Oscar Predictions

Last updated: 13/1/2024

Best Picture

1. Oppenheimer
(Universal)
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
(Apple)
3. Poor Things
(Searchlight)
4.
Barbie
(Warner Bros.)
5. The Holdovers
(Focus)
6. Anatomy of a Fall
(Neon)
7. Maestro
(Netflix)
8. American Fiction
(MGM)
9. Past Lives
(A24)
10.
The Zone of Interest
(Paramount)

Alternatives:
May December (Netflix)
The Color Purple (Warner Bros.)

Best Actress

1. Lily Gladstone
(Killers of the Flower Moon)
2. Emma Stone
(Poor Things)
3.
Carey Mulligan
(Maestro)
4.
Sandra Hüller
(Anatomy of a Fall)
5.
Margot Robbie
(Barbie)

Alternatives:
Annette Bening (Nyad)
Greta Lee (Past Lives)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Da’Vine Joy Randolph
(The Holdovers)
2.
Danielle Brooks
(The Color Purple)
3.
Emily Blunt
(Oppenheimer)
4. America Ferrera
(Barbie)
5.
Rachel McAdams
(Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.)

Alternatives:
Jodie Foster (Nyad)
Julianne Moore (May December)

Best Original Screenplay

1. The Holdovers
(by David Hemingson)
2.
Anatomy of a Fall
(by Justine Triet & Arthur Harari)
4.
Past Lives
(by Celine Song)
4. Maestro
(by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
5.
May December
(by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik)

Alternatives:
The Boy and the Heron (by Hayao Miyazaki)
Air (by Alex Convery)

Best Animated Feature

1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
(Sony Pictures)
2.
The Boy and the Heron (GKids)
3.
Elemental (Pixar)
4.
Nimona (Netflix)
5.
Robot Dreams (Neon)

Alternatives:
Suzume (Crunchyroll)
TMNT: Mutant Mayhem (Paramount)

Best International Feature

1. Society of the Snow
(Spain 🇪🇸)
2. The Zone of Interest
(United Kingdom 🇬🇧)
3.
Fallen Leaves
(Finland 🇫🇮)
4.
Four Daughters
(Tunisia 🇹🇳)
5.
The Promised Land
(Denmark 🇩🇰)

Alternatives:
The Teachers’ Lounge (Germany 🇩🇪)
The Taste of Things (France 🇫🇷)

Best Cinematography

1. Oppenheimer
(by Hoyte van Hoytema)
2.
Killers of the Flower Moon
(by Rodrigo Prieto)
3.
Poor Things
(by Robbie Ryan)
4.
Maestro
(by Matthew Libatique)
5.
El Conde
(by Edward Lachman)

Alternatives:
Barbie (by Rodrigo Prieto)
The Zone of Interest (by Lukasz Zal)

Best Production Design

1. Barbie
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. Oppenheimer
4. Poor Things
5. Asteroid City

Alternatives:
Wonka
The Color Purple

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

1. Maestro
2. Poor Things
3. Oppenheimer
4. Society of the Snow
5. Golda

Alternative:
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Sound

1. Oppenheimer
2. Ferrari
3. Maestro
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. The Killer

Alternative:
The Zone of Interest
Barbie

Best Director

1. Christopher Nolan
(Oppenheimer)
2.
Martin Scorsese
(Killers of the Flower Moon)
4.
Yorgos Lanthimos
(Poor Things)
4.
Greta Gerwig
(Barbie)
5. Alexander Payne
(The Holdovers)

Alternatives:
Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest)
Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall)
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Best Actor

1. Cillian Murphy
(Oppenheimer)
2.
Paul Giamatti
(The Holdovers)
3. Bradley Cooper
(Maestro)
4.
Leonardo DiCaprio
(Killers of the Flower Moon)
5.
Jeffrey Wright
(American Fiction)

Alternatives:
Colman Domingo (Rustin)
Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Robert Downey Jr.
(Oppenheimer)
2. Ryan Gosling
(Barbie)
3. Robert De Niro
(Killers of the Flower Moon)
4.
Mark Ruffalo
(Poor Things)
5.
Willem Dafoe
(Poor Things)

Alternatives:
Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers)
Charles Melton (May December)

Best Adapted Screenplay

1. Barbie
(by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
2. Poor Things
(by Tony McNamara)
3.
Killers of the Flower Moon
(by Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese)
4.
Oppenheimer
(by Christopher Nolan)
5. American Fiction
(by Codd Jefferson)

Alternatives:
The Zone of Interest (by Jonathan Glazer)
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (by Kelly Fremon Craig)

Best Documentary Feature

1. American Symphony (Netflix)
2.
20 Days in Mariupol (PBS)
3.
The Eternal Memory (MTV)
4. Beyond Utopia (Roadside Attractions)
5.
Four Daughters (Kino Lorber)

Alternatives:
32 Sounds (Abramorama)
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple)

Best Film Editing

1. Oppenheimer
(by Jennifer Lame)
2.
Killers of the Flower Moon
(by Thelma Schoonmaker)
3.
Poor Things
(by Yorgos Mavropsaridis)
4.
Barbie
(by Nick Houy)
5.
The Holdovers
(by Kevin Tent)

Alternatives:
Ferrari (by Pietro Scalia)
Maestro (by Michelle Tesoro)

Best Original Score

1. Oppenheimer
(by Ludwig Göransson)
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
(by Robbie Robertson)
3.
Society of the Snow
(by Michael Giacchino)
4.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
(by Daniel Pemberton)
5.
Poor Things
(by Jerskin Fendrix)

Alternatives:
The Zone of Interest (by Mica Levi )
The Boy and the Heron (by Joe Hisaishi)

Best Costume Design

1. Barbie
2.
Poor Things
3.
Killers of the Flower Moon
4.
Oppenheimer
5.
The Color Purple

Alternatives:
Maestro
Napoleon

Best Visual Effects

1. The Creator
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3
3. Poor Things
4. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
5. Godzilla Minus One

Alternative:
Society of the Snow
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Best Original Song

1. “What Was I Made For?”
(Barbie)
2. “I’m Just Ken”
(Barbie)
3. “Road to Freedom”
(Rustin)
4.
“Fire Inside”
(Flamin’ Hot)
5.
“It Never Went Away'”
(American Symphony)

Alternative:
“Keep It Movin'” (The Color Purple)
“Dance the Night” (Barbie)