The 2024 Oscars are on Sunday, and after some extensive coverage of this year’s nominees, it’s finally time to dust off the crystal ball and give you our predictions for this year’s 96th edition.
It does seem as if it’s gearing up to be a huge sweep for Oppenheimer, which leads the way with 13 nominations and is the frontrunner in several categories, including Best Picture. So, we may be in for a very predictable show.
Still, despite some awards feeling like a foregone conclusion, let’s hope that the ceremony yields some surprises, as a great number of films nominated this year are deserving of their very own Golden Baldie. We’re hoping the Oscar gods are feeling fickle…
Who will take home the biggest awards of the night, and who is more deserving? We’re giving you our predicted champions and our Should Wins (the ones we’d ideally like to see emerge victorious).
Let’s see how many we get right, and if we’ll all be consumed by Oppenheimer ’s all-powerful blast radius, and if Nolan’s portmanteau buddy Barbie will manage to nab a couple of awards – probably at the detriment of Poor Things.
Here are our Oscar predictions in all categories:
BEST PICTURE
Nominees:
- American Fiction
- Anatomy of a Fall
- Barbie
- The Holdovers
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Maestro
- Oppenheimer
- Past Lives
- Poor Things
- The Zone of Interest
- Who Will Win: Oppenheimer
- Who Should Win: The Zone of Interest
BEST DIRECTOR
Nominees:
- Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall
- Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
- Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
- Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
- Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest
BEST ACTOR
Nominees:
- Bradley Cooper – Maestro
- Colman Domingo – Rustin
- Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
- Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
- Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
BEST ACTRESS
Nominees:
- Annette Bening – Nyad
- Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
- Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
- Carey Mulligan – Maestro
- Emma Stone – Poor Things
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Nominees:
- Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction
- Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
- Ryan Gosling – Barbie
- Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer
- Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Nominees:
- Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
- Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
- America Ferrara – Barbie
- Jodie Foster – Nyad
- Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Nominees:
- Justine Triet and Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall
- David Hemingson – The Holdovers
- Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer – Maestro
- Samy Burch – May December
- Celine Song – Past Lives
Final predictions
Some of these have been dead certs for weeks; others less so. Everyone’s had their say, including our own Peter Bradshaw, so here’s a last roll of the dice.
- Best picture: Oppenheimer
- Best actor: Cillian Murphy
- Best actress: Lily Gladstone
- Best supporting actor: Robert Downey Jr
- Best supporting actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph
- Best director: Christopher Nolan
- Best song: What Was I Made For?
- Best adapted screenplay: American Fiction
- Best original screenplay: Anatomy of a Fall
- Best documentary: 20 Days in Mariupol
- Best animated film: The Boy and the Heron
- Best international film: The Zone of Interest
