Oscar Predictions – Dan Bayer

Here are Dan Bayer’s 2024 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 97th Annual Academy Awards.

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Best Picture

Dan Bayer
1BLITZ
2SING SING
3ANORA
4THE BRUTALIST
5CONCLAVE
6DUNE: PART TWO
7NICKEL BOYS
8EMILIA PÉREZ
9NOSFERATU
10GLADIATOR II

Best Director

Dan Bayer
1Steve McQueen (BLITZ)
2Sean Baker (ANORA)
3Brady Corbet (THE BRUTALIST)
4Jacques Audiard (EMILIA PÉREZ)
5Robert Eggers (NOSFERATU)
6Denis Villenueve (DUNE: PART TWO)
7Ridley Scott (GLADIATOR II)
8Coralie Fargeat (THE SUBSTANCE)
9Robert Zemeckis (HERE)
10Greg Kwedar (SING SING)

Best Actress

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1Angelina Jolie (MARIA)
2Mikey Madison (ANORA)
3Saoirse Ronan (THE OUTRUN)
4Amy Adams (NIGHTBITCH)
5Karla Sofía Gascón (EMILIA PÉREZ)
6Nicole Kidman (BABYGIRL)
7Marianne Jean-Baptiste (HARD TRUTHS)
8Cynthia Erivo (WICKED)
9Ana De Armas (EDEN )
10Fernanda Torres (I'M STILL HERE)

Best Actor

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1Timothee Chalamet (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN)
2Adrien Brody (THE BRUTALIST)
3Daniel Craig (QUEER)
4Colman Domingo (SING SING)
5Ralph Fiennes (CONCLAVE)
6Sebastian Stan (THE APPRENTICE)
7Joaquin Phoenix (JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX )
8Sebastian Stan (A DIFFERENT MAN)
9Tom Hanks (HERE)
10Paul Walter Hauser (THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA)

Best Supporting Actress

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1Danielle Deadwyler (THE PIANO LESSON)
2Saoirse Ronan (BLITZ)
3Felicity Jones (THE BRUTALIST)
4Joan Chen (DIDI)
5Zoe Saldaña (EMILIA PÉREZ)
6Lady Gaga (JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX )
7Isabella Rossellini (CONCLAVE)
8Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (NICKEL BOYS)
9Toni Collette (JUROR NO. 2)
10Selena Gomez (EMILIA PÉREZ)

Best Supporting Actor

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1Guy Pearce (THE BRUTALIST)
2Kieran Culkin (A REAL PAIN)
3Denzel Washington (GLADIATOR II)
4Clarence Maclin (SING SING)
5Jeremy Strong (THE APPRENTICE)
6John Magaro (SEPTEMBER 5)
7Antonio Banderas (BABYGIRL)
8Adam Pearson (A DIFFERENT MAN)
9Mark Hamill (THE LIFE OF CHUCK)
10Willem Dafoe (NOSFERATU)

Best Adapted Screenplay

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1SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield)
2QUEER (Justin Kuritzkes)
3CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan)
4NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes)
5THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Pedro Almodóvar)
6NOSFERATU (Robert Eggers)
7THE LIFE OF CHUCK (Mike Flanagan)
8DUNE: PART TWO (Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts)
9HERE (Eric Roth, Robert Zemeckis)
10GLADIATOR II (David Scarpa)

Best Original Screenplay

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1ANORA (Sean Baker)
2BLITZ (Steve McQueen)
3A REAL PAIN (Jesse Eisenberg)
4THE BRUTALIST (Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold)
5SATURDAY NIGHT (Jason Reitman, Gil Kenan)
6EMILIA PÉREZ (Jacques Audiard)
7HARD TRUTHS (Mike Leigh)
8DIDI (Sean Wang)
9MARIA (Steven Knight)
10THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (Mohammad Rasoulof)

Best Animated Feature

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1THE WILD ROBOT
2INSIDE OUT 2
3WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
4FLOW
5MEMOIR OF A SNAIL
6MOANA 2
7THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM
8DESPICABLE ME 4
9PIECE BY PIECE
10TRANSFORMERS ONE

Best Documentary Feature

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1NO OTHER LAND
2BLACK BOX DIARIES
3WILL & HARPER
4DAHOMEY
5DAUGHTERS
6SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY
7APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS
8THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF IBELIN
9UNION
10SUGARCANE

Best International Feature

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1THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (Germany)
2EMILIA PÉREZ (France)
3UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE (Canada)
4GRAND TOUR (Portugal)
5I'M STILL HERE (Brazil)
6CAUGHT BY THE TIDES (China)
7KNEECAP (Ireland)
8CLOUD (Japan)
9VERMIGLIO (Italy)
10THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE (Denmark)

Best Cinematography

CinematographyDan Bayer
1BLITZ (Yorick Le Saux)
2NOSFERATU (Jarin Blaschke)
3THE BRUTALIST (Lol Crawley)
4MARIA (Edward Lachmann)
5DUNE: PART TWO (Greig Fraser)
6JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX (Lawrence Sher)
7CONCLAVE (Stéphane Fontaine)
8EMILIA PÉREZ (Paul Guilhaume)
9GLADIATOR II (John Mathieson)
10NICKEL BOYS (Jomo Fray)

Best Costume Design

CinematographyDan Bayer
1DUNE: PART TWO
2NOSFERATU
3MARIA
4BLITZ
5WICKED
6FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
7BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
8CONCLAVE
9GLADIATOR II
10JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX

Best Film Editing

CinematographyDan Bayer
1BLITZ
2CONCLAVE
3ANORA
4SING SING
5THE BRUTALIST
6GLADIATOR II
7DUNE: PART TWO
8NOSFERATU
9EMILIA PÉREZ
10NICKEL BOYS

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

CinematographyDan Bayer
1DUNE: PART TWO
2NOSFERATU
3MARIA
4BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
5A DIFFERENT MAN
6WICKED
7HERE
8NIGHTBITCH
9SATURDAY NIGHT
10SASQUATCH SUNSET

Best Production Design

CinematographyDan Bayer
1BLITZ
2NOSFERATU
3DUNE: PART TWO
4GLADIATOR II
5WICKED
6BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
7CONCLAVE
8HERE
9MARIA
10FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA

Best Original Score

CinematographyDan Bayer
1THE BRUTALIST (Daniel Blumberg)
2THE WILD ROBOT (Kris Bowers)
3DUNE: PART TWO (Hans Zimmer)
4EMILIA PÉREZ (Clément Ducol)
5CONCLAVE (Volker Bertelmann)
6CHALLENGERS (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross)
7HERE (Alan Silvestri)
8NOSFERATU (Robin Carolan)
9SING SING (Bryce Dessner)
10SATURDAY NIGHT (Jon Batiste)

Best Original Song

CinematographyDan Bayer
1"Relentless" (DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS)
2"Mi Camino" (EMILIA PÉREZ)
3"Like a Bird" (SING SING)
4"Harley and Joker Waltz" (JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX)
5"Forbidden Road" (BETTER MAN)
6"Claw Machine" (I SAW THE TV GLOW)
7"Untitled" (MUFASA: THE LION KING)
8"Harper and Will Go West" (WILL & HARPER)
9"Piece By Piece" (PIECE BY PIECE)
10"Release" (TRAP)

Best Sound

CinematographyDan Bayer
1BLITZ
2DUNE: PART TWO
3GLADIATOR II
4TWISTERS
5EMILIA PÉREZ
6WICKED
7NOSFERATU
8A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE
9CONCLAVE
10CIVIL WAR

Best Visual Effects

CinematographyDan Bayer
1DUNE: PART TWO
2KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
3TWISTERS
4GLADIATOR II
5HERE
6WICKED
7NOSFERATU
8THE FALL GUY
9GODZILLA X KONG: A NEW EMPIRE
10MUFASA: THE LION KING

Best Animated Short Film

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Best Documentary Short Film

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Best Live Action Short Film

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