Oscar Predictions — 2023 (As of 9–15–22)
4 min readSep 10, 2022
Best Picture
- Babylon
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Everything Everywhere All At Once
- The Fabelmans
- She Said
- TÁR
- Till
- The Whale
- Women Talking
Best Director
- The Banshees of Inisherin — Martin McDonagh
- Decision to Leave — Park Chan-wook
- Everything Everywhere All At Once — The Daniels
- The Fabelmans — Steven Spielberg
- Women Talking — Sarah Polley
Best Actor
- The Banshees of Inisherin — Colin Farrell
- Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths — Daniel Giménez Cacho
- Elvis — Austin Butler
- The Son — Hugh Jackman
- The Whale — Brendan Fraser
Best Actress
- Blonde — Ana de Armas
- Empire of Light — Olivia Colman
- Everything Everywhere All At Once — Michelle Yeoh
- TÁR — Cate Blanchett
- Till — Danielle Deadwyler
Best Supporting Actor
- Babylon — Brad Pitt
- The Banshees of Inisherin — Brendan Gleeson
- Everything Everywhere All At Once — Ke Huy Quan
- The Fabelmans — Paul Dano
- Women Talking — Ben Whishaw
Best Supporting Actress
- The Fabelmans — Michelle Williams
- She Said — Samantha Morton
- The Son — Laura Dern
- 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
- Till — Chinonye Chukwu, Michael Reilly, Keith Beauchamp
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery — Rian Johnson
- Living — Kazuo Ishiguro
- She Said — Rebecca Lenkiewicz
- The Whale — Samuel D. Hunter
- Women Talking — Sara Polley
Best Editing
- The Banshees of Inisherin — Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
- Everything Everywhere All At Once — Paul Rogers
- TÁR — Monika Willi
- Top Gun: Maverick — Eddie Hamilton
- Women Talking — Roslyn Kalloo
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)
- Women Talking — Peter Cosco (production design), Friday Meyers (set decorator)
Best Music, Original Score
- Babylon — Justin Hurwitz
- The Batman — Michael Giacchino
- The Fabelmans — John Williams
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio — Alexandre Desplat
- TÁR— Hildur Guðnadóttir
Best Cinematography
- Babylon — Linus Sandgren
- Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths —Darius Khondji
- The Batman — Greig Fraser
- Empire of Light — Roger Deakins
- Top Gun: Maverick — Claudio Miranda
Best Costume Design
- Babylon — Mary Zophres
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Ruth E. Carter
- Blonde — Jennifer Johnson
- Elvis — Catherine Martin
- Everything Everywhere All At Once — Shirley Kurata
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- The Batman
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Blonde
- Elvis
- The Whale
Best Sound
- Babylon
- The Batman
- Elvis
- Everything Everywhere All At Once
- Top Gun: Maverick
Best Visual Effects
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Nope
- Top Gun: Maverick
- The Whale
Best International Feature
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
- Decision to Leave
- Holy Spider
- RRR
Best Animated Film
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- My Father’s Dragon
- Strange World
- Turning Red
- Wendell & Wild