Oscar Predictions (Nom.)

Best Picture

1. Anora
^(Neon)
2. The Brutalist
^(A24)
3. Emilia Pérez
^(Netflix)
4. Wicked
^(Universal)
5. Conclave
^(Focus)
6. A Complete Unknown
^{(Searchlight)}
7. The Substance
^(MUBI)
8. Dune: Part Two
^{(Warner Bros.)}
9. Sing Sing
^(A24)
10. A Real Pain
^{(Searchlight)}

Alternatives:
Nickel Boys _{^{(Amazon MGM)}}
September 5 _^(Paramount)

Best Director

1. Brady Corbet
^{(The Brutalist)}

2. Sean Baker
^(Anora)

3. Jacques Audiard
^{(Emilia Pérez)}

4. Edward Berger
^(Conclave)

5. Coralie Fargeat
^{(The Substance)}


Alternatives:
RaMell Ross
^{(Nickel Boys)}
Payal Kapadia
^{(All We Imagine as Light)}

Best Actress

1. Demi Moore
^{(The Substance)}
2. Mikey Madison
^(Anora)
3. Cynthia Erivo
^(Wicked)
4. Fernanda Torres
^{(I’m Still Here)}
5. Marianne Jean-Baptiste
^{(Hard Truths)}

Alternatives:
Karla Sofía Gascón _{^{(Emilia Pérez)}}
Angelina Jolie _^(Maria)

Best Actor

1. Timothée Chalamet
^{(A Complete Unknown)}
2. Adrien Brody
^{(The Brutalist)}
3. Colman Domingo
^{(Sing Sing)}
4. Ralph Fiennes
^(Conclave)
5. Daniel Craig
^(Queer)

Alternatives:
Sebastian Stan _{^{(The Apprentice)}}
Jesse Eisenberg _{^{(A Real Pain)}}

Best Supporting Actress

1. Zoe Saldaña
^{(Emilia Pérez)}
2. Ariana Grande
^(Wicked)
3. Isabella Rossellini
^(Conclave)
4. Monica Barbaro
^{(A Complete Unknown)}
5. Margaret Qualley
^{(The Substance)}

Alternatives:
Jamie Lee Curtis _{^{(The Last Showgirl)}}
Felicity Jones _{^{(The Brutalist)}}

Best Supporting Actor

1. Kieran Culkin
^{(A Real Pain)}
2. Guy Pearce
^{(The Brutalist)}
3. Yura Borisov
^(Anora)
4. Edward Norton
^{(A Complete Unknown)}
5. Clarence Maclin
^{(Sing Sing)}

Alternatives:
Denzel Washington _{^{(Gladiator II)}}
Jeremy Strong _{^{(The Apprentice)}}

Best Original Screenplay

1. Anora
^{(by Sean Baker)}
2. A Real Pain
^{(by Jesse Eisenberg)}
3. The Brutalist
^{(by Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold)}
4. The Substance
^{(by Coralie Fargeat)}
5. Hard Truths
^{(by Mike Leigh)}

Alternatives:
All We Imagine as Light _{^{(by Payal Kapadia)}}
September 5 _{^{(by M. Binder, T. Fehlbaum, A. David)}}

Best Adapted Screenplay

1. Conclave
^{(by Peter Straughan)}
2. Nickel Boys
^{(by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes)}
3. Sing Sing
^{(by Clint Bentley, Clarence Maclin,
John “Divine G” Whitfield)}
4. A Complete Unknown
_{^{(by J. Cocks & J. Mangold)}}
5. Emilia Pérez
^{(by Jacques Audiard)}

Alternatives:
Dune: Part Two _{^{(by Denis Villeneuve & Jon Spaihts)}}
The Room Next Door _{^{(by Pedro Almodóvar)}}

Best Animated Feature

1. The Wild Robot
^(DreamWorks)
2. Flow
^{(Janus Films)}
3. Inside Out 2
^(Pixar)
4. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
^(Netflix)
5. Memoir of a Snail
^{(IFC Films)}

Alternatives:
Moana 2 _^(Disney)
Chicken for Linda! _^(GKids)

Best Documentary Feature

1. No Other Land
^(-)
2. Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
_{(Kino Lorber)}
3. Dahomey
^(MUBI)
4. Black Box Diaries
^(MTV)
5. Sugarcane
^{(National Geographic)}

Alternatives:
Will & Harper _^(Netflix)
Daughters _^(Netflix)

Best International Feature

1. Emilia Pérez 🇫🇷
^{_{( France | Netflix)}}
2. I’m Still Here 🇧🇷
^{_{(Brazil | Sony Pictures Classics)}}
3. The Seed of the Sacred Fig 🇩🇪
^{_{(Germany | Neon)}}
4. The Girl with the Needle 🇩🇰
^{_{(Denmark | MUBI)}}
5. Kneecap 🇮🇪
^{_{(Ireland | Sony Pictures Classics)}}

Alternatives:
Flow 🇱🇻 ^{_{(Latvia | Janus Films)}}
Vermiglio 🇮🇹 ^{_{(Italy | Janus Films)}}

Best Film Editing

1. Dune: Part Two
^{(by Joe Walker)}
2. Conclave
^{(by Nick Emerson)}
3. Anora
^{(by Sean Baker)}
4. Emilia Pérez
^{(by Juliette Welfling)}
5. Challengers
^{(by Marco Costa)}

Alternatives:
September 5 _{^{(by Hansjörg Weißbrich)}}
The Brutalist _{^{(by Dávid Jancsó)}}

Best Cinematography

1. The Brutalist
^{(by Lol Crawley)}
2. Nosferatu
^{(by Jarin Blaschke)}
3. Conclave
^{(by Stéphane Fontaine)}
4. Dune: Part Two
^{(by Greig Fraser)}
5. Maria
^{(by Edward Lachman)}

Alternatives:
A Complete Unknown _{^{(by Phedon Papamichael)}}
The Girl with the Needle _{^{(by Michał Dymak)}}

Best Original Score

1. The Brutalist
^{(by Daniel Blumberg)}
2. The Wild Robot
^{(by Kris Bowers)}
3. Challengers
^{(by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)}
4. Conclave
^{(by Volker Bertelmann)}
5. The Room Next Door
^{(by Alberto Iglesias)}

Alternatives:
Emilia Pérez _{^{(by Clément Ducol & Camille)}}
Blitz _{^{(by Hans Zimmer)}}

Best Production Design

1. Wicked
2. The Brutalist
3. Dune: Part Two
4. Nosferatu
5. Conclave

Alternatives:
Gladiator II, A Complete Unknown

Best Costume Design

1. Wicked
2. Nosferatu
3. Dune: Part Two
4. A Complete Unknown
5. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Alternatives:
Gladiator II, Maria

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

1. The Substance
2. A Different Man
3. Wicked
4. Nosferatu
5. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Alternatives:
Dune: Part Two, The Apprentice

Best Visual Effects

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
3. Better Man
4. Gladiator II
5. Alien: Romulus

Alternatives:
Wicked, Twisters

Best Sound

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Wicked
3. A Complete Unknown
4. Emilia Pérez
5. Deadpool & Wolverine

Alternatives:
Alien: Romulus, The Wild Robot

Best Original Song

1. “El Mal”
^{(Emilia Pérez)}
2. “The Journey”
^{(The Six Triple Eight)}
3. “Kiss the Sky”
^{(The Wild Robot)}
4. “Sick in the Head”
^(Kneecap)
5. “Never Too Late”
^{(Elton John: Never Too Late)}

Alternatives:
“Mi Camino” _{^{(Emilia Pérez)}}
“Compress/Repress” _{^{(Challengers)}}