| Sasha Stone (Awards Daily) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Madison | Culkin | Saldaña | Anora | Conclave |
| Scott Kernen (Awards Daily) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Madison | Culkin | Saldaña | Anora | Conclave |
| Mark Johnson (The Contending) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclvave |
| Ryan Adams (The Contending) | Conclave | Corbet | Chalamet | Madison | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Clarence Moye (The Contending) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Madison | Culkin | Saldana | A Real Pain | Conclave |
| Joey Moser (The Contending) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclvave |
| Megan McLachlan (The Contending) | Anora | Corbet | Brody | Torres | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclvave |
| Frank Avella (The Contending) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclvave |
| Jalal Haddad (The Contending) | Anora | Baker | Chalamet | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclvave |
| Ben Morris (The Contending) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Madison | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclvave |
| David Phillips (The Contending) | Conclave | Baker | Chalamet | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclvave |
| The Film Bee (FilmBeeReviews) | Complete Unknown | Baker | Brody | Erivo | Norton | Rossellini | Anora | Complete Unknown |
| The Cinescape (The Cinescape) | Anora | Corbet | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldaña | Anora | Conclave |
| Ed Douglas (Weekend Warrior) | Anora | Corbet | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldaña | Anora | Conclave |
| Chris Gore (Film Threat) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Pierce | Grande | Brutalist | Conclave |
| Industry Guy (At Large) | Complete Unknown | Baker | Chalamet | Madison | Strong | Saldaña | September 5 | Emilia Pérez |
| Dante James (Verbal Riot) | Brutalist | Corbet | Fiennes | Moore | Culkin | Saldaña | Anora | Conclave |
| Michael Grei (Gate-Crashers) | Conclave | Corbet | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldaña | Anora | Conclave |
| Bill McCuddy (Gate-Crashers) | Complete Unknown | Baker | Fiennes | Madison | Culkin | Saldaña | Anora | Conclave |
| Scott Menzel (We Live Entertainment) | Wicked | Corbet | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldaña | A Real Pain | Conclave |
| Alan Ng (Film Threat | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldaña | A Real Pain | Conclave |
| John Nolte (Breitbart) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Madison | Culkin | Rossellini | Anora | Conclave |
| Jordan Ruimy (World of Reel) | Anora | Baker | Chalamet | Madison | Culkin | Grande | Anora | Conclave |
| Jeff Sneider (The Insneider) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Torres | Culkin | Saldaña | Anora | Conclave |
| Christian Toto (Hollywood in Toto) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Strong | Saldaña | Anora | Conclave |
| Jeffrey Wells (Hollywood-Elsewhere) | Anora | Baker | Fiennes | Madison | Borisov | Saldaña | Anora | Conclave |
| Tariq Khan (KSDK) | Conclave | Corbet | Brody | Torres | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Clayton Davis (Variety) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Rossellini | A Real Pain | Conclave |
| Erik Davis (Fandango) | Anora | Baker | Chalamet | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Thelma Adams (Freelance) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Torres | Culkin | Saldana | A Real Pain | Conclave |
| Wilson Morales (BlackFilmandTV) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Scott Mantz (KTLA-TV) | Anora | Baker | Chalamet | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | A Real Pain | Conclave |
| Anne Thompson (Indiewire) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Peter Travers (ABC) | Conclave | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | A Real Pain | Conclave |
| Shawn Edwards (WDAF-TV Fox) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Brian Truitt (USA Today) | Conclave | Baker | Chalamet | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | The Substance | Conclave |
| Cole Jaeger (The Oscar Expert) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Madison | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Hanh Nguyen (Salon) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Madison | Culkin | Saldana | A Real Pain | Conclave |
| Kevin Polowy (CBR) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Madison | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Debra Birnbaum (Gold Derby) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | A Real Pain | Conclave |
| Susan King (Freelance) | Conclave | Baker | Chalamet | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | A Real Pain | Conclave |
| Jenelle Riley (Variety) | Anora | Baker | Chalamet | Madison | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Joyce Eng (Golderby) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Madison | Culkin | Saldana | A Real Pain | Conclave |
| Christopher Rosen (Gold Derby) | Conclave | Baker | Brody | Madison | Culkin | Saldana | A Real Pain | Conclave |
| Kate Erbland (Indiewire) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Scott Feinberg (Hollywood Reporter) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Perri Nemiroff (Collider) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Torres | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Claudia Puig (KPCC) | Conclave | Baker | Chalamet | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Jazz Tangcay (Variety) | Conclave | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | A Real Pain | Conclave |
| Jacqueline Coley (Rotten Tomatoes) | Conclave | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Grande | The Substance | Conclave |
| Gregory Ellwood (The Playlist) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Madison | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| John Horn (NPR) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Nickel Boys |
| Keith Simanton (IMDb) | Anora | Baker | Chalamet | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Michael Musto (Queerty) | Anora | Baker | Chalamet | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Ray Richmond (Gold Derby) | Anora | Baker | Chalamet | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Joey Nolfi (Entertainment Weekly) | Anora | Nolfi | Chalamet | Madison | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Andrea Mandell (People Magazine) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Norton | Saldana | The Substance | Conclave |
| Nikki Novak (Fandango) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | A Real Pain | Conclave |
| Matt Neglia (Next Best Picture) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Madison | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Marcus Jones (Indiewire) | Brutalist | Corbet | Chalamet | Moore | Culkin | Ariana Grande | Anora | Conclave |
| Susan Wloszczyna (Freelance) | Emilia Perez | Corbet | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Pete Hammond (Deadline) | Conclave | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Alex Jacob (The Lines) | Conclave | Corbet | Chalamet | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | A Real Pain | Conclave |
| Alyssa Christian (NextBestPicture) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Cody Dericks (NextBestPicture) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Dan Bayer (NextBestPicture) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Daniel Howat (NextBestPicture) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Ema Sasic (NextBestPicture) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Giovanni Lago (NextBestPicture) | Anora | Corbet | Brody | Madison | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Josh Parham (NextBestPicture) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Madison | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Nadia Dalimonte (NextBestPicture) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Sara Clements (NextBestPicture) | Conclave | Corbet | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Tom O'Brien (NextBestPicture) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Madison | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Will Mavity (NextBestPicture) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Madison | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Nate Jones (Vulture) | Anora | Corbet | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Erik Anderson (AwardsWatch) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| Joey Magidson (AwardsRadar) | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora | Conclave |
| The Gate Crashers | The Gate Crashers | Anora | Baker | Brody | Moore | Culkin | Saldana | Anora |
