2024 Oscars - 96th Academy Awards predictions
Update as of 2/23: with nominations announced, missed ones are marked with an (x).
Here are some films that were on the list at first but have since been removed:
A Haunting in Venice
A Little Prayer
A Thousand and One
All of Us Strangers
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Asteroid City
Bad Press
Banel & Adama
Beau Is Afraid
Beyond Utopia
The Bikeriders
Boston Strangler
The Burial
Bye Bye Tiberias
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Cassandro
Challengers
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Civil War
Concrete Utopia
The Deepest Breath
The Delinquents
The Disappearance of Shere Hite
Dream Scenario
Dune: Part Two
The Echo
Eileen
Every Body
Evil Does Not Exist
Fair Play
Fallen Leaves
Ferrari
For people in trouble
Firebrand
Flora and Son
Foe
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
The Killer
Kinds of Kindness
Kokomo City
Leave the World Behind
Lee
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Magazine Dreams
The Monk and the Gun
Monster
Next Goal Wins
Occupied City
The Outrun
Our Body
Paint Her Red
Passages
Photophobia
Pictures of Ghosts
The Pigeon Tunnel
Plan C
Priscilla
Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire
Saltburn
Scream VI
Shadow Brother Sunday
The Shepherd
Shirley
Sly
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Songs of Earth
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Strange Way of Life
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
The Taste of Things
They Shot the Piano Player
Totem
Wish
Wonka
Here are some films that were on the list at first but have since been removed:
A Haunting in Venice
A Little Prayer
A Thousand and One
All of Us Strangers
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Asteroid City
Bad Press
Banel & Adama
Beau Is Afraid
Beyond Utopia
The Bikeriders
Boston Strangler
The Burial
Bye Bye Tiberias
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Cassandro
Challengers
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Civil War
Concrete Utopia
The Deepest Breath
The Delinquents
The Disappearance of Shere Hite
Dream Scenario
Dune: Part Two
The Echo
Eileen
Every Body
Evil Does Not Exist
Fair Play
Fallen Leaves
Ferrari
For people in trouble
Firebrand
Flora and Son
Foe
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
The Killer
Kinds of Kindness
Kokomo City
Leave the World Behind
Lee
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Magazine Dreams
The Monk and the Gun
Monster
Next Goal Wins
Occupied City
The Outrun
Our Body
Paint Her Red
Passages
Photophobia
Pictures of Ghosts
The Pigeon Tunnel
Plan C
Priscilla
Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire
Saltburn
Scream VI
Shadow Brother Sunday
The Shepherd
Shirley
Sly
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Songs of Earth
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Strange Way of Life
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
The Taste of Things
They Shot the Piano Player
Totem
Wish
Wonka
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- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsCillian MurphyEmily BluntMatt DamonA dramatization of the life story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who had a large hand in the development of the atomic bombs that brought an end to World War II.Best Picture
Best Director
(Christopher Nolan)
Best Actor
(Cillian Murphy)
Best Supporting Actor
(Robert Downey Jr.)
Best Supporting Actress
(Emily Blunt)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Sound
Best Costume Design
Best Production Design
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Original Score - DirectorBradley CooperStarsCarey MulliganBradley CooperMatt BomerThis love story chronicles the lifelong relationship of conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and actress Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.Best Picture
Best Director (x)
(Bradley Cooper)
Best Actor
(Bradley Cooper)
Best Actress
(Carey Mulligan)
Best Original Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing (x)
Best Sound
Best Costume Design (x)
Best Production Design (x)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling - DirectorsJoaquim Dos SantosKemp PowersJustin K. ThompsonStarsShameik MooreHailee SteinfeldBrian Tyree HenryTraveling across the multiverse, Miles Morales meets a new team of Spider-People, made up of heroes from different dimensions. But when the heroes clash over how to deal with a new threat, Miles finds himself at a crossroads.Best Animated Feature
Best Film Editing (x)
Best Visual Effects (x)
Best Original Song (x)
("Am I Dreaming")
Best Original Score (x) - DirectorGreta GerwigStarsMargot RobbieRyan GoslingIssa RaeBarbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the outside world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among regular humans.Best Picture
Best Director (x)
(Greta Gerwig)
Best Actress (x)
(Margot Robbie)
Best Supporting Actor
(Ryan Gosling)
Best Supporting Actress
(America Ferrera)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography (x)
Best Sound (x)
Best Costume Design
Best Production Design
Best Original Song
("Dance the Night") (x)
("I'm Just Ken")
("What Was I Made For?")
Best Original Score (x) - DirectorBlitz BazawuleStarsFantasia BarrinoTaraji P. HensonDanielle BrooksA woman faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.Best Picture (x)
Best Actress (x)
(Fantasia Barrino)
Best Supporting Actress
(Danielle Brooks)
(Taraji P. Henson) (x)
Best Cinematography (x)
Best Costume Design (x)
Best Production Design (x)
Best Original Song (x)
("Keep It Movin'")
Best Original Score (x) - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioRobert De NiroLily GladstoneWhen oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one - until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.Best Picture
Best Director
(Martin Scorsese)
Best Actor (x)
(Leonardo DiCaprio)
Best Actress
(Lily Gladstone)
Best Supporting Actor
(Robert De Niro)
Best Adapted Screenplay (x)
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Sound (x)
Best Costume Design
Best Production Design
Best Makeup and Hairstyling (x)
Best Original Song
("Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)")
Best Original Score - DirectorsJimmy ChinElizabeth Chai VasarhelyiStarsAnnette BeningJodie FosterAnne Marie KempfThe remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 and with the help of her best friend and coach, commits to achieving her life-long dream: a 110-mile open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida.Best Actress
(Annette Bening)
Best Supporting Actress
(Jodie Foster) - DirectorWes AndersonStarsRalph FiennesBenedict CumberbatchDev PatelChronicles a variety of stories, but the main one follows Henry Sugar, who is able to see through objects and predict the future with the help of a book he stole.Best Live Action Short Film
- DirectorGeorge C. WolfeStarsColman DomingoChris RockGlynn TurmanActivist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.Best Actor
(Colman Domingo)
Best Original Song (x)
("Road to Freedom") - DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsSoma SantokiMasaki SudaKô ShibasakiIn the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy ventures into a dreamlike world shared by the living and the dead in search of his missing stepmother.Best Original Screenplay (x)
Best Animated Feature
Best Original Score (x) - DirectorJames GunnStarsChris PrattChukwudi IwujiBradley CooperStill reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own - a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful.Best Visual Effects
- DirectorJustine TrietStarsSandra HüllerSwann ArlaudMilo Machado-GranerA woman is suspected of murder after her husband's death; their half-blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.Best Picture
Best Director
(Justine Triet)
Best Actress
(Sandra Hüller)
Best Original Screenplay
Best Film Editing - DirectorCeline SongStarsGreta LeeTeo YooJohn MagaroNora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.Best Picture
Best Director (x)
(Celine Song)
Best Actress (x)
(Greta Lee)
Best Original Screenplay
Best Original Song (x)
("Quiet Eyes") - DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsChristian FriedelSandra HüllerJohann KarthausAuschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp.Best Picture
Best Director
(Jonathan Glazer)
Best Supporting Actress (x)
(Sandra Hüller)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography (x)
Best Film Editing (x)
Best Sound
Best Production Design (x)
Best Original Score (x)
Best International Feature Film
(United Kingdom) - DirectorAlexander PayneStarsPaul GiamattiDa'Vine Joy RandolphDominic SessaIn 1970, a curmudgeonly history teacher at a New England boarding school remains on campus during Christmas break to supervise held over students, and ends up forming an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker.Best Picture
Best Actor
(Paul Giamatti)
Best Supporting Actor (x)
(Dominic Sessa)
Best Supporting Actress
(Da'Vine Joy Randolph)
Best Original Screenplay
Best Film Editing - DirectorChristopher McQuarrieStarsTom CruiseHayley AtwellVing RhamesEthan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands.Best Sound
Best Visual Effects - DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsEmma StoneMark RuffaloWillem DafoeAn account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.Best Picture
Best Director
(Yorgos Lanthimos)
Best Actress
(Emma Stone)
Best Supporting Actor
(Willem Dafoe) (x)
(Mark Ruffalo)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Costume Design
Best Production Design
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Visual Effects (x)
Best Original Score - DirectorCord JeffersonStarsJeffrey WrightSkyler WrightJohn AlesA novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.Best Picture
Best Actor
(Jeffrey Wright)
Best Supporting Actor
(Sterling K. Brown)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Score - DirectorGareth EdwardsStarsJohn David WashingtonMadeleine Yuna VoylesGemma ChanAgainst the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the robots' secret weapon to end the conflict, an AI in the form of a child.Best Sound
Best Visual Effects - DirectorMatteo GarroneStarsSeydou SarrMoustapha FallIssaka SawadogoA Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe.Best International Feature Film
(Italy) - DirectorWim WendersStarsKôji YakushoTokio EmotoArisa NakanoHirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.Best International Feature Film
(Japan) - DirectorIlker ÇatakStarsLeonie BeneschAnne-Kathrin GummichRafael StachowiakWhen one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.Best International Feature Film
(Germany) - DirectorKaouther Ben HaniaStarsOlfa HamrouniEya ChikhaouiTayssir ChikhaouiBetween light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses to fill in their absence.Best International Feature Film
(Tunisia) (x)
Best Documentary Feature Film - DirectorMstyslav ChernovStarsLiudmyla AmelkinaMstyslav ChernovRoman GolovanovAs the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.Best International Feature Film
(Ukraine) (x)
Best Documentary Feature Film - DirectorTakashi YamazakiStarsMinami HamabeRyûnosuke KamikiSakura AndôPost-war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.Best Visual Effects