After a second consecutive awards season up-ended by the Covid pandemic, the Oscars 2023 should see a return to relative normalcy. The 95th Academy Awards Oscar is set for March 12, 2023 in its traditional home, the Dolby Theater. In this article, you will get Oscar 2023 Predictions for several categories.
Films released theatrically from 1st January to 31 December of 2022 are eligible for consideration. Read on below for the 2023 Oscars Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Directors, etc. predictions.
Remember, only movies confirmed for release in the year 2022 are included. Just keep checking back this page as new contenders enter the race of Oscar 2023.)
Some of the early Oscar Academy Awards hopefuls were launched at Sundance in January and Cannes in May. Four more film festivals, those are, Telluride Venice, Toronto and NY will showcase more films. Others will forego the festival circuit completely.
To make our 2023 Oscars predictions for Best Picture, we consider many factors. The pedigree of the filmmakers, producers, the critical reception to their previous films, the box office tally and the track record of the studios.
Oscar 2023 Predictions Academy Awards
Below are the Oscars Awards Categories:
- BEST PICTURE
- DIRECTOR
- ACTOR
- ACTRESS
- SUPPORTING ACTOR
- SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- ANIMATED FEATURE
- PRODUCTION DESIGN
- CINEMATOGRAPHY
- COSTUME DESIGN
- FILM EDITING
- MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
- SOUND
- VISUAL EFFECTS
- ORIGINAL SCORE
- ORIGINAL SONG
- DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
- ANIMATED SHORT
- DOCUMENTARY SHORT
- LIVE ACTION SHORT
2023 Oscars Predictions for Various Categories
The 95th annual Academy Awards on Sunday, 12 March 2023, Gold Derby expert Christopher Rosen takes a look at the Oscar 2023 and the state of the race so far in the six major categories:
Those are, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.
Read the latest film predictions, in all 23 Oscar Award categories, in one place on Variety’s Oscars Collective. and see the Golden Globe predictions.
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Christopher Rosen’s 2023 Oscars Best Picture predictions
- The Fabelmans
- Everything Everywhere All At Once
- The Banshees of Inishirin
- Babylon
- Top Gun: Maverick
- She Said
- Women Talking
- TAR
- Glass Onion
- Elvis
2023 Oscars Best Director predictions
- Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)
- The Daniels (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
- Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inishirin)
- Sarah Polley (Women Talking)
- Damien Chazelle (Babylon)
2023 Oscars Best Actor predictions
- Austin Butler (Elvis)
- Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
- Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inishirin)
- Bill Nighy (Living)
- Tom Cruise (Top Gun: Maverick)
2023 Oscars Best Actress predictions
- Cate Blanchett (TAR)
- Danielle Deadwyler (Till)
- Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
- Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans)
- Margot Robbie (Babylon)
2023 Best Supporting Actor Predictions
- Key Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
- Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inishirin)
- Paul Dano (The Fabelmans)
- Judd Hirsch (The Fabelmans)
- Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway)
2023 Best Supporting Actress Predictions
- Carey Mulligan (She Said)
- Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
- Kerry Condon (Banshees of Inishirin)
- Hong Chau (The Whale)
- Jesse Buckley (Women Talking)
23 Categories of Oscar Award Predictions
23 Oscar Award categories, in one place on Variety’s Oscars Collective. and see the Golden Globe predictions.
Best Picture for Oscar 2023 Predictions
- The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
- Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Martin McDonagh
- Elvis (Warner Bros.)
- Baz Luhrmann, Gail Berman, Catherine Martin, Patrick McCormick, Schuyler Weiss
- Emancipation (Apple Original Films)
- Todd Black, Joey McFarland, Jon Mone, Will Smith
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
- Dan Kwan, Mike Larocca, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang
- The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures) ***
- Tony Kushner, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
- Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman
- Tár (Focus Features)
- Todd Field, Scott Lambert, Alexandra Milchan
- Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
- Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison
- The Woman King (Sony Pictures)
- Maria Bello, Viola Davis, Cathy Schulman, Julius Tennon
- Women Talking (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
- Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Frances McDormand
Best Director Oscar Predictions 2023
- Todd Field
- Tár (Focus Features)
- Antoine Fuqua
- Emancipation (Apple Original Films)
- Martin McDonagh
- The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
- Gina Prince-Bythewood
- The Woman King (Sony Pictures)
- Steven Spielberg ***
- The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)
Best Actor Oscar Predictions 2023
- Austin Butler
- Elvis (Warner Bros.)
- Colin Farrell
- The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
- Brendan Fraser ***
- The Whale (A24)
- Hugh Jackman
- The Son (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Bill Nighy
- Living (Sony Pictures Classics)
Best Actress Oscar Predictions 2023
- Cate Blanchett
- Tár (Focus Features)
- Viola Davis
- The Woman King (Sony Pictures)
- Danielle Deadwyler
- Till (Orion/United Artists Releasing)
- Michelle Williams
- The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)
- Michelle Yeoh ***
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
Best Supporting Actor Oscar Predictions 2023
- Ben Foster
- Emancipation (Apple Original Films)
- Brendan Gleeson
- The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
- Judd Hirsch
- The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)
- Ke Huy Quan ***
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
- Eddie Redmayne
- The Good Nurse (Netflix)
Best Supporting Actress Oscar Predictions 2023
- Angela Bassett ***
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
- Charmaine Bingwa
- Emancipation (Apple Original Films)
- Jessie Buckley
- Women Talking (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
- Kerry Condon
- The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
Best Original Screenplay Oscar Predictions 2023
- The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures) ***
- Martin McDonagh
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
- Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
- The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)
- Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg
- Tár (Focus Features)
- Todd Field
- Triangle of Sadness (Neon)
- Ruben Östlund
Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar Predictions 2023
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Story (Netflix)
- Rian Johnson (based on characters written by Johnson)
- Living (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Kazuo Ishiguro (based on Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni)
- Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
- Peter Craig, Justin Marks, Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, Christopher McQuarrie (based on
characters created by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr.) - The Whale (A24)
- Samuel D. Hunter
- Women Talking (MGM/United Artists Releasing) ***
- Sarah Polley (based on the book by Miriam Toews)
Best Animated Feature Oscar Predictions 2023
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix) ***
- Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson (directors), Alexander Bulkley, Corey Campodonico, Lisa
Henson, Gary Ungar - Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (A24)
- Dean Fleischer-Camp (director and producer), Andrew Goldman, Elisabeth Holm, Caroline Kaplan,
Terry Leonard, Paul Mezey, Jenny Slate (producers) - Strange World (Walt Disney Pictures)
- Don Hall (director), Roy Conli (producer)
- Turning Red (Pixar)
- Domee Shi (director), Lindsey Collins (producer)
- Wendell and Wild (Netflix)
- Henry Selick (director, producer), Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jordan Peele (producers)
Best Production Design Oscar Predictions 2023
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
- Hannah Beachler (production designer), Lisa K. Sessions (set decorator)
- Elvis (Warner Bros) ***
- Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy (production designer), Bev Dunn (set decorator)
- The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)
- Rick Carter (production designer), Karen O’Hara (set decorator)
- Thirteen Lives (Amazon Studios/MGM)
- Molly Hughes (production designer), Emma Rudkin (set decorator)
- The Woman King (Sony Pictures)
- Akin McKenzie (production designer), Renee Filipova (set decorator)
Best Cinematography Oscar Predictions 2023
- Emancipation (Apple Original Films) ***
- Robert Richardson
- Empire of Light (Searchlight Pictures)
- Roger Deakins
- The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)
- Janusz Kaminski
- Tár (Focus Features)
- Florian Hoffmeister
- Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
- Claudio Miranda
Best Costume Design Oscar Predictions 2023
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
- Ruth E. Carter
- Elvis (Warner Bros) ***
- Catherine Martin
- The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)
- Mark Bridges
- Living (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Sandy Powell
- The Woman King (TriStar Pictures)
- Gersha Phillips
Best Film Editing Oscar Predictions 2023
- Elvis (Warner Bros.)
- Jonathan Redmond, Matt Villa
- The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)
- Sarah Broshar, Michael Kahn
- Tár (Focus Features)
- Monika Willi
- Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures) ***
- Eddie Hamilton
- The Woman King (Sony Pictures)
- Terilyn A. Shropshire
Best Makeup and Hair-styling Oscar Predictions 2023
- The Batman (Warner Bros.)
- Naomi Donne (makeup designer), Mike Marino (prosthetics design), Zoe Tahir (hair designer)
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
- Joel Harlow (makeup department head)
- Elvis (Warner Bros.) ***
- Shane Thomas (hair and makeup designer), Mark Coulier (prosthetics designer), Jason Baird
(prosthetics supervisor for Tom Hanks and Austin Butler), Louise Coulston (key hairdesser) - Emancipation (Apple Original Films)
- Ken Diaz (makeup department head), Andrea Bowman (hair department head)
- The Woman King (Sony Pictures)
- Babalwa Mtshiselwa, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Jamika Wilson, Louisa V. Anthony
Best Sound Oscar Predictions 2023
- Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century Studios)
- Gwen Whittle (supervising sound editor), Gary Summers, Mike Hedges (re-recording mixers), Chris Boyes (supervising sound editor, re-recording mixer), Tony Johnson (production sound mixer), Julian Howarth
- Elvis (Warner Bros.)
- David Lee (production sound mixer), Wayne Pashley (sound designer, supervising sound editor), Andy Nelson, Michael Keller (re-recording mixers)
- Emancipation (Apple Original Films)
To be added - Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures) ***
Mark Weingarten (production sound mixer), James H. Mather, Al Nelson (supervising sound editors), Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor (re-recording mixers) - The Woman King (Sony Pictures)
Becky Sullivan, Kevin O’Connell, Tony Lamberti, Derek Mansvelt
Best Visual Effects Oscar Predictions 2023
- Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century Studios) ***
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett - The Batman (Warner Bros.)
Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands (visual effects supervisors), Dominic Tuohy (special effects supervisor) - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, Hanzhi Tang (vfx supervisors), Dan Sudick (sfx supervisor) - Good Night Oppy (Amazon Studios)
Ivan Busquets, Abishek Nair (visual effects supervisor), Marko Chulev, Steven Nichols (digital supervisors) - Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
Ryan Tudhope (visual effects supervisor), Scott R. Fisher (special effects coordinator), Seth Hill (visual effects supervisor), Bryan Litson (visual effects supervisor)
Best Original Score Oscar Predictions 2023
- Babylon (Paramount Pictures)
Justin Hurwitz - Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix)
Alexandre Desplat - The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures) ***
John Williams - The Woman King (Sony Pictures)
Terence Blanchard - Women Talking (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
Hildur Guðnadóttir
Best Original Song Oscar Predictions 2023
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios) ***
Lift me up by Tems, Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna and Ryan Coogler - RRR (Variance Films)
Naatu Naatu by Kala Bhairava, M. M. Keeravani, Rahul Sipligunj - Tell It Like a Woman (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Applause by Diane Warren - Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
Holy My Hand by Lady Gaga - Turning Red (Pixar)
Nobody Like U by Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell
Best Documentary Feature Oscar Predictions 2023
- All That Breathes (HBO Documentary Films)
Shaunak Sen (director and producer), Teddy Leifer, Aman Mann (producers) - Descendant (Netflix)
Margaret Brown (director, producer), Essie Chambers, Kyle Martin (producers) - Fire of Love (National Geographic Documentary Films/Neon)
Sara Dosa (director, producer), Shane Boris, Ina Fichman (producers) - Good Night Oppy (Amazon Studios) ***
Ryan White (director), Matt Carroll, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Matt Goldberg, Jessica Hargrave (producers) - Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb (Sony Pictures Classics)
Lizzie Gottlieb (director, producer), Joanne Nerenberg, Jen Small (producers)
Best International Feature Oscar Predictions 2023
- All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)
dir. Edward Berger - Close (Belgium) ***
dir. Lukas Dhont - Decision to Leave (South Korea)
Park Chan-wook - Holy Spider (Denmark)
dir. Ali Abbassi - Saint Omer (France)
dir. Alice Diop
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