Oscars 2022: My predictions & the winners
Oscars night is finally upon us! I did my detailed breakdown of the Best Picture nominees yesterday (see here) and now it’s time for my traditional predictions post.
Here’s the main list of nominees and who I think will win versus who I personally want to win. Updated with the winners in bold.
Best Picture:
Belfast
CODA – WILL WIN/WANT TO WIN
Don’t Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog – COULD ALSO WIN
West Side Story
Best Actor:
Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick… BOOM! – WANT TO WIN
Will Smith – King Richard – WILL WIN
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Actress:
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye – WILL WIN
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter – WANT TO WIN
Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
(This category feels wide open!)
Best Supporting Actor:
Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
Troy Kotsur – CODA – WILL WIN/WANT TO WIN
Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog
J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
Best Supporting Actress:
Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story – WILL WIN/WANT TO WIN
Judi Dench – Belfast
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard (SHE’S AWESOME TOO)
Best Director:
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog – WILL WIN
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story – WANT TO WIN
Best Original Screenplay:
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Adam McKay, David Sirota – Don’t Look Up
Zach Baylin – King Richard
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza – WILL WIN
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier – The Worst Person in the World – WANT TO WIN
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Siân Heder – CODA – WANT TO WIN
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe – Drive My Car
Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth – Dune
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog – WILL WIN
Best International Feature Film:
Drive My Car – WILL WIN
Flee
The Hand of God
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
The Worst Person in the World – WANT TO WIN
Best Animated Feature Film:
Encanto – WILL WIN
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs the Machines – WANT TO WIN
Raya and the Last Dragon
Best Documentary Feature:
Ascension
Attica
Flee – WANT TO WIN
Summer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) – WILL WIN
Writing with Fire
Best Film Editing:
Don’t Look Up
Dune – WILL WIN
King Richard
The Power of the Dog
tick, tick… BOOM! – WANT TO WIN
Best Cinematography:
Dune – WILL WIN/WANT TO WIN
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
(These are all worthy of winning this award though)
Best Original Score:
Don’t Look Up
Dune – WILL WANT/WANT TO WIN
Encanto
Parallel Mothers
The Power of the Dog
Best Original Song:
Be Alive – King Richard
Dos Oruguitas – Encanto
Down to Joy – Belfast
No Time to Die – No Time to Die – WILL WIN/WANT TO WIN
Somehow You Do – Four Good Days
Best Sound:
Belfast
Dune – WILL WIN/WANT TO WIN
No Time to Die
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Best Visual Effects:
Dune
Free Guy
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home – WILL WIN/WANT TO WIN
Best Production Design:
Dune – WILL WIN
Nightmare Alley – WANT TO WIN
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Best Costume Design:
Cruella – WILL WIN/WANT TO WIN
Cyrano
Dune
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story
Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
Coming 2 America
Cruella – WANT TO WIN
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye – WILL WIN
House of Gucci