Oscars
This page ranks the Oscar contenders. 2022 contenders are ranked by most likely to be nominated.
Last Update: 09/18/21
Best Picture (09/18/21)
Belfast
Dune
Nightmare Alley
King Richard
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Licorice Pizza
Spencer
West Side Story
House of Gucci
Alternates
Don’t Look Up
A Hero
tick, tick…Boom!
The French Dispatch
Mass
C’mon C’mon
Parallel Mothers
Cyrano
The Lost Daughter
Dark Horses
Red Rocket
In the Heights
CODA
The Hand of God
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
The Worst Person in the World
Director (09/18/21)
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Denis Villeneuve – Dune
Guillermo del Toro – Nightmare Alley
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Asghar Farhadi – A Hero
Alternates
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Pedro Almodovar – Parallel Mothers
Adam McKay – Don’t Look Up
Joel Coen – The Tragedy of Macbeth
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Lin-Manuel Miranda – tick, tick…Boom!
Ridley Scott – House of Gucci
Pablo Larrain – Spencer
Reinaldo Marcus Green – King Richard
Dark Horses
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter
Joe Wright – Cyrano
Wes Anderson – The French Dispatch
Joachim Trier – The Worst Person in the World
Paolo Sorrentino – The Hand of God
Mike Mills – C’mon C’mon
Lead Actor (09/18/21)
Will Smith – King Richard
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…Boom!
Alternates
Leonardo DiCaprio – Don’t Look Up
Ben Foster – The Survivor
Joaquin Phoenix – C’mon C’mon
Adam Driver – House of Gucci
Bradley Cooper – Nightmare Alley
Clifton Collins, Jr. – Jockey
Simon Rex – Red Rocket
Nicolas Cage – Pig
Dark Horses
Anthony Ramos – In the Heights
Jude Hill – Belfast
Cooper Hoffman – Licorice Pizza
Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos
Justin Chon – Blue Bayou
Jake Gyllenhaal – The Guilty
Lead Actress (09/18/21)
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Lady Gaga – House of Gucci
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Frances McDormand – The Tragedy of Macbeth
Alternates
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Jennifer Hudson – Respect
Rachel Zegler – West Side Story
Dark Horses
Halle Berry – Bruised
Tessa Thompson – Passing
Jennifer Lawrence – Don’t Look Up
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones – CODA
Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World
Jodie Comer – The Last Duel
Supporting Actor (09/18/21)
Richard Jenkins – The Humans
Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza
Ciaran Hinds – Belfast
Willem Dafoe – Nightmare Alley
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
Alternates
Jamie Dornan – Belfast
Jared Leto – House of Gucci
Andrew Garfield – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos
Corey Hawkins – The Tragedy of Macbeth
Jeffrey Wright – The French Dispatch
Jonah Hill – Don’t Look Up
Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog
Dark Horses
Jon Bernthal – King Richard
Benicio Del Toro – The French Dispatch
Jason Isaacs – Mass
Adam Driver – The Last Duel
Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon
Sean Penn – Licorice Pizza
Lakeith Stanfield – The Harder They Fall
Supporting Actress (09/18/21)
Catriona Balfe – Belfast
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Ann Dowd – Mass
Cate Blanchett – Nightmare Alley
Alternates
Ruth Negga – Passing
Meryl Streep – Don’t Look Up
Judi Dench – Belfast
Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter
Toni Collette – Nightmare Alley
Dakota Johnson – The Lost Daughter
Rooney Mara – Nightmare Alley
Dark Horses
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Nina Arianda – Being the Ricardos
Gaby Hoffmann – C’mon C’mon
Marlee Matlin – CODA
Haley Bennett – Cyrano
Jayne Houdyshell – The Humans
Writing – Adapted Screenplay (09/18/21)
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Lost Daughter
The Tragedy of Macbeth
CODA
Alternates
tick, tick…Boom!
Dune
House of Gucci
West Side Story
Passing
The Humans
Dark Horses
Cyrano
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
The Green Knight
Eternals
The Last Duel
Zola
Writing – Original Screenplay (09/18/21)
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
C’mon C’mon
Licorice Pizza
King Richard
Alternates
Parallel Mothers
Mass
Spencer
Being the Ricardos
The French Dispatch
A Hero
The Worst Person in the World
The Hand of God
Dark Horses
Red Rocket
The Harder They Fall
Blue Bayou
Bergman Island
Last Night in Soho
Flee
Animated Feature
Soul
Wolfwalkers
Over the Moon
Onward
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Documentary Feature
Time
Crip Camp
My Octopus Teacher
Collective
The Mole Agent
International Feature
Another Round
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Collective
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Better Days
Cinematography
Mank
Nomadland
News of the World
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Judas and the Black Messiah
Costume Design
Emma
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Pinocchio
Mulan
Film Editing
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Sound of Metal
Nomadland
The Father
Promising Young Woman
Makeup and Hairstyling
Pinocchio
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Original Score
Soul
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Da 5 Bloods
Original Song
One Night in Miami – “Speak Now”
Eurovision Song Contest – “Husavik”
The Life Ahead – “IO Si (Seen)”
Judas and the Black Messiah – “Fight for You”
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – “Hear My Voice”
Production Design
Mank
News of the World
Tenet
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
The Father
Sound
Sound of Metal
Soul
Mank
News of the World
Greyhound
Visual Effects
Tenet
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Love and Monsters
Are u going to update the rest of the categories?
I’m working on it. I had a catalog of potential 2016 contenders and details about them that I spent hours on, it unfortunately got deleted. That’s life. Expect the remaining categories in the next few days.
I think that it will at least get one for the score and the production design, might not win as per usual but I think it could be competition
It’s very possible. Right now there are so many potentially good films out there that edge it out, but the field will narrow more and more as time goes on.
Have some of my comments been deleted?
I see them. However, since this is a page and not a post. Comments get deleted each year. But yeah, I still have all yours showing.
This website is the only award website which still hasn’t recognised Fantastic beasts and where to find them. Every website predicts at least 2-3 except in here it is not considered? thoughts?
I recommend replacing “Where is Anne Frank?” with “Wolfwalkers” in Animated Feature, the latter has far more credentials behind it (made by two times previous nominee Tomm Moore) and is being pushed by Apple, Inc. (because it’s going to be an Apple TV+ Original)