Oscar Predictions – Cody Dericks

Here are Cody Dericks’ 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
2Killers Of The Flower Moon
3Barbie
4Poor Things
5The Holdovers
6Maestro
7American Fiction
8The Color Purple
9Past Lives
10The Zone Of Interest

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)
5Bradley Cooper (MAESTRO)
6Greta Gerwig (BARBIE)
7Alexander Payne (THE HOLDOVERS)
8Justine Triet (ANATOMY OF A FALL)
9Blitz Bazawule (THE COLOR PURPLE)
10Cord Jefferson (AMERICAN FICTION)

Best Actress

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1Lily Gladstone (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
2Emma Stone (POOR THINGS)
3Carey Mulligan (MAESTRO)
4Sandra Huller (ANATOMY OF A FALL)
5Margot Robbie (BARBIE)
6Greta Lee (PAST LIVES)
7Annette Bening (NYAD)
8Fantasia Barrino (THE COLOR PURPLE)
9Cailee Spaeny (PRISCILLA)
10Teyana Taylor (A THOUSAND AND ONE)

Best Actor

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1Bradley Cooper (MAESTRO)
2Cillian Murphy (OPPENHEIMER)
3Leonardo DiCaprio (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
4Paul Giamatti (THE HOLDOVERS)
5Jeffrey Wright (AMERICAN FICTION)
6Colman Domingo (RUSTIN)
7Andrew Scott (ALL OF US STRANGERS)
8Franz Rogowski (PASSAGES)
9Adam Driver (FERRARI)
10Joaquin Phoenix (NAPOLEON)

Best Supporting Actress

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1Danielle Brooks (THE COLOR PURPLE)
2Emily Blunt (OPPENHEIMER)
3Da'Vine Joy Randolph (THE HOLDOVERS)
4Taraji P. Henson (THE COLOR PURPLE)
5Jodie Foster (NYAD)
6Penelope Cruz (FERRARI)
7Vanessa Kirby (NAPOLEON)
8Julianne Moore (MAY DECEMBER)
9Viola Davis (AIR)
10Patti LuPone (BEAU IS AFRAID)

Best Supporting Actor

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1Robert Downey Jr. (OPPENHEIMER)
2Ryan Gosling (BARBIE)
3Robert De Niro (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
4Charles Melton (MAY DECEMBER)
5Mark Ruffalo (POOR THINGS)
6Willem Dafoe (POOR THINGS)
7Dominic Sessa (THE HOLDOVERS)
8Sterling K. Brown (AMERICAN FICTION)
9Glenn Howerton (BLACKBERRY)
10Colman Domingo (THE COLOR PURPLE)

Best Adapted Screenplay

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1OPPENHEIMER (Christopher Nolan)
2KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese)
3POOR THINGS (Tony McNamara)
4AMERICAN FICTION (Cord Jefferson)
5ALL OF US STRANGERS (Andrew Haigh)
6THE ZONE OF INTEREST (Jonathan Glazer)
7THE TASTE OF THINGS (Trần Anh Hung)
8ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET. (Kelly Fremon Craig)
9PRISCILLA (Sofia Coppola)
10THE KILLER (Andrew Kevin Walker)

Best Original Screenplay

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

Best Animated Feature

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1Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
2The Boy and the Heron
3Elemental
4The Peasants
5Nimona
6Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
7Wish
8Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget
9Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia
10Suzume

Best Documentary Feature

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1Beyond Utopia
220 Days In Mariupol
3Four Daughters
4A Still Small Voice
5Anselm
6Stamped From The Beginning
7The Mission
8Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
9The Deepest Breath
10The Mission

Best International Feature

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1THE ZONE OF INTEREST (United Kingdom)
2THE TASTE OF THINGS (France)
3PERFECT DAYS (Japan)
4SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (Spain)
5FALLEN LEAVES (Finland)
6THE PROMISED LAND (Denmark)
7THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE (Germany)
8ABOUT DRY GRASSES (Turkey)
9TÓTEM (Mexico)
10CONCRETE UTOPIA (South Korea)

Best Cinematography

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1OPPENHEIMER (Hoyte Van Hoytema)
2MAESTRO (Matthew Libatique)
3POOR THINGS (Robbie Ryan)
4KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Rodrigo Prieto)
5EL CONDE (Edward Lachman)
6THE COLOR PURPLE (Dan Laustsen)
7SALTBURN (Linus Sandgren)
8THE ZONE OF INTEREST (Lukasz Zal)
9THE KILLER (Erik Messerschmidt)
10NAPOLEON (Dariusz Wolski)

Best Costume Design

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1Barbie
2Poor Things
3The Color Purple
4Priscilla
5Killers Of The Flower Moon
6Napoleon
7Wonka
8Asteroid City
9Oppenheimer
10Chevalier

Best Film Editing

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1Oppenheimer
2Killers Of The Flower Moon
3Poor Things
4Maestro
5The Holdovers
6Anatomy Of A Fall
7The Killer
8Past Lives
9Ferrari
10Air

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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1Maestro
2Poor Things
3Oppenheimer
4Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3
5Golda
6The Color Purple
7Nyad
8Barbie
9Killers Of The Flower Moon
10Napoleon

Best Production Design

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1Barbie
2Poor Things
3Killers Of The Flower Moon
4Oppenheimer
5Asteroid City
6The Color Purple
7Maestro
8Napoleon
9Ferrari
10Wonka

Best Original Score

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1OPPENHEIMER (Ludwig Göransson)
2KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Robbie Robertson)
3POOR THINGS (Jerskin Fendrix)
4PAST LIVES (Christopher Bear & Daniel Rossen)
5THE BOY AND THE HERON (Joe Hisaishi)
6ELEMENTAL (Thomas Newman)
7THE KILLER (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
8SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (Daniel Pemberton)
9ASTEROID CITY (Alexandre Desplat)
10CARMEN (Nicholas Britell)

Best Original Song

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1"What Was I Made For?" (BARBIE)
2"Keep It Movin'" (THE COLOR PURPLE)
3"Road To Freedom" (RUSTIN)
4"Untitled Original Song" (UNTITLED DIANE WARREN DOCUMENTARY)
5"Quiet Eyes" (PAST LIVES)
6"Dance The Night" (BARBIE)
7"I'm Just Ken" (BARBIE)
8"The Wish" (WISH)
9"Gonna Be You" (80 FOR BRADY)
10"Meet in the Middle" (FLORA AND SON)

Best Sound

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1Oppenheimer
2Maestro
3The Color Purple
4Ferrari
5Killers Of The Flower Moon
6Napoleon
7The Killer
8The Zone Of Interest
9Society of the Snow
10Barbie

Best Visual Effects

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1Poor Things
2The Creator
3Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3
4Napoleon
5Society Of The Snow
6Barbie
7Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child Of Fire
8Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
9Killers Of The Flower Moon
10Transformers: Rise of the Beasts