Oscars
This page ranks the Oscar contenders. 2022 contenders are ranked by most likely to be nominated.
Last Update: 12/03/21
Best Picture (12/03/21)
The Power of the Dog
Belfast
West Side Story
Dune
Licorice Pizza
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
A Hero
Alternates
House of Gucci
The Lost Daughter
Red Rocket
Nightmare Alley
Drive My Car
Being the Ricardos
Tick, Tick… Boom
The Last Duel
Dark Horses
Cyrano
Spencer
Flee
The French Dispatch
The Worst Person in the World
Titane
Encanto
Mass
Director (12/03/21)
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Denis Villeneuve – Dune
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Alternates
Joel Coen – The Tragedy of Macbeth
Adam McKay – Don’t Look Up
Asghar Farhadi – A Hero
Guillermo Del Toro – Nightmare Alley
Ridley Scott – House of Gucci
Aaron Sorkin – Being the Ricardos
Reinaldo Marcus Green – King Richard
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter
Mike Mills – C’mon C’mon
Dark Horses
Wes Anderson – The French Dispatch
Jonas Poher Rasmussen – Flee
Pablo Larrain – Spencer
Pedro Almodovar – Parallel Mothers
Lead Actor (11/20/21)
Will Smith – King Richard
Leonardo DiCaprio – Don’t Look Up
Joaquin Phoenix – C’mon C’mon
Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick… Boom
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth
Alternates
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
Bradley Cooper – Nightmare Alley
Clifton Collins Jr – Jockey
Dark Horses
Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos
Cooper Hoffman – Licorice Pizza
Adam Driver – House of Gucci
Lead Actress (11/20/21)
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Frances McDormand – The Tragedy of Macbeth
Lady Gaga – House of Gucci
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Alternates
Rachel Zegler – West Side Story
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Jennifer Lawrence – Don’t Look Up
Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World
Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Dark Horses
Tessa Thompson – Passing
Halle Berry – Bruised
Rooney Mara – Nightmare Alley
Jennifer Hudson – Respect
Supporting Actor (11/20/21)
Jamie Dornan – Belfast
Jon Bernthal – King Richard
Ciaran Hinds – Belfast
J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos
Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza
Alternates
Jared Leto – House of Gucci
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
Mark Rylance – Don’t Look Up
Richard Jenkins – The Humans
Ben Affleck – The Last Duel
Ben Affleck – The Tender Bar
Jonah Hill – Don’t Look Up
Robin de Jesus – Tick, Tick… Boom
Dark Horses
David Alvarez – West Side Story
Al Pacino – House of Gucci
Jason Isaacs – Mass
Willem Dafoe – Nightmare Alley
Vincent Lindon – Titane
Timothy Spall – Spencer
Supporting Actress (11/20/21)
Catriona Balfe – Belfast
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Cate Blanchett – Nightmare Alley
Judi Dench – Belfast
Alternates
Meryl Streep – Don’t Look Up
Ruth Negga – Passing
Toni Collette – Nightmare Alley
Dark Horses
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Rita Moreno – West Side Story
Ann Dowd – Mass
Martha Plimpton – Mass
Gaby Hoffmann – C’mon C’mon
Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter
Dakota Johnson – The Lost Daughter
Writing – Adapted Screenplay (11/20/21)
The Power of the Dog
Nightmare Alley
The Lost Daughter
Passing
House of Gucci
Alternates
The Tragedy of Macbeth
The Last Duel
The Humans
Dune
CODA
West Side Story
Tick, Tick… Boom
Dark Horses
Green Knight
Writing – Original Screenplay (11/20/21)
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Licorice Pizza
C’mon C’mon
Being the Ricardos
Alternates
King Richard
The French Dispatch
A Hero
Spencer
Mass
Parallel Mothers
Dark Horses
The Worst Person in the World
Titane
The Hand of God
Animated Feature
Flee
The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Encanto
Luca
Raya and the Last Dragon
Alternates
Belle
Sing 2
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
Matt Mentions 
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)