Oscar Predictions – Tom O’Brien

Here are Tom O’Brien’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.

Click each heading to view individual staff rankings, or search/sort by the drop-downs below:
 

Best Picture

Tom O'Brien
1ANORA
2CONCLAVE
3THE BRUTALIST
4EMILIA PÉREZ
5WICKED
6A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
7THE SUBSTANCE
8I'M STILL HERE
9DUNE: PART TWO
10NICKEL BOYS

Best Director

Tom O'Brien
1Sean Baker (ANORA)
2Brady Corbet (THE BRUTALIST)
3Coralie Fargeat (THE SUBSTANCE)
4Jacques Audiard (EMILIA PÉREZ)
5James Mangold (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN)

Best Actress

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1Mikey Madison (ANORA)
2Demi Moore (THE SUBSTANCE)
3Fernanda Torres (I'M STILL HERE)
4Cynthia Erivo (WICKED)
5Karla Sofía Gascón (EMILIA PÉREZ)

Best Actor

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1Adrien Brody (THE BRUTALIST)
2Timothee Chalamet (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN)
3Ralph Fiennes (CONCLAVE)
4Colman Domingo (SING SING)
5Sebastian Stan (THE APPRENTICE)

Best Supporting Actress

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1Zoe Saldaña (EMILIA PÉREZ)
2Ariana Grande (WICKED)
3Isabella Rossellini (CONCLAVE)
4Felicity Jones (THE BRUTALIST)
5Monica Barbaro (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN)

Best Supporting Actor

Tom O'Brien
1Kieran Culkin (A REAL PAIN)
2Edward Norton (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN)
3Guy Pearce (THE BRUTALIST)
4Yura Borisov (ANORA)
5Jeremy Strong (THE APPRENTICE)

Best Adapted Screenplay

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1CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan)
2NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes)
3A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold)
4EMILIA PÉREZ (Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, Nicolas Livecchi)
5SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield)

Best Original Screenplay

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1ANORA (Sean Baker)
2THE SUBSTANCE (Coralie Fargeat)
3A REAL PAIN (Jesse Eisenberg)
4THE BRUTALIST (Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold)
5SEPTEMBER 5 (Tim Fehlbaum, Moritz Binder, Alex David)

Best Animated Feature

Tom O'Brien
1THE WILD ROBOT
2FLOW
3WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
4INSIDE OUT 2
5MEMOIR OF A SNAIL

Best Documentary Feature

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1NO OTHER LAND
2PORCELAIN WAR
3BLACK BOX DIARIES
4SUGARCANE
5SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ÉTAT

Best International Feature

Tom O'Brien
1I'M STILL HERE (Brazil)
2EMILIA PÉREZ (France)
3THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (Germany)
4FLOW (Latvia)
5THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE (Denmark)

Best Cinematography

Tom O'Brien
1THE BRUTALIST (Lol Crawley)
2NOSFERATU (Jarin Blaschke)
3EMILIA PÉREZ (Paul Guilhaume)
4MARIA (Edward Lachmann)
5DUNE: PART TWO (Greig Fraser)

Best Costume Design

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1WICKED
2NOSFERATU
3A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
4CONCLAVE
5GLADIATOR II

Best Film Editing

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1CONCLAVE
2ANORA
3EMILIA PÉREZ
4THE BRUTALIST
5WICKED

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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1THE SUBSTANCE
2WICKED
3EMILIA PÉREZ
4NOSFERATU
5A DIFFERENT MAN

Best Production Design

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1WICKED
2THE BRUTALIST
3CONCLAVE
4NOSFERATU
5DUNE: PART TWO

Best Original Score

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1THE BRUTALIST (Daniel Blumberg)
2CONCLAVE (Volker Bertelmann)
3EMILIA PÉREZ (Clément Ducol, Camille)
4THE WILD ROBOT (Kris Bowers)
5WICKED (John Powell & Stephen Schwartz)

Best Original Song

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1"El Mal" (EMILIA PÉREZ)
2"The Journey" (THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT)
3"Mi Camino" (EMILIA PÉREZ)
4"Never Too Late" (ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE)
5"Like a Bird" (SING SING)

Best Sound

Tom O'Brien
1DUNE: PART TWO
2WICKED
3A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
4EMILIA PÉREZ
5THE WILD ROBOT

Best Visual Effects

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1DUNE: PART TWO
2WICKED
3KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
4BETTER MAN
5ALIEN: ROMULUS

Best Animated Short Film

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1YUCK!
2WANDER TO WONDER
3IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS
4MAGIC CANDIES
5BEAUTIFUL MEN

Best Documentary Short Film

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1THE ONLY GIRL IN THE ORCHESTRA
2INCIDENT
3DEATH BY NUMBERS
4I AM READY, WARDEN
5INSTRUMENTS OF A BEATING HEART

Best Live Action Short Film

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1THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT
2A LIEN
3I’M NOT A ROBOT
4ANUJA
5THE LAST RANGER