How To Watch The 2025 SAG Awards: Where To Stream The Final Major Oscars Precursor

The 2025 SAG Awards will be available to watch live this week, only a few days before the famous Oscars race takes place. Notably, the 2025 Golden Globes outcomes saw Emilia Pérez claim most of the victories, taking home Best Motion Picture in the Comedy or Musical genre, Best Motion Picture in Non-English Language, Best Original Song, and Best Performance by a Female Actor. The Brutalist ended in second place overall, winning Best Performance by a Male Actor, Best Director, and Best Motion Picture for a Drama.

However, the 2025 SAG Awards nomination lineup looks a bit different to the Golden Globes, hinting at similar results to this year’s Academy Awards. Outstanding movies in multiple categories at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Oscars include Wicked, A Complete Unknown, and Emilia Pérez, closely followed by The Brutalist and Anora, which stand out in the acting categories. As is tradition, the upcoming SAG Awards winners should determine the results of specific Oscar categories. However, this year’s surprising nominations and controversies might push Academy voters to subvert expectations.

The 2025 SAG Awards Will Stream On Netflix At 8pm EST On February 23, 2025

Actress Kristen Bell Returns To Host The Prestigious SAG Awards For The Second Time


Oscars 2025 Best Director Nominees - Emilia Perez, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Anora, and The Substance-1
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The 31st edition of the Screen Actors Guild Awards will stream live on Sunday, February 23, 2025, at 8 p.m. EST / 5 p.m. PST. — the second year it is available exclusively on Netflix. The two-hour ceremony will be hosted by actress Kristen Bell, who returns after becoming the first host in the history of the SAG Awards back in 2018. The event will take place at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles, and actress Jane Fonda will be awarded the SAG Life Achievement Award.

SAG Awards Nominations for Cast in A Motion Picture

Movie

Overall SAG Nominations

Emilia Pérez

3

A Complete Unknown

4

Conclave

2

Wicked

3

Anora

3

The first SAG Awards were held in 1995, 66 years after the first Oscars ceremony. Despite their youth, the Screen Actors Guild Awards have won prestige as the second most important event for the American film industry, becoming the defacto referent for the Academy Awards winners. As the annual SAG Awards are coming after voting for Hollywood’s biggest ceremony was finalized on Feb 18, predictions for the 2025 Oscars can be trickier than in past years. Still, outcomes for the event should determine at least four Academy Awards categories.

Why The SAG Awards Are So Important For The Oscars

The SAG Awards Tend To Determine Supporting Actor, Best Picture And Best Actor Oscars Winners

Historically, nominations and wins in certain categories at the Screen Actors Guild Awards tend to precede similar results in the Academy Awards. Notably, last year, four out of five main SAG Motion Picture wins secured the prize in their equivalent Oscar category (Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., and Da’Vine Joy Randolph). Considering other years have had similar shared victories between the two ceremonies, winners of the 2025 SAG Awards have the Oscar award pretty much locked in — with a few exceptions depending on category and genre.

In the last 9 years, winners of Male Actor in a Supporting Role have also claimed the Oscar statue. The Brutalist‘s Golden Globe win raises Adrien Brody’s chances of taking home the SAG Award and the Oscar, though the ceremonies could disagree over choosing Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown). The winners of Cast in a Motion Picture in the past four out of five years have also gone on to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards, except for the year 2021.

Meanwhile, Leading and Supporting Actresses are harder to predict. Though Zaldaña’s predicted SAG Awards win would technically guarantee her an Oscar victory because of the ceremony’s inclination toward Drama, the movie’s recent controversy could provoke an unexpected turn and increase Ariana Grande’s SAG Awards and Oscar chances. Additionally, Mikey Madison’s strong odds for Best Actress at the Oscars decrease when contrasted with Demi Moore’s Golden Globe win and Wicked‘s five SAG nominations, including Female Actor in a Leading Role for Cynthia Erivo.

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