By Matt Neglia
It’s time. After months and months of deliberating, discussing and dissecting, the nominations for the 94th Academy Awards will be announced this Tuesday morning, hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan. The nominations will begin at 8:18am EST and the second half of the announcements will start at 8:31am EST. We, the Next Best Picture team, have finalized our predictions and have them presented to you down below, (our final group consensus picks can still be found on the individual Oscar Prediction Pages). If you want additional context, you can listen to our in-depth podcast where we will talk about our final nomination predictions in more detail this Sunday (episode is now live)!
​Click below to see our final predictions.
Predictions are provided by: Casey Lee Clark, Cody Dericks, Dan Bayer, Daniel Howat, Danilo Castro, Ema Sasic, Josh Parham, Matt Neglia, Nicole Ackman, Tom O’Brien, Will Mavity & Zach Gilbert
​Best Picture
Belfast – ALL
CODA – ALL
Don’t Look Up – ALL
Dune – ALL
King Richard – ALL
Licorice Pizza – ALL
The Power of the Dog – ALL
West Side Story – ALL
​​Being The Ricardos – Casey, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Danilo, Ema, Josh, Tom & Will
Drive My Car – Casey, Ema, Josh, Matt, Tom & Zach
Tick, Tick… Boom! – Dan, Daniel, Matt, Nicole, Will & Zach
House of Gucci – Cody, Danilo & Nicole
Best Director
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog – ALL
Denis Villeneuve – Dune – ALL
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast – Cody, Dan, Daniel, Danilo, Ema, Josh, Matt, Nicole, Tom, Will & Zach
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car – Casey, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Danilo, Ema, Josh, Matt, Tom, Will & Zach
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza – Casey, Dan, Danilo, Josh, Matt, Nicole, Tom, Will & Zach
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story – Casey, Cody, Ema & Nicole
Adam McKay – Don’t Look Up – Daniel
Best Actress
Nicole Kidman – Being The Ricardos – ALL
Lady Gaga – House of Gucci – ALL
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter – Casey, Cody, Dan, Ema, Josh, Nicole, Tom, Will & Zach
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye – Cody, Dan, Daniel, Danilo, Josh, Matt, Nicole, Tom & Will
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza – Casey, Cody, Dan, Danilo, Matt, Tom & Zach
Kristen Stewart – Spencer – Casey, Daniel, Danilo, Ema & Nicole
Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World – Ema, Josh, Matt & Zach
Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers – Daniel & Will
Best Actor
Will Smith – King Richard – ALL
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog – ALL
Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick…Boom! – ALL
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth – ALL
Leonardo DiCaprio – Don’t Look Up – Casey, Daniel, Danilo, Ema, Josh, Nicole, Will & Zach
Javier Bardem – Being The Ricardos – Dan & Tom
Nicolas Cage – Pig – Cody
Peter Dinklage – Cyrano – Matt
​Best Supporting Actress
​​​​Ariana DeBose – West Side Story – ALL
CaitrÃona Balfe – Belfast – ALL
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog – ALL
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard – ALL
Ruth Negga – Passing – ALL
Best Supporting Actor
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog – ALL
Troy Kotsur – CODA – ALL
​Ciarán Hinds – Belfast – ALL
Jared Leto – House of Gucci – ALL
Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza – Casey, Cody, Daniel, Danilo, Josh, Matt, Tom, Will & Zach
Ben Affleck – The Tender Bar – Dan & Nicole
Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog – Ema
Best Original Screenplay
Belfast – ALL
Licorice Pizza – ALL
​Don’t Look Up – ALL
King Richard – Cody, Dan, Daniel, Danilo, Ema, Josh, Matt, Nicole, Tom, Will & Zach
Being The Ricardos – Casey, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Danilo, Ema, Matt, Nicole, Tom & Zach
Pig – Casey & Josh
Parallel Mothers – Will
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Power of the Dog – ALL
CODA – ALL
The Lost Daughter – ALL
Drive My Car – Casey, Cody, Daniel, Danilo, Ema, Josh, Matt, Tom, Will & Zach
West Side Story – Casey, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Nicole & Tom
Dune – Dan, Danilo, Matt, Nicole, Will & Zach
Best Animated Feature
​Encanto – ALL
Luca – ALL
Flee – Casey, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Danilo, Ema, Matt, Nicole, Tom, Will & Zach
The Mitchells vs. the Machines – Casey, Daniel, Danilo, Ema, Josh, Matt, Tom, Will & Zach
Raya and the Last Dragon – Cody, Danilo, Josh, Matt, Nicole, Tom, Will & Zach
Belle – Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Josh & Nicole
The Summit Of The Gods – Casey & Dan
Best Documentary Feature
​​​Flee – ALL
The Rescue – ALL
Procession – Casey, Cody, Daniel, Danilo, Ema, Josh, Matt, Nicole, Tom, Will & Zach
Ascension – Daniel, Danilo, Josh, Matt, Nicole, Will & Zach
Summer of Soul – Casey, Cody, Dan & Ema
President – Dan, Danilo, Matt & Tom
Faya Dayi – Josh, Nicole, Tom & Will
The First Wave – Casey, Ema & Zach
Attica – Cody, Dan & Daniel
Best International Feature
Drive My Car – ALL
The Worst Person in the World – ALL
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A Hero – Casey, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Danilo, Ema, Matt, Nicole, Tom, Will & Zach
Flee – Casey, Dan, Daniel, Danilo, Ema, Josh, Matt, Nicole, Tom & Will
The Hand of God – Cody, Dan, Danilo, Ema, Josh, Matt, Nicole, Tom, Will & Zach
Prayers For The Stolen – Casey, Daniel & Zach
I’m Your Man – Josh
Compartment No. 6 – Cody
Best Cinematography
​Dune – ALL
The Tragedy Of Macbeth – ALL
The Power of the Dog – ALL
Belfast – ALL
West Side Story – Casey, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Danilo, Ema, Josh, Nicole & Will
Nightmare Alley – Matt, Tom & Zach
Best Costume Design
Cruella – ALL
Dune – ALL
West Side Story – Casey, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Danilo, Ema, Josh, Nicole, Tom & Will
House of Gucci – Casey, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Danilo, Ema, Matt, Nicole, Tom & Zach
Cyrano – Casey, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Josh, Matt, Nicole, Tom, Will & Zach
Nightmare Alley – Danilo, Matt, Will & Zach
Spencer – Ema
Licorice Pizza – Josh
Best Film Editing
​Dune – ALL
Belfast – ALL
The Power of the Dog – ​Casey, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Danilo, Ema, Josh, Nicole, Tom, Will & Zach
Don’t Look Up – ​Cody, Dan, Josh, Matt, Nicole, Tom, Will & Zach
Licorice Pizza – ​Casey, Cody, Danilo, Matt, Tom, Will & Zach
​West Side Story – ​Casey, Daniel, Ema & Nicole
King Richard – ​Daniel, Danilo & Ema
​No Time To Die – Josh & Matt
Tick, Tick…Boom! – ​Nicole
The French Dispatch – ​Dan
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
​​​​​Dune – ALL
House of Gucci – ALL
The Eyes of Tammy Faye – ALL
Cruella – Casey, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Danilo, Ema, Josh, Matt, Nicole, Tom & Zach
Cyrano Casey, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Danilo, Josh, Nicole, Tom, Will & Zach
Coming 2 America – Matt
The Suicide Squad – Will
West Side Story – Ema
Best Production Design
​Nightmare Alley – ALL
Dune – ALL
West Side Story – ALL
The French Dispatch – ALL
The Tragedy of Macbeth – Dan, Josh, Matt, Tom & Will
Belfast – Cody, Daniel, Danilo & Nicole
Being the Ricardos – Ema
Cyrano – Zach
Cruella – Casey
Best Sound
​​​​Dune – ALL
West Side Story – ALL
No Time to Die – ALL
Belfast – ALL
Spider-Man: No Way Home – Casey, Ema, Josh, Matt, Tom, Will & Zach
A Quiet Place Part II – Cody, Dan & Daniel
Tick, Tick… Boom! – Danilo & Nicole
Best Visual Effects
Dune – ALL
No Time to Die – ALL
Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings – ALL
The Matrix Resurrections – Casey, Cody, Dan, Danilo, Josh, Matt, Nicole, Tom, Will & Zach
Ghostbusters: Afterlife – Cody, Daniel, Danilo, Josh, Matt, Tom & Will
Spider-Man: No Way Home – Casey, Daniel, Danilo, Ema & Nicole
Free Guy – Dan & Ema
Godzilla vs. Kong – Zach
Best Original Score
​​Dune – ALL
The Power Of The Dog – ALL
Don’t Look Up – ALL
The French Dispatch – ALL
Encanto – Cody, Daniel, Danilo, Josh, Matt, Nicole & Tom
Parallel Mothers – Casey, Dan, Ema, Will & Zach
Best Original Song
“No Time to Die” – No Time to Die – ALL
“Be Alive” – King Richard – ALL
“Dos Oruguitas” – Encanto – ALL
“Down to Joy” – Belfast – Dan, Daniel, Danilo, Ema, Josh, Matt, Nicole, Will & Zach
“Beyond the Shore” – CODA – Casey, Cody, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Matt, Nicole, Tom & Will
“Guns Go Bang” – The Harder They Fall – Cody & Danilo
“So May We Start” – Annette – Casey & Dan
“Just Look Up” – Don’t Look Up – Zach
“Here I Am” – Respect – Tom
So what do you think of our predictions? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below or on our Twitter account. You can find our team’s detailed predictions organized by category here and be sure to listen to our latest episode of the Next Best Picture Podcast this Sunday where we will go over our predictions in detail.
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