Oscar Predictions (12–2–22)
5 min readDec 2, 2022
Best Picture
- Babylon
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Everything Everywhere All At Once
- The Fabelmans
- RRR
- TÁR
- Top Gun: Maverick
- The Whale
- Women Talking
Best Director
- Everything Everywhere All At Once — The Daniels
- The Fabelmans — Steven Spielberg
- RRR — SS Rajamouli
- TÁR — Todd Field
- Women Talking — Sarah Polley
Best Actor
- The Banshees of Inisherin — Colin Farrell
- Elvis — Austin Butler
- The Fabelmans — Gabriel LaBelle
- Living — Bill Nighy
- The Whale — Brendan Fraser
Best Actress
- Babylon — Margot Robbie
- Everything Everywhere All At Once — Michelle Yeoh
- The Fabelmans — Michelle Williams
- TÁR — Cate Blanchett
- Till — Danielle Deadwyler
Best Supporting Actor
- The Banshees of Inisherin — Brendan Gleeson
- The Banshees of Inisherin — Barry Keoghan
- Everything Everywhere All At Once — Ke Huy Quan
- The Fabelmans — Judd Hirsch
- Women Talking — Ben Whishaw
Best Supporting Actress
- The Banshees of Inisherin — Kerry Condon
- Everything Everywhere All At Once — Stephanie Hsu
- She Said —Carey Mulligan
- Women Talking — Jessie Buckley
- Women Talking — Claire Foy
Best Original Screenplay
- The Banshees of Inisherin — Martin McDonagh
- Everything Everywhere All At Once — The Daniels
- The Fabelmans — Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner
- TÁR — Todd Field
- Triangle of Sadness — Ruben Östlund
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery — Rian Johnson
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio — Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale, and Matthew Robbins
- She Said — Rebecca Lenkiewicz
- The Whale — Samuel D. Hunter
- Women Talking — Sarah Polley
Best Editing
- The Banshees of Inisherin — Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
- Everything Everywhere All At Once — Paul Rogers
- The Fabelmans — Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery — Bob Ducsay
- Top Gun: Maverick — Eddie Hamilton
Best Production Design
- Babylon — Florencia Martin (production design), Anthony Carlino (set decoration)
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Hannah Beachler (production design), Lisa K. Sessions (set decorator)
- Elvis — Catherine Martin & Karen Murphy (production designers), Shaun Barry, Beverly Dunn and Daniel Reader (set decorators)
- Everything Everywhere All At Once — Jason Kisvarday (production design), Kelsi Ephraim (set decoration)
- RRR — Sabu Cyril (production design)
Best Music, Original Score
- Babylon — Justin Hurwitz
- The Fabelmans — John Williams
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio — Alexandre Desplat
- RRR — M. M. Keeravani
- Women Talking — Hildur Guðnadóttir
Best Music, Original Song
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — “Lift Me Up” — Rihanna
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio — “Ciao Papa” —Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo del Toro Roeban Katz
- RRR — “Naatu Naatu” — Kaala Bhairava, M.M. Keeravani, and Rahul Sipligunj
- Top Gun: Maverick — “Hold My Hand” — Lady Gaga
- Turning Red — “Nobody Like U” — O’Connell and Billie Eilish
Best Cinematography
- All Quiet on the Western Front — James Friend
- Avatar: The Way of Water — Russell Carpenter
- The Batman — Greig Fraser
- The Fabelmans — Janusz Kamiński
- Top Gun: Maverick — Claudio Miranda
Best Costume Design
- Babylon — Mary Zophres
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Ruth E. Carter
- Elvis — Catherine Martin
- Everything Everywhere All At Once — Shirley Kurata
- RRR — Rama Rajamouli
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- The Batman
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Elvis
- Everything Everywhere All At Once
- The Whale
Best Sound
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- The Batman
- Elvis
- TÁR
- Top Gun: Maverick
Best Visual Effects
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- The Batman
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Nope
- Top Gun: Maverick
Best International Feature
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
- Close
- Decision to Leave
- Holy Spider
Best Animated Film
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
- My Father’s Dragon
- Strange World
- Turning Red
Best Documentary Film
- All That Breathes
- The Descendant
- Moonage Daydream
- Nalvany
- The Territory