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


 
 

Best Director

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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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1Demi Moore (THE SUBSTANCE)
2Mikey Madison (ANORA) ✅
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

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


 
 

Best Animated Feature

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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

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


 
 

Best Cinematography

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


 
 

Best Costume Design

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1WICKED ✅
2NOSFERATU
3CONCLAVE
4A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
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
3NOSFERATU
4DUNE: PART TWO
5CONCLAVE


 
 

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


 
 

Best Sound

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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 ✅
2I AM READY, WARDEN
3INCIDENT
4DEATH BY NUMBERS
5INSTRUMENTS OF A BEATING HEART


 
 

Best Live Action Short Film

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