2023 Oscar Predictions

Hello!

On January 24th, the 2023 Academy Award nominations will be announced. In anticipation of this announcement, I wanted to share who I feel should be receiving nods this year. I will only nominate films that I have seen this year. I mention this because I have not seen American Fiction, Killers of the Flower Moon or Poor Things, although I plan to once I find the means and i feel these films will be well deserving of Oscar nods. I believe that it is also worth mentioning that these predictions that I have outlined below are strictly my opinion and nothing else. It is difficult to truly say what is the "best" picture or who delivers the best performance. The reason for this is because film is an artform which can and is interpreted differently by everyone. Please comment on this post with your predictions as well.

1. Best Picture:

Ben Affleck, Madison Ainley, Jason Michael Berman, Matt Damon, David Ellison, Peter Guber, Jesse Sisgold, Jeff Robinov, and Jon Weinbach for Air

Tom Ackerly, Robbie Brenner, David Heyman, and Margot Robbie for Barbie

Paul Brooks, Scott Niemeyer, and Jeremy Plager for Champions

Kevin Feige for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Sean Durkin, Juliette Howell, Angus Lamont, Tessa Ross, and Derrin Schlesinger for The Iron Claw**

Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, and Emma Thomas for Oppenheimer

Avi Arad, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, and Christina Steinberg for Spider - Man: Across the Spider - Verse

Emerald Fennell, Josey McNamara, and Margot Robbie for Saltburn

Go Abe, Kazuaki Kishida, Keiichiro Moriya, and Kenji Yamada for Godzilla Minus One

Alexandra Derbyshire, David Heyman, and Luke Kelly for Wonka

 

 2. Best Actor

Zac Efron for The Iron Claw

Barry Keoghan for Saltburn

Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer**

3. Best Actress

Carey Mulligan for Maestro**

Margo Robbie for Barbie

Maura Tierney for The Iron Claw 

 [Honorable mention: Alyssa Sutherland for Evil Dead Rise]

4. Best Supporting Actor

 Jeremy Allen White for The Iron Claw

Robert Downey Jr. for Oppenheimer

Ryan Gosling for Barbie

Holt McCallany for The Iron Claw**

 

5. Best Supporting Actress 

 Emily Blunt for Oppenheimer

America Ferrara for Barbie

Lily James for The Iron Claw

Vanessa Kirby for Napoleon**

Rosamund Pike for Saltburn 

 

 6. Best Director

 Sean Durkin for The Iron Claw

Emerald Fennell for Saltburn

Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer**

Bradley Cooper for Maestro

Takashi Yamazaki for Godzilla Minus One 

 

 7. Best Original Screenplay

 Emerald Fennell for Saltburn**

Sean Durkin for The Iron Claw

 Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach for Barbie

Alex Convery for Air 

 

 8. Best Adapted Screenplay

Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer**

Takashi Yamazaki for Godzilla Minus One

Simon Farnaby and Paul King for Wonka

Mark Rizzo for Champions 

 Technical Awards:

 

 9. Best Makeup & Hairstyling

 Saltburn

Haunted Mansion

Maestro**

Wonka

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 

 

 10. Best Original Score

 The Iron Claw

Oppenheimer**

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Barbie 

 11. Best Original Song

Barbie (Dance the Night)**

Barbie (I'm Just Ken)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Peaches)

 Wonka (A World of Your Own)

 12. Best Visual Effects

The Marvels

Oppenheimer**

The Little Mermaid

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Godzilla Minus One 

 13. Best Animated Film

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Elemental

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse**

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

14. Best Cinematography 

Saltburn

Maestro

Oppenheimer**

 Barbie

15. Best Film Editing 

Saltburn

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Oppenheimer**

Air

Barbie

16. Best Production Design 

 Saltburn

Barbie**

Oppenheimer

Wonka

17. Best Costume Design 

Oppenheimer

Haunted Mansion

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Napoleon**

Wonka 

 18. Best Sound

 The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Oppenheimer**

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Creed III

Godzilla Minus One

19. Best International Feature Film

 Godzilla Minus One**

 Sisu

 ** - Winner

 

 Thank you!