It’s almost time to uncover the nominations for the 95th 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. Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24)
2. The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
3. The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)
4. TÁR (Focus Features)
5. Elvis (Warner Bros.)
6. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
7. Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century Studios)
8. All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix)
9. The Whale (A24)
10. Babylon (Paramount Pictures)
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BEST DIRECTOR
1. Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)
2. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
3. Todd Field – TÁR (Focus Features)
4. Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
5. Edward Berger – All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix)
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BEST ACTRESS
1. Cate Blanchett – TÁR (Focus Features)
2. Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24)
3. Viola Davis – The Woman King (Sony Pictures)
4. Danielle Deadwyler – Till (Orion Pictures)
5. Ana de Armas – Blonde (Netflix)
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BEST ACTOR
1. Brendan Fraser – The Whale (A24)
2. Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
3. Austin Butler – Elvis (Warner Bros.)
4. Bill Nighy – Living (Sony Pictures Classics)
5. Paul Mescal – Aftersun (A24)
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Disney)
2. Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
3. Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
4. Hong Chau – The Whale (A24)
5. Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
2. Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
3. Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
4. Eddie Redmayne – The Good Nurse (Netflix)
5. Paul Dano – The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh (Searchlight Pictures)
2. Everything Everywhere All At Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (A24)
3. TÁR – Todd Field (Focus Features)
4. The Fabelmans – Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner (Universal Pictures)
5. Triangle of Sadness – Ruben Östlund (NEON)
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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. The Whale – Samuel D. Hunter (A24)
2. Women Talking – Sarah Polley (United Artists Releasing)
3. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson (Netflix)
4. Living – Kazuo Ishiguro (Sony Pictures Classics)
5. All Quiet on the Western Front – Ian Stokell, Lesley Paterson, Edward Berger (Netflix)
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Top Gun: Maverick – Claudio Miranda (Paramount Pictures)
2. Empire of Light – Roger Deakins (Searchlight Pictures)
3. All Quiet on the Western Front – James Friend (Netflix)
4. The Fabelmans – Janusz Kaminski (Universal Pictures)
5. Avatar: The Way of Water – Russell Carpenter (20th Century Studios)
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BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Elvis – Catherine Martin (Warner Bros.)
2. Babylon – Mary Zophres (Paramount Pictures)
3. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth E. Carter (Walt Disney Studios)
4. The Woman King – Gersha Phillips (Sony Pictures)
5. Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris – Jenny Beavan (Focus Features)
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BEST FILM EDITING
1. Everything Everywhere All At Once – Paul Rogers (A24)
2. Top Gun: Maverick – Chris Lebenzon, Eddie Hamilton (Paramount Pictures)
3. Elvis – Matt Villa, Jonathan Redmond (Warner Bros.)
4. The Fabelmans – Michael Kahn, Sara Broshar (Universal Pictures)
5. All Quiet on the Western Front – Sven Budelmann (Netflix)
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BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
1. The Whale (A24)
2. Elvis (Warner Bros.)
3. The Batman (Warner Bros.)
4. All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix)
5. Babylon (Paramount Pictures)
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Babylon – Justin Hurwitz (Paramount Pictures)
2. The Fabelmans – John Williams (Universal Pictures)
3. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Alexandre Desplat (Netflix)
4. Women Talking – Hildur Guðnadóttir (United Artists Releasing)
5. The Banshees of Inisherin – Carter Burwell (Searchlight Pictures)
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BEST ORIGINAL SONG
1. “Naatu Naatu” – RRR (HR Pictures)
2. “Hold My Hand” – Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
3. “Lift Me Up” – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Walt Disney Studios)
4. “Ciao Papa” – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix)
5. “Applause” – Tell It Like a Woman (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Babylon (Paramount Pictures)
2. Elvis (Warner Bros.)
3. The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)
4. Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century Studios)
5. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Walt Disney Studios)
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BEST SOUND
1. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
2. Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century Studios)
3. Elvis (Warner Bros.)
4. All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix)
5. Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
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BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century Studios)
2. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
3. The Batman (Warner Bros.)
4. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Walt Disney Studios)
5. All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix)
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BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
1. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix)
2. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (A24)
3. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Dreamworks Animation)
4. Turning Red (Disney/Pixar)
5. My Father’s Dragon (Netflix)
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BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1. All That Breathes (HBO Documentary Films)
2. Fire of Love (NEON)
3. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (NEON)
4. Navalny (HBO Documentary Films)
5. The Territory (National Geographic Documentary Films)
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BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
1. All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)
2. Decision to Leave (South Korea)
3. Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)
4. Close (Belgium)
5. The Quiet Girl (Ireland)
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BEST ANIMATED SHORT
1. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2. New Moon
3. Save Ralph
4. My Year of Dicks
5. The Flying Sailor
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
1. The Flagmakers
2. The Elephant Whisperers
3. 38 at the Garden
4. How Do You Measure a Year?
5. Nuisance Bear
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
1. Le Pupille
2. An Irish Goodbye
3. The Red Suitcase
4. Warsha
5. Nakam
