Here are the 2023 Oscar Predictions from InSession Film Awards Editor Brian Rowe! These rankings will continue to evolve and change until our final predictions before the 96th Academy Awards.
Rank Picture 1 Poor Things 2 Oppenheimer 3 Past Lives 4 Killers of the Flower Moon 5 Maestro 6 The Color Purple 7 Barbie 8 The Holdovers 9 Anatomy of a Fall 10 American Fiction
Rank Director 1 Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer 2 Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things 3 Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon 4 Alexander Payne, The Holdovers 5 Greta Gerwig, Barbie 6 Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest 7 Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall 8 Bradley Cooper, Maestro 9 Cord Jefferson, American Fiction 10 Celine Song, Past Lives
Rank Actor 1 Bradley Cooper, Maestro 2 Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer 3 Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers 4 Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon 5 Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction 6 Zac Efron, The Iron Claw 7 Colman Domingo, Rustin 8 Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers 9 Barry Keoghan, Saltburn 10 Teo Yoo, Past Lives
Rank Actress 1 Emma Stone, Poor Things 2 Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon 3 Sandra Huller, Anatomy of a Fall 4 Greta Lee, Past Lives 5 Carey Mulligan, Maestro 6 Margot Robbie, Barbie 7 Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple 8 Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla 9 Annette Bening, Nyad 10 Natalie Portman, May December
Best Supporting Actor
Rank Supporting Actor 1 Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things 2 Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer 3 Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon 4 Ryan Gosling, Barbie 5 Willem Dafoe, Poor Things 6 Charles Melton, May December 7 Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers 8 Milo Machado Graner, Anatomy of a Fall 9 John Magaro, Past Lives 10 Colman Domingo, The Color Purple
Best Supporting Actress
Rank Supporting Actress 1 Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple 2 Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers 3 Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer 4 Julianne Moore, May December 5 America Ferrera, Barbie 6 Jodie Foster, Nyad 7 Penelope Cruz, Ferrari 8 Rosamund Pike, Saltburn 9 Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. 10 Taraji P. Henson, The Color Purple
Best Original Screenplay
Rank Screenplay 1 David Hemingson, The Holdovers 2 Celine Song, Past Lives 3 Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer, Maestro 4 Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach, Barbie 5 Justine Triet & Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall 6 Samy Burch, May December 7 Alex Convery, Air 8 Emerald Fennell, Saltburn 9 Julian Breece & Dustin Lance Black, Rustin 10 Kristoffer Borgli, Dream Scenario
Best Adapted Screenplay
Rank Screenplay 1 Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer 2 Tony McNamara, Poor Things 3 Martin Scorsese & Eric Roth, Killers of the Flower Moon 4 Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers 5 Phil Lord, Chris Miller & Dave Callaham, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 6 Marcus Gardley, The Color Purple 7 Sofia Coppola, Priscilla 8 Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest 9 Cord Jefferson, American Fiction 10 Troy Kennedy Martin, Ferrari
Best Cinematography
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