Oscar Predictions

Here are the 2024 Oscar Predictions from the NBP staff! Ranking is updated in real-time, and is constantly changing until the end of the year. Accuracy will be calculated after the winners are announced at The 97th Annual Academy Awards.

Click each heading to view individual staff rankings, or search/sort by the drop-downs below:

Best Picture

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1ANORA
2THE BRUTALIST
3DUNE: PART TWO
4SING SING
5BLITZ
6EMILIA PÉREZ
7CONCLAVE
8NICKEL BOYS
9GLADIATOR II
10SATURDAY NIGHT


 
 

Best Director

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1Brady Corbet (THE BRUTALIST)
2Sean Baker (ANORA)
3Steve McQueen (BLITZ)
4Denis Villenueve (DUNE: PART TWO)
5Jacques Audiard (EMILIA PÉREZ)
6Greg Kwedar (SING SING)
7Edward Berger (CONCLAVE)
8RaMell Ross (NICKEL BOYS)
9Mohammad Rasoulof (THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG)
10Ridley Scott (GLADIATOR II)


 
 

Best Actress

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1Angelina Jolie (MARIA)
2Saoirse Ronan (THE OUTRUN)
3Karla Sofía Gascón (EMILIA PÉREZ)
4Mikey Madison (ANORA)
5Marianne Jean-Baptiste (HARD TRUTHS)
6Amy Adams (NIGHTBITCH)
7Nicole Kidman (BABYGIRL)
8Fernanda Torres (I'M STILL HERE)
9Cynthia Erivo (WICKED)
10Julianne Moore (THE ROOM NEXT DOOR)


 
 

Best Actor

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1Timothee Chalamet (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN)
2Adrien Brody (THE BRUTALIST)
3Colman Domingo (SING SING)
4Ralph Fiennes (CONCLAVE)
5Daniel Craig (QUEER)
6Joaquin Phoenix (JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX )
7Sebastian Stan (THE APPRENTICE)
8Sebastian Stan (A DIFFERENT MAN)
9Paul Mescal (GLADIATOR II)
10Glen Powell (HIT MAN)


 
 

Best Supporting Actress

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1Danielle Deadwyler (THE PIANO LESSON)
2Zoe Saldaña (EMILIA PÉREZ)
3Felicity Jones (THE BRUTALIST)
4Selena Gomez (EMILIA PÉREZ)
5Saoirse Ronan (BLITZ)
6Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (NICKEL BOYS)
7Joan Chen (DIDI)
8Natasha Lyonne (HIS THREE DAUGHTERS)
9Isabella Rossellini (CONCLAVE)
10Lady Gaga (JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX )


 
 

Best Supporting Actor

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1Guy Pearce (THE BRUTALIST)
2Clarence Maclin (SING SING)
3Kieran Culkin (A REAL PAIN)
4Denzel Washington (GLADIATOR II)
5Edward Norton (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN)
6Jeremy Strong (THE APPRENTICE)
7Adam Pearson (A DIFFERENT MAN)
8Stanley Tucci (CONCLAVE)
9Ray Fisher (THE PIANO LESSON)
10Drew Starkey (QUEER)


 
 

Best Adapted Screenplay

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1SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield)
2CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan)
3NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes)
4THE PIANO LESSON (Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington)
5THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Pedro Almodóvar)
6DUNE: PART TWO (Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts)
7A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold)
8HIT MAN (Richard Linklater, Glen Powell)
9QUEER (Justin Kuritzkes)
10NIGHTBITCH (Marielle Heller)


 
 

Best Original Screenplay

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1ANORA (Sean Baker)
2THE BRUTALIST (Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold)
3SATURDAY NIGHT (Jason Reitman, Gil Kenan)
4A REAL PAIN (Jesse Eisenberg)
5BLITZ (Steve McQueen)
6EMILIA PÉREZ (Jacques Audiard)
7THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (Mohammad Rasoulof)
8HIS THREE DAUGHTERS (Azazel Jacobs)
9HARD TRUTHS (Mike Leigh)
10DIDI (Sean Wang)


 
 

Best Animated Feature

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1THE WILD ROBOT
2INSIDE OUT 2
3FLOW
4WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
5MEMOIR OF A SNAIL
6PIECE BY PIECE
7THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM
8MOANA 2
9ORION AND THE DARK
10TRANSFORMERS ONE


 
 

Best Documentary Feature

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1DAUGHTERS
2WILL & HARPER
3BLACK BOX DIARIES
4SUGARCANE
5NO OTHER LAND
6GIRLS STATE
7SKYWALKERS: A LOVE STORY
8SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY
9UNION
10SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ÉTAT


 
 

Best International Feature

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1EMILIA PÉREZ (France)
2THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (Germany)
3I'M STILL HERE (Brazil)
4ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (India)
5UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE (Canada)
6GRAND TOUR (Portugal)
7VERMIGLIO (Italy)
8KNEECAP (Ireland)
9SIMON OF THE MOUNTAIN (Argentina)
10CAUGHT BY THE TIDES (China)


 
 

Best Cinematography

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1DUNE: PART TWO (Greig Fraser)
2THE BRUTALIST (Lol Crawley)
3MARIA (Edward Lachmann)
4NOSFERATU (Jarin Blaschke)
5BLITZ (Yorick Le Saux)
6JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX (Lawrence Sher)
7EMILIA PÉREZ (Paul Guilhaume)
8CONCLAVE (Stéphane Fontaine)
9GLADIATOR II (John Mathieson)
10NICKEL BOYS (Jomo Fray)


 
 

Best Costume Design

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1DUNE: PART TWO
2WICKED
3GLADIATOR II
4MARIA
5NOSFERATU
6BLITZ
7JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
8FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
9BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
10SATURDAY NIGHT


 
 

Best Film Editing

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1DUNE: PART TWO
2ANORA
3BLITZ
4CONCLAVE
5EMILIA PÉREZ
6GLADIATOR II
7SING SING
8THE BRUTALIST
9SATURDAY NIGHT
10NICKEL BOYS


 
 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

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1DUNE: PART TWO
2NOSFERATU
3BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
4WICKED
5MARIA
6JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
7A DIFFERENT MAN
8THE SUBSTANCE
9GLADIATOR II
10FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA


 
 

Best Production Design

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1DUNE: PART TWO
2GLADIATOR II
3WICKED
4NOSFERATU
5BLITZ
6THE BRUTALIST
7CONCLAVE
8FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
9JOKER FOLIE A DEUX
10SATURDAY NIGHT


 
 

Best Original Score

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1DUNE: PART TWO (Hans Zimmer)
2GLADIATOR II (Harry Gregson-Williams)
3CONCLAVE (Volker Bertelmann)
4THE BRUTALIST (Daniel Blumberg)
5EMILIA PÉREZ (Clément Ducol)
6SING SING (Bryce Dessner)
7CHALLENGERS (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross)
8JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX (Hildur Guðnadóttir)
9QUEER (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross)
10THE WILD ROBOT (Kris Bowers)


 
 

Best Original Song

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1EMILIA PÉREZ ("Mi Camino")
2SING SING ("Like a Bird")
3JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX ("Untitled")
4PIECE BY PIECE ("Piece By Piece")
5MUFASA: THE LION KING ("Untitled")
6MOANA 2 ("We're Back")
7DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS ("Relentless")
8WILL & HARPER ("Harper And Will Go West")
9THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT ("The Journey")
10EMILIA PÉREZ ("El Mal")


 
 

Best Sound

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1DUNE: PART TWO
2BLITZ
3GLADIATOR II
4EMILIA PÉREZ
5NOSFERATU
6JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
7WICKED
8TWISTERS
9FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
10A COMPLETE UNKNOWN


 
 

Best Visual Effects

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1DUNE: PART TWO
2KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
3GLADIATOR II
4HERE
5TWISTERS
6WICKED
7FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
8NOSFERATU
9BLITZ
10MUFASA: THE LION KING


 
 

Best Animated Short Film

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Best Documentary Short Film

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Best Live Action Short Film

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