Oscar Predictions – Nadia Dalimonte

Here are Nadia Dalimonte’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

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

Best Director

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

Best Actress

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

Best Actor

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

Best Supporting Actress

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

Best Supporting Actor

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

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1OPPENHEIMER (Christopher Nolan)
2POOR THINGS (Tony McNamara)
3KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese)
4ORIGIN (Ava DuVernay, Isabel Wilkerson)
5AMERICAN FICTION (Cord Jefferson)
6HIT MAN (Richard Linklater & Glenn Powell)
7ALL OF US STRANGERS (Andrew Haigh)
8THE COLOR PURPLE (Marcus Gardley)
9SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (Phil Lord, Christopher Miller & Dave Callaham)
10ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET. (Kelly Fremon Craig)

Best Original Screenplay

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1PAST LIVES (Celine Song)
2THE HOLDOVERS (David Hemingson)
3BARBIE (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
4ANATOMY OF A FALL (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari)
5MAESTRO (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
6ASTEROID CITY (Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola)
7AIR (Alex Convery)
8MAY DECEMBER (Samy Burch)
9FAIR PLAY (Chloe Domont)
10HIS THREE DAUGHTERS (Azazel Jacobs)

Best Animated Feature

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

Best Documentary Feature

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1Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2Beyond Utopia
320 Days In Mariupol
4Stamped From The Beginning
5Untitled Diane Warren Documentary
6Orlando, My Political Biography
7The Mother of All Lies
8Our Body
9Silver Dollar Road
10Four Daughters

Best International Feature

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

Best Cinematography

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

Best Costume Design

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

Best Film Editing

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

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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

Best Production Design

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

Best Original Score

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

Best Original Song

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1"Untitled Original Song" (THE COLOR PURPLE)
2"What Was I Made For?" (BARBIE)
3"Road To Freedom" (RUSTIN)
4"I'm Just Ken" (BARBIE)
5"Untitled Original Song" (UNTITLED DIANE WARREN DOCUMENTARY)
6"Gonna Be You" (80 FOR BRADY)
7"The Wish" (WISH)
8"Quiet Eyes" (PAST LIVES)
9"Dance The Night" (BARBIE)
10"Steal The Show" (ELEMENTAL)

Best Sound

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

Best Visual Effects

Nadia Dalimonte
1Oppenheimer
2Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3
3Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
4The Creator
5Poor Things
6Napoleon
7Killers Of The Flower Moon
8John Wick: Chapter 4
9Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
10Wonka