My predictions in each category ranked from most likely at the top.
Most Predicted Nominations
The Banshees of Inisherin – 9
Best Picture
Everything Everywhere all at Once
The Fabelmans
The Banshees of Inisherin
Top Gun: Maverick
Elvis
TAR
Avatar: The Way of Water
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Whale
RRR
Major Surprise – Women Talking/The Woman King
Best Director
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans
Daniels – Everything Everywhere all at Once
Todd Field – TAR
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Edward Berger – All Quiet on the Western Front
Major Surprise – James Cameron/Baz Luhrmann
Best Actor
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Austin Butler – Elvis
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Bill Nighy – Living
Paul Mescal – Aftersun
Major Surprise – Tom Cruise/Adam Sandler
Best Actress
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere all at Once
Cate Blanchett – TAR
Ana de Armas – Blonde
Viola Davis – The Woman King
Danielle Deadwyler – Till
Major Surprise – Michelle Williams/Margot Robbie
Best Supporting Actor
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere all at Once
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
Paul Dano – The Fabelmans
Eddie Redmayne – The Good Nurse
Major Surprise – Brad Pitt/Judd Hirsch
Best Supporting Actress
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere all at Once
Hong Chau – The Whale
Dolly de Leon – Triangle of Sadness
Major Surprise – Stephanie Hsu/Jessie Buckley
Best Original Screenplay
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere all at Once
TAR
The Fabelmans
Triangle of Sadness
Major Surprise – Aftersun/The Menu
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Whale
Women Talking
All Quiet on the Western Front
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Story
Living
Major Surprise – She Said/White Noise
Best Animated Feature
Pinocchio
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
My Father’s Dragon
Major Surprise – Wendell and Wild/The Bad Guys
Best Documentary Feature
Navalny
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Descendant
Fire of Love
Major Surprise – The Territory/Bad Axe
Best International Feature
All Quiet on the Western Front
Decision to Leave
Argentina, 1985
Close
Bardo
Major Surprise – EO/The Quiet Girl
Best Cinematography
Top Gun: Maverick
Avatar: The Way of Water
Empire of Light
All Quiet on the Western Front
Bardo
Major Surprise – The Batman/Elvis
Best Film Editing
Everything Everywhere all at Once
Top Gun: Maverick
Elvis
The Fabelmans
The Banshees of Inisherin
Major Surprise – Avatar: The Way of Water/All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Production Design
Elvis
Babylon
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Fabelmans
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Major Surprise – All Quiet on the Western Front/The Batman
Best Costume Design
Elvis
Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The Woman King
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris
Major Surprise – The Fabelmans/Corsage
Best Make-Up and Hairstyling
Elvis
The Whale
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Blonde
Major Surprise – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever/Babylon
Best Sound
Top Gun: Maverick
Avatar: The Way of Water
Elvis
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Major Surprise – Babylon/Everything Everywhere all at Once
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of Water
Top Gun: Maverick
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
All Quiet on the Western Front
Major Surprise – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness/Thirteen Lives
Best Original Score
Babylon
The Fabelmans
The Banshees of Inisherin
Women Talking
Pinocchio
Major Surprise – The Woman King/Everything Everywhere all at Once
Best Original Song
“Naatu Naatu” – RRR
“Hold My Hand” – Top Gun: Maverick
“Lift Me Up” – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
“Ciao Papa” – Pinocchio
“Carolina” – Where the Crawdads Sing
Major Surprise – “New Body Rhumba” – White Noise/ “Applause” – Tell It Like a Woman
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