2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions

Hot off the tails of the Golden Globe and Critics Choice Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is set to announce the nominations for the 95th Academy Awards next Tuesday, January 24. Will their nominations reflect the popular choices of critics groups or follow the paths of the Golden Globes? View our final predictions now.

Best Picture

Courtesy of Universal Pictures

All Quiet On The Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Banshees of Inisherin

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All At Once

The Fabelmans

TÁR

Top Gun: Maverick

The Whale

Women Talking

Best Director

Courtesy of Universal Pictures

Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert — Everything Everywhere All At Once

Edward Berger — All Quiet On The Western Front

Martin McDonagh — The Banshees of Inisherin

Steven Spielberg — The Fabelmans

Todd Field — TÁR

Best Actress

Courtesy of A24

Ana De Armas — Blonde

Cate Blanchett — TÁR

Danielle Deadwyler — Till

Michelle Yeoh — Everything Everywhere All At Once

Viola Davis — The Woman King

Best Actor

Courtesy of A24

Austin Butler — Elvis

Bill Nighy — Living

Brendan Fraser — The Whale

Colin Farrell — The Banshees of Inisherin

Tom Hanks — A Man Called Otto

Best Supporting Actress

Courtesy of Marvel Studios

Angela Bassett — Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Hong Chau — The Whale

Jamie Lee Curtis — Everything Everywhere All At Once

Kerry Condon — The Banshees of Inisherin

Michelle Williams — The Fabelmans

Best Supporting Actor

Courtesy of A24

Barry Keoghan — The Banshees of Inisherin

Brad Pitt — Babylon

Brendan Gleeson — The Banshees of Inisherin

Ke Huy Quan — Everything Everywhere All At Once

Paul Dano — The Fabelmans

Best Original Screenplay

Courtesy of A24

Aftersun — Charlotte Wells

The Banshees of Inisherin — Martin McDonagh

Everything Everywhere All At Once — Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

The Fabelmans — Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner

TÁR — Todd Field

Best Adapted Screenplay

Courtesy of Netflix

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery — Rian Johnson

Living — Kazuo Ishiguro

She Said — Rebecca Lenkiewicz

The Whale — Samuel D. Hunter

Women Talking — Sarah Polley

Best Animated Feature

Courtesy of Netflix

Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio

Marcel The Shell With Shoes On

My Father’s Dragon

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Turning Red

Best Production Design

Courtesy of Paramount Pictures

Avatar: The Way of Water — Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, Vanessa Cole

Babylon — Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Hannah Beachler, Lisa K. Sessions

Elvis — Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn

The Fabelmans — Rick Carter, Karen O’Hara

Best Cinematography

Courtesy of Paramount Pictures

Avatar: The Way Of Water — Russell Carpenter

The Batman — Greig Fraser

Empire Of Light — Roger Deakins

The Fabelmans — Janusz Kaminski

Top Gun: Maverick — Claudio Miranda

Best Costume Design

Courtesy of Marvel Studios

Babylon — Mary Zophres

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Ruth E. Carter

Elvis — Catherine Martin

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris — Jenny Beaven

The Woman King — Gersha Phillips

Best Editing

Courtesy of Warner Bros.

Avatar: The Way of Water — David Brenner, James Cameron, John Refoua, Stephen E. Rivkin

Elvis — Jonathan Redmond, Matt Villa

Everything Everywhere All At Once — Paul Rogers

The Fabelmans — Michael Kahn, Sarah Brosnar

Top Gun: Maverick — Eddie Hamilton

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

Courtesy of Netflix

All Quiet on the Western Front — Tamar Aviv, Linda Eisenhamerova, Jakub Holý, Filip Jansta, Aisha King, Heike Merker, Gabriela Polakova, Lisa-Marie Riegel, Juliette Ruetz, Daniela Skala, Karel Skop, Rene Stejskal, Leona Zimova

The Batman — Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, Zoe Tahir

Blonde — Tina Roesler Kerwin, Jaime Leigh McIntosh

Elvis — Shane Thomas, Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, Louise Coulston

The Whale — Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, Anne Marie Bradley

Best Sound

Courtesy of NEON

All Quiet on the Western Front — Lars Ginzel, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Viktor Prášil

Avatar: The Way of Water — Gwen Whittle, Gary Summers, Mike Hedges, Chris Boyes, Tony Johnson, Julian Howarth

Elvis — David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson, Michael Keller

Moonage Daydream — Paul Massey, David Giammarco, John Warhurst, Nina Harstone

Top Gun: Maverick — Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor

Best Visual Effects

Courtesy of 20th Century Studios

All Quiet On The Western Front — Markus Frank, Viktor Muller, Frank Petzold, Kamil Jafar

Avatar: The Way Of Water — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett

The Batman — Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, Dominic Tuohy

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, Hanzhi Tang, Dan Sudick

Top Gun: Maverick — Ryan Tudhope, Scott R. Fisher, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson

Best Original Score

Courtesy of Paramount Pictures

Babylon — Justin Hurwitz

The Banshees of Inisherin — Carter Burwell

The Fabelmans — John Williams

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio — Alexandre Desplat

Women Talking — Hildur Guðnadóttir

Best Original Song

Courtesy of Variance Films

Tell It Like a Woman — Diane Warren

Ciao Papa — Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro

Hold My Hand — Lady Gaga, Bloodpop

Lift Me Up — Tems, Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler

Naatu Naatu — Kala Bhairava, M. M. Keeravani, Rahul Sipligunj

Best Documentary Feature

Courtesy of National Geographic

All That Breathes

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Descendant

Fire Of Love

Navalny

Best International Feature

Courtesy of Netflix

All Quiet on the Western Front

Argentina, 1985

Close

Decision to Leave

Bardo

Best Animated Short

Courtesy of Edith Productions

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse

The Flying Sailor

New Moon

An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Believe It

Save Ralph

Best Documentary Short

Courtesy of The New Yorker

38 At the Garden

As Far As They Can Run

The Flagmakers

How Do You Measure a Year?

Nuisance Bear

Best Live Action Short

Courtesy of Disney+

An Irish Goodbye

Le Pupille

The Lone Wolf

The Red Suitcase

Warsha

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