Here we are, the final predictions for this year’s Oscar race. This year has been a weird one, with certain categories already feeling like locks and others more unpredictable than when we started off. It has also been a year filled with potential, but with a line-up that may just be one of the most critically divisive in years. However, I am here to provide a little bit of glimmer of hope with some of my predictions and to put my foot forward on some of the most uncertain candidates.
Here are my final predictions for the 2022 Academy Award nominations.
BEST PICTURE
- Being the Ricardos
- Belfast
- CODA
- Don’t Look Up
- Drive My Car
- Dune
- King Richard
- Licorice Pizza
- The Power of the Dog
- West Side Story
BEST DIRECTOR
- Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)
- Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
- Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car)
- Denis Villeneuve (Dune)
BEST ACTRESS
- Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)
- Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza)
- Lady Gaga (House of Gucci)
- Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)
- Kristen Stewart (Spencer)
BEST ACTOR
- Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)
- Leonardo DiCaprio (Don’t Look Up)
- Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick… Boom!)
- Will Smith (King Richard)
- Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Caitriona Balfe (Belfast)
- Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)
- Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
- Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)
- Ruth Negga (Passing)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Mike Faist (West Side Story)
- Ciaran Hinds (Belfast)
- Troy Kotsur (CODA)
- Jared Leto (House of Gucci)
- Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- CODA
- Drive My Car
- Dune
- The Lost Daughter
- The Power of the Dog
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Being the Ricardos
- Belfast
- Don’t Look Up
- Licorice Pizza
- King Richard
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Belfast
- Dune
- The Power of the Dog
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
- West Side Story
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
- Cruella
- Cyrano
- Dune
- House of Gucci
- West Side Story
BEST FILM EDITING
- Belfast
- Don’t Look Up
- Dune
- Licorice Pizza
- The Power of the Dog
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
- Cruella
- Dune
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye
- House of Gucci
- The Suicide Squad
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
- Dune
- The French Dispatch
- Nightmare Alley
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
- West Side Story
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
- Don’t Look Up
- Dune
- Encanto
- The French Dispatch
- The Power of the Dog
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
- Be Alive (King Richard)
- Beyond the Shore (CODA)
- Just Look Up (Don’t Look Up)
- Dos Oruguitas (Encanto)
- No Time to Die (No Time to Die)
BEST SOUND
- A Quiet Place: Part II
- Belfast
- Dune
- No Time to Die
- West Side Story
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
- Dune
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife
- The Matrix Resurrections
- No Time to Die
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
- Encanto
- Flee
- Luca
- The Mitchells vs the Machines
- Raya and the Last Dragon
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
- A Hero
- Drive My Car
- Flee
- The Hand of God
- The Worst Person in the World
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- The First Wave
- Flee
- Procession
- The Rescue
- Summer of Soul
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
- Affairs of the Art
- Bestia
- Namoo
- Robin Robin
- Us Again
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
- Águilas
- Day of Rage
- The Queen of Basketball
- Terror Contagion
- Three Songs for Benazir
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
- Censor of Dreams
- The Criminals
- Les Grandes Claques
- The Long Goodbye
- Tala’vision
