The start of a new year brings with it awards season. As always, the film snob’s favorite time of year will culminate with the highly anticipated Academy Awards. The night of the year where all of the departments that make up the Hollywood film industry come together to recognize and honor the very best work of the calendar year. Now that Academy members have officially started filling out their ballots, I figured now was as good a time as any to share our predictions for who those voters will nominate for the coveted statuette.
The 94th annual Academy Awards ceremony will broadcast live this year at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and airs on linear television via ABC on Sunday, March 27.
And the nominees will be….
Best Picture
Dune
West Side Story
King Richard
Belfast
The Power of the Dog
Drive My Car
CODA
tick, tick… Boom!
Licorice Pizza
The Lost Daughter
Director
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Denis Villeneuve – Dune
Steven Spielberg– West Side Story
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Leading Actor
Will Smith – King Richard
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth
Nicolas Cage – Pig
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick… Boom!
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Leading Actress
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Rachel Zegler– West Side Story
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Supporting Actor
Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Jared Leto – House of Gucci
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
Ciaran Hinds – Belfast
Supporting Actress
Caitríona Balfe – Belfast
Kristen Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Ruth Negga – Passing
Ariana DeBose– West Side Story
Original Screenplay
Belfast
Licorice Pizza
King Richard
Being the Ricardos
Don’t Look Up
Adapted Screenplay
The Lost Daughter
Drive My Car
West Side Story
Passing
The Power of the Dog
Cinematography
Belfast
Dune
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Film Editing
King Richard
Dune
Belfast
West Side Story
The Power of the Dog
Visual Effects
Dune
Eternals
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
The Matrix Resurrections
Makeup and Hairstyling
Dune
Cruella
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci
West Side Story
Costume Design
Nightmare Alley
Dune
Spencer
House of Gucci
Cruella
Production Design
Nightmare Alley
Dune
West Side Story
The French Dispatch
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Documentary Feature
The Rescue
Flee
Summer of Soul
Procession
Summer of Soul
Animated Feature
Luca
Raya and the Last Dragon
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Encanto
Flee
International Feature
Flee (Denmark)
A Hero (Iran)
Drive My Car (Japan)
The Hand of God (Italy)
The Worst Person in the World (Norway)
Sound
Dune
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West Side Story
No Time to Die
A Quiet Place Part II
Original Score
Dune
Spencer
The Power of the Dog
Encanto
Don’t Look Up
Original Song
“Be Alive” — King Richard
“No Time to Die” – No Time to Die
“Down to Joy” — Belfast
“Dos Oruguitas” – Encanto
“Just Look Up” – Don’t Look Up
Those are my predictions for who and what will be nominated for the 2022 Academy Awards. Again, these are my predictions for the nominations. These aren’t my final thoughts on who and what I think will actually take home the gold at the actual ceremony. What do you make of my picks? Which do you agree with and which picks are way off the mark? Sound off in the comments below and let us and the rest of the movie loving world know your thoughts on the matter!
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