2024 Oscar Nomination Predictions: Fall Fests Launch New Contenders
From top left, clockwise: Saltburn, The Holdovers, Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Origin. Courtesy of Studios.
Welcome to the TWM 2024 Oscar Nomination Predictions page, where we’ll be updating our predicted nominees throughout the season as more films have been screened.
The last few weeks have brought the first public screenings for films like Poor Things, Origin, and Saltburn — all of which we predict to be major players in various categories — at the Venice, Toronto, and Telluride film festivals.
See our initial predictions for the nominees for the 96th Academy Awards after the first round of fall film festivals below.
Bold indicates the predicted winner. Nominees are listed alphabetically by film title.
Oppenheimer. Courtesy of Universal Pictures.
Best Picture
Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)
Barbie (Warner Bros.)
The Holdovers (Focus Features)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
Origin (NEON)
Past Lives (A24)
Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
Saltburn (Amazon Studios)
The Zone of Interest (A24)
Christopher Nolan directing on set of Oppenheimer. Courtesy of Universal Pictures.
Best Director
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Ava DuVernay, Origin
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer. Courtesy of Universal Pictures.
Best Actor
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Emma Stone in Poor Things. Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures.
Best Actress
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Emma Stone, Poor Things
Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla
Robert Downey Jr. in Oppenheimer. Courtesy of Universal Pictures.
Best Supporting Actor
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
Charles Melton, May December
Danielle Brooks in The Color Purple. Courtesy of Warner Bros.
Best Supporting Actress
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Rosamund Pike, Saltburn
Sandra Hüller, The Zone of Interest
Barbie. Courtesy of Warner Bros.
Best Original Screenplay
Anatomy of a Fall — Written by Arthur Harari, Justine Triet
Barbie — Written by Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig
The Holdovers — Written by David Hemingson
Past Lives — Written by Celine Song
Saltburn — Written by Emerald Fennell
Oppenheimer. Courtesy of Universal Pictures.
Best Adapted Screenplay
Killers of the Flower Moon — Written by Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese
Oppenheimer — Written by Christopher Nolan
Origin — Written by Ava DuVernay
Poor Things — Written by Alasdair Gray, Tony McNamara
The Zone of Interest — Written by Jonathan Glazer
Hoyte van Hoytema Operates A Camera On Set of Oppenheimer. Courtesy of IMAX.
Best Cinematography
Killers of the Flower Moon (Rodrigo Prieto)
Poor Things (Robbie Ryan)
Maestro (Matthew Libatique)
Oppenheimer (Hoyte Van Hoytema)
Saltburn (Linus Sandgren)
Oppenheimer. Courtesy of Universal Pictures.
Best Visual Effects
The Creator
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Barbie. Courtesy of Warner Bros.
Best Production Design
Asteroid City (Adam Stockhausen)
Barbie (Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Jack Fisk, Adam Willis)
Poor Things (Shona Heath, Zsuzsa Mihalek)
Oppenheimer (Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman)
Barbie. Courtesy of Warner Bros.
Best Costume Design
Barbie (Jacqueline Durran)
The Color Purple (Francine Jamison-Tanchuck)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Jacqueline West)
Napoleon (David Crossman, Janty Yates)
Poor Things (Holly Waddington)
Maestro. Courtesy of Netflix.
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Barbie
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Maestro
Poor Things
Killers of the Flower Moon
Ludwig Göransson and Christopher Nolan on set of Oppenheimer. Courtesy of Universal Pictures.
Best Original Score
Elemental (Thomas Newman)
Ferrari (Daniel Pemberton)
The Killer (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)
Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)
Barbie. Courtesy of Warner Bros.
Best Original Song
”Gonna Be You” (80 For Brady)
”I’m Just Ken” (Barbie)
”What Was I Made For?” (Barbie)
”Untitled Song” (The Color Purple)
”The Wish” (Wish)
Oppenheimer. Courtesy of Universal Pictures.
Best Editing
Ferrari
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Holdovers
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Oppenheimer. Courtesy of Universal Pictures.
Best Sound
Ferrari
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Animation.
Best Animated Feature
The Boy And The Heron — Studio Ghibli/GKIDS
Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget — Netflix
Elemental — Pixar
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse — Sony Pictures Animation
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem — Nickelodeon
The Zone of Interest. Courtesy of A24.
Best International Feature
About Dry Grasses (Turkey)
Anatomy of a Fall (France)
Perfect Days (Japan)
La Chimera (Italy)
The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)
20 Days In Mariupol. Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival.
Best Documentary Feature
20 Days In Mariupol
Beyond Utopia
The Deepest Breath
The Eternal Memory
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Short Film Categories
To Be Determined
