Here are Daniel Howat’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
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SING SING |
| 2 | CONCLAVE |
| 3 | ANORA |
| 4 | WICKED |
| 5 | THE BRUTALIST |
| 6 | DUNE: PART TWO |
| 7 | EMILIA PÉREZ |
| 8 | A REAL PAIN |
| 9 | A COMPLETE UNKNOWN |
| 10 | NICKEL BOYS |
Best Director
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Brady Corbet (THE BRUTALIST) |
| 2 | Sean Baker (ANORA) |
| 3 | Edward Berger (CONCLAVE) |
| 4 | Jacques Audiard (EMILIA PÉREZ) |
| 5 | Greg Kwedar (SING SING) |
| 6 | Denis Villenueve (DUNE: PART TWO) |
| 7 | Jon M. Chu (WICKED) |
| 8 | RaMell Ross (NICKEL BOYS) |
| 9 | Coralie Fargeat (THE SUBSTANCE) |
| 10 | Mohammad Rasoulof (THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG) |
Best Actress
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Angelina Jolie (MARIA) |
| 2 | Mikey Madison (ANORA) |
| 3 | Karla SofÃa Gascón (EMILIA PÉREZ) |
| 4 | Saoirse Ronan (THE OUTRUN) |
| 5 | Fernanda Torres (I'M STILL HERE) |
| 6 | Cynthia Erivo (WICKED) |
| 7 | Marianne Jean-Baptiste (HARD TRUTHS) |
| 8 | Demi Moore (THE SUBSTANCE) |
| 9 | Nicole Kidman (BABYGIRL) |
| 10 | Amy Adams (NIGHTBITCH) |
Best Actor
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Timothee Chalamet (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN) |
| 2 | Adrien Brody (THE BRUTALIST) |
| 3 | Colman Domingo (SING SING) |
| 4 | Ralph Fiennes (CONCLAVE) |
| 5 | Daniel Craig (QUEER) |
| 6 | Jesse Eisenberg (A REAL PAIN) |
| 7 | Kingsley Ben-Adir (BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE) |
| 8 | Glen Powell (HIT MAN) |
| 9 | Sebastian Stan (THE APPRENTICE) |
| 10 | Paul Mescal (GLADIATOR II) |
Best Supporting Actress
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Zoe Saldaña (EMILIA PÉREZ) |
| 2 | Ariana Grande (WICKED) |
| 3 | Felicity Jones (THE BRUTALIST) |
| 4 | Danielle Deadwyler (THE PIANO LESSON) |
| 5 | Isabella Rossellini (CONCLAVE) |
| 6 | Saoirse Ronan (BLITZ) |
| 7 | Selena Gomez (EMILIA PÉREZ) |
| 8 | Monica Barbaro (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN) |
| 9 | Joan Chen (DIDI) |
| 10 | Natasha Lyonne (HIS THREE DAUGHTERS) |
Best Supporting Actor
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kieran Culkin (A REAL PAIN) |
| 2 | Guy Pearce (THE BRUTALIST) |
| 3 | Clarence Maclin (SING SING) |
| 4 | Denzel Washington (GLADIATOR II) |
| 5 | Edward Norton (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN) |
| 6 | Yura Borisov (ANORA) |
| 7 | Brian Tyree Henry (THE FIRE INSIDE) |
| 8 | Adam Pearson (A DIFFERENT MAN) |
| 9 | Jeremy Strong (THE APPRENTICE) |
| 10 | Bill Skarsgård (NOSFERATU) |
Best Adapted Screenplay
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan) |
| 2 | SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield) |
| 3 | NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes) |
| 4 | DUNE: PART TWO (Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts) |
| 5 | EMILIA PÉREZ (Jacques Audiard) |
| 6 | HIT MAN (Richard Linklater, Glen Powell) |
| 7 | A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold) |
| 8 | THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Pedro Almodóvar) |
| 9 | THE PIANO LESSON (Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington) |
| 10 | NOSFERATU (Robert Eggers) |
Best Original Screenplay
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ANORA (Sean Baker) |
| 2 | THE BRUTALIST (Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold) |
| 3 | A REAL PAIN (Jesse Eisenberg) |
| 4 | THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (Mohammad Rasoulof) |
| 5 | SATURDAY NIGHT (Jason Reitman, Gil Kenan) |
| 6 | THE SUBSTANCE (Coralie Fargeat) |
| 7 | SEPTEMBER 5 (Tim Fehlbaum, Moritz Binder, Alex David) |
| 8 | HIS THREE DAUGHTERS (Azazel Jacobs) |
| 9 | HARD TRUTHS (Mike Leigh) |
| 10 | DIDI (Sean Wang) |
Best Animated Feature
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | THE WILD ROBOT |
| 2 | INSIDE OUT 2 |
| 3 | WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL |
| 4 | FLOW |
| 5 | MEMOIR OF A SNAIL |
| 6 | MOANA 2 |
| 7 | ULTRAMAN: RISING |
| 8 | CHICKEN FOR LINDA |
| 9 | THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM |
| 10 | PIECE BY PIECE |
Best Documentary Feature
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | NO OTHER LAND |
| 2 | DAUGHTERS |
| 3 | BLACK BOX DIARIES |
| 4 | DAHOMEY |
| 5 | WILL & HARPER |
| 6 | SUGARCANE |
| 7 | THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF IBELIN |
| 8 | UNION |
| 9 | SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ÉTAT |
| 10 | GAUCHO GAUCHO |
Best International Feature
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | EMILIA PÉREZ (France) |
| 2 | THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (Germany) |
| 3 | I'M STILL HERE (Brazil) |
| 4 | VERMIGLIO (Italy) |
| 5 | THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE (Denmark) |
| 6 | DAHOMEY (Senegal) |
| 7 | GRAND TOUR (Portugal) |
| 8 | HOW TO MAKE MILLIONS BEFORE GRANDMA DIES (Thailand) |
| 9 | KNEECAP (Ireland) |
| 10 | FLOW (Latvia) |
Best Cinematography
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | THE BRUTALIST (Lol Crawley) |
| 2 | MARIA (Edward Lachmann) |
| 3 | DUNE: PART TWO (Greig Fraser) |
| 4 | NICKEL BOYS (Jomo Fray) |
| 5 | CONCLAVE (Stéphane Fontaine) |
| 6 | NOSFERATU (Jarin Blaschke) |
| 7 | THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE (Michal Dymek) |
| 8 | BLITZ (Yorick Le Saux) |
| 9 | EMILIA PÉREZ (Paul Guilhaume) |
| 10 | JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX (Lawrence Sher) |
Best Costume Design
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | WICKED |
| 2 | DUNE: PART TWO |
| 3 | GLADIATOR II |
| 4 | BLITZ |
| 5 | MARIA |
| 6 | NOSFERATU |
| 7 | THE BRUTALIST |
| 8 | SATURDAY NIGHT |
| 9 | FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA |
| 10 | BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE |
Best Film Editing
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ANORA |
| 2 | CONCLAVE |
| 3 | THE BRUTALIST |
| 4 | EMILIA PÉREZ |
| 5 | DUNE: PART TWO |
| 6 | SEPTEMBER 5 |
| 7 | WICKED |
| 8 | CHALLENGERS |
| 9 | THE SUBSTANCE |
| 10 | SING SING |
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | THE SUBSTANCE |
| 2 | NOSFERATU |
| 3 | DUNE: PART TWO |
| 4 | WICKED |
| 5 | BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE |
| 6 | A DIFFERENT MAN |
| 7 | GLADIATOR II |
| 8 | FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA |
| 9 | MARIA |
| 10 | EMILIA PEREZ |
Best Production Design
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | WICKED |
| 2 | THE BRUTALIST |
| 3 | DUNE: PART TWO |
| 4 | GLADIATOR II |
| 5 | MARIA |
| 6 | BLITZ |
| 7 | BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE |
| 8 | EMILIA PÉREZ |
| 9 | A COMPLETE UNKNOWN |
| 10 | SATURDAY NIGHT |
Best Original Score
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | THE BRUTALIST (Daniel Blumberg) |
| 2 | CONCLAVE (Volker Bertelmann) |
| 3 | THE WILD ROBOT (Kris Bowers) |
| 4 | EMILIA PÉREZ (Clément Ducol, Camille) |
| 5 | CHALLENGERS (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross) |
| 6 | NOSFERATU (Robin Carolan) |
| 7 | SATURDAY NIGHT (Jon Batiste) |
| 8 | SING SING (Bryce Dessner) |
| 9 | THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Alberto Iglesias) |
| 10 | NICKEL BOYS (Alex Somers, Scott Alario) |
Best Original Song
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | "El Mal" (EMILIA PÉREZ) |
| 2 | "Mi Camino" (EMILIA PÉREZ) |
| 3 | "Kiss the Sky" (THE WILD ROBOT) |
| 4 | "The Journey" (THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT) |
| 5 | "Forbidden Road" (BETTER MAN) |
| 6 | "Like a Bird" (SING SING) |
| 7 | "Ngomso" (MUFASA: THE LION KING) |
| 8 | "Harper And Will Go West" (WILL & HARPER) |
| 9 | "Compress/Repress" (CHALLENGERS) |
| 10 | "Piece By Piece" (PIECE BY PIECE) |
Best Sound
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | DUNE: PART TWO |
| 2 | GLADIATOR II |
| 3 | WICKED |
| 4 | EMILIA PÉREZ |
| 5 | NOSFERATU |
| 6 | BLITZ |
| 7 | A COMPLETE UNKNOWN |
| 8 | TWISTERS |
| 9 | THE WILD ROBOT |
| 10 | A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE |
Best Visual Effects
| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | DUNE: PART TWO |
| 2 | KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES |
| 3 | WICKED |
| 4 | BETTER MAN |
| 5 | GLADIATOR II |
| 6 | MUFASA: THE LION KING |
| 7 | BLITZ |
| 8 | TWISTERS |
| 9 | FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA |
| 10 | ALIEN: ROMULUS |