Final Oscars Predictions In All 23 Categories

Awards season is almost over. The 95th Academy Awards are imminent. With most categories still wide open and a few surprises potentially in store, we will soon know the winners and can finally bid farewell to this topsy-turvy race. Below are Filmotomy’s Awards Editor Doug Jamieson‘s final predictions in all 23 categories. For more detailed coverage of each category, click the corresponding link for further analysis.

BEST PICTURE

1. Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24)
2. All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix)
3. The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
4. TÁR (Focus Features)
5. Elvis (Warner Bros.)
6. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
7. The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)
8. Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century Studios)
9. Triangle of Sadness (NEON)
10. Women Talking (United Artists Releasing)

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BEST DIRECTOR

1. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
2. Todd Field – TÁR (Focus Features)
3. Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)
4. Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
5. Ruben Östlund – Triangle of Sadness (NEON)

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BEST ACTRESS

1. Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24)
2. Cate Blanchett – TÁR (Focus Features)
3. Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)
4. Andrea Riseborough – To Leslie (Momentum Pictures)
5. Ana de Armas – Blonde (Netflix)

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BEST ACTOR

1. Austin Butler – Elvis (Warner Bros.)
2. Brendan Fraser – The Whale (A24)
3. Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
4. Bill Nighy – Living (Sony Pictures Classics)
5. Paul Mescal – Aftersun (A24)

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
2. Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
3. Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Disney)
4. Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
5. Hong Chau – The Whale (A24)

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
2. Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
3. Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
4. Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway (Apple Original Films)
5. Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. Everything Everywhere All At Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (A24)
2. The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh (Searchlight Pictures)
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. Women Talking – Sarah Polley (United Artists Releasing)
2. All Quiet on the Western Front – Ian Stokell, Lesley Paterson, Edward Berger (Netflix)
3. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson (Netflix)
4. Living – Kazuo Ishiguro (Sony Pictures Classics)
5. Top Gun: Maverick – Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, Christopher McQuarrie (Paramount Pictures)

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

1. All Quiet on the Western Front – James Friend (Netflix)
2. Elvis – Mandy Walker (Warner Bros.)
3. Empire of Light – Roger Deakins (Searchlight Pictures)
4. TÁR – Florian Hoffmeister (Focus Features)
5. Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths – Darius Khondji (Netflix)

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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. Everything Everywhere All at Once – Shirley Kurata (A24)
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 Banshees of Inisherin – Mikkel E. G. Nielsen (Searchlight Pictures)
5. TÁR – Monika Willi (Focus Features)

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BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

1. Elvis (Warner Bros.)
2. The Whale (A24)
3. All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix)
4. The Batman (Warner Bros.)
5. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Walt Disney Studios)

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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

1. All Quiet on the Western Front – Volker Bertelmann (Netflix)
2. Babylon – Justin Hurwitz (Paramount Pictures)
3. The Fabelmans – John Williams (Universal Pictures)
4. The Banshees of Inisherin – Carter Burwell (Searchlight Pictures)
5. Everything Everywhere All at Once – Son Lux (A24)

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BEST ORIGINAL SONG

1. “Naatu Naatu” – RRR (HR Pictures)
2. “Lift Me Up” – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Walt Disney Studios)
3. “Hold My Hand” – Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
4. “This Is a Life” – Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
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. Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century Studios)
4. All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix)
5. The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)

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BEST SOUND

1. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
2. All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix)
3. Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century Studios)
4. Elvis (Warner Bros.)
5. The Batman (Warner Bros.)

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BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

1. Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century Studios)
2. Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
3. All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix)
4. The Batman (Warner Bros.)
5. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Walt Disney Studios)

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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. The Sea Beast (Netflix)

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BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

1. Navalny (HBO Documentary Films)
2. Fire of Love (NEON)
3. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (NEON)
4. All That Breathes (HBO Documentary Films)
5. A House Made of Splinters (Giant Pictures)

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BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

1. All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)
2. Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)
3. Close (Belgium)
4. The Quiet Girl (Ireland)
5. EO (Poland)

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BEST ANIMATED SHORT

1. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2. Ice Merchants
3. An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It 
4. My Year of Dicks
5. The Flying Sailor

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

1. Stranger at the Gate
2. The Elephant Whispers
3. How Do You Measure a Year? 
4. The Martha Mitchell Effect
5. Haulout

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

1. An Irish Goodbye
2. The Red Suitcase
3. Le pupille
4. Ivalu
5. Night Ride

Author: Doug Jamieson

From musicals to horror and everything in between, Doug has an eclectic taste in films. Both a champion of independent cinema and a defender of more mainstream fare, he prefers to find an equal balance between two worlds often at odds with each other. A film critic by trade but a film fan at heart, Doug also writes for his own website The Jam Report, and Australia’s the AU review.