Oscar Predictions – Josh Parham

Here are Josh Parham’s 2022 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 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023.

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Best Picture

Josh Parham
1Oppenheimer
2American Fiction
3Killers Of The Flower Moon
4Poor Things
5The Holdovers
6Barbie
7Maestro
8The Color Purple
9Past Lives
10The Zone Of Interest

Best Director

Josh Parham
1Christopher Nolan (OPPENHEIMER)
2Martin Scorsese (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
3Jonathan Glazer (THE ZONE OF INTEREST)
4Yorgos Lanthimos (POOR THINGS)
5Alexander Payne (THE HOLDOVERS)
6Justine Triet (ANATOMY OF A FALL)
7Greta Gerwig (BARBIE)
8Bradley Cooper (MAESTRO)
9Cord Jefferson (AMERICAN FICTION)
10Andrew Haigh (ALL OF US STRANGERS)

Best Actress

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

Best Actor

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

Best Supporting Actress

Josh Parham
1Danielle Brooks (THE COLOR PURPLE)
2Da'Vine Joy Randolph (THE HOLDOVERS)
3Emily Blunt (OPPENHEIMER)
4Jodie Foster (NYAD)
5Taraji P. Henson (THE COLOR PURPLE)
6Penelope Cruz (FERRARI)
7Rachel McAdams (ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET.)
8Juliette Binoche (THE TASTE OF THINGS)
9Viola Davis (AIR)
10Rosamund Pike (SALTBURN)

Best Supporting Actor

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

Josh Parham
1AMERICAN FICTION (Cord Jefferson)
2POOR THINGS (Tony McNamara)
3KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese)
4OPPENHEIMER (Christopher Nolan)
5ALL OF US STRANGERS (Andrew Haigh)
6THE ZONE OF INTEREST (Jonathan Glazer)
7PRISCILLA (Sofia Coppola)
8ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET. (Kelly Fremon Craig)
9THE COLOR PURPLE (Marcus Gardley)
10SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (Phil Lord, Christopher Miller & Dave Callaham)

Best Original Screenplay

Josh Parham
1BARBIE (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
2THE HOLDOVERS (David Hemingson)
3PAST LIVES (Celine Song)
4ANATOMY OF A FALL (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari)
5MAY DECEMBER (Samy Burch)
6MAESTRO (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
7RUSTIN (Julian Breece & Dustin Lance Black)
8AIR (Alex Convery)
9SALTBURN (Emerald Fennell)
10ASTEROID CITY (Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola)

Best Animated Feature

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

Best Documentary Feature

Josh Parham
120 Days In Mariupol
2Four Daughters
3Beyond Utopia
4The Deepest Breath
5The Mission
6Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
7American Symphony
8Stamped From The Beginning
9The Eternal Memory
10Silver Dollar Road

Best International Feature

Josh Parham
1THE ZONE OF INTEREST (United Kingdom)
2THE TASTE OF THINGS (France)
3PERFECT DAYS (Japan)
4ABOUT DRY GRASSES (Turkey)
5THE PROMISED LAND (Denmark)
6THE MONK AND THE GUN (Bhutan)
7THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE (Germany)
8FALLEN LEAVES (Finland)
9SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (Spain)
10IO CAPITANO (Italy)

Best Cinematography

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

Best Costume Design

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

Best Film Editing

Josh Parham
1Oppenheimer
2Killers Of The Flower Moon
3Poor Things
4American Fiction
5The Holdovers
6Barbie
7The Killer
8Maestro
9Ferrari
10Air

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Josh Parham
1Maestro
2Poor Things
3Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3
4Nyad
5Golda
6Oppenheimer
7Priscilla
8Beau Is Afraid
9Wonka
10The Color Purple

Best Production Design

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

Best Original Score

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

Best Original Song

Josh Parham
1"What Was I Made For?" (BARBIE)
2"Keep It Movin'" (THE COLOR PURPLE)
3"The Wish" (WISH)
4"Road To Freedom" (RUSTIN)
5"Fire Inside" (FLAMIN' HOT)
6"I'm Just Ken" (BARBIE)
7"A World Of Your Own" (WONKA)
8"Quiet Eyes" (PAST LIVES)
9"Steal The Show" (ELEMENTAL)
10"Gonna Be You" (80 FOR BRADY)

Best Sound

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

Best Visual Effects

Josh Parham
1Poor Things
2Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3
3Napoleon
4The Creator
5Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
6Society Of The Snow
7Killers Of The Flower Moon
8Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
9Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
10Wonka