The 96th Academy Awards ceremony, aka Oscars, is happening on 10 March 2024 at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. With 23 different categories up for grabs for the best movies of 2023, it will be interesting to see who will win big.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) will present awards in 23 categories honoring films released in 2023. Christopher Nolan-directed Oppenheimer is leading the nominations race with 13 nominations.
Meanwhile, Emma Stone-starrer Poor Things is second in the list with 11 nominations and Martin Scorsese-directed Killers of the Flower Moon has earned 10 nominations.
Here, we have presented the list of top categories alongside our predicted winners.
Nominations & Predicted Winners
Best Picture
The Holdovers
American Fiction
Barbie
The Zone of Interest
Past Lives
Poor Things
Maestro
Anatomy of a Fall
Killers of the Flower Moon
Predicted Winner: Oppenheimer
Best Actor
Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)
Colman Domingo (Rustin)
Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)
Predicted Winner: Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
Best Actress
Annette Bening (Nyad)
Emma Stone (Poor Things)
Sandra Huller (Anatomy of a Fall)
Carey Mulligan (Maestro)
Predicted Winner: Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)
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Best Director
Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall)
Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest)
Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things)
Predicted Winner: Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things)
Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction)
Ryan Gosling (Barbie)
Predicted Winner: Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)
Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)
America Ferrera (Barbie)
Jodie Foster (Nyad)
Predicted Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)
Best Animated Feature
Nimona
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Robot Dreams
Predicted Winner: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best International Feature Film
Society of the Snow
Io Capitano
Perfect Days
The Teachers’ Lounge
Predicted Winner: The Zone of Interest
Best Original Screenplay
The Holdovers (David Hemingson)
Past Lives (Celine Song)
May December (Samy Burch, Alex Mechanik)
Maestro (Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer)
Predicted Winner: Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet, Arthur Harari)
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer)
Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan)
Barbie (Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach)
Poor Things (Tony McNamara)
Predicted Winner: American Fiction (Cord Jefferson)
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Reminder: The list only presents you with the probable winners as predicted by our team. We will update you with the actual winners’ list once the Academy Awards is completed.
