Oscar Predictions

Here are the 2024 Oscar Predictions from the NBP staff! 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

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1CONCLAVE
2THE BRUTALIST
3EMILIA PÉREZ
4ANORA
5WICKED
6A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
7DUNE: PART TWO
8THE SUBSTANCE
9SING SING
10NICKEL BOYS


 
 

Best Director

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1Brady Corbet (THE BRUTALIST)
2Jacques Audiard (EMILIA PÉREZ)
3Sean Baker (ANORA)
4Edward Berger (CONCLAVE)
5Coralie Fargeat (THE SUBSTANCE)
6RaMell Ross (NICKEL BOYS)
7Denis Villenueve (DUNE: PART TWO)
8Payal Kapadia (ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT)
9James Mangold (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN)
10Mohammad Rasoulof (THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG)


 
 

Best Actress

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1Demi Moore (THE SUBSTANCE)
2Mikey Madison (ANORA)
3Karla Sofía Gascón (EMILIA PÉREZ)
4Cynthia Erivo (WICKED)
5Fernanda Torres (I'M STILL HERE)
6Marianne Jean-Baptiste (HARD TRUTHS)
7Pamela Anderson (THE LAST SHOWGIRL)
8Angelina Jolie (MARIA)
9Nicole Kidman (BABYGIRL)
10Kate Winslet (LEE)


 
 

Best Actor

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1Adrien Brody (THE BRUTALIST)
2Timothee Chalamet (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN)
3Ralph Fiennes (CONCLAVE)
4Colman Domingo (SING SING)
5Daniel Craig (QUEER)
6Sebastian Stan (THE APPRENTICE)
7Hugh Grant (HERETIC)
8Jesse Eisenberg (A REAL PAIN)
9Sebastian Stan (A DIFFERENT MAN)
10Glen Powell (HIT MAN)


 
 

Best Supporting Actress

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1Zoe Saldaña (EMILIA PÉREZ)
2Ariana Grande (WICKED)
3Isabella Rossellini (CONCLAVE)
4Felicity Jones (THE BRUTALIST)
5Jamie Lee Curtis (THE LAST SHOWGIRL)
6Margaret Qualley (THE SUBSTANCE)
7Selena Gomez (EMILIA PÉREZ)
8Monica Barbaro (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN)
9Danielle Deadwyler (THE PIANO LESSON)
10Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (NICKEL BOYS)


 
 

Best Supporting Actor

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1Kieran Culkin (A REAL PAIN)
2Edward Norton (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN)
3Guy Pearce (THE BRUTALIST)
4Yura Borisov (ANORA)
5Clarence Maclin (SING SING)
6Jeremy Strong (THE APPRENTICE)
7Denzel Washington (GLADIATOR II)
8Jonathan Bailey (WICKED)
9Stanley Tucci (CONCLAVE)
10Brian Tyree Henry (THE FIRE INSIDE)


 
 

Best Adapted Screenplay

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1CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan)
2EMILIA PÉREZ (Jacques Audiard)
3SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield)
4NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes)
5A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold)
6DUNE: PART TWO (Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts)
7WICKED (Winnie Holzman)
8HIT MAN (Richard Linklater, Glen Powell)
9QUEER (Justin Kuritzkes)
10THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Pedro Almodóvar)


 
 

Best Original Screenplay

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1ANORA (Sean Baker)
2THE BRUTALIST (Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold)
3THE SUBSTANCE (Coralie Fargeat)
4A REAL PAIN (Jesse Eisenberg)
5ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (Payal Kapadia)
6HARD TRUTHS (Mike Leigh)
7CHALLENGERS (Justin Kuritzkes)
8SEPTEMBER 5 (Tim Fehlbaum, Moritz Binder, Alex David)
9THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (Mohammad Rasoulof)
10HIS THREE DAUGHTERS (Azazel Jacobs)


 
 

Best Animated Feature

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1THE WILD ROBOT
2FLOW
3INSIDE OUT 2
4WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
5MEMOIR OF A SNAIL
6MOANA 2
7CHICKEN FOR LINDA
8TRANSFORMERS ONE
9PIECE BY PIECE
10ULTRAMAN: RISING


 
 

Best Documentary Feature

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1NO OTHER LAND
2BLACK BOX DIARIES
3DAUGHTERS
4SUGARCANE
5WILL & HARPER
6SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ÉTAT
7DAHOMEY
8PORCELAIN WAR
9THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF IBELIN
10UNION


 
 

Best International Feature

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1EMILIA PÉREZ (France)
2I'M STILL HERE (Brazil)
3THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (Germany)
4VERMIGLIO (Italy)
5KNEECAP (Ireland)
6THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE (Denmark)
7FLOW (Latvia)
8HOW TO MAKE MILLIONS BEFORE GRANDMA DIES (Thailand)
9DAHOMEY (Senegal)
10ARMAND (Norway)


 
 

Best Cinematography

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1THE BRUTALIST (Lol Crawley)
2NOSFERATU (Jarin Blaschke)
3DUNE: PART TWO (Greig Fraser)
4CONCLAVE (Stéphane Fontaine)
5MARIA (Edward Lachmann)
6NICKEL BOYS (Jomo Fray)
7EMILIA PÉREZ (Paul Guilhaume)
8THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE (Michal Dymek)
9A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Phedon Papamichael)
10WICKED (Alice Brooks)


 
 

Best Costume Design

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1WICKED
2DUNE: PART TWO
3NOSFERATU
4GLADIATOR II
5CONCLAVE
6MARIA
7A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
8BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
9BLITZ
10FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA


 
 

Best Film Editing

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1CONCLAVE
2ANORA
3EMILIA PÉREZ
4DUNE: PART TWO
5THE BRUTALIST
6THE SUBSTANCE
7CHALLENGERS
8SEPTEMBER 5
9WICKED
10A COMPLETE UNKNOWN


 
 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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1THE SUBSTANCE
2WICKED
3EMILIA PÉREZ
4NOSFERATU
5A DIFFERENT MAN
6DUNE: PART TWO
7BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
8THE APPRENTICE
9WALTZING WITH BRANDO
10MARIA


 
 

Best Production Design

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1WICKED
2THE BRUTALIST
3DUNE: PART TWO
4NOSFERATU
5GLADIATOR II
6A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
7CONCLAVE
8BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
9THE SUBSTANCE
10BLITZ


 
 

Best Original Score

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1THE BRUTALIST (Daniel Blumberg)
2CONCLAVE (Volker Bertelmann)
3EMILIA PÉREZ (Clément Ducol, Camille)
4THE WILD ROBOT (Kris Bowers)
5CHALLENGERS (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross)
6NOSFERATU (Robin Carolan)
7WICKED (John Powell & Stephen Schwartz)
8THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Alberto Iglesias)
9BLITZ (Hans Zimmer)
10SING SING (Bryce Dessner)


 
 

Best Original Song

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1EMILIA PÉREZ ("El Mal")
2EMILIA PÉREZ ("Mi Camino")
3THE WILD ROBOT ("Kiss the Sky")
4THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT ("The Journey")
5WILL & HARPER ("Harper And Will Go West")
6CHALLENGERS ("Compress/Repress")
7SING SING ("Like a Bird")
8KNEECAP ("Sick in the Head")
9ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE ("Never Too Late")
10PIECE BY PIECE ("Piece By Piece")


 
 

Best Sound

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1DUNE: PART TWO
2WICKED
3A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
4EMILIA PÉREZ
5GLADIATOR II
6ALIEN: ROMULUS
7BLITZ
8THE WILD ROBOT
9DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE
10JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX


 
 

Best Visual Effects

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1DUNE: PART TWO
2KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
3BETTER MAN
4WICKED
5ALIEN: ROMULUS
6GLADIATOR II
7TWISTERS
8CIVIL WAR
9MUFASA: THE LION KING
10DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE


 
 

Best Animated Short Film

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1ME
2WANDER TO WONDER
3A BEAR NAMED WOJTEK
4IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS
5THE 21
6YUCK!
7A CRAB IN THE POOL
8BEAUTIFUL MEN
9MAYBE ELEPHANTS
10MAGIC CANDIES


 
 

Best Documentary Short Film

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1INSTRUMENTS OF A BEATING HEART
2THE ONLY GIRL IN THE ORCHESTRA
3INCIDENT
4MAKAYLA’S VOICE: A LETTER TO THE WORLD
5THE QUILTERS
6ONCE UPON A TIME IN UKRAINE
7PLANETWALKER
8A SWIM LESSON
9DEATH BY NUMBERS
10I AM READY, WARDEN


 
 

Best Live Action Short Film

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1THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT
2ROOM TAKEN
3AN ORANGE FROM JAFFA
4CLODAGH
5DOVECOTE
6THE MASTERPIECE
7A LIEN
8CRUST
9I’M NOT A ROBOT
10ANUJA