Oscars 2024: What I want to win
After what feels like an eternity, the 2023-2024 awards season finally ends with the Oscars tonight.
I’m not expecting many surprises – I imagine Oppenheimer will dominate just like it has all awards season.
As usual, here’s the list of nominees and who I think will win versus who I want to win. I have changed the formatting this year – each category is ranked and the top slot is my favourite while the bottom slot is my least favourite. My prediction is at the side, and the winner is in bold.
So let’s have a look shall we?
Best Picture:
Past Lives
The Holdovers
The Zone of Interest
Poor Things
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
Oppenheimer – WILL WIN
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
American Fiction
Best Actor:
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer – WILL WIN
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Best Actress:
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon – WILL WIN
Sandra Huller – Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Annette Bening – Nyad
Best Supporting Actress:
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers -WILL WIN
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Jodie Foster – Nyad
America Ferrera – Barbie
Best Supporting Actor:
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer – WILL WIN
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Director:
Poor Things – Yorgos Lanthimos
Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan – WILL WIN
The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer
Killers of the Flower Moon – Martin Scorsese
Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Barbie
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
Oppenheimer
American Fiction – WILL WIN
Best Original Screenplay:
Anatomy of a Fall – WILL WIN
Past Lives
The Holdovers
May December
Maestro
Best Original Song:
What Was I Made For? – Barbie (Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell) – WILL WIN
I’m Just Ken – Barbie (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt)
Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) – Killers of the Flower Moon (Scott George)
It Never Went Away – American Symphony (Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson)
The Fire Inside – Flamin’ Hot (Diane Warren)
Best Original Score:
Oppenheimer – WILL WIN
Poor Things
Killers of the Flower Moon
American Fiction
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Best International Feature:
The Zone of Interest – WILL WIN
The Teachers’ Lounge
Perfect Days
Society of the Snow
Io Capitano
Best Animated Feature:
Elemental
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Boy and the Heron – WILL WIN
Robot Dreams
Nimona
Best Documentary Feature:
20 Days in Mariupol – WILL WIN
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
To Kill a Tiger
Best Cinematography:
Oppenheimer – WILL WIN
Poor Things
Killers of the Flower Moon
El Conde
Maestro
Best Costume Design:
Barbie – TOO CLOSE TO CALL
Poor Things – TOO CLOSE TO CALL
Napoleon
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Best Make-up and Hairstyling:
Maestro – WILL WIN
Poor Things
Golda
Oppenheimer
Society of the Snow
Best Production Design:
Barbie – TOO CLOSE TO CALL
Poor Things – TOO CLOSE TO CALL
Oppenheimer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Best Sound:
The Zone of Interest – WILL WIN
Oppenheimer
Maestro
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
The Creator
Best Film Editing:
Oppenheimer – WILL WIN
Anatomy of a Fall
Poor Things
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Visual Effects:
Godzilla Minus One – WILL WIN
The Creator
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Napoleon