Oscar Predictions 2023 – Dan Bayer

Here are Dan Bayer’s 2023 Oscar Predictions. Ranking is updated in real-time, and is constantly changing until the end of the year. Accuracy will be calculated after the winners are announced at The 96th Annual Academy Awards.

Click each heading to view individual staff rankings, or search/sort by the drop-downs below:


Best Picture

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1Oppenheimer
2Poor Things
3Killers Of The Flower Moon
4The Holdovers
5Anatomy Of A Fall
6American Fiction
7Barbie
8The Zone Of Interest
9Past Lives
10Maestro

Best Director

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1Christopher Nolan (OPPENHEIMER)
2Martin Scorsese (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
3Jonathan Glazer (THE ZONE OF INTEREST)
4Yorgos Lanthimos (POOR THINGS)
5Justine Triet (ANATOMY OF A FALL)

Best Actress

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1Lily Gladstone (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
2Emma Stone (POOR THINGS)
3Sandra Huller (ANATOMY OF A FALL)
4Annette Bening (NYAD)
5Carey Mulligan (MAESTRO)

Best Actor

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1Cillian Murphy (OPPENHEIMER)
2Paul Giamatti (THE HOLDOVERS)
3Bradley Cooper (MAESTRO)
4Colman Domingo (RUSTIN)
5Jeffrey Wright (AMERICAN FICTION)

Best Supporting Actress

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1Da'Vine Joy Randolph (THE HOLDOVERS)
2Emily Blunt (OPPENHEIMER)
3Jodie Foster (NYAD)
4America Ferrera (BARBIE)
5Danielle Brooks (THE COLOR PURPLE)

Best Supporting Actor

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1Robert Downey Jr. (OPPENHEIMER)
2Ryan Gosling (BARBIE)
3Mark Ruffalo (POOR THINGS)
4Robert De Niro (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
5Sterling K. Brown (AMERICAN FICTION)

Best Adapted Screenplay

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1AMERICAN FICTION (Cord Jefferson)
2BARBIE (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
3OPPENHEIMER (Christopher Nolan)
4POOR THINGS (Tony McNamara)
5THE ZONE OF INTEREST (Jonathan Glazer)

Best Original Screenplay

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1ANATOMY OF A FALL (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari)
2THE HOLDOVERS (David Hemingson)
3PAST LIVES (Celine Song)
4MAY DECEMBER (Samy Burch)
5MAESTRO (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)

Best Animated Feature

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1The Boy and the Heron
2Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
3Elemental
4Nimona
5Robot Dreams

Best Documentary Feature

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120 Days In Mariupol
2Bobi Wine: The People's President
3The Eternal Memory
4Four Daughters
5To Kill A Tiger

Best International Feature

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1THE ZONE OF INTEREST (United Kingdom)
2SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (Spain)
3THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE (Germany)
4PERFECT DAYS (Japan)
5IO CAPITANO (Italy)

Best Cinematography

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1OPPENHEIMER (Hoyte Van Hoytema)
2POOR THINGS (Robbie Ryan)
3KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Rodrigo Prieto)
4MAESTRO (Matthew Libatique)
5EL CONDE (Edward Lachman)

Best Costume Design

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1Poor Things
2Barbie
3Killers Of The Flower Moon
4Napoleon
5Oppenheimer

Best Film Editing

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1Oppenheimer
2Killers Of The Flower Moon
3Anatomy Of A Fall
4The Holdovers
5Poor Things

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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1Maestro
2Poor Things
3Oppenheimer
4Golda
5Society Of The Snow

Best Production Design

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1Poor Things
2Barbie
3Oppenheimer
4Killers Of The Flower Moon
5Napoleon

Best Original Score

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1OPPENHEIMER (Ludwig Göransson)
2KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Robbie Robertson)
3POOR THINGS (Jerskin Fendrix)
4INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY (John Williams)
5AMERICAN FICTION (Laura Karpman)

Best Original Song

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1"What Was I Made For?" (BARBIE)
2"I'm Just Ken" (BARBIE)
3"Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)" (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
4"It Never Went Away" (AMERICAN SYMPHONY)
5"The Fire Inside" (FLAMIN' HOT)

Best Sound

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1Oppenheimer
2The Zone Of Interest
3Maestro
4Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
5The Creator

Best Visual Effects

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1The Creator
2Napoleon
3Godzilla Minus One
4Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3
5Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Best Animated Short Film

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1WAR IS OVER! INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC OF JOHN & YOKO
2NINETY-FIVE SENSES
3LETTER TO A PIG
4OUR UNIFORM
5PACHYDERME

Best Documentary Short Film

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1NǍI NAI & WÀI PÓ
2THE LAST REPAIR SHOP
3THE ABCS OF BOOK BANNING
4THE BARBER OF LITTLE ROCK
5ISLAND IN BETWEEN

Best Live Action Short Film

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1THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR
2RED, WHITE AND BLUE
3THE AFTER
4INVINCIBLE
5KNIGHT OF FORTUNE