories, genres and styles . This year’s contenders run the gamut, from a three-and-a-half-hour post-World War II saga about a Hungarian architect (”The Brutalist”) and a musical-crime drama hybrid centering on a Mexican cartel boss who undergoes a shocking transformation (“Emilia Pérez”) to

Oscar nominations are here, and they offer our first glimpse at which movies are most likely to win best picture. Emilia Perez led all movies with 13 nominations, followed by Wicked and The Brutalist which both picked up 10.

To predict which movies are most likely to win the top prize at the Academy Awards, the Yahoo Best Picture Leaderboard considers a number of factors. Each year, the winner of the top prize at the Oscars is determined by a vote among members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.