It’s almost time to uncover the nominations for the 94th Academy Awards. There’s bound to be plenty of shocks and snubs, but that’s what awards season is all about. Below are Filmotomy’s Awards Editor Doug Jamieson‘s final nomination predictions in all 23 categories. For more detailed coverage of each category, click the corresponding linkS for further analysis.
BEST PICTURE
1. Belfast (Focus Features)
2. The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
3. King Richard (Warner Bros.)
4. Licorice Pizza (MGM)
5. Dune (Warner Bros.)
6. Don’t Look Up (Netflix)
7. West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
8. CODA (Apple TV+)
9. tick, tick… BOOM! (Netflix)
10. Drive My Car (Janus Films)
Alternate: Being the Ricardos
Possible shocker: House of Gucci
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BEST DIRECTOR
1. Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
2. Denis Villeneuve – Dune (Warner Bros.)
3. Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza (MGM)
4. Kenneth Branagh – Belfast (Focus Features)
5. Ryûsuku Hamaguchi – Drive My Car (Janus Films)
Alternate: Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Possible shocker: Julia Ducournau – Titane
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BEST ACTRESS
1. Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos (Amazon Studios)
2. Lady Gaga – House of Gucci (MGM)
3. Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter (Netflix)
4. Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Searchlight Pictures)
5. Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza (MGM)
Alternate: Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Possible shocker: Agathe Rousselle – Titane
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BEST ACTOR
1. Will Smith – King Richard (Warner Bros.)
2. Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
3. Andrew Garfield – tick, tick… BOOM! (Netflix)
4. Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth (A24/Apple TV+)
5. Peter Dinklage – Cyrano (MGM)
Alternate: Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos
Possible shocker: Hidetoshi Nishijima – Drive My Car
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Ariana DeBose – West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
2. Caitríona Balfe – Belfast (Focus Features)
3. Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
4. Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard (Warner Bros.)
5. Ruth Negga – Passing (Netflix)
Alternate: Ann Dowd – Mass
Possible shocker: Frances McDormand – The Tragedy of Macbeth
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
2. Troy Kostur – CODA (Apple TV+)
3. Ciarán Hinds – Belfast (Focus Features)
4. Jared Leto – House of Gucci (MGM)
5. Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza (MGM)
Alternate: Mike Faist – West Side Story
Possible shocker: Anders Danielsen Lie – The Worst Person in the World
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Belfast (Focus Features) – Kenneth Branagh
2. Licorice Pizza (MGM) – Paul Thomas Anderson
3. Don’t Look Up (Netflix) – Adam McKay, David Sirota
4. King Richard (Warner Bros) – Zach Baylin
5. Being the Ricardos (Netflix) – Aaron Sorkin
Alternate: C’mon C’mon
Possible shocker: Nine Days
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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. The Power of the Dog (Netflix) – Jane Campion
2. The Lost Daughter (Netflix) – Maggie Gyllenhaal
3. CODA (Apple TV+) – Sian Heder
4. Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe (Janus Films)
5. Dune – Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth (Warner Bros.)
Alternate: West Side Story
Possible shocker: Shiva Baby
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
2. Dune (Warner Bros.)
3. The Tragedy of Macbeth (A24/Apple TV+)
4. Belfast (Focus Features)
5. Nightmare Alley (Searchlight Pictures)
Alternate: West Side Story
Possible shocker: Titane
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BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Cruella (Disney)
2. Dune (Warner Bros.)
3. West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
4. House of Gucci (MGM)
5. Cyrano (MGM)
Alternate: Nightmare Alley
Possible shocker: The Green Knight
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BEST FILM EDITING
1. Dune (Warner Bros.)
2. The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
3. Belfast (Focus Features)
4. Don’t Look Up (Netflix)
5. West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
Alternate: tick, tick… BOOM!
Possible shocker: No Time to Die
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BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
1. Dune (Warner Bros.)
2. The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Searchlight Pictures)
3. Cruella (Disney)
4. House of Gucci (MGM)
5. Coming 2 America (Amazon Studios)
Alternate: Nightmare Alley
Possible shocker: The Suicide Squad
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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Nightmare Alley (Searchlight Pictures)
2. Dune (Warner Bros.)
3. West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
4. The Tragedy of Macbeth (A24/Apple TV+)
5. The French Dispatch (Searchlight Pictures)
Alternate: Licorice Pizza
Possible shocker: Belfast
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BEST SOUND
1. Dune (Warner Bros.)
2. West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
3. No Time to Die (Universal Pictures)
4. Belfast (Focus Features)
5. Spider-Man: No Way Home (Sony Pictures)
Alternate: Last Night in Soho
Possible shocker: The Matrix Resurrections
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BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Dune (Warner Bros.)
2. Spider-Man: No Way Home (Sony Pictures)
3. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Disney)
4. Godzilla vs. Kong (Warner Bros.)
5. No Time to Die (MGM)
Alternate: The Matrix Resurrections
Possible shocker: Ghostbusters: Afterlife
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Dune (Warner Bros.)
2. The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
3. Don’t Look Up (Netflix)
4. The French Dispatch (Searchlight Pictures)
5. Encanto (Disney)
Alternate: Parallel Mothers
Possible shocker: Candyman
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BEST ORIGINAL SONG
1. “No Time to Die” – No Time to Die (Universal Pictures)
2. “Be Alive” – King Richard (Warner Bros.)
3. “Dos Oruguitas” – Encanto (Disney)
4. “Down to Joy” – Belfast (Focus Features)
5. “Guns Go Bang” – The Harder They Fall (Netflix)
Alternate: “Beyond the Shore” – CODA
Possible shocker: “The Anonymous Ones” – Dear Evan Hansen
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BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
1. Encanto (Disney)
2. The Mitchells vs. The Machines (Netflix)
3. Luca (Disney/Pixar)
4. Flee (Neon)
5. Raya and the Last Dragon (Disney)
Alternate: Sing 2
Possible shocker: Ron’s Gone Wrong
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BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1. Flee (Neon)
2. The Rescue (National Geographic)
3. Procession (Netflix)
4. Faya Dayi (Janus Films)
5. Ascension (MTV Documentary Films)
Alternate: Summer of Soul
Possible shocker: Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry
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BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
1. Drive My Car (Japan)
2. The Worst Person in the World (Norway)
3. A Hero (Iran)
4. Flee (Denmark)
5. Prayers for the Stolen (Mexico)
Alternate: The Hand of God (Italy)
Possible shocker: Great Freedom (Austria)
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BEST ANIMATED SHORT SUBJECT
1. Robin Robin (Netflix)
2. Us Again (Disney)
3. Only a Child (Amka Films)
4. Step Into the River (The New Yorker)
5. Namoo (Baobab Studios)
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
1. Three Songs for Benazir (Netflix)
2. The Queen of Basketball (The New York Times)
3. When We Were Bullies (Stefilm International)
4. Camp Confidential: America’s Secret Nazis (Netflix)
5. Terror Contagion (NEON)
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
1. The Long Goodbye (WePresent)
2. When the Sun Sets (HBO)
3. Censor of Dreams (Salaud Morisset)
4. Tala’vision (Tabi360)
5. Frimas (h264 Distribution)