11 Mar 2023 Final Oscar Predictions
After almost a year of predicting, the day is finally here. After my first predictions in late May, the landscape of this year has changed so much and we’ve been charting those transformations every step of the way. The 95th Academy Awards will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel for the third time and broadcasted on ABC on Sunday, March 12 at 7 p.m. CST. This was a year of fantastic blockbusters (Top Gun: Maverick and The Batman), indie word-of-mouth hits (Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Banshees of Inisherin) and passion projects from Hollywood legends (Tar and The Fabelmans). It’s one of the few years where I can say most of the best films were recognized, but there were still some notable snubs in each category as usual. Unlike last year, where most of the major categories were very easy to predict, most of this year’s categories will be very close races.
Here are my FINAL predictions:
BEST PICTURE:
Winner: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Could Steal: No one
BEST DIRECTOR:
WInner: The Daniels – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Could Steal: No one
BEST ACTOR:
Winner: Austin Butler – Elvis
Could Steal: Brendan Fraser – The Whale
BEST ACTRESS:
Winner: Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Could Steal: Cate Blanchett – Tar
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Winner: Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Could Steal: No one
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Winner: Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Could Steal: Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever or Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Winner: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Could Steal: The Banshees of Inisherin
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Winner: All Quiet on the Western Front
Could Steal: Women Talking
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
Winner: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Could Steal: No one
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Winner: Babylon
Could Steal: Elvis
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Winner: All Quiet on the Western Front
Could Steal: Elvis
BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Winner: Elvis
Could Steal: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
BEST FILM EDITING:
Winner: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Could Steal: Top Gun: Maverick
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:
Winner: Elvis
Could Steal: The Whale
BEST SOUND:
Winner: Top Gun: Maverick
Could Steal: All Quiet on the Western Front
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Winner: Avatar: The Way of Water
Could Steal: No one
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Winner: All Quiet on the Western Front
Could Steal: Babylon or The Fabelmans or Everything Everywhere All at Once
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
Winner: RRR
Could Steal: Top Gun: Maverick or Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE:
Winner: All Quiet on the Western Front
Could Steal: No one
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Winner: Navalny
Could Steal: Fire of Love or All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
BEST ANIMATED SHORT:
Winner: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse
Could Steal: My Year of Dicks or Ice Merchants
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT:
Winner: An Irish Goodbye
Could Steal: Le Pupille or The Red Suitcase
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
Winner: Stranger at the Gate
Could Steal: The Elephant Whisperers or How Do You Measure a Year?