When Oscar voting started, we asked you to imagine yourselves as Academy members, with Oscar ballots in hand, and cast your own choices for who you’d want to see win at the 97th Academy Awards on March 2nd. Over 1800 of you voted, and the results will be announced tomorrow. But until then, the NBP Team did the same thing (with our very small group of 14 people), and now, we’re unveiling our winners. We used preferential balloting for Best Picture, and all other categories were done using a plural voting system. Will any of these translate on Oscar night? Not with the number of ties we have, seeing as how we have an even number of members at NBP. Please take a look at the Next Best Picture team’s latest Oscar winner predictions here and our personal winners from this year’s nominees below.
And the (imaginary) Oscar goes to…
Best Picture
1. “Anora“
2. “The Brutalist”
3. “The Substance”
4. “Conclave”
5. “Dune: Part Two”
6. “Nickel Boys”
7. “Wicked”
8. “I’m Still Here”
9. “A Complete Unknown”
10. “Emilia Pérez“
Best Director
Jacques Audiard – “Emilia Pérez”
Brady Corbet – “The Brutalist” (WINNER TIE)
Sean Baker – “Anora”
Coralie Fargeat – “The Substance” (WINNER TIE)
James Mangold – “A Complete Unknown“
Best Actress
Cynthia Erivo – “Wicked”
Karla Sofía Gascón – “Emilia Pérez”
Mikey Madison – “Anora”
Demi Moore – “The Substance” (WINNER)
Fernanda Torres – “I’m Still Here” (RUNNER-UP)
Best Actor
Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist” (WINNER)
Timothée Chalamet – “A Complete Unknown”
Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing” (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Ralph Fiennes – “Conclave” (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Sebastian Stan – “The Apprentice” (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Best Supporting Actress
Monica Barbaro – “A Complete Unknown”
Ariana Grande – “Wicked” (WINNER)
Felicity Jones – “The Brutalist”
Isabella Rossellini – “Conclave”
Zoe Saldaña – “Emilia Pérez” (RUNNER-UP)
Best Supporting Actor
Yura Borisov – “Anora” (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain” (WINNER-TIE)
Edward Norton – “A Complete Unknown” (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Guy Pearce – “The Brutalist” (WINNER-TIE)
Jeremy Strong – “The Apprentice“
Best Adapted Screenplay
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave” (WINNER)
“Emilia Pérez”
“Nickel Boys” (RUNNER-UP)
“Sing Sing“
Best Original Screenplay
“Anora” (WINNER)
“The Brutalist”
“A Real Pain”
“September 5”
“The Substance” (RUNNER-UP)
Best Animated Feature
“Flow” (RUNNER-UP)
“Inside Out 2”
“Memoir of a Snail”
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
“The Wild Robot” (WINNER)
Best Documentary Feature
“Black Box Diaries” (RUNNER-UP)
“No Other Land“ (WINNER)
“Porcelain War”
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”
“Sugarcane“
Best International Feature Film
France, “Emilia Pérez”
Latvia, “Flow”
Denmark, “The Girl with the Needle”
Brazil, “I’m Still Here” (RUNNER-UP)
Germany, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” (WINNER)
Best Cinematography
“The Brutalist“ (RUNNER-UP)
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Maria”
“Nosferatu” (WINNER)
Best Costume Design
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Gladiator II”
“Nosferatu” (RUNNER-UP)
“Wicked” (WINNER)
Best Film Editing
“Anora“ (WINNER)
“The Brutalist”
“Conclave” (RUNNER-UP)
“Emilia Pérez”
“Wicked“
Best Make-Up & Hairstyling
“A Different Man“ (RUNNER-UP TIE)
“Emilia Pérez”
“Nosferatu”
“The Substance” (WINNER)
“Wicked” (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Best Production Design
“The Brutalist“ (RUNNER-UP)
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Nosferatu”
“Wicked” (WINNER)
Best Original Score
“The Brutalist” (WINNER)
“Conclave”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Wicked”
“The Wild Robot” (RUNNER-UP)
Best Original Song
“Elton John: Never Too Late“ – “Never Too Late”
“Emilia Pérez” – “El Mal” (RUNNER-UP)
“Emilia Pérez” – “Mi Camino”
“Sing Sing” – “Like A Bird” (WINNER)
“The Six Triple Eight“ – “The Journey”
Best Sound
“A Complete Unknown”
“Dune: Part Two” (WINNER)
“Emilia Pérez”
“Wicked”
“The Wild Robot” (RUNNER-UP)
Best Visual Effects
“Alien: Romulus”
“Better Man” (RUNNER-UP)
“Dune: Part Two“ (WINNER)
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
“Wicked“
Best Animated Short Film
“Beautiful Men”
“Magic Candies”
“In the Shadow of the Cypress” (RUNNER-UP)
“Yuck!”
“Wander to Wonder” (WINNER)
Best Documentary Short Film
“Death by Numbers”
“I Am Ready, Warden”
“Incident“ (WINNER)
“Instruments of a Beating Heart”
“The Only Girl in the Orchestra” (RUNNER-UP)
Live Action Short Film
“A Lien” (RUNNER-UP TIE)
“Anuja” (WINNER TIE)
“I’m Not a Robot“ (WINNER TIE)
“The Last Ranger”
“The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent” (RUNNER-UP TIE)
WIN TALLY
The Brutalist – 4
Anora – 3
The Substance – 3
Wicked – 3
Dune: Part Two – 2
Anuja – 1
Conclave – 1
I’m Not a Robot – 1
Incident – 1
No Other Land – 1
Nosferatu – 1
A Real Pain – 1
The Seed of the Sacred Fig – 1
Sing Sing – 1
Wander to Wonder – 1
The Wild Robot – 1
A few things to note…
- “Anora” won on the final round of voting on the preferential ballot.
- There were no runner-up’s in Best Director because Brady Corbet and Coralie Fargeat received all of the votes in a dead even split.
- The biggest blowout was Best Makeup & Hairstyling. The closest race overall with a decisive winner was Best Production Design.
- The closest above-the-line race was Best Actress.
- Other than Best Director, Best Original Score was the only category where two nominees received votes.
What do you think of the winners? Do you think any of these will translate to the actual Oscar winners on March 2nd? Stay tuned for the NBP Film Community Winners tomorrow. Please let us know your thoughts on our X account and be sure to listen to our final Oscar predictions podcast episode here. Please click here for more important upcoming dates this awards season and here for the most recent tally of awards season winners for the current year.
