BEST PICTURE
Will Win: OPPENHEIMER
Should Win: OPPENHEIMER
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Will Win: CILLIAN MURPHY, Oppenheimer
Should Win: CILLIAN MURPHY, Oppenheimer
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Will Win: ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Oppenheimer
Should Win: MARK RUFFALO Poor Things
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Will Win: LILY GLADSTONE Killers of the Flower Moon
Should Win: EMMA STONE Poor Things
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Will Win: DA'VINE JOY RANDOLPH The Holdovers
Should Win: DA'VINE JOY RANDOLPH The Holdovers
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Will Win: SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
Should Win: THE BOY AND THE HERON
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Will Win: OPPENHEIMER Hoyte van Hoytema
Should Win: OPPENHEIMER Hoyte van Hoytema (*But I’m a sucker for Edward Lachman’s black and white in EL CONDE too!)
COSTUME DESIGN
Will Win: POOR THINGS Holly Waddington
Should Win: POOR THINGS Holly Waddington
DIRECTING
Will Win: OPPENHEIMER Christopher Nolan
Should Win: OPPENHEIMER Christopher Nolan
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Will Win: NA
Should Win: NA
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Will Win: NA
Should Win: NA
FILM EDITING
Will Win: OPPENHEIMER Jennifer Lame
Should Win: OPPENHEIMER Jennifer Lame
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Will Win: THE ZONE OF INTEREST United Kingdom
Should Win: THE ZONE OF INTEREST United Kingdom
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Will Win: MAESTRO Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell
Should Win: MAESTRO Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell
ORIGINAL SCORE
Will Win: OPPENHEIMER Ludwig Göransson
Should Win: OPPENHEIMER Ludwig Göransson
ORIGINAL SONG
Will Win: WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? from Barbie; Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell
Should Win: I'M JUST KEN from Barbie; Music and Lyric by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Will Win: BARBIE
Should Win: POOR THINGS
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Will Win: NA
Should Win: NA
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Will Win: NA
Should Win: NA
SOUND
Will Win: OPPENHEIMER
Should Win: OPPENHEIMER
VISUAL EFFECTS
Will Win: GODZILLA MINUS ONE
Should Win: GODZILLA MINUS ONE
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Will Win: AMERICAN FICTION by Cord Jefferson
Should Win: AMERICAN FICTION by Cord Jefferson
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Will Win: ANATOMY OF A FALL by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
Should Win: MAESTRO by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer (*although, this category was fairly weak this year.)