It all comes down to this. This Sunday, March 15th, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) will announce the winners of the 98th Academy Awards. The presentation will air on ABC, and it’ll simultaneously stream on Hulu. So, who and what will win? The Next Best Picture team is here with their predictions for what’s sure to be a ceremony filled with shocks and surprises, which you can read below or listen to on our most recent episode of the Next Best Picture Podcast.
Predictions provided by: Alyssa Christian, Amy Kim, Ben Langford, Cody Dericks, Dan Bayer, Daniel Howat, Ema Sasic, Giovanni Lago, Josh Parham, Matt Neglia, Megan Lachinski, Nadia Dalimonte, Sara Clements, Tom O’Brien, & Will Mavity
Best Picture
“Bugonia”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another“ (ALL)
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
“Train Dreams”
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson – “One Battle After Another“ (ALL)
Ryan Coogler – “Sinners“
Josh Safdie – “Marty Supreme“
Joachim Trier – “Sentimental Value”
Chloé Zhao – “Hamnet”
Best Actress
Jessie Buckley – “Hamnet” (ALL)
Rose Byrne – “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Kate Hudson – “Song Sung Blue”
Renate Reinsve – “Sentimental Value”
Emma Stone – “Bugonia”
Best Actor
Timothée Chalamet – “Marty Supreme” (Gio)
Leonardo DiCaprio – “One Battle After Another”
Ethan Hawke – “Blue Moon”
Michael B. Jordan – “Sinners” (Alyssa, Amy, Ben, Cody, Daniel, Ema, Josh, Matt, Megan, Nadia, Sara, Tom & Will)
Wagner Moura – “The Secret Agent” (Dan)
Best Supporting Actress
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – “Sentimental Value”
Amy Madigan – “Weapons” (Alyssa, Cody, Ema, Matt, Megan, Nadia, Sara & Will)
Wunmi Mosaku – “Sinners“ (Amy & Ben)
Teyana Taylor – “One Battle After Another” (Dan, Daniel, Gio, Josh & Tom)
Elle Fanning – “Sentimental Value”
Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro – “One Battle After Another”
Jacob Elordi – “Frankenstein”
Delroy Lindo – “Sinners”
Sean Penn – “One Battle After Another” (ALL)
Stellan Skarsgård – “Sentimental Value”
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Bugonia” – Will Tracy
“Frankenstein” – Guillermo Del Toro
“Hamnet” – Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao
“One Battle After Another” – Paul Thomas Anderson (ALL)
“Train Dreams” – Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Best Original Screenplay
“Blue Moon” – Robert Kaplow
“It Was Just an Accident” – Jafar Panahi, Nader Saeivar, Shadmehr Rastin & Mehdi Mahmoudian
“Marty Supreme” – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
“Sentimental Value” – Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt
“Sinners” – Ryan Coogler (ALL)
Best Animated Feature
“Arco”
“Elio”
“KPop Demon Hunters” (ALL)
“Little Amélie or The Character of Rain”
“Zootopia 2”
Best Documentary Feature
“The Alabama Solution”
“Come See Me in the Good Light”
“Cutting Through Rocks”
“Mr. Nobody Against Putin” (Amy, Ben, Cody & Daniel)
“The Perfect Neighbor” (Alyssa, Dan, Ema, Gio, Josh, Matt, Megan, Nadia, Sara, Tom & Will)
Best International Feature Film
“It Was Just an Accident”
“The Secret Agent” (Dan)
“Sentimental Value” (Alyssa, Amy, Ben, Cody, Daniel, Ema, Gio, Josh, Matt, Megan, Nadia, Sara, Tom & Will)
“Sirāt”
“The Voice of Hind Rajab”
Best Casting
Gabriel Domingues – “The Secret Agent”
Nina Gold – “Hamnet”
Cassandra Kulukundis – “One Battle After Another”
Francine Maisler – “Sinners” (ALL)
Jennifer Venditti – “Marty Supreme”
Best Cinematography
“Frankenstein”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another” (ALL)
“Sinners”
“Train Dreams”
Best Costume Design
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“Frankenstein” (ALL)
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme“
“Sinners”
Best Film Editing
“F1”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another” (ALL)
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
Best Make-Up & Hairstyling
“Frankenstein” (ALL)
“Kokuho“
“Sinners”
“The Smashing Machine”
“The Ugly Stepsister”
Best Production Design
“Frankenstein” (ALL)
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
Best Original Score
“Bugonia”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners” (ALL)
Best Original Song
“Dear Me” – “Diane Warren: Relentless”
“Golden” – “KPop Demon Hunters” (ALL)
“I Lied to You” – “Sinners”
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” – “Viva Verdi!”
“Train Dreams” – “Train Dreams”
Best Sound
“F1” (ALL)
“Frankenstein”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Sirāt“
Best Visual Effects
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” (ALL)
“F1”
“Jurassic World: Rebirth”
“The Lost Bus”
“Sinners”
Best Animated Short Film
“Butterfly” (Amy, Ben, Dan, Matt, Megan, Nadia & Tom)
“Forevergreen” (Josh)
“The Girl Who Cried Pearls” (Alyssa, Ema, Gio & Sara)
“Retirement Plan” (Cody, Daniel & Will)
“The Three Sisters”
Best Documentary Short Film
“All the Empty Rooms” (ALL)
“Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud”
“Children No More: ‘Were and are Gone’”
“The Devil is Busy”
“Perfectly a Strangeness”
Live Action Short Film
“Butcher’s Stain“
“A Friend of Dorothy” (Ben, Josh & Will)
“Jane Austen’s Period Drama”
“The Singers”
“Two People Exchanging Saliva” (Alyssa, Amy, Cody, Dan, Daniel, Ema, Gio, Matt, Megan, Nadia, Sara & Tom)
What do you think of our predictions? And what are you predicting? Please let us know your thoughts on our X account. Click here to listen to our predictions on the podcast, here for more important upcoming dates this awards season and here for the most recent tally of awards season winners for the current year.
