Barbie (c) Warner Bros.
For a film year, the best films of 2023 have become a rather predictable in its critical consensus. My predictions for the films to make the Oscar final ten Best Picture category are far and away the strongest ten in many years, and while I know there might be a big surprise when Oscar nominations are announced on Tuesday, Jan 23, it’s hard to figure out what might crack the nominations and which one of the ten would fall. And yet, the acting and writing categories are harder to predict, especially for any actor and script not associated to these ten films to make a splash, and yet I have six such actors and three screenplays this year, which may be a big mistake, but this is all in fun, so why not have some quirky choices in my predictions, considering some of the surprises in the last week with the SAG Award and BAFTA nominations.
Enjoy my predictions and as a bonus, my nominees if I had an Oscar Nomination ballot.
Oppenheimer (c) Universal Pictures
The Interested Bystander’s Final 2023-204
Oscar Nomination Predictions
Picture
American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
The Color Purple
May December
Director
Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Alexander Payne – The Holdovers
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall
Anatomy of a Fall (c) NEON
Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening – Nyad
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Margot Robbie - Barbie
Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Teo Yoo – Past Lives
Actress in a Supporting Role
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
Jodie Foster – Nyad
Rachel McAdams – Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Taraji P Henson – The Color Purple
Penelope Cruz - Ferrari
The Holdovers (c) Focus Features
Actor in a Supporting Role
Willem Dafoe – Poor Things
Robert DeNiro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Charles Melton – May December
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Original Screenplay
Air
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
May December
Past Lives
Maestro
Saltburn
All of Us Strangers (c) Searchlight Pictures
Adapted Screenplay
All of Us Strangers
American Fiction
Barbie
Oppenheimer
Poor Thing
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Zone of Interest
If The Interested Bystander Had an Oscar Ballot
The Boy and the Heron (c) GKIDS
Picture
All of Us Strangers American Fiction Asteroid City The Boy and the Heron The Color Purple Monster Oppenheimer Passages Perfect Days Poor Things
Director
Wes Anderson – Asteroid City Andrew Haigh – All of Us Strangers Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon Wim Wenders – Perfect Days
Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening – Nyad Jessica Chastain – Memory Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Origin Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon Emma Stone – Poor Things
Actor in a Leading Role
Colman Domingo – Rustin Franz Rogowski – Passages Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction Kōji Yakusho – Perfect Days
The Color Purple (c) Warner Bros
Actress in a Supporting Role
Jodie Foster – Nyad Claire Foy – All of Us Strangers Taraji P Henson – The Color Purple Rachel McAdams – Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Actor in a Supporting Role
Jamie Bell – All of Us Strangers Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer Jacob Elordi – Saltburn Ryan Gosling – Barbie Paul Mescal – All of Us Strangers
You Hurt My Feelings (c) A24
Original Screenplay
Asteroid City The Holdovers Past Lives Passages You Hurt My Feelings
Adapted Screenplay
All of Us Strangers American Fiction Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret Oppenheimer Origin
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