Here are Josh Parham’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
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | CONCLAVE |
| 2 | EMILIA PÉREZ |
| 3 | ANORA |
| 4 | THE BRUTALIST |
| 5 | WICKED |
| 6 | A COMPLETE UNKNOWN |
| 7 | THE SUBSTANCE |
| 8 | DUNE: PART TWO |
| 9 | A REAL PAIN |
| 10 | NICKEL BOYS |
Best Director
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Brady Corbet (THE BRUTALIST) |
| 2 | Jacques Audiard (EMILIA PÉREZ) |
| 3 | Sean Baker (ANORA) |
| 4 | Edward Berger (CONCLAVE) |
| 5 | RaMell Ross (NICKEL BOYS) |
| 6 | Coralie Fargeat (THE SUBSTANCE) |
| 7 | James Mangold (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN) |
| 8 | Payal Kapadia (ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT) |
| 9 | Denis Villenueve (DUNE: PART TWO) |
| 10 | Jon M. Chu (WICKED) |
Best Actress
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Karla SofÃa Gascón (EMILIA PÉREZ) |
| 2 | Demi Moore (THE SUBSTANCE) |
| 3 | Mikey Madison (ANORA) |
| 4 | Cynthia Erivo (WICKED) |
| 5 | Fernanda Torres (I'M STILL HERE) |
| 6 | Marianne Jean-Baptiste (HARD TRUTHS) |
| 7 | Pamela Anderson (THE LAST SHOWGIRL) |
| 8 | Nicole Kidman (BABYGIRL) |
| 9 | Kate Winslet (LEE) |
| 10 | Angelina Jolie (MARIA) |
Best Actor
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Timothee Chalamet (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN) |
| 2 | Adrien Brody (THE BRUTALIST) |
| 3 | Colman Domingo (SING SING) |
| 4 | Ralph Fiennes (CONCLAVE) |
| 5 | Sebastian Stan (THE APPRENTICE) |
| 6 | Daniel Craig (QUEER) |
| 7 | Hugh Grant (HERETIC) |
| 8 | Sebastian Stan (A DIFFERENT MAN) |
| 9 | Jesse Eisenberg (A REAL PAIN) |
| 10 | Glen Powell (HIT MAN) |
Best Supporting Actress
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Zoe Saldaña (EMILIA PÉREZ) |
| 2 | Ariana Grande (WICKED) |
| 3 | Isabella Rossellini (CONCLAVE) |
| 4 | Felicity Jones (THE BRUTALIST) |
| 5 | Selena Gomez (EMILIA PÉREZ) |
| 6 | Jamie Lee Curtis (THE LAST SHOWGIRL) |
| 7 | Monica Barbaro (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN) |
| 8 | Margaret Qualley (THE SUBSTANCE) |
| 9 | Danielle Deadwyler (THE PIANO LESSON) |
| 10 | Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (NICKEL BOYS) |
Best Supporting Actor
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kieran Culkin (A REAL PAIN) |
| 2 | Edward Norton (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN) |
| 3 | Guy Pearce (THE BRUTALIST) |
| 4 | Yura Borisov (ANORA) |
| 5 | Jeremy Strong (THE APPRENTICE) |
| 6 | Clarence Maclin (SING SING) |
| 7 | Stanley Tucci (CONCLAVE) |
| 8 | Denzel Washington (GLADIATOR II) |
| 9 | Jonathan Bailey (WICKED) |
| 10 | Peter Sarsgaard (SEPTEMBER 5) |
Best Adapted Screenplay
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan) |
| 2 | EMILIA PÉREZ (Jacques Audiard) |
| 3 | A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold) |
| 4 | NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes) |
| 5 | SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield) |
| 6 | WICKED (Winnie Holzman) |
| 7 | DUNE: PART TWO (Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts) |
| 8 | HIT MAN (Richard Linklater, Glen Powell) |
| 9 | NOSFERATU (Robert Eggers) |
| 10 | THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Pedro Almodóvar) |
Best Original Screenplay
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ANORA (Sean Baker) |
| 2 | THE SUBSTANCE (Coralie Fargeat) |
| 3 | THE BRUTALIST (Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold) |
| 4 | A REAL PAIN (Jesse Eisenberg) |
| 5 | SEPTEMBER 5 (Tim Fehlbaum, Moritz Binder, Alex David) |
| 6 | HARD TRUTHS (Mike Leigh) |
| 7 | ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (Payal Kapadia) |
| 8 | CHALLENGERS (Justin Kuritzkes) |
| 9 | HIS THREE DAUGHTERS (Azazel Jacobs) |
| 10 | THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (Mohammad Rasoulof) |
Best Animated Feature
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | FLOW |
| 2 | THE WILD ROBOT |
| 3 | INSIDE OUT 2 |
| 4 | WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL |
| 5 | MEMOIR OF A SNAIL |
| 6 | MOANA 2 |
| 7 | CHICKEN FOR LINDA |
| 8 | ULTRAMAN: RISING |
| 9 | PIECE BY PIECE |
| 10 | THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM |
Best Documentary Feature
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | NO OTHER LAND |
| 2 | SUGARCANE |
| 3 | PORCELAIN WAR |
| 4 | BLACK BOX DIARIES |
| 5 | DAUGHTERS |
| 6 | SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ÉTAT |
| 7 | THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF IBELIN |
| 8 | WILL & HARPER |
| 9 | DAHOMEY |
| 10 | UNION |
Best International Feature
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | EMILIA PÉREZ (France) |
| 2 | I'M STILL HERE (Brazil) |
| 3 | VERMIGLIO (Italy) |
| 4 | KNEECAP (Ireland) |
| 5 | THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE (Denmark) |
| 6 | THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (Germany) |
| 7 | FLOW (Latvia) |
| 8 | HOW TO MAKE MILLIONS BEFORE GRANDMA DIES (Thailand) |
| 9 | WAVES (Czech Republic) |
| 10 | UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE (Canada) |
Best Cinematography
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | THE BRUTALIST (Lol Crawley) |
| 2 | NOSFERATU (Jarin Blaschke) |
| 3 | CONCLAVE (Stéphane Fontaine) |
| 4 | MARIA (Edward Lachmann) |
| 5 | THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE (Michal Dymek) |
| 6 | A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Phedon Papamichael) |
| 7 | DUNE: PART TWO (Greig Fraser) |
| 8 | EMILIA PÉREZ (Paul Guilhaume) |
| 9 | NICKEL BOYS (Jomo Fray) |
| 10 | WICKED (Alice Brooks) |
Best Costume Design
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | WICKED |
| 2 | NOSFERATU |
| 3 | CONCLAVE |
| 4 | A COMPLETE UNKNOWN |
| 5 | GLADIATOR II |
| 6 | BLITZ |
| 7 | DUNE: PART TWO |
| 8 | BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE |
| 9 | MARIA |
| 10 | FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA |
Best Film Editing
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | CONCLAVE |
| 2 | EMILIA PÉREZ |
| 3 | ANORA |
| 4 | DUNE: PART TWO |
| 5 | SEPTEMBER 5 |
| 6 | THE BRUTALIST |
| 7 | A COMPLETE UNKNOWN |
| 8 | THE SUBSTANCE |
| 9 | CHALLENGERS |
| 10 | WICKED |
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | THE SUBSTANCE |
| 2 | EMILIA PÉREZ |
| 3 | WICKED |
| 4 | A DIFFERENT MAN |
| 5 | NOSFERATU |
| 6 | WALTZING WITH BRANDO |
| 7 | BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE |
| 8 | DUNE: PART TWO |
| 9 | THE APPRENTICE |
| 10 | MARIA |
Best Production Design
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | WICKED |
| 2 | THE BRUTALIST |
| 3 | NOSFERATU |
| 4 | DUNE: PART TWO |
| 5 | A COMPLETE UNKNOWN |
| 6 | CONCLAVE |
| 7 | GLADIATOR II |
| 8 | EMILIA PÉREZ |
| 9 | THE SUBSTANCE |
| 10 | BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE |
Best Original Score
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | CONCLAVE (Volker Bertelmann) |
| 2 | THE BRUTALIST (Daniel Blumberg) |
| 3 | EMILIA PÉREZ (Clément Ducol, Camille) |
| 4 | THE WILD ROBOT (Kris Bowers) |
| 5 | CHALLENGERS (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross) |
| 6 | WICKED (John Powell & Stephen Schwartz) |
| 7 | NOSFERATU (Robin Carolan) |
| 8 | BLITZ (Hans Zimmer) |
| 9 | THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Alberto Iglesias) |
| 10 | HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA (John Debney) |
Best Original Song
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | "El Mal" (EMILIA PÉREZ) |
| 2 | "Mi Camino" (EMILIA PÉREZ) |
| 3 | "The Journey" (THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT) |
| 4 | "Never Too Late" (ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE) |
| 5 | "Kiss the Sky" (THE WILD ROBOT) |
| 6 | "Sick in the Head" (KNEECAP) |
| 7 | "Compress/Repress" (CHALLENGERS) |
| 8 | "Winter Coat" (BLITZ) |
| 9 | "Like a Bird" (SING SING) |
| 10 | "Tell Me It's You" (MUFASA: THE LION KING) |
Best Sound
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | DUNE: PART TWO |
| 2 | WICKED |
| 3 | A COMPLETE UNKNOWN |
| 4 | EMILIA PÉREZ |
| 5 | BLITZ |
| 6 | GLADIATOR II |
| 7 | ALIEN: ROMULUS |
| 8 | DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE |
| 9 | THE WILD ROBOT |
| 10 | JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX |
Best Visual Effects
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | DUNE: PART TWO |
| 2 | KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES |
| 3 | BETTER MAN |
| 4 | ALIEN: ROMULUS |
| 5 | TWISTERS |
| 6 | WICKED |
| 7 | GLADIATOR II |
| 8 | MUFASA: THE LION KING |
| 9 | CIVIL WAR |
| 10 | DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE |
Best Animated Short Film
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | A BEAR NAMED WOJTEK |
| 2 | YUCK! |
| 3 | WANDER TO WONDER |
| 4 | IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS |
| 5 | A CRAB IN THE POOL |
| 6 | ME |
| 7 | BEAUTIFUL MEN |
| 8 | MAYBE ELEPHANTS |
| 9 | THE 21 |
| 10 | AU REVOIR MON MONDE |
Best Documentary Short Film
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | A SWIM LESSON |
| 2 | INSTRUMENTS OF A BEATING HEART |
| 3 | INCIDENT |
| 4 | ONCE UPON A TIME IN UKRAINE |
| 5 | MAKAYLA’S VOICE: A LETTER TO THE WORLD |
| 6 | CHASING ROO |
| 7 | THE ONLY GIRL IN THE ORCHESTRA |
| 8 | I AM READY, WARDEN |
| 9 | PLANETWALKER |
| 10 | ETERNAL FATHER |
Best Live Action Short Film
| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ROOM TAKEN |
| 2 | THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT |
| 3 | AN ORANGE FROM JAFFA |
| 4 | I’M NOT A ROBOT |
| 5 | ANUJA |
| 6 | CRUST |
| 7 | CLODAGH |
| 8 | THE MASTERPIECE |
| 9 | THE ICE CREAM MAN |
| 10 | DOVECOTE |