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
2THE BRUTALIST
3DUNE: PART TWO
4SING SING
5BLITZ
6CONCLAVE
7NICKEL BOYS
8EMILIA PÉREZ
9GLADIATOR II
10SATURDAY NIGHT


 
 

Best Director

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1Brady Corbet (THE BRUTALIST)
2Sean Baker (ANORA)
3Denis Villenueve (DUNE: PART TWO)
4Steve McQueen (BLITZ)
5Jacques Audiard (EMILIA PÉREZ)
6RaMell Ross (NICKEL BOYS)
7Edward Berger (CONCLAVE)
8Greg Kwedar (SING SING)
9Mohammad Rasoulof (THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG)
10Ridley Scott (GLADIATOR II)


 
 

Best Actress

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1Angelina Jolie (MARIA)
2Saoirse Ronan (THE OUTRUN)
3Karla Sofía Gascón (EMILIA PÉREZ)
4Mikey Madison (ANORA)
5Marianne Jean-Baptiste (HARD TRUTHS)
6Amy Adams (NIGHTBITCH)
7Julianne Moore (THE ROOM NEXT DOOR)
8Fernanda Torres (I'M STILL HERE)
9Cynthia Erivo (WICKED)
10Nicole Kidman (BABYGIRL)


 
 

Best Actor

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1Timothee Chalamet (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN)
2Adrien Brody (THE BRUTALIST)
3Colman Domingo (SING SING)
4Ralph Fiennes (CONCLAVE)
5Daniel Craig (QUEER)
6Joaquin Phoenix (JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX )
7Sebastian Stan (THE APPRENTICE)
8Sebastian Stan (A DIFFERENT MAN)
9Paul Mescal (GLADIATOR II)
10Glen Powell (HIT MAN)


 
 

Best Supporting Actress

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1Danielle Deadwyler (THE PIANO LESSON)
2Zoe Saldaña (EMILIA PÉREZ)
3Felicity Jones (THE BRUTALIST)
4Selena Gomez (EMILIA PÉREZ)
5Saoirse Ronan (BLITZ)
6Tilda Swinton (THE ROOM NEXT DOOR)
7Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (NICKEL BOYS)
8Joan Chen (DIDI)
9Natasha Lyonne (HIS THREE DAUGHTERS)
10Isabella Rossellini (CONCLAVE)


 
 

Best Supporting Actor

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1Guy Pearce (THE BRUTALIST)
2Clarence Maclin (SING SING)
3Kieran Culkin (A REAL PAIN)
4Denzel Washington (GLADIATOR II)
5Edward Norton (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN)
6Jeremy Strong (THE APPRENTICE)
7Adam Pearson (A DIFFERENT MAN)
8Stanley Tucci (CONCLAVE)
9Ray Fisher (THE PIANO LESSON)
10Drew Starkey (QUEER)


 
 

Best Adapted Screenplay

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


 
 

Best Original Screenplay

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1ANORA (Sean Baker)
2THE BRUTALIST (Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold)
3SATURDAY NIGHT (Jason Reitman, Gil Kenan)
4A REAL PAIN (Jesse Eisenberg)
5BLITZ (Steve McQueen)
6EMILIA PÉREZ (Jacques Audiard)
7THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (Mohammad Rasoulof)
8HIS THREE DAUGHTERS (Azazel Jacobs)
9DIDI (Sean Wang)
10HARD TRUTHS (Mike Leigh)


 
 

Best Animated Feature

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1THE WILD ROBOT
2INSIDE OUT 2
3FLOW
4MEMOIR OF A SNAIL
5WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
6PIECE BY PIECE
7MOANA 2
8THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM
9ORION AND THE DARK
10TRANSFORMERS ONE


 
 

Best Documentary Feature

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1DAUGHTERS
2WILL & HARPER
3SUGARCANE
4BLACK BOX DIARIES
5NO OTHER LAND
6GIRLS STATE
7SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ÉTAT
8SKYWALKERS: A LOVE STORY
9SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY
10THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF IBELIN


 
 

Best International Feature

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1EMILIA PÉREZ (France)
2THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (Germany)
3ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (India)
4I'M STILL HERE (Brazil)
5UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE (Canada)
6THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (France)
7GRAND TOUR (Portugal)
8THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE (Denmark)
9SIMON OF THE MOUNTAIN (Argentina)
10CAUGHT BY THE TIDES (China)


 
 

Best Cinematography

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1DUNE: PART TWO (Greig Fraser)
2NOSFERATU (Jarin Blaschke)
3BLITZ (Yorick Le Saux)
4MARIA (Edward Lachmann)
5THE BRUTALIST (Lol Crawley)
6JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX (Lawrence Sher)
7CONCLAVE (Stéphane Fontaine)
8EMILIA PÉREZ (Paul Guilhaume)
9GLADIATOR II (John Mathieson)
10QUEER (Sayombhu Mukdeeprom)


 
 

Best Costume Design

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1DUNE: PART TWO
2WICKED
3GLADIATOR II
4MARIA
5BLITZ
6NOSFERATU
7JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
8FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
9BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
10SATURDAY NIGHT


 
 

Best Film Editing

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1DUNE: PART TWO
2BLITZ
3ANORA
4CONCLAVE
5GLADIATOR II
6EMILIA PÉREZ
7SING SING
8SATURDAY NIGHT
9THE BRUTALIST
10NICKEL BOYS


 
 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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1DUNE: PART TWO
2NOSFERATU
3WICKED
4BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
5JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
6MARIA
7A DIFFERENT MAN
8GLADIATOR II
9FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
10THE SUBSTANCE


 
 

Best Production Design

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1DUNE: PART TWO
2GLADIATOR II
3WICKED
4NOSFERATU
5BLITZ
6THE BRUTALIST
7CONCLAVE
8JOKER FOLIE A DEUX
9FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
10SATURDAY NIGHT


 
 

Best Original Score

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1DUNE: PART TWO (Hans Zimmer)
2GLADIATOR II (Harry Gregson-Williams)
3CONCLAVE (Volker Bertelmann)
4JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX (Hildur Guðnadóttir)
5EMILIA PÉREZ (Clément Ducol)
6SING SING (Bryce Dessner)
7QUEER (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross)
8CHALLENGERS (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross)
9THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Alberto Iglesias)
10THE WILD ROBOT (Kris Bowers)


 
 

Best Original Song

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1EMILIA PÉREZ ("Mi Camino")
2SING SING ("Like a Bird")
3JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX ("Untitled")
4MUFASA: THE LION KING ("Untitled")
5MOANA 2 ("We're Back")
6PIECE BY PIECE ("Piece By Piece")
7DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS ("Relentless")
8WILL & HARPER ("Harper And Will Go West")
9THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT ("The Journey")
10EMILIA PÉREZ ("El Mal")


 
 

Best Sound

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1DUNE: PART TWO
2BLITZ
3GLADIATOR II
4EMILIA PÉREZ
5JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
6TWISTERS
7NOSFERATU
8WICKED
9FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
10A COMPLETE UNKNOWN


 
 

Best Visual Effects

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1DUNE: PART TWO
2KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
3GLADIATOR II
4TWISTERS
5HERE
6WICKED
7FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
8BLITZ
9MUFASA: THE LION KING
10NOSFERATU


 
 

Best Animated Short Film

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Best Documentary Short Film

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Best Live Action Short Film

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