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Final Oscar noms hunch - with 14, Sinners ties All About Eve, La La Land and Titanic for the all-time record.

FINAL 2025 Oscar Nomination Predictions

January 16, 2026 by Andrew Carden in Oscars

Here we go…

Final Oscar nom predictions for the season! Per usual, my rankings highlight how many slots a contender has moved up or down since my last set of hunches.

If there is a dominant headline, it has to be that Sinners is so close to shattering the all-time nominations record. With 14, the number I suspect it ultimately nets, it ties the record but I have it sixth in both Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress, ditto Original Song (for a second bid there). Any one of those will send it over the top. (Odd as it sounds, I fear the most vulnerable of those 14 may be Lead Actor, where Michael B. Jordan, Joel Edgerton and perhaps Jesse Plemons are competitive for the fifth spot.)

Best Picture

  1. One Battle After Another (-)

  2. Hamnet (-)

  3. Sinners (+1)

  4. Marty Supreme (-1)

  5. Frankenstein (+3)

  6. Sentimental Value (-)

  7. The Secret Agent (-)

  8. Bugonia (+6)

  9. It Was Just an Accident (-4)

  10. Train Dreams (-1)
    —

  11. Weapons (-)

  12. F1 (NEW)

  13. Sirāt (-)

  14. Wicked: For Good (-2)

  15. Song Sung Blue (NEW)

DROPPED
No Other Choice (-6)
Jay Kelly (-1)

Best Director

  1. Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (-)

  2. Ryan Coogler, Sinners (+4)

  3. Chloé Zhao, Hamnet (-1)

  4. Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme (-)

  5. Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value (-)
    —

  6. Jafar Panah, It Was Just an Accident (-3)

  7. Kleber Mendonça Filho, The Secret Agent (-)

  8. Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein (-)

  9. Oliver Laxe, Sirāt (+1)

  10. Yorgos Lanthimos, Bugonia (NEW)

DROPPED
Park Chan-wook, No Other Choice (-1)

Best Actress

  1. Jessie Buckley, Hamnet (-)

  2. Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (-)

  3. Emma Stone, Bugonia (+1)

  4. Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value (-1)

  5. Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue (+2)
    —

  6. Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another (-1)

  7. Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love (+2)

  8. Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee (-2)

  9. Tessa Thompson, Hedda (+1)

  10. Cynthia Erivo, Wicked: For Good (-2)

Best Actor

  1. Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme (+1)

  2. Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another (-1)

  3. Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon (-)

  4. Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent (-)

  5. Michael B. Jordan, Sinners (+1)
    —

  6. Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams (-1)

  7. Jesse Plemons, Bugonia (NEW)

  8. Jeremy Allen White, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (-1)

  9. Oscar Isaac, Frankenstein (+1)

  10. George Clooney, Jay Kelly (-2)

DROPPED
Dwayne Johnson, The Smashing Machine (-2)

Best Supporting Actress

  1. Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another (-)

  2. Amy Madigan, Weapons (-)

  3. Odessa A'zion, Marty Supreme (+1)

  4. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value (+1)

  5. Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value (-2)
    —

  6. Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners (+1)

  7. Ariana Grande, Wicked: For Good (-1)

  8. Gwyneth Paltrow, Marty Supreme (+2)

  9. Emily Watson, Hamnet (NEW)

  10. Emily Blunt, The Smashing Machine (-2)

DROPPED
Glenn Close, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (-2)

Best Supporting Actor

  1. Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value (+1)

  2. Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein (+3)

  3. Paul Mescal, Hamnet (-)

  4. Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another (-3)

  5. Sean Penn, One Battle After Another (-1)
    —

  6. Miles Caton, Sinners (NEW)

  7. Delroy Lindo, Sinners (+2)

  8. Andrew Scott, Blue Moon (-2)

  9. Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly (-1)

  10. William H. Macy, Train Dreams (-3)

DROPPED
Jeremy Strong, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (-1)

Best Original Screenplay

  1. Ryan Coogler, Sinners (+3)

  2. Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme (-1)

  3. Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt, Sentimental Value (-1)

  4. Jafar Panahi, Nader Saeivar, Shadmehr Rastin and Mehdi Mahmoudian, It Was Just an Accident (-1)

  5. Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby (+3)
    —

  6. Kleber Mendonça Filho, The Secret Agent (-1)

  7. Robert Kaplow, Blue Moon (-)

  8. Zach Cregger, Weapons (+1)

  9. Mary Bronstein, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (+1)

  10. Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer, Jay Kelly (-4)

Best Adapted Screenplay

  1. Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (-)

  2. Maggie O’Farrell and Chloe Zhao, Hamnet (-)

  3. Will Tracy, Bugonia (+3)

  4. Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein (-)

  5. Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams (-)
    —

  6. Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar, No Other Choice (-3)

  7. Rian Johnson, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (-)

  8. Craig Brewer, Song Sung Blue (-)

  9. James Vanderbilt, Nuremberg (-)

  10. Nia DaCosta, Hedda (-)

Best Animated Feature

  1. KPop Demon Hunters (-)

  2. Zootopia 2 (-)

  3. Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (-)

  4. Arco (-)

  5. Elio (-)
    —

  6. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle (NEW)

  7. In Your Dreams (-)

  8. Scarlet (-)

  9. A Magnificent Life (-)

  10. The Bad Guys 2 (NEW)

DROPPED
Ne Zha 2 (-5)
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (-1)

Best Animated Short

  1. Éiru (-)

  2. The Girl Who Cried Pearls (-)

  3. The Shyness of Trees (-)

  4. Snow Bear (-)

  5. The Night Boots (-)
    —

  6. Hurikán (-)

  7. The Three Sisters (-)

  8. Butterfly (Papillon) (-)

  9. The Quinta’s Ghost (-)

  10. I Died in Irpin (-)

Best Documentary Feature

  1. The Perfect Neighbor (-)

  2. Come See Me in the Good Light (-)

  3. 2000 Meters to Andriivka (-)

  4. Apocalypse in the Tropics (-)

  5. The Alabama Solution (-)
    —

  6. Mr. Nobody Against Putin (+1)

  7. Cover-Up (+1)

  8. My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow (NEW)

  9. Seeds (-3)

  10. Folktales (-1)

DROPPED
Mistress Dispeller (-1)

Best Documentary Short

  1. Armed Only with a Camera (-)

  2. All the Walls Came Down (-)

  3. On Healing Land, Birds Perch (-)

  4. Rovina’s Choice (-)

  5. Bad Hostage (-)
    —

  6. Last Days on Lake Trinity (-)

  7. Chasing Time (-)

  8. Classroom 4 (-)

  9. We Were the Scenery (-)

  10. Heartbeat (-)

Best Live Action Short

  1. Beyond Silence (-)

  2. Amarela (-)

  3. Rock, Paper, Scissors (-)

  4. Ado (-)

  5. The Pearl Comb (-)
    —

  6. A Friend of Dorothy (-)

  7. The Boy with White Skin (-)

  8. Dad’s Not Home (-)

  9. Butcher’s Stain (-)

  10. The Singers (-)

Best International Feature

  1. Sentimental Value (Norway) (-)

  2. The Secret Agent (Brazil) (+1)

  3. It Was Just an Accident (France) (-1)

  4. Sirāt (Spain) (+1)

  5. Left-Handed Girl (Taiwan) (+1)
    —

  6. The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia) (+2)

  7. No Other Choice (South Korea) (-3)

  8. The President’s Cake (Iraq) (-1)

  9. Sound of Falling (Germany) (-)

  10. Belén (NEW)

DROPPED
All That’s Left of You (Jordan) (-1)

Best Casting

  1. Cassandra Kulukundis, One Battle After Another (-)

  2. Francine Maisler, Sinners (-)

  3. Jennifer Venditti, Marty Supreme (-)

  4. Nina Gold, Hamnet (-)

  5. Yngvill Kolset Haga and Avy Kaufman, Sentimental Value (-)
    —

  6. Gabriel Domingues, The Secret Agent (-)

  7. Robin D. Cook, Frankenstein (+1)

  8. Allison Jones, Weapons (-1)

  9. Tiffany Little Canfield and Bernard Telsey, Wicked: For Good (-)

  10. Nadia Acimi and Luis Bértolo, Sirât (-)

Best Cinematography

  1. Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners (-)

  2. Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein (-)

  3. Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another (-)

  4. Lukasz Zal, Hamnet (-)

  5. Adolfo Veloso, Train Dreams (+1)
    —

  6. Darius Khondji, Marty Supreme (-1)

  7. Claudio Miranda, F1 (+1)

  8. Robbie Ryan, Bugonia (+1)

  9. Mauro Herce, Sirât (-2)

  10. Seamus McGarvey, Die My Love (NEW)

DROPPED
David Chambille, Nouvelle Vague (-1)

Best Costume Design

  1. Ruth E. Carter, Sinners (-)

  2. Kate Hawley, Frankenstein (+1)

  3. Paul Tazewell, Wicked: For Good (-1)

  4. Miyako Bellizzi, Marty Supreme (-)

  5. Malgosia Turzanska, Hamnet (-)
    —

  6. Colleen Atwood, One Battle After Another (-)

  7. Kumiko Ogawa, Kokuho (-)

  8. Lindsay Pugh, Hedda (+1)

  9. Malgorzata Karpiuk, The Testament of Ann Lee (-1)

  10. Colleen Atwood and Christine L. Cantella, Kiss of the Spider Woman (-)

Best Film Editing

  1. Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another (-)

  2. Michael P. Shawver, Sinners (+1)

  3. Ronald Bronstein, Marty Supreme (-1)

  4. Stephen Mirrione, F1 (+2)

  5. Chloé Zhao and Affonso Gonçalves, Hamnet (-)
    —

  6. Evan Schiff, Frankenstein (-2)

  7. Cristóbal Fernández, Sirât (+1)

  8. Kirk Baxter, A House of Dynamite (NEW)

  9. Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Bugonia (NEW)

  10. Olivier Bugge Coutté, Sentimental Value (-1)

DROPPED
Amir Etminan, It Was Just an Accident (-4)
James Cameron, Nicolas De Toth, John Refoua, David Brenner and Stephen E. Rivkin, Avatar: Fire and Ash (-1)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  1. Mike Hill, Cliona Furey and Jordan Samuel, Frankenstein (-)

  2. Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry, Sinners (+1)

  3. Mark Coulier, Frances Hannon and Laura Blount, Wicked: For Good (-1)

  4. Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein, The Smashing Machine (-)

  5. Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino andTadashi Nishimatsu, Kokuho (-)
    —

  6. Mike Fontaine, Kay Georgiou and Kyra Pachenko, Marty Supreme (+2)

  7. Arjen Tuiten, One Battle After Another (-)

  8. Jan Sewell, Renata Gilbert and Sharon Robbins, Nuremberg (-2)

  9. Anne Catherine Sauerberg and Thomas Foldberg, The Ugly Stepsister (-)

  10. Jerry Popolis, Hiro Yada and Jason Hamer, The Alto Knights (-)

Best Original Score

  1. Ludwig Göransson, Sinners (+1)

  2. Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another (-1)

  3. Max Richter, Hamnet (-)

  4. Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein (-)

  5. Daniel Lopatin, Marty Supreme (-)
    —

  6. Bryce Dessner, Train Dreams (-)

  7. Kangding Ray, Sirât (-)

  8. Stephen Schwartz and John Powell, Wicked: For Good (-)

  9. Jerskin Fendrix, Bugonia (NEW)

  10. Hildur Guðnadóttir, Hedda (-)

DROPPED
Nicholas Britell, Jay Kelly (-2)

Best Original Song

  1. “Golden,” KPop Demon Hunters (+1)

  2. “I Lied to You,” Sinners (+1)

  3. “Dear Me,” Diane Warren: Relentless (-2)

  4. “The Girl in the Bubble,” Wicked: For Good (-)

  5. “Train Dreams,” Train Dreams (+1)
    —

  6. “Last Time (I Seen the Sun),” Sinners (-1)

  7. “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet,” Come See Me in the Good Light (-)

  8. “Drive,” F1 (NEW)

  9. “No Place Like Home,” Wicked: For Good (-1)

  10. “Highest 2 Lowest,” Highest 2 Lowest (-1)

DROPPED
“Dream as One,” Avatar: Fire and Ash (-1)

Best Production Design

  1. Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau, Frankenstein (-)

  2. Hannah Beachler and Monique Champagne, Sinners (-)

  3. Jack Fisk and Adam Willis, Marty Supreme (+1)

  4. Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton, Hamnet (+1)

  5. Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales, Wicked: For Good (-2)
    —

  6. Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino, One Battle After Another (-)

  7. Dylan Cole, Ben Procter and Vanessa Cole, Avatar: Fire and Ash (-)

  8. Kasra Farahani and Jille Azis, The Fantastic Four: First Steps (-)

  9. Katia Wyszkop, Nouvelle Vague (-)

  10. Cara Bower and Stella Fox, Hedda (-)

Best Sound

  1. Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor, One Battle After Another (-)

  2. Steve Boeddeker, Benny Burtt, David V. Butler, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Chris Welcker, Sinners (-)

  3. Greg Chapman, Christian Cooke, Nelson Ferreira, Nathan Robitaile and Brad Zoern, Frankenstein (-)

  4. Gareth John, Al Nelson, Juan Peralta, Gary A. Rizzo and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, F1 (+1)

  5. Jack Dolman, Simon Hayes, John Marquis, Andy Nelson and Nancy Nugent Title, Wicked: For Good (+1)
    —

  6. Chris Burdon, Lloyd Dudley, James H. Mather, Mark Taylor and Cécile Tournesac, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (+2)

  7. Laia Casanovas, Yasmina Praderas and Amanda Villavieja, Sirât (-)

  8. Brent Burge, Alexis Feodoroff, Michael Hedges, Julian Howarth and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Avatar: Fire and Ash (-4)

  9. Lance Acord, Chris Boyes, Tim LeBlanc, Lee Orloff and Katy Wood, Superman (+1)

  10. David Giammarco, Tod A. Maitland, Paul Massey and Eric A. Norris, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (-1)

Best Visual Effects

  1. Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Eric Saindon and Joe Letteri, Avatar: Fire and Ash (-)

  2. Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets and Jose Granell, Frankenstein (-)

  3. Donnie Dean, Espen Nordhal, Michael Ralla and Guido Wolter, Sinners (-)

  4. Nicolas Chevalier, Robert Harrington, Keith Alfred Dawson and Ryan Tudhope, F1 (+1)

  5. Stephane Ceretti, Enrico Damm, Stéphane Nazé and Guy Williams, Superman (+1)
    —

  6. Donnie Dean, Espen Nordhal, Michael Ralla and Guido Wolter, The Lost Bus (+3)

  7. Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Pablo Helman and Dale Newton, Wicked: For Good (-3)

  8. Jeff Capogreco, Vincent Papaix, David Seager and Cameron Waldbauer, Tron: Ares (-1)

  9. Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan, Neil Corbould and David Vickery, Jurassic World Rebirth (-1)

  10. Matthew E. Butler, Russell Earl, Joel Behrens and Elizabeth Bernard, The Electric State (-)

January 16, 2026 /Andrew Carden
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Final hunch - in a squeaker over Anora, Conclave emerges our next Best Picture winner.

2024 Oscar Winner Predictions

February 28, 2025 by Andrew Carden in Oscars

These strike me as the toughest categories to crack - races where I’m still wavering and devoid of any real confidence on the outcome:

Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actress
Best Original Screenplay
Best Documentary Feature
Best Film Editing
Best Sound

Conclave and Anora are so close for the top prize that I can’t help but simply split the difference and go with the former in Best Picture (despite its surprising Best Director snub) and latter in Director. I can just as easily fathom Anora taking both or Brady Corbet repeating his BAFTA win. (I don’t, however, have much faith in The Brutalist taking Picture, even if Corbet triumphs).

Best Actress rings of a true barn burner and not necessarily just between Demi Moore and Mikey Madison - with I’m Still Here as a surprise (and plenty deserving) Best Picture nominee, backed by the awards season masters at Sony Pictures Classics, there’s a legitimate case to be made for Fernanda Torres. It’s plausible Moore falls short ala past SAG-winning/BAFTA-losing veterans Julie Christie and Glenn Close but there’s no doubt more passion exists in AMPAS for The Substance than did for the likes of Away from Her and The Wife - and all of her precursor speeches have been knockouts. At the same time, it’s hard to fathom Madison losing if Anora is winning the top prize.

Even with Anora riding high in momentum, Best Original Screenplay looks awfully tight too, especially on the heels of A Real Pain’s BAFTA win. Do actors overwhelmingly vote for Jesse Eisenberg and put him over the top? Had his film scored a Best Picture nom, I’d probably predict him. If he does claim victory, A Real Pain will mark only the second film in Oscar history, after The Usual Suspects, to earn two nominations in total - one for acting, one for writing - and win both.

For much of the season, No Other Land seemed to have the makings of a Best Documentary Feature front-runner but that hasn’t really panned out. Instead, this rings of a race where any of the contenders could triumph.

Among the crafts, Best Film Editing feels the most unsettled. Odds are, its winner will match the Best Picture winner, so Conclave or Anora, though I don’t count Emilia Pérez out, even if it’s done at this point for the top prize. Best Sound is also tough to forecast - Dune: Part Two makes sense, in part because the first entry took this category, but this also presents the best opportunity to throw A Complete Unknown a bone and avoid an 0-for-8 shutout. Wicked has a real shot here too.

Beyond these super suspenseful showdowns - I’m not buying Timothée Chalamet as a truly daunting threat to Adrien Brody in Best Actor (and I predicted Chalamet at SAG). He’s at least, of course, more within striking distance than any of the hopeless competition facing Zoe Saldaña and Kieran Culkin.

Conclave will score Best Adapted Screenplay regardless of how Best Picture goes down. I do have I’m Still Here scoring the upset over Emilia Pérez in Best International Feature Film, though I’m not sure how much of a shock that’ll be at this point, given the former’s Best Picture nom and the latter’s deterioration. The crafts will spread the love but again, may be challenging to avoid a shutout for A Complete Unknown.

As for Best Original Song…I so wish I could predict Diane Warren finally triumphing on her 16th Oscar nom. I can’t quite get there - I still think “El Mal” takes it, in part because it’s a Zoe Saldaña showcase and she’s managed to escape her film’s collapse unscathed. But this is Warren’s best shot since 2015 and, barring a groundswell of love for Elton John, she’s probably in runner-up position.

All that said, here they are - final Oscar predictions, from most to least likely to win:

Best Picture

  1. Conclave

  2. Anora

  3. The Brutalist

  4. Wicked

  5. The Substance

  6. A Complete Unknown

  7. I’m Still Here

  8. Emilia Pérez

  9. Nickel Boys

  10. Dune: Part Two

Best Director

  1. Sean Baker, Anora

  2. Brady Corbet, The Brutalist

  3. Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

  4. James Mangold, A Complete Unknown

  5. Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez

Best Actress

  1. Demi Moore, The Substance

  2. Mikey Madison, Anora

  3. Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here

  4. Cynthia Erivo, Wicked

  5. Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez

Best Actor

  1. Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

  2. Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

  3. Ralph Fiennes, Conclave

  4. Colman Domingo, Sing Sing

  5. Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Best Supporting Actress

  1. Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

  2. Isabella Rossellini, Conclave

  3. Ariana Grande, Wicked

  4. Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown

  5. Felicity Jones, The Brutalist

Best Supporting Actor

  1. Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

  2. Guy Pearce, The Brutalist

  3. Yura Borisov, Anora

  4. Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown

  5. Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

Best Original Screenplay

  1. Sean Baker, Anora

  2. Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain

  3. Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

  4. Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist

  5. Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum and Alex David, September 5

Best Adapted Screenplay

  1. Peter Straughan, Conclave

  2. RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys

  3. Jay Cocks and James Mangold, A Complete Unknown

  4. Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez

  5. Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin and John “Divine G” Whitfield, Sing Sing

Best Animated Feature

  1. The Wild Robot

  2. Flow

  3. Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

  4. Memoir of a Snail

  5. Inside Out 2

Best Documentary Feature

  1. Porcelain War

  2. Black Box Diaries

  3. No Other Land

  4. Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

  5. Sugarcane

Best International Feature

  1. I’m Still Here (Brazil)

  2. Emilia Pérez (France)

  3. Flow (Latvia)

  4. The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)

  5. The Girl with the Needle (Denmark)

Best Animated Short

  1. Wander to Wonder

  2. Yuck!

  3. Beautiful Men

  4. In the Shadow of the Cypress

  5. Magic Candles

Best Documentary Short

  1. The Only Girl in the Orchestra

  2. I Am Ready, Warden

  3. Death by Numbers

  4. Incident

  5. Instruments of a Beating Heart

Best Live Action Short

  1. The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

  2. Anuja

  3. A Lien

  4. The Last Ranger

  5. I’m Not a Robot

Best Cinematography

  1. Lol Crawley, The Brutalist

  2. Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two

  3. Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu

  4. Edward Lachman, Maria

  5. Paul Guilhaume, Emilia Pérez

Best Costume Design

  1. Paul Tazewell, Wicked

  2. Linda Muir, Nosferatu

  3. Lisy Christl, Conclave

  4. Arianne Phillips, A Complete Unknown

  5. Janty Yates and Dave Crossman, Gladiator II

Best Film Editing

  1. Nick Emerson, Conclave

  2. Sean Baker, Anora

  3. Juliette Welfling, Emilia Pérez

  4. Myron Kerstein, Wicked

  5. Dávid Jancsóm, The Brutalist

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  1. Pierre-Oliver Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli, The Substance

  2. Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth and Laura Blount, Wicked

  3. Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton and David White, Nosferatu

  4. Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, Emilia Pérez

  5. Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman and Aaron Saucier, A Different Man

Best Original Score

  1. Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist

  2. Volker Bertelmann, Conclave

  3. John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, Wicked

  4. Clément Ducol and Camille, Emilia Pérez

  5. Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot

Best Original Song

  1. “El Mal,” Emilia Pérez

  2. “The Journey,” The Six Triple Eight

  3. “Never Too Late,” Elton John: Never Too Late

  4. “Like a Bird,” Sing Sing

  5. "Mi Camino,” Emilia Pérez

Best Production Design

  1. Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales, Wicked

  2. Craig Lathrop and Beatrice Brentnerová, Nosferatu

  3. Judy Becker and Patricia Cuccia, The Brutalist

  4. Suzie Davies and Roberta Federico, Conclave

  5. Zsuzsanna Sipos, Shane Vieau and Patrice Vermette, Dune: Part Two

Best Sound

  1. Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill, Dune: Part Two

  2. Ted Caplan, Tod Maitland, David Giammarco, Paul Massey and Donald Sylvester, A Complete Unknown

  3. Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis, Wicked

  4. Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta, Emilia Pérez

  5. Randy Thom, Gary A. Rizzo, Leff Lefferts and Brian Chumney, The Wild Robot

Best Visual Effects

  1. Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer, Dune: Part Two

  2. Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould and David Shirk, Wicked

  3. Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

  4. Luke Miller, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs, Better Man

  5. Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Patrick Mahan, Alien: Romulus

February 28, 2025 /Andrew Carden
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#ForYourConsiderationFriday - The Collection!

February 14, 2025 by Andrew Carden in Oscars, FYC

Hey there, fellow Oscar fans!

For those of you who follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed that, each Friday, I do a little hashtag called #ForYourConsiderationFriday, highlighting a past Oscar FYC ad. More often than not, it’s a vintage oldie, pulled from a past Hollywood Reporter or Variety, though I will, now and then, post a more recent ad if it piques my interest (hello, Best Supporting Actress hopeful Betty White in The Proposal).

Initially, I was merely doing this during the Oscar season itself. Eventually, I decided to make this a weekly thing - and will continue to do so moving forward.

This page will fulfill something I’ve been meaning to do for a while now - get these ads onto the blog, compiled into one place and categorized. I’ll keep this organized across nine fields - Best Picture/’All Categories’ (since countless films run one-pagers covering everything), Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Score/Song and the rest of the craft categories.

I’ll be including all of the FYC ads I’ve posted to Twitter (a total of 319 thus far) and will upload each Friday’s new one as I go along. The goal, of course, is to ultimately amass the motherlode of Oscar FYC ads, which sounds like the most prolonged of processes at one post/week but hey, that’s 52 ads/year = 520 ads/decade. Not bad! ;)

February 14, 2025 /Andrew Carden
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Final hunch - with 12 bids, Emilia Pérez will lead the pack on Oscar noms morning.

2024 Oscar Nomination Predictions

January 20, 2025 by Andrew Carden in Oscars

From most to least likely to score a nomination:

Best Picture

  1. Emilia Pérez

  2. The Brutalist

  3. Conclave

  4. A Complete Unknown

  5. Wicked

  6. Anora

  7. Dune: Part Two

  8. A Real Pain

  9. Sing Sing

  10. The Substance
    —

  11. September 5

  12. I’m Still Here

  13. Nickel Boys

  14. All We Imagine as Light

  15. Challengers

I’m feeling reasonably confident about the top eight here. Sing Sing’s constant underperformance this awards season continued with a PGA snub but I still slightly prefer its odds over The Substance, a film that’s had a far more robust precursors run than expected, yet still needs to contend with the notorious AMPAS aversion to horror. In a lineup of 10, however, I think The Substance can land a slot, especially with the likes of All We Imagine as Light and Nickel Boys not the most formidable of forces. At this point, if there’s a dark horse, it’s probably September 5, which has gone nowhere commercially but does have the PGA nom, suggesting at least some industry support.

Best Director

  1. Brady Corbet, The Brutalist

  2. Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez

  3. Edward Berger, Conclave

  4. Sean Baker, Anora

  5. James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
    —

  6. Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light

  7. Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

  8. Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two

  9. Mike Leigh, Hard Truths

  10. John M. Chu, Wicked

There is where I start to differ with other Oscar prognosticators in terms of The Substance strength. It’s my favorite film of the year and I sure hope Fargeat scores multiple nominations, including one here. But A Complete Unknown’s awards season buzz seemingly only strengthened during the AMPAS voting period, including a surprise DGA nom for Mangold (who has yet to surface as a nominee in this category). Perhaps, hopefully, my nervousness is misguided and Fargeat will, as most expect, make the cut. Or, if it’s not Fargeat, it’s an exciting curveball like Kapadia or Leigh. Alas, my gut says A Complete Unknown may be in for an overperformance.

Best Actress

  1. Demi Moore, The Substance

  2. Mikey Madison, Anora

  3. Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez

  4. Cynthia Erivo, Wicked

  5. Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
    —

  6. Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths

  7. Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl

  8. Angelina Jolie, Maria

  9. Nicole Kidman, Babygirl

  10. Kate Winslet, Lee

I know, I know - the Golden Globes have zero crossover with AMPAS in terms of voters. Statistically, however, only two winners of the Drama Actress Golden Globe have not scored Oscar nominations. One was Revolutionary Road’s Kate Winslet, who instead earned a nomination for The Reader that year. The other was Madame Sousatzka’s Shirley MacLaine, who was part of a three-way tie at the 1988 Globes, with two of her co-winners ultimately making the Oscar cut. That’s it. So, despite incredibly formidable bids by Jean-Baptiste and Anderson especially, I can’t fathom Torres missing, especially with Sony Pictures Classics running a gangbusters campaign for her. Maybe it’s even Erivo who drops in the event someone else makes it?

Best Actor

  1. Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

  2. Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

  3. Ralph Fiennes, Conclave

  4. Colman Domingo, Sing Sing

  5. Daniel Craig, Queer
    —

  6. Sebastian Stan, A Different Man

  7. Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

  8. Hugh Grant, Heretic

  9. Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain

  10. Glen Powell, Hit Man

That SAG nom was critical for Craig. Yes, he oddly missed BAFTA but that was an ideal scenario for Stan, who made their longlist for The Apprentice but not A Different Man, ensuring there was no threat of canceling himself out. There is no longlist here, so voters will need to make up their minds over which Stan turn to embrace - and I’m hardly convinced there is a consensus.

Best Supporting Actress

  1. Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

  2. Ariana Grande, Wicked

  3. Jamie Lee Curtis, The Last Showgirl

  4. Isabella Rossellini, Conclave

  5. Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
    —

  6. Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown

  7. Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez

  8. Margaret Qualley, The Substance

  9. Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson

  10. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys

The rise of Curtis this season has been remarkable, albeit not entirely surprising, given how much she’s adored by her peers. It’ll just be wild when, as is likely the case, she scores a nom while Anderson, who is truly extraordinary in their picture, misses the cut. Despite the crowded nature of this category (Joan Chen, Carol Kane and Natasha Lyonne, among others, were incredible too), I feel oddly confident about this being our quintet. Perhaps A Complete Unknown overperforms even more than I suspect and Barbaro (or even Elle Fanning) makes it but it’ll be surprising if Rossellini and Jones are no-shows. Again, skeptical Qualley makes it, though she wholeheartedly deserves a nom.

Best Supporting Actor

  1. Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

  2. Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown

  3. Guy Pearce, The Brutalist

  4. Yura Borisov, Anora

  5. Stanley Tucci, Conclave
    —

  6. Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

  7. Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing

  8. Denzel Washington, Gladiator II

  9. Jonathan Bailey, Wicked

  10. Adam Pearson, A Different Man

Could be completely off here but I’ve had a sense all season, regardless of his precursors performance, that Tucci emerges on Oscar noms morning. Strong has surfaced at all of the major precursors and it’s a far showier turn than Tucci’s, so I don’t predict his snub with great confidence. Maclin is right up there too and Washington can’t be counted out - you can safely, at least, ignore his BAFTA snub, since they’ve always inexplicably disliked him.

Best Original Screenplay

  1. Sean Baker, Anora

  2. Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist

  3. Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain

  4. Mike Leigh, Hard Truths

  5. Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
    —

  6. Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light

  7. Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum and Alex David, September 5

  8. Justin Kuritzkes, Challengers

  9. Mohammad Rasoulof, The Seed of the Sacred Fig

  10. Azazel Jacobs, His Three Daughters

Leigh isn’t being overwhelmingly predicted but he’s a fairly reliable presence in this category, having scored noms on five occasions. I’d be surprised if he doesn’t show up here, regardless of whether Jean-Baptiste is a Best Actress nominee. I do have Fargeat making the cut in this one, albeit narrowly over Kapadia and the September 5 team. If either of those films has the momentum to earn a Best Picture nomination, there’s a high chance they surface here too.

Best Adapted Screenplay

  1. Peter Straughan, Conclave

  2. Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez

  3. Jay Cocks and James Mangold, A Complete Unknown

  4. Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin and John “Divine G” Whitfield, Sing Sing

  5. RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys
    —

  6. Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, Wicked

  7. Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega, I’m Still Here

  8. Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, Dune: Part Two

  9. Pedro Almodóvar, The Room Next Door

  10. Robert Eggers, Nosferatu

Wicked needs this nom to be a threat for the Best Picture win and I’m not quite convinced that’s going to happen, even with Nickel Boys in increasingly questionable shape for recognition. With Sony Pictures Classics working its usual magic, it may even be behind I’m Still Here.

Admittedly due to lack of time on my end, I won’t do write-ups on the rest of the categories - other than to say, anyone not predicting Diane Warren for a 16th career nomination in Best Original Song (this time for The Six Triple Eight’s “The Journey”) is in deep denial.

Best Animated Feature

  1. The Wild Robot

  2. Flow

  3. Inside Out 2

  4. Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

  5. Memoir of a Snail
    —

  6. Moana 2

  7. Piece by Piece

  8. Despicable Me 4

  9. Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

  10. Chicken for Linda

Best Documentary Feature

  1. No Other Land

  2. Daughters

  3. Dahomey

  4. Will and Harper

  5. Porcelain War
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  6. Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

  7. Black Box Diaries

  8. Sugarcane

  9. Frida

  10. The Remarkable Life of Ibelin

Best International Feature

  1. Emilia Pérez (France)

  2. I’m Still Here (Brazil)

  3. The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)

  4. Vermiglio (Italy)

  5. The Girl with the Needle (Denmark)
    —

  6. Flow (Latvia)

  7. Kneecap (Ireland)

  8. From Ground Zero (Palestine)

  9. How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (Thailand)

  10. Armand (Norway)

Best Animated Short

  1. A Bear Named Wojtek

  2. A Crab in the Pool

  3. Au Revoir Mon Monde

  4. Wander to Wonder

  5. Beautiful Men
    —

  6. Yuck!

  7. In the Shadow of the Cypress

  8. The Wild-Tempered Clavier

  9. Maybe Elephants

  10. Magic Candles

Best Documentary Short

  1. Once Upon a Time in Ukraine

  2. Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World

  3. I Am Ready, Warden

  4. Death by Numbers

  5. The Only Girl in the Orchestra
    —

  6. The Quilters

  7. Incident

  8. Chasing Roo

  9. Instruments of a Beating Heart

  10. A Swim Lesson

Best Live Action Short

  1. The Masterpiece

  2. An Orange from Jaffa

  3. Anuja

  4. The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

  5. The Ice Cream Man
    —

  6. I’m Not a Robot

  7. Dovecoat

  8. Clodagh

  9. The Compatriot

  10. Edge of Space

Best Cinematography

  1. Lol Crawley, The Brutalist

  2. Stéphane Fontaine, Conclave

  3. Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two

  4. Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu

  5. Paul Guilhaume, Emilia Pérez
    —

  6. Markus Förderer, September 5

  7. Edward Lachman, Maria

  8. Alice Brooks, Wicked

  9. Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys

  10. Benjamin Kracun, The Substance

Best Costume Design

  1. Paul Tazewell, Wicked

  2. Jacqueline West, Dune: Part Two

  3. Janty Yates, Gladiator II

  4. Massimo Cantini Parrini, Maria

  5. Jacqueline Durran, Blitz
    —

  6. Linda Muir, Nosferatu

  7. Virginie Montel, Emilia Pérez

  8. Colleen Atwood, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

  9. Arianne Phillips, A Complete Unknown

  10. Kate Forbes, The Brutalist

Best Film Editing

  1. Joe Walker, Dune: Part Two

  2. Juliette Welfling, Emilia Pérez

  3. Myron Kerstein, Wicked

  4. Dávid Jancsóm, The Brutalist

  5. Nick Emerson, Conclave
    —

  6. Marco Costa, Challengers

  7. Hansjörg Weißbrich, September 5

  8. Coralie Fargeat, Jérôme Eltabet and Valentin Feron, The Substance

  9. Sean Baker, Anora

  10. Andrew Buckland, A Complete Unknown

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  1. Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth and Laura Blount, Wicked

  2. Pierre-Olivier Persin, The Substance

  3. Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton and David White, Nosferatu

  4. Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman and Aaron Saucier, A Different Man

  5. Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener and Neal Scanlan, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
    —

  6. Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva Von Bahr, Dune: Part Two

  7. Julia Floch Carbonel and Simon Livet, Emilia Pérez

  8. Heike Merker, Adruitha Lee, Pamela Goldammer and Arjen Tuiten, Maria

  9. Michelle Côté and Colin Penman, The Apprentice

  10. Cici Andersen, Erica Villanueva and Jerry Constantine, Waltzing with Brando

Best Original Score

  1. Volker Bertelmann, Conclave

  2. Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist

  3. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Challengers

  4. Hans Zimmer, Blitz

  5. Clément Ducol, Camille, Emilia Pérez
    —

  6. Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot

  7. Robin Carolan, Nosferatu

  8. John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, Wicked

  9. Alberto Iglesias, The Room Next Door

  10. Amelia Warner, Young Woman and the Sea

Best Original Song

  1. “El Mal,” Emilia Pérez

  2. “The Journey,” The Six Triple Eight

  3. "Mi Camino,” Emilia Pérez

  4. “Kiss the Sky,” The Wild Robot

  5. "Harper and Will Go West,” Will & Harper
    —

  6. "Compress/Regress,” Challengers

  7. “Never Too Late,” Elton John: Never Too Late

  8. “Like a Bird,” Sing Sing

  9. 'Piece by Piece,” Piece by Piece

  10. "Tell Me It’s You,” Mufasa: The Lion King

Best Production Design

  1. Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales, Wicked

  2. Zsuzsanna Sipos, Shane Vieau and Patrice Vermette, Dune: Part Two

  3. Judy Becker, The Brutalist

  4. Craig Lathrop, Nosferatu

  5. Suzie Davies and Roberta Federico, Conclave
    —

  6. Emmanuelle Duplay and Sandra Castello, Emilia Pérez

  7. Arthur Max and Elli Griff, Gladiator II

  8. Stanislas Reydellet and Cécilia Blom, The Substance

  9. Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock, Blitz

  10. Tom Brown, Guy Hendrix Dyas and Sandro Piccarozzi, Maria

Best Sound

  1. Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill, Dune: Part Two

  2. Nancy Nugent Title, John Marquis, Andy Nelson and Simon Hayes, Wicked

  3. Cyril Holtz, Niels Barletta and Erwan Kerzanet, Emilia Pérez

  4. Matthew Collinge, Danny Sheehan, Paul Massey and Stéphane Bucher, Gladiator II

  5. Ted Caplan, Tod Maitland, David Giammarco, Paul Massey and Donald Sylvester, A Complete Unknown
    —

  6. Craig Henighan, Ryan Cole, Lora Hirschberg, and Colin Nicolson, Deadpool & Wolverine

  7. Randy Thom, Gary A. Rizzo, Leff Lefferts and Brian Chumney, The Wild Robot

  8. Paul Cotterell, James Harrison and Kevin Penney, Blitz

  9. Tamás Csaba, Will Files, Lee Gilmore and Mark Pearson, Alien: Romulus

  10. Steve Morrow, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean A. Zupancic, Joker: Folie à Deux

Best Visual Effects

  1. Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer, Dune: Part Two

  2. Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould and David Shirk, Wicked

  3. Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny and Neil Corbould, Gladiator II

  4. Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

  5. Swen Gillberg, Matthew Twyford, Vincent Papaix and Dominic Tuohy, Deadpool & Wolverine
    —

  6. Luke Miller, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs, Better Man

  7. Olivier Beaulieu, Bill Georgiou, Ben Snow and Florian Witzel, Twisters

  8. Audrey Ferrara and Adam Valdez, Mufasa: The Lion King

  9. Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Patrick Mahan, Alien: Romulus

  10. David Simpson, J.D. Schwalm, Chris Zeh and Freddy Salazar, Civil War

January 20, 2025 /Andrew Carden
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Like Gone with the Wind, On the Waterfront and Amadeus before it, Oppenheimer looks poised to go home with eight Oscar wins.

FINAL 2023 Oscar Winner Predictions

March 03, 2024 by Andrew Carden in Oscars

Best Picture

  1. Oppenheimer

  2. The Holdovers

  3. Anatomy of a Fall

  4. The Zone of Interest

  5. Killers of the Flower Moon

  6. Barbie

  7. American Fiction

  8. Poor Things

  9. Past Lives

  10. Maestro

Best Director

  1. Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

  2. Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall

  3. Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest

  4. Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

  5. Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things

Best Actress

  1. Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

  2. Emma Stone, Poor Things

  3. Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall

  4. Annette Bening, Nyad

  5. Carey Mulligan, Maestro

Best Actor

  1. Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer

  2. Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

  3. Bradley Cooper, Maestro

  4. Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

  5. Colman Domingo, Rustin

Best Supporting Actress

  1. Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

  2. America Ferrera, Barbie

  3. Jodie Foster, Nyad

  4. Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer

  5. Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple

Best Supporting Actor

  1. Robert Downey, Jr., Oppenheimer

  2. Ryan Gosling, Barbie

  3. Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things

  4. Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction

  5. Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Original Screenplay

  1. Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall

  2. David Hemingson, The Holdovers

  3. Celine Song, Past Lives

  4. Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer, Maestro

  5. Samy Burch, May December

Best Adapted Screenplay

  1. Cord Jefferson, American Fiction

  2. Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest

  3. Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie

  4. Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

  5. Tony McNamara, Poor Things

Best Animated Feature Film

  1. The Boy and the Heron

  2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

  3. Elemental

  4. Robot Dreams

  5. Nimona

Best Animated Short Film

  1. WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko

  2. Letter to a Pig

  3. Ninety-Five Senses

  4. Our Uniform

  5. Pachyderme

Best Documentary Feature Film

  1. 20 Days in Mariupol

  2. Four Daughters

  3. The Eternal Memory

  4. Bobi Wine: The People’s President

  5. To Kill a Tiger

Best Documentary Short Film

  1. The ABCs of Book Banning

  2. Nai Nai and Wai Po

  3. The Last Repair Shop

  4. The Barber of Little Rock

  5. Island in Between

Best International Feature Film

  1. The Zone of Interest

  2. Society of the Snow

  3. Perfect Days

  4. The Teachers’ Lounge

  5. Io Capitano

Best Live Action Short Film

  1. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

  2. Invincible

  3. The After

  4. Knight of Fortune

  5. Red, White and Blue

Best Cinematography

  1. Hoyte Van Hoytema, Oppenheimer

  2. Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon

  3. Robbie Ryan, Poor Things

  4. Matthew Libatique, Maestro

  5. Edward Lachman, El Conde

Best Costume Design

  1. Jacqueline Durran, Barbie

  2. Holly Waddington, Poor Things

  3. Jacqueline West, Killers of the Flower Moon

  4. Ellen Mirojnick, Oppenheimer

  5. Janty Yates and David Crossman, Napoleon

Best Film Editing

  1. Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer

  2. Laurent Sénéchal, Anatomy of a Fall

  3. Thelma Schoonmaker, Killers of the Flower Moon

  4. Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Poor Things

  5. Kevin Tent, The Holdovers

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

  1. Nadia Stacey, Mark Couler, Josh Weston, Poor Things

  2. Kazu Hiro, Sian Grigg, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell, Maestro

  3. Luisa Abel, Jason Hamer, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, and Ahou Mofid, Oppenheimer

  4. Ana López-Puigcerver, Belén López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé, Society of the Snow

  5. Karen Hartley Thomas, Golda

Best Production Design

  1. Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer, Barbie

  2. Shona Heath, James Price and Szusza Mihalek, Poor Things

  3. Ruth De Jong and Claire Kaufman, Oppenheimer

  4. Jack Fisk and Adam Willis, Killers of the Flower Moon

  5. Arthur Max and Elli Griff, Napoleon

Best Original Score

  1. Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer

  2. Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon

  3. Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things

  4. John Williams, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

  5. Laura Karpman, American Fiction

Best Original Song

  1. “What Was I Made for,” Barbie

  2. “I’m Just Ken,” Barbie

  3. “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People),” Killers of the Flower Moon

  4. “It Never Went Away,” American Symphony

  5. “The Fire Inside,” Flamin’ Hot

Best Sound

  1. Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo, Kevin O’Connell and Willie Burton, Oppenheimer

  2. Johnnie Burn and Tarn Willers, The Zone of Interest

  3. Chris Munro, James H. Mather and Chris Burdon, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

  4. Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Steve Morrow, Maestro

  5. Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van Der Ryn, Ian Voigt, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic, The Creator

Best Visual Effects

  1. Kiyoko Shibuya and Takashi Yamazaki, Godzilla Minus One

  2. Charley Henley, Neil Corbould, Luc-ewen Martin-fenouillet and Simone Coco, Napoleon

  3. Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould, The Creator

  4. Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

  5. Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

March 03, 2024 /Andrew Carden
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