Oscar Predictions

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


 
 

Best Director

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1Christopher Nolan (OPPENHEIMER)
2Martin Scorsese (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
3Yorgos Lanthimos (POOR THINGS)
4Jonathan Glazer (THE ZONE OF INTEREST)
5Greta Gerwig (BARBIE)
6Alexander Payne (THE HOLDOVERS)
7Bradley Cooper (MAESTRO)
8Justine Triet (ANATOMY OF A FALL)
9Celine Song (PAST LIVES)
10Blitz Bazawule (THE COLOR PURPLE)


 
 

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)
6Annette Bening (NYAD)
7Greta Lee (PAST LIVES)
8Cailee Spaeny (PRISCILLA)
9Margot Robbie (BARBIE)
10Aunjanue Ellis (ORIGIN)


 
 

Best Actor

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1Bradley Cooper (MAESTRO)
2Cillian Murphy (OPPENHEIMER)
3Leonardo DiCaprio (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
4Paul Giamatti (THE HOLDOVERS)
5Colman Domingo (RUSTIN)
6Jeffrey Wright (AMERICAN FICTION)
7Andrew Scott (ALL OF US STRANGERS)
8Adam Driver (FERRARI)
9Franz Rogowski (PASSAGES)
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)
5Taraji P. Henson (THE COLOR PURPLE)
6Penelope Cruz (FERRARI)
7Viola Davis (AIR)
8Julianne Moore (MAY DECEMBER)
9Rosamund Pike (SALTBURN)
10Juliette Binoche (THE TASTE OF THINGS)


 
 

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)
6Willem Dafoe (POOR THINGS)
7Dominic Sessa (THE HOLDOVERS)
8Colman Domingo (THE COLOR PURPLE)
9Glenn Howerton (BLACKBERRY)
10John Magaro (PAST LIVES)


 
 

Best Adapted Screenplay

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1
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese)
2OPPENHEIMER (Christopher Nolan)
3POOR THINGS (Tony McNamara)
4AMERICAN FICTION (Cord Jefferson)
5ALL OF US STRANGERS (Andrew Haigh)
6THE ZONE OF INTEREST (Jonathan Glazer)
7THE COLOR PURPLE (Marcus Gardley)
8THE TASTE OF THINGS (Trần Anh Hung)
9PRISCILLA (Sofia Coppola)
10
ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET. (Kelly Fremon Craig)


 
 

Best Original Screenplay

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


 
 

Best Animated Feature

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


 
 

Best Documentary Feature

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1Beyond Utopia
220 Days In Mariupol
3Four Daughters
4Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
5Stamped From The Beginning
6The Deepest Breath
7The Eternal Memory
8A Still Small Voice
9Orlando, My Political Biography
10Silver Dollar Road


 
 

Best International Feature

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


 
 

Best Cinematography

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


 
 

Best Costume Design

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


 
 

Best Film Editing

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


 
 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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


 
 

Best Production Design

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


 
 

Best Original Score

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


 
 

Best Original Song

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1BARBIE ("What Was I Made For?")
2BARBIE ("I'm Just Ken")
3THE COLOR PURPLE ("Keep It Movin'")
4PAST LIVES ("Quiet Eyes")
5WISH ("The Wish")
6RUSTIN ("Road To Freedom")
780 FOR BRADY ("Gonna Be You")
8WONKA ("A World Of Your Own")
9BARBIE ("Dance The Night")
10ELEMENTAL ("Steal The Show")


 
 

Best Sound

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1Oppenheimer
2Maestro
3Killers Of The Flower Moon
4Napoleon
5Ferrari
6The Color Purple
7The Killer
8Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
9John Wick: Chapter 4
10Society of the Snow


 
 

Best Visual Effects

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


 
 

Best Animated Short Film

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1COMING SOON
2COMING SOON
3COMING SOON
4COMING SOON
5COMING SOON
6COMING SOON
7COMING SOON
8COMING SOON
9COMING SOON
10COMING SOON


 
 

Best Documentary Short Film

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1COMING SOON
2COMING SOON
3COMING SOON
4COMING SOON
5COMING SOON
6COMING SOON
7COMING SOON
8COMING SOON
9COMING SOON
10COMING SOON


 
 

Best Live Action Short Film

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1COMING SOON
2COMING SOON
3COMING SOON
4COMING SOON
5COMING SOON
6COMING SOON
7COMING SOON
8COMING SOON
9COMING SOON
10COMING SOON