Oscar Predictions (November Update)

With Thanksgiving almost upon us, we don't have long until we hear from critics and industry awards that will point us in the direction of what's getting in and what has a chance of winning. One Battle After Another still seems like the one to beat, but Hamnet appears to have established itself as a strong number 2 in the race. I still don't think we should discount Sinners, which still has a lot of passion from its spring release date. Marty Supreme could also provide a late surge with its Christmas release, if the film is as good as we expect it to be.

Best Picture

1. One Battle After Another

2. Hamnet

3. Sinners

4. Marty Supreme

5. Frankenstein

6. Sentimental Value

7. It Was Just an Accident

8. Avatar: Fire and Ash

9. Train Dreams

10. Wicked: For Good

Best Director

1. Paul Thomas Anderson For One Battle After Another

2. Chole Zhao For Hamnet

3. Jafar Panahi For It Was Just an Accident

4. Ryan Coogler For Sinners

5. Joachim Trier For Sentimental Value

Best Actress in a Leading Role

1. Jessie Buckley For Hamnet

2. Renate Reinsve For Sentimental Value

3. Amanda Seyfried for The Testament of Anne Lee

4. Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

5. Cynthia Erivo For Wicked: For Good

Best Actor in a Leading Role

1. Timothee Chalamet For Marty Supreme

2. Leonardo DiCaprio For One Battle After Another

3. Wagner Moura For The Secret Agent

4. Joel Edgerton For Train Dreams

5. Ethan Hawke For Blue Moon

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

1. Teyana Taylor For One Battle After Another

2. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas For Sentimental Value

3. Ariana Grande For Wicked: For Good

4. Amy Madigan For Weapons

5. Elle Fanning For Sentimental Value

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

1. Sean Penn For One Battle After Another

2. Stellan Skarsgard For Sentimental Value

3. Paul Mescal For Hamnet

4. Jacob Elordi For Frankenstein

5. Benicio Del Toro For One Battle After Another

Best Adapted Screenplay

1. Hamnet

2. One Battle After Another

3. No Other Choice

4. Frankenstein

5. Train Dreams

Best Original Screenplay

1. It Was Just an Accident

2. Sinners

3. Marty Supreme

4. Sentimental Value

5. Is This Thing On?

Best Casting

1. Sinners

2. One Battle After Another

3. Hamnet

4. Sentimental Value

5. Marty Supreme

Best Cinematography

1. Sinners

2. One Battle After Another

3. Hamnet

4. Frankenstein

5. Train Dreams

Best Costume Design

1. Frankenstein

2. Wicked: For Good

3. Hamnet

4. Sinners

5. The Testament of Anne Lee

Best Film Editing

1. One Battle After Another

2. Marty Supreme

3. Sinners

4. Hamnet

5. Sentimental Value

Best Make Up and Hair

1. Frankenstein

2. Sinners

3. Wicked: For Good

4. The Smashing Machine

5. Weapons

Best Production Design

1. Frankenstein

2. Wicked: For Good

3. Hamnet

4. Sinners

5. Avatar: Fire and Ash

Best Original Score

1. Sinners

2. One Battle After Another

3. Hamnet

4. Marty Supreme

5. Frankenstein

Best Sound

1. F1: The Movie

2. Sinners

3. Avatar: Fire and Ash

4. One Battle After Another

5. Frankenstein

Best Visual Effects

1. Avatar: Fire and Ash

2. Superman

3. Fantastic Four: First Steps

4. Predator: Badlands

5. Wicked: For Good

Best Animated Feature

1. KPop Demon Hunters

2. Zootopia 2

3. Arco

4. Scarlet

5. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle

Best International Feature

1. It Was Just an Accident

2. Sentimental Value

3. No Other Choice

4. The Secret Agent

5. The Voice of Hind Rajab