Oscar Predictions 2023 – Daniel Howat

Here are Daniel Howat’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.

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Best Picture

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

Best Director

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1Christopher Nolan (OPPENHEIMER)
2Martin Scorsese (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
3Yorgos Lanthimos (POOR THINGS)
4Jonathan Glazer (THE ZONE OF INTEREST)
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)
4Carey Mulligan (MAESTRO)
5Annette Bening (NYAD)

Best Actor

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

Best Supporting Actress

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

Best Supporting Actor

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1Robert Downey Jr. (OPPENHEIMER)
2Ryan Gosling (BARBIE)
3Robert De Niro (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
4Mark Ruffalo (POOR THINGS)
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)
4MAESTRO (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
5MAY DECEMBER (Samy Burch)

Best Animated Feature

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

Best Documentary Feature

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

Best International Feature

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

Best Cinematography

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

Best Costume Design

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

Best Film Editing

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

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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

Best Production Design

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1Barbie
2Poor Things
3Killers Of The Flower Moon
4Oppenheimer
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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1Godzilla Minus One
2The Creator
3Napoleon
4Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3
5Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Best Animated Short Film

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1NINETY-FIVE SENSES
2WAR IS OVER! INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC OF JOHN & YOKO
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