Oscar Predictions – Best Original Screenplay

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

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NBP Staff Picks

Matt Neglia
1BARBIE (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
2THE HOLDOVERS (David Hemingson)
3PAST LIVES (Celine Song)
4ANATOMY OF A FALL (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari)
5AIR (Alex Convery)
6MAESTRO (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
7MAY DECEMBER (Samy Burch)
8FAIR PLAY (Chloe Domont)
9ASTEROID CITY (Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola)
10RUSTIN (Julian Breece & Dustin Lance Black)

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Dan Bayer
1PAST LIVES (Celine Song)
2THE HOLDOVERS (David Hemingson)
3BARBIE (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
4MAESTRO (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
5ANATOMY OF A FALL (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari)
6ASTEROID CITY (Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola)
7AIR (Alex Convery)
8MAY DECEMBER (Samy Burch)
9RUSTIN (Julian Breece & Dustin Lance Black)
10FAIR PLAY (Chloe Domont)

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Alyssa Christian
1BARBIE (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
2THE HOLDOVERS (David Hemingson)
3PAST LIVES (Celine Song)
4ANATOMY OF A FALL (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari)
5MAESTRO (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
6AIR (Alex Convery)
7MAY DECEMBER (Samy Burch)
8ASTEROID CITY (Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola)
9RUSTIN (Julian Breece & Dustin Lance Black)
10FAIR PLAY (Chloe Domont)

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Lauren Cohen
1THE HOLDOVERS (David Hemingson)
2BARBIE (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
3SALTBURN (Emerald Fennell)
4PAST LIVES (Celine Song)
5MAESTRO (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
6AIR (Alex Convery)
7MAY DECEMBER (Samy Burch)
8ANATOMY OF A FALL (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari)
9FAIR PLAY (Chloe Domont)
10ASTEROID CITY (Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola)

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Nadia Dalimonte
1BARBIE (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
2PAST LIVES (Celine Song)
3THE HOLDOVERS (David Hemingson)
4MAESTRO (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
5ANATOMY OF A FALL (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari)
6MAY DECEMBER (Samy Burch)
7AIR (Alex Convery)
8ASTEROID CITY (Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola)
9FAIR PLAY (Chloe Domont)
10RUSTIN (Julian Breece & Dustin Lance Black)

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Cody Dericks
1BARBIE (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
2PAST LIVES (Celine Song)
3THE HOLDOVERS (David Hemingson)
4ANATOMY OF A FALL (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari)
5MAESTRO (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
6ASTEROID CITY (Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola)
7AIR (Alex Convery)
8MAY DECEMBER (Samy Burch)
9MAY DECEMBER (Samy Burch)
10ORIGIN (Ava DuVernay)

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Daniel Howat
1BARBIE (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
2PAST LIVES (Celine Song)
3THE HOLDOVERS (David Hemingson)
4ANATOMY OF A FALL (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari)
5MAESTRO (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
6AIR (Alex Convery)
7MAY DECEMBER (Samy Burch)
8ASTEROID CITY (Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola)
9SALTBURN (Emerald Fennell)
10RUSTIN (Julian Breece & Dustin Lance Black)

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Giovanni Lago
1BARBIE (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
2PAST LIVES (Celine Song)
3THE HOLDOVERS (David Hemingson)
4ANATOMY OF A FALL (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari)
5AIR (Alex Convery)
6MAESTRO (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
7ASTEROID CITY (Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola)
8THE BOY AND THE HERON (Hayao Miyazaki)
9ABOUT DRY GRASSES (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan, Akin Aksu)
10SALTBURN (Emerald Fennell)

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Will Mavity
1THE HOLDOVERS (David Hemingson)
2BARBIE (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
3PAST LIVES (Celine Song)
4ANATOMY OF A FALL (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari)
5MAESTRO (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
6AIR (Alex Convery)
7RUSTIN (Julian Breece & Dustin Lance Black)
8ANATOMY OF A FALL (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari)
9FAIR PLAY (Chloe Domont)
10ASTEROID CITY (Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola)

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Tom O'Brien
1BARBIE (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
2THE HOLDOVERS (David Hemingson)
3PAST LIVES (Celine Song)
4ANATOMY OF A FALL (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari)
5MAESTRO (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
6AIR (Alex Convery)
7ASTEROID CITY (Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola)
8MAY DECEMBER (Samy Burch)
9SALTBURN (Emerald Fennell)
10FAIR PLAY (Chloe Domont)

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Josh Parham
1BARBIE (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
2THE HOLDOVERS (David Hemingson)
3PAST LIVES (Celine Song)
4ANATOMY OF A FALL (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari)
5MAESTRO (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
6MAY DECEMBER (Samy Burch)
7RUSTIN (Julian Breece & Dustin Lance Black)
8AIR (Alex Convery)
9SALTBURN (Emerald Fennell)
10ASTEROID CITY (Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola)

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Ema Sasic
1BARBIE (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
2THE HOLDOVERS (David Hemingson)
3PAST LIVES (Celine Song)
4ANATOMY OF A FALL (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari)
5AIR (Alex Convery)
6MAESTRO (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
7MAY DECEMBER (Samy Burch)
8FAIR PLAY (Chloe Domont)
9SALTBURN (Emerald Fennell)
10RUSTIN (Julian Breece & Dustin Lance Black)

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