The Interested Bystander's Oscar Predictions (Ranked)
The Power of the Dog (c) Netflix
After a couple of weeks of sitting with the nominations, here are my rankings of who I think is going to win, before the other awards (SAG, CRITICS CHOICE, DGA, PGA) are announced. And while Timothee Chalamet was in two of the nominated Best Pictures, so was Bradley Cooper. So you can call these the Timmys or the Coops.
BEST PICTURE
The Power of the Dog
Belfast
CODA
Dune
West Side Story
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Don’t Look Up
Nightmare Alley
Drive My Car
Spencer (c) Neon
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Will Smith, King Richard
Andrew Garfield, tick, tick...BOOM!
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Judi Dench, Belfast
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos
DIRECTING
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Dune (c) Warner Bros Pictures
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Power of the Dog
The Lost Daughter
CODA
Drive My Car
Dune
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Belfast
Licorice Pizza
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
The Worst Person in the World
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Drive My Car
The Worst Person in the World
Flee
The Hand of God
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
The Mitchells vs The Machines (c) Netflix
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Encanto
Flee
The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Luca
Raya and the Last Dragon
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Flee
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Ascension
Attica
Writing with Fire
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dune
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Nightmare Alley
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Nightmare Alley(c) Searchlight Pictures
COSTUME DESIGN
Cruella
Dune
West Side Story
Cyrano
Nightmare Alley
FILM EDITING
Dune
The Power of the Dog
tick, tick...BOOM!
King Richard
Don’t Look Up
ORIGINAL SCORE
Dune
Encanto
The Power of the Dog
Don’t Look Up
Parallel Mothers
Four Good Days (c) Vertical Entertainment
ORIGINAL SONG
“Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto
“No Time to Die” from No Time to Die
“Somehow You Do” from Four Good Days
“Be Alive” from King Richard
“Down To Joy” from Belfast
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
The Tragedy of Macbeth
SOUND
Dune
The Power of the Dog
No Time to Die
West Side Story
Belfast
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Robin Robin
The Windshield Wiper
Bestia
Boxballet
Affairs of the Art
Ala Kachuu - Take and Run (c) ALa Kachuu
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
The Long Goodbye
Ala Kachuu - Take and Run
The Dress
Please Hold
On My Mind
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
The Queen of Basketball
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were Bullies
Lead Me Home
Audible
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Dune
Coming 2 America
Cruella
House of Gucci
Free Guy (c) 20th Century Studios
VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune
Spider-Man: No Way Home
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Free Guy
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