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Oscars 2023 predictions: EEAAO sweep, Brendan Fraser & more

Cameron Frew
Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once and Brendan Fraser in The WhaleA24

Here are our predictions for the 2023 Oscars, from nominees to winners: will Brendan Fraser win Best Actor, will Top Gun: Maverick go for the biggest prize of the night, and what about Everything Everywhere All at Once? Let’s dig in.

The Academy Awards is the biggest, most prestigious night in Hollywood. It’s a ceremony where the year’s very best works and their craftspeople are celebrated in front of the world – there has to be one winner in each category, but no nominee is ever truly a loser.

Some people rally against the Oscars; they bemoan reducing pieces of art to “sport”, and they claim they have no relevance – one need only look at Parasite’s box office haul to know the impact of a Best Picture win on general moviegoers.

It’s best taken not too seriously – everyone has their favorite movies of the year, so everyone wants certain films and people to win. It’s a competition at the end of the day, so here are our predictions for nominees and winners at the 2023 Oscars.

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Oscars 2023 predictions

Below you will find our predictions for each category at the 2023 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and more.

We will list all of our predicted nominees, and our expected winners will be placed at the top of each list in bold. The list will also be ordered to indicate the next likely winner; so in the case of the Best Picture category, the 10th entry is the least likely to win – according to us, anyway.

Best Picture

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Top Gun: Maverick
  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Elvis
  • The Banshees of Inisherin
  • The Fabelmans
  • TÁR
  • Women Talking
  • Triangle of Sadness
  • Avatar: The Way of Water

Best Director

  • Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
  • Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Todd Field, TÁR
  • Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness

Best Actor

  • Brendan Fraser, The Whale
  • Austin Butler, Elvis
  • Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Paul Mescal, Aftersun
  • Bill Nighy, Living

Best Actress

  • Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once
  • Cate Blanchett, TÁR
  • Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie
  • Ana de Armas, Blonde
  • Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans

Best Supporting Actor

  • Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once
  • Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway
  • Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans

Best Supporting Actress

  • Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Hong Chau, The Whale

Best Original Screenplay

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • The Banshees of Inisherin
  • TÁR
  • Triangle of Sadness
  • The Fabelmans

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Women Talking
  • Top Gun: Maverick
  • Living
  • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Cinematography

  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Elvis
  • Empire of Light
  • TÁR
  • Bardo

Best Original Score

  • Babylon
  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • The Fabelmans
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Original Song

  • ‘Naatu Naatu’ by Rahul Sipligunj, Kaala Bhairava
  • ‘Hold My Hand’ by Lady Gaga, Top Gun: Maverick
  • ‘Lift Me Up’ by Rihanna, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
  • ‘This Is a Life’ by David Byrne, Ryan Lott and Mitski, Everything Everywhere All At Once
  • ‘Applause’ by Diane Warren, Tell It Like A Woman

Best Film Editing

  • Top Gun: Maverick
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Elvis
  • TÁR
  • The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Sound

  • Top Gun: Maverick
  • Avatar: The Way of Water
  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Elvis
  • The Batman

Best Visual Effects

  • Avatar: The Way of Water
  • Top Gun: Maverick
  • The Batman
  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Best Production Design

  • Babylon
  • Elvis
  • Avatar: The Way of Water
  • The Fabelmans
  • All Quiet on the Western Front

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  • The Whale
  • Elvis
  • The Batman
  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Best Costume Design

  • Elvis
  • Babylon
  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Mrs Harris Goes to Paris

Best International Film

  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Close
  • Argentina, 1985
  • EO
  • The Quiet Girl

Best Animated Feature

  • Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
  • Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
  • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
  • The Sea Beast
  • Turning Red

Best Animated Short Film

  • The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse
  • The Flying Sailor
  • My Year of Dicks
  • Ice Merchants
  • An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Fake And I Think I Believe It

Best Live-Action Short Film

  • An Irish Goodbye
  • The Red Suitcase
  • Le Pupille
  • Ivalu
  • Night Ride

Best Documentary Feature

  • Navalny
  • Fire of Love
  • All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
  • All That Breathes
  • A House Made of Splinters

Best Documentary Short Subject

  • The Elephant Whisperers
  • Stranger At The Gate
  • How Do You Measure a Year?
  • Haulout
  • The Martha Mitchell Effect

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