We are very quickly approaching Awards Season where every week we see a big contender releasing either in cinemas or on a streaming service. So, now seems like a better time than any to give our super early predictions for what I believe to see be nominated at next year's Academy Awards.
Note: the film I believe will win the award, as of right now, will be in bold while all potential contenders will be in alphabetical order.
Best Picture
Babylon (Paramount Pictures)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
Empire of Light (Searchlight Pictures)
Everything Everywhere all at Once (A24)
The Fabelmans (Amblin Entertainment)
She Said (Universal Pictures)
Tár (Focus Features)
The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
Women Talking (Universal Pictures)
Best Director
Damien Chazelle – Babylon
The Daniels – Everything Everywhere all at Once
James Cameron – Avatar: The Way of Water
Sarah Polley – Women Talking
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – Tár
Margot Robbie – Babylon
Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere all at Once
Olivia Colman – Empire of Light
Best Actor
Austin Butler – Elvis
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Diego Calva – Babylon
Hugh Jackman – The Son
Best Supporting Actress
Hong Chau – The Whale
Jessie Buckley – Women Talking
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Lashana Lynch – The Woman King
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere all at Once
Best Supporting Actor
Ben Whishaw – Women Talking
Brad Pitt – Babylon
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere all at Once
Michael Ward – Empire of Light
Paul Dano – The Fabelmans
Best Adapted Screenplay
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
She Said (Universal Pictures)
The Whale (A24)
White Noise (Netflix)
Women Talking (Universal Pictures)
Best Original Screenplay
Babylon (Paramount Pictures)
Everything Everywhere all at Once (A24)
The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
The Fabelmans (Amblin Entertainment)
Triangle of Sadness (NEON)
Best Animated Feature
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchino (Netflix)
Strange World (Walt Disney Studios)
The Bad Guys (Dreamworks Animation)
Turning Red (Pixar)
Wendell and Wild (Netflix)
Best Documentary Feature
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Descendant
Fire of Love
Moonage Daydream
Navalny
Best International Feature
All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (Mexico)
Close (Belgium)
Decision to Leave (Korea)
Saint Omer (France)
Best Cinematography
Avatar: The Way of Water (Russell Carpenter)
Babylon (Linus Sandgren)
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (Darius Khondji)
Empire of Light (Roger Deakins)
The Fabelmans (Janusz Kaminski)
Best Costume Design
Babylon (Paramount Pictures)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
Elvis (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (Universal Pictures)
The Woman King (Entertainment One)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Babylon (Paramount Pictures)
Blonde (Netflix)
Elvis (Warner Bros. Pictures)
The Batman (Warner Bros. Pictures)
The Whale (A24)
Best Film Editing
Babylon (Paramount Pictures)
Elvis (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Everything Everywhere all at Once (A24)
The Fabelmans (Amblin Entertainment)
Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
Best Production Design
Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century Studios)
Babylon (Paramount Pictures)
Elvis (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Empire of Light (Searchlight Pictures)
The Fabelmans (Amblin Entertainment)
Best Original Score
Babylon (Paramount Pictures)
Empire of Light (Searchlight Pictures)
The Batman (Warner Bros. Pictures)
The Fabelmans (Amblin Entertainment)
Women Talking (Universal Pictures)
Best Original Song
Carolina – Where the Crawdads Sing
Hold My Hand – Top Gun: Maverick
Naatu Naatu – RRR
Nobody Like U – Turning Red
On My Way – Marry Me
Best Sound
Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century Studios)
Elvis (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Nope (Universal Pictures)
The Batman (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century Studios)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
Everything Everywhere all at Once (A24)
Nope (Universal Pictures)
Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
