Oscar Predictions – Daniel Howat

Here are Daniel Howat’s 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
3Poor Things
4Barbie
5The Holdovers
6The Color Purple
7Maestro
8Past Lives
9Anatomy Of A Fall
10Air

Best Director

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1Christopher Nolan (OPPENHEIMER)
2Martin Scorsese (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
3Yorgos Lanthimos (POOR THINGS)
4Greta Gerwig (BARBIE)
5Alexander Payne (THE HOLDOVERS)
6Jonathan Glazer (THE ZONE OF INTEREST)
7Bradley Cooper (MAESTRO)
8Celine Song (PAST LIVES)
9Michael Mann (FERRARI)
10Ava DuVernay (ORIGIN)

Best Actress

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

Best Actor

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1Cillian Murphy (OPPENHEIMER)
2Paul Giamatti (THE HOLDOVERS)
3Bradley Cooper (MAESTRO)
4Colman Domingo (RUSTIN)
5Leonardo DiCaprio (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
6Andrew Scott (ALL OF US STRANGERS)
7Jeffrey Wright (AMERICAN FICTION)
8Barry Keoghan (SALTBURN)
9Teo Yoo (PAST LIVES)
10Joaquin Phoenix (NAPOLEON)

Best Supporting Actress

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1Da'Vine Joy Randolph (THE HOLDOVERS)
2Danielle Brooks (THE COLOR PURPLE)
3Jodie Foster (NYAD)
4Emily Blunt (OPPENHEIMER)
5Penelope Cruz (FERRARI)
6Viola Davis (AIR)
7Julianne Moore (MAY DECEMBER)
8Niecy Nash-Betts (ORIGIN)
9Rosamund Pike (SALTBURN)
10Jodie Comer (THE BIKERIDERS)

Best Supporting Actor

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1Robert Downey Jr. (OPPENHEIMER)
2Ryan Gosling (BARBIE)
3Robert De Niro (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
4Colman Domingo (THE COLOR PURPLE)
5Mark Ruffalo (POOR THINGS)
6John Magaro (PAST LIVES)
7Paul Mescal (ALL OF US STRANGERS)
8Dominic Sessa (THE HOLDOVERS)
9Matt Damon (OPPENHEIMER)
10Charles Melton (MAY DECEMBER)

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)
5ORIGIN (Ava DuVernay, Isabel Wilkerson)
6ALL OF US STRANGERS (Andrew Haigh)
7PRISCILLA (Sofia Coppola)
8THE COLOR PURPLE (Marcus Gardley)
9ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET. (Kelly Fremon Craig)
10THE ZONE OF INTEREST (Jonathan Glazer)

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)
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)

Best Animated Feature

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1Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
2The Boy and the Heron
3Elemental
4Wish
5The Peasants
6Nimona
7Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget
8Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
9The Super Mario Bros. Movie
10Suzume

Best Documentary Feature

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1Beyond Utopia
220 Days In Mariupol
3The Deepest Breath
4Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
5The Eternal Memory
6Every Body
7Stephen Curry: Underrrated
8It Ain't Over
9Little Richard: I Am Everything
10The Mother of All Lies

Best International Feature

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1THE ZONE OF INTEREST (United Kingdom)
2THE PROMISED LAND (Denmark)
3THE TASTE OF THINGS (France)
4THE PEASANTS (Poland)
5PERFECT DAYS (Japan)
6THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE (Germany)
7THE SETTLERS (Chile)
8TÓTEM (Mexico)
9FALLEN LEAVES (Finland)
10THE MONK AND THE GUN (Bhutan)

Best Cinematography

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

Best Costume Design

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

Best Film Editing

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

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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

Best Production Design

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

Best Original Score

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

Best Original Song

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1"Untitled Original Song" (THE COLOR PURPLE)
2"I'm Just Ken" (BARBIE)
3"Gonna Be You" (80 FOR BRADY)
4"Meet in the Middle" (FLORA AND SON)
5"Peaches" (THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE)
6"Quiet Eyes" (PAST LIVES)
7"Road To Freedom" (RUSTIN)
8"The Wish" (WISH)
9"Untitled Original Song" (TROLLS: BAND TOGETHER)
10"Steal The Show" (ELEMENTAL)

Best Sound

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1Oppenheimer
2Ferrari
3Maestro
4The Color Purple
5Killers Of The Flower Moon
6Napoleon
7The Killer
8Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
9John Wick: Chapter 4
10The Zone Of Interest

Best Visual Effects

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1Oppenheimer
2Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3
3The Creator
4Napoleon
5Poor Things
6Killers Of The Flower Moon
7John Wick: Chapter 4
8Rebel Moon
9Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
10The Hunger Games: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes