
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:

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ (A24)
BEST PICTURE:
Winner: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Could Steal: No one

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ (A24)
BEST DIRECTOR:
WInner: The Daniels – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Could Steal: No one

‘Elvis’ (Warner Bros.)
BEST ACTOR:
Winner: Austin Butler – Elvis
Could Steal: Brendan Fraser – The Whale

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ (A24)
BEST ACTRESS:
Winner: Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Could Steal: Cate Blanchett – Tar

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ (A24)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Winner: Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Could Steal: No one

‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ (Searchlight)
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

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ (A24)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Winner: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Could Steal: The Banshees of Inisherin

‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ (Netflix)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Winner: All Quiet on the Western Front
Could Steal: Women Talking

‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ (Netflix)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
Winner: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Could Steal: No one

‘Babylon’ (Paramount)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Winner: Babylon
Could Steal: Elvis

‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ (Netflix)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Winner: All Quiet on the Western Front
Could Steal: Elvis

‘Elvis’ (Warner Bros.)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Winner: Elvis
Could Steal: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ (A24)
BEST FILM EDITING:
Winner: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Could Steal: Top Gun: Maverick

‘Elvis’ (Warner Bros.)
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:
Winner: Elvis
Could Steal: The Whale

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ (Paramount)
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

‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ (Netflix)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Winner: All Quiet on the Western Front
Could Steal: Babylon or The Fabelmans or Everything Everywhere All at Once

‘RRR’ (Netflix)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
Winner: RRR
Could Steal: Top Gun: Maverick or Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ (Netflix)
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE:
Winner: All Quiet on the Western Front
Could Steal: No one

‘Navalny’ (CNN)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Winner: Navalny
Could Steal: Fire of Love or All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ (Apple+)
BEST ANIMATED SHORT:
Winner: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse
Could Steal: My Year of Dicks or Ice Merchants

‘An Irish Goodbye’ (BFI)
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT:
Winner: An Irish Goodbye
Could Steal: Le Pupille or The Red Suitcase

‘Stranger at the Gate’ (The New Yorker)
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
Winner: Stranger at the Gate
Could Steal: The Elephant Whisperers or How Do You Measure a Year?