2023 Oscar Predictions
Updated May 27th, 2023
1. Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Members of the Osage tribe in the United States are murdered under mysterious circumstances in the 1920s, sparking a major F.B.I. investigation involving J. Edgar Hoover.
2. Viola Davis – Air
Follows the history of shoe salesman Sonny Vaccaro, and how he led Nike in its pursuit of the greatest athlete in the history of basketball, Michael Jordan.
3. Julianne Moore - May December
Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under the pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.
4. Jodie Foster – Nyad
64-year-old marathon swimmer, Diana Nyad, attempts to become the first person ever to swim from Cuba to Florida.
5. Vanessa Kirby – Napoleon
The film is an original and personal look at Napoleon Bonaparte's origins and his swift, ruthless climb to emperor, viewed through the prism of his addictive and often volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine.
Next In Line:
6. Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
Musical adaptation of Alice Walker's novel about the life-long struggles of an African American woman living in the south during the early 1900s.
7. America Ferrera – Dumb Money
Follows the Wall Street chaos after GameStop's stock skyrocketed due to Reddit
8. Lily James – The Iron Claw
Follows the story of the Von Erichs, a dynasty of wrestlers who made a great impact on the sport from the 1960s to the present day.
9. Penélope Cruz – Ferrari
The life story of Italian sports car entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari.
10. Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Nobody likes teacher Paul Hunham (Giamatti) -- not his students, not his fellow faculty, not the headmaster, who all find his pomposity and rigidity exasperating. With no family and nowhere to go over Christmas holiday in 1970, Paul remains at school to supervise students unable to journey home. After a few days, only one student holdover remains -- a trouble-making 15-year-old named Angus, a good student whose bad behavior always threatens to get him expelled. Joining Paul and Angus is head cook Mary (Randolph)-an African American woman who caters to sons of privilege and whose own son was recently lost in Vietnam. These three very different shipwrecked people form an unlikely Christmas family sharing comic misadventures during two very snowy weeks in New England. The real journey is how they help one another understand that they are not beholden to their past-they can choose their own futures.
Also Consider:
11. Taraji P. Henson – The Color Purple
Musical adaptation of Alice Walker's novel about the life-long struggles of an African American woman living in the south during the early 1900s.
12. Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
13. Scarlett Johansson – Asteroid City
The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
14. Aunjanue Ellis – The Color Purple
Musical adaptation of Alice Walker's novel about the life-long struggles of an African American woman living in the south during the early 1900s.
15. Carey Mulligan – Saltburn
It follows an aristocratic English family.
16. Tilda Swinton – The Killer
An assassin begins to psychologically crack as he develops a conscience, even as his clients continue to demand his skills.
17. Shailene Woodley – Dumb Money
Follows the Wall Street chaos after GameStop's stock skyrocketed due to Reddit
18. Claire Foy – Strangers
The story of a reckless mother and a cool daughter living together without countermeasures.
19. Judy Greer - Flint Strong
The story of Claressa 'T-Rex' Shields, a boxer from Flint, Michigan who trained to become the first woman in her country's history to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport.
20. Rebecca Ferguson – Dune: Part Two
A boy becomes the Messiah of nomads on a desert planet that has giant worms that protect a commodity called Spice. Spice changes people into travelers, mystics and madmen. What price will he pay to become the new ruler of their universe?