Awards Watch - Oscar Nominations Predictions
Awards analysis is provided by Sean from @MathTeacherMovies.
The time has come for disappointments, surprises, and a cross section of both. The Oscar nominations will be released on Tuesday and while I attempt to predict nominations there will always be the fun surprise so get ready but the following is my best attempt.
Best Picture
The Fabelmans
Tar
Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Top Gun: Maverick
Avatar: The Way of Water
Elvis
Babylon
All Quiet on the Western Front
Women Talking
Best Actor
Austin Butler for Elvis
Colin Farrell for Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser for The Whale
Bill Nighy for Living
Paul Mescal for Aftersun
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett for Tar
Michelle Yeoh for Everything Everywhere All at Once
Danielle Deadwyler for Till
Michelle Williams for The Fabelmans
Ana DeArmas for Blonde
Best Supporting Actor
Ke Huy Quan for Everything Everywhere All at Once
Brendan Gleeson for Banshees of Inisherin
Barry Keoghan for Banshees of Inisherin
Paul Dano for The Fabelmans
Judd Hirsch for The Fabelmans
Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Stephanie Hsu for Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jamie Lee Curtis for Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jessie Buckley for Women Talking
Kerry Condon for Banshees of Inisherin
Best Director
Steven Spielberg for The Fabelmans
Martin McDonagh for Banshees of Insherin
James Cameron for Avatar: The Way of Water
The Daniels for Everything Everywhere All at Once
Todd Field for Tar
Best Original Screenplay
Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tar
Triangle of Sadness
Best Adapted Screenplay
Women Talking
Glass Onion
All Quiet on the Western Front
She Said
Living
Best Cinematography
Top Gun: Maverick
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Empire of Light
The Batman
Best Production Design
Avatar: The Way of Water
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Babylon
The Fabelmans
Best Editing
Top Gun Maverick
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Avatar: The Way of Water
Elvis
Best Original Score
The Banshees of Inisherin
Babylon
The Fabelmans
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Women Talking
Best Original Song
“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
“Ciao Papa” from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick
“Carolina” from Where the Crawdads Sing
“Naatu Naatu” from RRR
Best Costume Design
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
The Woman King
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The Batman
The Whale
Elvis
Blonde
All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Sound
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of Water
Top Gun: Maverick
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Best International Film
Germany, All Quiet on the Western Front
South Korea, Decision to Leave
Argentina, Argentina, 1985
Poland, EO
Belgium, Close
Best Animated Feature Film
Pinocchio
Turning Red
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots
The Bad Guys
Best Documentary Feature
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Descendant
Navalny
There you have it. Several of my picks have not been doing well in the precursor awards but some awards just give me a gut feeling. We will see how it all shapes out.