Oscar Predictions – Matt Neglia

Here are Matt Neglia’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

Matt Neglia
1Oppenheimer
2Poor Things
3Killers Of The Flower Moon
4Barbie
5The Holdovers
6The Color Purple
7American Fiction
8Maestro
9Past Lives
10Anatomy Of A Fall

Best Director

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1Christopher Nolan (OPPENHEIMER)
2Yorgos Lanthimos (POOR THINGS)
3Martin Scorsese (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
4Jonathan Glazer (THE ZONE OF INTEREST)
5Alexander Payne (THE HOLDOVERS)
6Bradley Cooper (MAESTRO)
7Greta Gerwig (BARBIE)
8Blitz Bazawule (THE COLOR PURPLE)
9Justine Triet (ANATOMY OF A FALL)
10JA Bayona (SOCIETY OF THE SNOW)

Best Actress

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

Best Actor

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

Best Supporting Actress

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1Danielle Brooks (THE COLOR PURPLE)
2Da'Vine Joy Randolph (THE HOLDOVERS)
3Taraji P. Henson (THE COLOR PURPLE)
4Emily Blunt (OPPENHEIMER)
5Jodie Foster (NYAD)
6Penelope Cruz (FERRARI)
7Julianne Moore (MAY DECEMBER)
8Viola Davis (AIR)
9Rosamund Pike (SALTBURN)
10Juliette Binoche (THE TASTE OF THINGS)

Best Supporting Actor

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1Robert Downey Jr. (OPPENHEIMER)
2Robert De Niro (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
3Willem Dafoe (POOR THINGS)
4Mark Ruffalo (POOR THINGS)
5Charles Melton (MAY DECEMBER)
6Ryan Gosling (BARBIE)
7Dominic Sessa (THE HOLDOVERS)
8Peter Sarsgaard (MEMORY)
9Glenn Howerton (BLACKBERRY)
10Colman Domingo (THE COLOR PURPLE)

Best Adapted Screenplay

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

Best Original Screenplay

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1THE HOLDOVERS (David Hemingson)
2BARBIE (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
3PAST LIVES (Celine Song)
4ANATOMY OF A FALL (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari)
5MAY DECEMBER (Samy Burch)
6MAESTRO (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
7AIR (Alex Convery)
8FAIR PLAY (Chloe Domont)
9ASTEROID CITY (Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola)
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
4The Peasants
5Nimona
6Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
7Suzume
8Wish
9The Super Mario Bros. Movie
10Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget

Best Documentary Feature

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1Beyond Utopia
220 Days In Mariupol
3Four Daughters
4Stamped From The Beginning
5A Still Small Voice
6Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
7The Eternal Memory
8Against The Tide
9The Mother of All Lies
10Anselm

Best International Feature

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1THE ZONE OF INTEREST (United Kingdom)
2THE TASTE OF THINGS (France)
3PERFECT DAYS (Japan)
4SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (Spain)
5TÓTEM (Mexico)
6FALLEN LEAVES (Finland)
7THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE (Germany)
8THE PROMISED LAND (Denmark)
9CONCRETE UTOPIA (South Korea)
10THE MONK AND THE GUN (Bhutan)

Best Cinematography

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1OPPENHEIMER (Hoyte Van Hoytema)
2KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Rodrigo Prieto)
3MAESTRO (Matthew Libatique)
4THE COLOR PURPLE (Dan Laustsen)
5THE ZONE OF INTEREST (Lukasz Zal)
6POOR THINGS (Robbie Ryan)
7EL CONDE (Edward Lachman)
8SALTBURN (Linus Sandgren)
9JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 (Dan Laustsen)
10NAPOLEON (Dariusz Wolski)

Best Costume Design

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

Best Film Editing

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

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Matt Neglia
1Maestro
2Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3
3Poor Things
4Oppenheimer
5Nyad
6Golda
7Society of the Snow
8Barbie
9Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
10Napoleon

Best Production Design

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

Best Original Score

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1OPPENHEIMER (Ludwig Göransson)
2KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Robbie Robertson)
3POOR THINGS (Jerskin Fendrix)
4ELEMENTAL (Thomas Newman)
5SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (Michael Giacchino)
6SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (Daniel Pemberton)
7THE BOY AND THE HERON (Joe Hisaishi)
8PAST LIVES (Christopher Bear & Daniel Rossen)
9INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY (John Williams)
10CARMEN (Nicholas Britell)

Best Original Song

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1"What Was I Made For?" (BARBIE)
2"I'm Just Ken" (BARBIE)
3"Quiet Eyes" (PAST LIVES)
4"Keep It Movin'" (THE COLOR PURPLE)
5"The Wish" (WISH)
6"Dance The Night" (BARBIE)
7"A World Of Your Own" (WONKA)
8"Gonna Be You" (80 FOR BRADY)
9"Steal The Show" (ELEMENTAL)
10"Peaches" (THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE)

Best Sound

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1Oppenheimer
2Maestro
3Napoleon
4The Killer
5Society of the Snow
6Killers Of The Flower Moon
7Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
8The Color Purple
9Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
10John Wick: Chapter 4

Best Visual Effects

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1Oppenheimer
2The Creator
3Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3
4Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
5Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
6Poor Things
7Society Of The Snow
8Napoleon
9Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
10John Wick: Chapter 4