Here are the 2023 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 96th 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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Rank | Picture |
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1 | Oppenheimer |
2 | Killers Of The Flower Moon |
3 | Poor Things |
4 | Barbie |
5 | The Holdovers |
6 | Maestro |
7 | Past Lives |
8 | The Color Purple |
9 | American Fiction |
10 | Anatomy Of A Fall |
Best Director
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Rank | Picture |
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1 | Christopher Nolan (OPPENHEIMER) |
2 | Martin Scorsese (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON) |
3 | Yorgos Lanthimos (POOR THINGS) |
4 | Jonathan Glazer (THE ZONE OF INTEREST) |
5 | Greta Gerwig (BARBIE) |
6 | Alexander Payne (THE HOLDOVERS) |
7 | Bradley Cooper (MAESTRO) |
8 | Justine Triet (ANATOMY OF A FALL) |
9 | Celine Song (PAST LIVES) |
10 | Blitz Bazawule (THE COLOR PURPLE) |
Best Actress
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Rank | Picture |
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1 | Carey Mulligan (MAESTRO) |
2 | Emma Stone (POOR THINGS) |
3 | Lily Gladstone (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON) |
4 | Sandra Huller (ANATOMY OF A FALL) |
5 | Fantasia Barrino (THE COLOR PURPLE) |
6 | Annette Bening (NYAD) |
7 | Greta Lee (PAST LIVES) |
8 | Cailee Spaeny (PRISCILLA) |
9 | Margot Robbie (BARBIE) |
10 | Aunjanue Ellis (ORIGIN) |
Best Actor
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Rank | Picture |
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1 | Bradley Cooper (MAESTRO) |
2 | Cillian Murphy (OPPENHEIMER) |
3 | Leonardo DiCaprio (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON) |
4 | Paul Giamatti (THE HOLDOVERS) |
5 | Colman Domingo (RUSTIN) |
6 | Jeffrey Wright (AMERICAN FICTION) |
7 | Andrew Scott (ALL OF US STRANGERS) |
8 | Adam Driver (FERRARI) |
9 | Franz Rogowski (PASSAGES) |
10 | Barry Keoghan (SALTBURN) |
Best Supporting Actress
Rank | Picture |
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1 | Danielle Brooks (THE COLOR PURPLE) |
2 | Da'Vine Joy Randolph (THE HOLDOVERS) |
3 | Emily Blunt (OPPENHEIMER) |
4 | Jodie Foster (NYAD) |
5 | Taraji P. Henson (THE COLOR PURPLE) |
6 | Penelope Cruz (FERRARI) |
7 | Viola Davis (AIR) |
8 | Julianne Moore (MAY DECEMBER) |
9 | Rosamund Pike (SALTBURN) |
10 | Juliette Binoche (THE TASTE OF THINGS) |
Best Supporting Actor
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Rank | Picture |
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1 | Robert Downey Jr. (OPPENHEIMER) |
2 | Ryan Gosling (BARBIE) |
3 | Robert De Niro (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON) |
4 | Mark Ruffalo (POOR THINGS) |
5 | Charles Melton (MAY DECEMBER) |
6 | Willem Dafoe (POOR THINGS) |
7 | Dominic Sessa (THE HOLDOVERS) |
8 | Colman Domingo (THE COLOR PURPLE) |
9 | Glenn Howerton (BLACKBERRY) |
10 | John Magaro (PAST LIVES) |
Best Adapted Screenplay
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Rank | Picture |
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1 | KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese) |
2 | OPPENHEIMER (Christopher Nolan) |
3 | POOR THINGS (Tony McNamara) |
4 | AMERICAN FICTION (Cord Jefferson) |
5 | ALL OF US STRANGERS (Andrew Haigh) |
6 | THE ZONE OF INTEREST (Jonathan Glazer) |
7 | THE COLOR PURPLE (Marcus Gardley) |
8 | THE TASTE OF THINGS (Trần Anh Hung) |
9 | PRISCILLA (Sofia Coppola) |
10 | ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET. (Kelly Fremon Craig) |
Best Original Screenplay
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Rank | Picture |
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1 | BARBIE (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach) |
2 | THE HOLDOVERS (David Hemingson) |
3 | PAST LIVES (Celine Song) |
4 | ANATOMY OF A FALL (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari) |
5 | MAESTRO (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer) |
6 | AIR (Alex Convery) |
7 | MAY DECEMBER (Samy Burch) |
8 | ASTEROID CITY (Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola) |
9 | SALTBURN (Emerald Fennell) |
10 | FAIR PLAY (Chloe Domont) |
Best Animated Feature
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Rank | Picture |
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1 | Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse |
2 | The Boy and the Heron |
3 | Elemental |
4 | The Peasants |
5 | Nimona |
6 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem |
7 | Wish |
8 | Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget |
9 | Suzume |
10 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie |
Best Documentary Feature
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Rank | Picture |
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1 | Beyond Utopia |
2 | 20 Days In Mariupol |
3 | Four Daughters |
4 | Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie |
5 | Stamped From The Beginning |
6 | The Deepest Breath |
7 | The Eternal Memory |
8 | A Still Small Voice |
9 | Orlando, My Political Biography |
10 | Silver Dollar Road |
Best International Feature
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Rank | Picture |
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1 | THE ZONE OF INTEREST (United Kingdom) |
2 | THE TASTE OF THINGS (France) |
3 | PERFECT DAYS (Japan) |
4 | SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (Spain) |
5 | THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE (Germany) |
6 | THE PROMISED LAND (Denmark) |
7 | ABOUT DRY GRASSES (Turkey) |
8 | FALLEN LEAVES (Finland) |
9 | TÓTEM (Mexico) |
10 | THE SETTLERS (Chile) |
Best Cinematography
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Rank | Picture |
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1 | OPPENHEIMER (Hoyte Van Hoytema) |
2 | KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Rodrigo Prieto) |
3 | MAESTRO (Matthew Libatique) |
4 | POOR THINGS (Robbie Ryan) |
5 | THE COLOR PURPLE (Dan Laustsen) |
6 | THE ZONE OF INTEREST (Lukasz Zal) |
7 | EL CONDE (Edward Lachman) |
8 | NAPOLEON (Dariusz Wolski) |
9 | SALTBURN (Linus Sandgren) |
10 | THE KILLER (Erik Messerschmidt) |
Best Costume Design
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Rank | Picture |
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1 | Poor Things |
2 | Barbie |
3 | The Color Purple |
4 | Killers Of The Flower Moon |
5 | Napoleon |
6 | Wonka |
7 | Priscilla |
8 | Oppenheimer |
9 | Maestro |
10 | Asteroid City |
Best Film Editing
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Rank | Picture |
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1 | Oppenheimer |
2 | Killers Of The Flower Moon |
3 | Poor Things |
4 | The Holdovers |
5 | Maestro |
6 | Anatomy Of A Fall |
7 | Air |
8 | The Killer |
9 | Ferrari |
10 | Past Lives |
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
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Rank | Picture |
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1 | Maestro |
2 | Poor Things |
3 | Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 |
4 | Oppenheimer |
5 | Nyad |
6 | Barbie |
7 | Golda |
8 | Priscilla |
9 | Napoleon |
10 | The Color Purple |
Best Production Design
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Rank | Picture |
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1 | Poor Things |
2 | Barbie |
3 | Killers Of The Flower Moon |
4 | Oppenheimer |
5 | Asteroid City |
6 | The Color Purple |
7 | Napoleon |
8 | Maestro |
9 | Wonka |
10 | Ferrari |
Best Original Score
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Rank | Picture |
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1 | OPPENHEIMER (Ludwig Göransson) |
2 | KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Robbie Robertson) |
3 | POOR THINGS (Jerskin Fendrix) |
4 | ELEMENTAL (Thomas Newman) |
5 | PAST LIVES (Christopher Bear & Daniel Rossen) |
6 | SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (Daniel Pemberton) |
7 | THE KILLER (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross) |
8 | THE BOY AND THE HERON (Joe Hisaishi) |
9 | ASTEROID CITY (Alexandre Desplat) |
10 | CARMEN (Nicholas Britell) |
Best Original Song
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Rank | Picture |
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1 | BARBIE ("What Was I Made For?") |
2 | BARBIE ("I'm Just Ken") |
3 | THE COLOR PURPLE ("Keep It Movin'") |
4 | PAST LIVES ("Quiet Eyes") |
5 | WISH ("The Wish") |
6 | RUSTIN ("Road To Freedom") |
7 | 80 FOR BRADY ("Gonna Be You") |
8 | WONKA ("A World Of Your Own") |
9 | BARBIE ("Dance The Night") |
10 | ELEMENTAL ("Steal The Show") |
Best Sound
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Rank | Picture |
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1 | Oppenheimer |
2 | Maestro |
3 | Killers Of The Flower Moon |
4 | Napoleon |
5 | Ferrari |
6 | The Color Purple |
7 | The Killer |
8 | Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse |
9 | John Wick: Chapter 4 |
10 | Society of the Snow |
Best Visual Effects
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Rank | Picture |
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1 | Oppenheimer |
2 | Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 |
3 | The Creator |
4 | Napoleon |
5 | Poor Things |
6 | Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One |
7 | John Wick: Chapter 4 |
8 | Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny |
9 | Killers Of The Flower Moon |
10 | Wonka |
Best Animated Short Film
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Rank | Picture |
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1 | COMING SOON |
2 | COMING SOON |
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10 | COMING SOON |
Best Documentary Short Film
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Rank | Picture |
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1 | COMING SOON |
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9 | COMING SOON |
10 | COMING SOON |
Best Live Action Short Film
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Rank | Picture |
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1 | COMING SOON |
2 | COMING SOON |
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