Oscar Predictions

Here are the 2023 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 96th Annual Academy Awards.

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

Best Picture

RankPicture
1Oppenheimer (Won)
2Poor Things
3The Holdovers
4American Fiction
5Anatomy Of A Fall
6Barbie
7Killers Of The Flower Moon
8The Zone Of Interest
9Past Lives
10Maestro


 
 

Best Director

RankPicture
1Christopher Nolan (OPPENHEIMER) (Won)
2Martin Scorsese (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
3Yorgos Lanthimos (POOR THINGS)
4Jonathan Glazer (THE ZONE OF INTEREST)
5Justine Triet (ANATOMY OF A FALL)


 
 

Best Actress

RankPicture
1Lily Gladstone (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
2Emma Stone (POOR THINGS) (Won)
3Sandra Huller (ANATOMY OF A FALL)
4Annette Bening (NYAD)
5Carey Mulligan (MAESTRO)


 
 

Best Actor

RankPicture
1Cillian Murphy (OPPENHEIMER) (Won)
2Paul Giamatti (THE HOLDOVERS)
3Bradley Cooper (MAESTRO)
4Jeffrey Wright (AMERICAN FICTION)
5Colman Domingo (RUSTIN)


 
 

Best Supporting Actress

RankPicture
1Da'Vine Joy Randolph (THE HOLDOVERS) (Won)
2Emily Blunt (OPPENHEIMER)
3Danielle Brooks (THE COLOR PURPLE)
4America Ferrera (BARBIE)
5Jodie Foster (NYAD)


 
 

Best Supporting Actor

RankPicture
1Robert Downey Jr. (OPPENHEIMER) (Won)
2Ryan Gosling (BARBIE)
3Mark Ruffalo (POOR THINGS)
4Robert De Niro (KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON)
5Sterling K. Brown (AMERICAN FICTION)


 
 

Best Adapted Screenplay

RankPicture
1AMERICAN FICTION (Cord Jefferson) (Won)
2OPPENHEIMER (Christopher Nolan)
3BARBIE (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
4POOR THINGS (Tony McNamara)
5THE ZONE OF INTEREST (Jonathan Glazer)


 
 

Best Original Screenplay

RankPicture
1ANATOMY OF A FALL (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari) (Won)
2THE HOLDOVERS (David Hemingson)
3PAST LIVES (Celine Song)
4MAESTRO (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
5MAY DECEMBER (Samy Burch)


 
 

Best Animated Feature

RankPicture
1Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
2The Boy and the Heron (Won)
3Elemental
4Nimona
5Robot Dreams


 
 

Best Documentary Feature

RankPicture
120 Days In Mariupol (Won)
2Bobi Wine: The People's President
3Four Daughters
4The Eternal Memory
5To Kill A Tiger


 
 

Best International Feature

RankPicture
1THE ZONE OF INTEREST (United Kingdom) (Won)
2SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (Spain)
3PERFECT DAYS (Japan)
4THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE (Germany)
5IO CAPITANO (Italy)


 
 

Best Cinematography

RankPicture
1OPPENHEIMER (Hoyte Van Hoytema) (Won)
2KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Rodrigo Prieto)
3POOR THINGS (Robbie Ryan)
4MAESTRO (Matthew Libatique)
5EL CONDE (Edward Lachman)


 
 

Best Costume Design

RankPicture
1Barbie
2Poor Things (Won)
3Killers Of The Flower Moon
4Oppenheimer
5Napoleon


 
 

Best Film Editing

RankPicture
1Oppenheimer (Won)
2Killers Of The Flower Moon
3Anatomy Of A Fall
4The Holdovers
5Poor Things


 
 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

RankPicture
1Maestro
2Poor Things (Won)
3Oppenheimer
4Society Of The Snow
5Golda


 
 

Best Production Design

RankPicture
1Poor Things (Won)
2Barbie
3Oppenheimer
4Killers Of The Flower Moon
5Napoleon


 
 

Best Original Score

RankPicture
1OPPENHEIMER (Ludwig Göransson) (Won)
2KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Robbie Robertson)
3POOR THINGS (Jerskin Fendrix)
4AMERICAN FICTION (Laura Karpman)
5INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY (John Williams)


 
 

Best Original Song

RankPicture
1BARBIE ("What Was I Made For?") (Won)
2BARBIE ("I'm Just Ken")
3KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON ("Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)")
4AMERICAN SYMPHONY ("It Never Went Away")
5FLAMIN' HOT ("The Fire Inside")


 
 

Best Sound

RankPicture
1Oppenheimer
2The Zone Of Interest (Won)
3Maestro
4Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
5The Creator


 
 

Best Visual Effects

RankPicture
1The Creator
2Godzilla Minus One (Won)
3Napoleon
4Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3
5Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One


 
 

Best Animated Short Film

RankPicture
1WAR IS OVER! INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC OF JOHN & YOKO (Won)
2NINETY-FIVE SENSES
3LETTER TO A PIG
4OUR UNIFORM
5PACHYDERME


 
 

Best Documentary Short Film

RankPicture
1THE LAST REPAIR SHOP (Won)
2NǍI NAI & WÀI PÓ
3THE ABCS OF BOOK BANNING
4THE BARBER OF LITTLE ROCK
5ISLAND IN BETWEEN


 
 

Best Live Action Short Film

RankPicture
1THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR (Won)
2RED, WHITE AND BLUE
3THE AFTER
4INVINCIBLE
5KNIGHT OF FORTUNE