Oscar Predictions – Best Adapted Screenplay

Here are the NBP staff predictions for Best Adapted Screenplay. For an overview of all awards predictions, visit our Oscar Predictions page.

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NBP Staff Picks

Matt Neglia
1CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan)
2NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes)
3A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold)
4EMILIA PÉREZ (Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, Nicolas Livecchi)
5SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield)

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Dan Bayer
1CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan)
2EMILIA PÉREZ (Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, Nicolas Livecchi)
3NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes)
4SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield)
5A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold)

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Alyssa Christian
1CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan)
2A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold)
3EMILIA PÉREZ (Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, Nicolas Livecchi)
4NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes)
5SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield)

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Nadia Dalimonte
1CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan)
2EMILIA PÉREZ (Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, Nicolas Livecchi)
3A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold)
4NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes)
5SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield)

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Cody Dericks
1CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan)
2NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes)
3A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold)
4EMILIA PÉREZ (Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, Nicolas Livecchi)
5SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield)

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Daniel Howat
1CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan)
2NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes)
3A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold)
4EMILIA PÉREZ (Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, Nicolas Livecchi)
5SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield)

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Giovanni Lago
1CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan)
2SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield)
3A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold)
4NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes)
5EMILIA PÉREZ (Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, Nicolas Livecchi)

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Will Mavity
1CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan)
2NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes)
3A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold)
4EMILIA PÉREZ (Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, Nicolas Livecchi)
5SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield)

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Tom O'Brien
1CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan)
2NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes)
3A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold)
4EMILIA PÉREZ (Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, Nicolas Livecchi)
5SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield)

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Josh Parham
1CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan)
2NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes)
3A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold)
4EMILIA PÉREZ (Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, Nicolas Livecchi)
5SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield)

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Ema Sasic
1CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan)
2NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes)
3EMILIA PÉREZ (Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, Nicolas Livecchi)
4SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield)
5A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold)

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