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?