It’s almost time to uncover the nominations for the 98th Academy Awards. There’s bound to be a few 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 24 categories. For more detailed coverage of each category, click the corresponding links for further analysis.
BEST PICTURE
1. One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
2. Sinners (Warner Bros.)
3. Hamnet (Focus Features)
4. Marty Supreme (A24)
5. Sentimental Value (NEON)
6. Frankenstein (Netflix)
7. Bugonia (Focus Features)
8. The Secret Agent (NEON)
9. Train Dreams (Netflix)
10. It Was Just an Accident (NEON)
Alternate: F1 (Apple Original Films)
Possible shocker: Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)
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BEST DIRECTOR
1. Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
2. Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
3. Chloé Zhao – Hamnet (Focus Features)
4. Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value (NEON)
5. Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
Alternate: Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Possible shocker: Kleber Mendonça Filho – The Secret Agent (NEON)
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BEST ACTRESS
1. Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (Focus Features)
2. Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
3. Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value (NEON)
4. Emma Stone – Bugonia (Focus Features)
5. Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Alternate: Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue (Focus Features)
Possible shocker: Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
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BEST ACTOR
1. Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (A24)
2. Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
3. Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent (NEON)
4. Michael B. Jordan – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
5. Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Alternate: Jesse Plemons – Bugonia (Focus Features)
Possible shocker: Russell Crowe – Nuremberg (Sony Pictures Classics)
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
2. Amy Madigan – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
3. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (NEON)
4. Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
5. Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme (A24)
Alternate: Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Possible shocker: Tânia Maria – The Secret Agent (NEON)
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value (NEON)
2. Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
3. Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Netflix)
4. Paul Mescal – Hamnet (Focus Features)
5. Sean Penn – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Alternate: Miles Caton – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Possible shocker: Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson (Warner Bros.)
2. Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell & Chloé Zhao (Focus Features)
3. Bugonia – Will Tracy (Focus Features)
4. Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro (Netflix)
5. Train Dreams – Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar (Netflix)
Alternate: No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi & Lee Ja-hye (NEON)
Possible shocker: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson (Netflix)
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Sinners – Ryan Coogler (Warner Bros.)
2. It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi (NEON)
3. Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt (NEON)
4. Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie (A24)
5. Sorry, Baby – Eva Victor (A24)
Alternate: The Secret Agent – Kleber Mendonça Filho (NEON)
Possible shocker: Jay Kelly – Noah Baumbach & Emily Mortimer (Netflix)
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BEST CASTING
1. Sinners – Francine Maisler (Warner Bros.)
2. One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis (Warner Bros.)
3. Hamnet – Nina Gold (Focus Features)
4. Marty Supreme – Jennifer Venditti (A24)
5. Sentimental Value – Yngvill Kolset Haga and Avy Kaufman
Alternate: Frankenstein – Robin D. Cook (Netflix)
Possible shocker: Wicked: For Good – Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (Universal Pictures)
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Warner Bros.)
2. One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman (Warner Bros.)
3. Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen (Netflix)
4. Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso (Netflix)
5. Marty Supreme – Darius Khondji (A24)
Alternate: Hamnet – Lukasz Zal (Focus Features)
Possible shocker: Sirāt – Mauro Herce (NEON)
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BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Frankenstein – Kate Hawley (Netflix)
2. Wicked: For Good – Paul Tazewell (Universal Pictures)
3. Hamnet – Malgosia Turzanska (Focus Features)
4. Sinners – Ruth E. Carter (Warner Bros.)
5. Marty Supreme – Miyako Bellizzi (A24)
Alternate: Hedda – Lindsay Pugh (Amazon MGM Studios)
Possible shocker: Kokuho – Kumiko Ogawa (GKIDS)
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BEST FILM EDITING
1. One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen (Warner Bros.)
2. Sinners – Michael P. Shawver (Warner Bros.)
3. F1 – Stephen Mirrione (Apple Original Films)
4. Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein (A24)
5. Hamnet – Chloé Zhao & Affonso Gonçalves (Focus Features)
Alternate: Frankenstein – Evan Schiff (Netflix)
Possible shocker: A House of Dynamite – Kirk Baxter (Netflix)
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BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
1. Frankenstein (Netflix)
2. Sinners (Warner Bros.)
3. The Smashing Machine (A24)
4. Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
5. Marty Supreme (A24)
Alternate: One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Possible shocker: The Alto Knights (Warner Bros.)
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Sinners – Ludwig Göransson (Warner Bros.)
2. One Battle After Another – Johnny Greenwood (Warner Bros.)
3. Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat (Netflix)
4. Hamnet – Max Richter (Focus Features)
5. Marty Supreme – Daniel Lopatin (A24)
Alternate: Sirāt – Kangding Ray (NEON)
Possible shocker: Jay Kelly – Nicholas Britell (Netflix)
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BEST ORIGINAL SONG
1. “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
2. “I Lied to You” from Sinners (Warner Bros.)
3. “The Girl in the Bubble” from Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
4. “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless (Greenwich Entertainment)
5. “Train Dreams” from Train Dreams (Netflix)
Alternate: “Last Time (I Seen The Sun)” from Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Possible shocker: “Dream as One” from Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)
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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Frankenstein (Netflix)
2. Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
3. Sinners (Warner Bros.)
4. Hamnet (Focus Features)
5. Marty Supreme (A24)
Alternate: The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Disney)
Possible shocker: The Phoenician Scheme (Focus Features)
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BEST SOUND
1. F1 (Apple Original Films)
2. Sinners (Warner Bros.)
3. One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
4. Sirāt (NEON)
5. Frankenstein (Netflix)
Alternate: Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)
Possible shocker: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
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BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)
2. F1 (Apple Original Films)
3. Superman (Warner Bros.)
4. Sinners (Warner Bros.)
5. The Lost Bus (Apple Original Films)
Alternate: Frankenstein (Netflix)
Possible shocker: Tron: Ares (Disney)
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BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
1. KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
2. Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios)
3. Arco (NEON)
4. Elio (Pixar)
5. Little Amélie or the Character of the Rain (GKIDS)
Alternate: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
Possible shocker: The Bad Guys 2
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BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1. 2000 Meters to Andriivka (PBS Distribution)
2. Cover-Up (Netflix)
3. Mr. Nobody Against Putin (Bantam Film)
4. My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow (Argot Pictures)
5. The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
Alternate: Apocalypse in the Tropics (Netflix)
Possible shocker: Mistress Dispeller (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
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BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
1. The Secret Agent (Brazil)
2. Sentimental Value (Norway)
3. It Was Just an Accident (France)
4. Sirāt (Spain)
5. No Other Choice (South Korea)
Alternate: The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)
Possible shocker: The President’s Cake (Iraq)
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BEST ANIMATED SHORT
1. Éiru
2. Snow Bear
3. Butterfly (Papillon)
4. Autokar
5. Forevergreren
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
1. All the Empty Rooms
2. Armed Only with a Camera
3. All the Walls Came Down
4. The Devil is Busy
5. Cashing Out
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
1. Beyond Silence
2. The Boy with White Skin
3. Ado
4. Amarela
5. A Friend of Dorothy