97th Academy Awards Choices and Predictions, Part I

 Despite two delays, the Academy will announce the Oscar nominations for 2024 films sometime in late
January. Here are my choices if I was an Academy member:


Best Picture

Am I Racist?

Dune, Part II

Exhibiting Forgiveness

The Forge

January 6th: The Most Deadliest Day

Orion and the Dark

Sing Sing

Thelma

We Grown Now

The Wild Robot


Best Director

Carry On

Dune, Part II

Exhibiting Forgiveness

We Grown Now

The Wild Robot


Best Actor

Luke Blumm, Lost on a Mountain in Maine

Blake Cameron, We Grown Now

Coleman Domingo, Sing Sing

Taron Egerton, Carry On

Ralph Fiennes, Conclave


Best Actress

Lily-Rose Depp, Nosferatu

Daisy Edgar-Jones, Twisters

Emilia Jones, Winner

Sophie Nielesse, Irena’s Vow

Jane Squibb, Thelma


Best Supporting Actress

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Exhibiting Forgiveness

Rebecca Ferguson, Dune, Part II

Judy Greer, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Isabella Rossellini, Conclave

Beatrice Schneider, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever


Best Supporting Actor

Bill Burr, Unfrosted

Ralph Insen, Nosferatu

John Earl Jelks, Exhibiting Forgiveness

Clarance Maclain, Sing Sing

Gian Rameriz, We Grown Now


Best Adapted Screenplay

Dune, Part II

Inside Out 2

Orion and the Dark

Sing Sing

The Wild Robot


Best Original Screenplay

Am I Racist?

Exhibiting Forgiveness

January 6th: The Most Deadliest Day

Thelma

We Grown Now


Best Cinematography

Carry On

Dune, Part II

Exhibiting Forgiveness

Nosferatu

Twisters


Best Art Direction

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Conclave

Dune, Part II

Nosferatu

Sing Sing


Best Costume Design

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Concalve

Dune, Part II

Nosferatu

Unfrosted


Best Visual Effects

Carry On

Dune, Part II

Godzilla x Kong: The Lost Empire

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Twisters


Best Editing

Carry On

Conclave

Dune, Part II

Orion and the Dark

We Grown Now


Best Score

Conclave

Dune, Part II

God Bless Bitcoin

Thelma

The Wild Robot


Best Sound

Carry On

Dune, Part II

Inside Out 2

Twisters

The Wild Robot


Worst Movie

Someone Like You


Multiples

Dune, Part II (11 Nominations)

Carry On (6 Nominations)

Conclave (6 Nominations)

Exhibiting Forgiveness (6 Nominations)

We Grown Now (6 Nominations)

Nosferatu (5 Nominations)

Sing Sing (5 Nominations)

The Wild Robot (5 Nominations)

Thelma (4 Nominations)

Twisters (4 Nominations)

Onion and the Dark (3 Nominations)

Am I Racist? (2 Nominations)

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2 Nominations)

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2 Nominations)

January 6th: The Most Deadliest Day (2 Nominations)

Unfrosted (2 Nominations)


Notes

The Forge managed to secure a Best Picture nomination despite having no other nominations. Carry On and Conclave each earned six nominations without a Best Picture nomination.


Alas, things do not work out the way we wish. Here are my predictions for what will be realistically nominated:


Best Picture

Anora

The Brutalist

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Dune, Part II

Emilia Perez

The Substance

Wicked


Best Director

Anora

The Brutalist

Conclave

Emilia Perez

The Substance


Best Actor

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

Timothee Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

Daniel Craig, Queer

Colman Domingo, Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes, Conclave


Best Actress

Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl

Cynthia Erivo, Wicked 

Juan Gascón*, Emilia Pérez

Mikey Madison, Anora

Demi Moore, The Substance

* Juan is a man but identifies as a woman


Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov, Anora

Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown

Guy Pearce, The Brutalist

Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice


Best Supporting Actress

Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez

Ariana Grande, Wicked

Jamie Lee Curtis, The Last Showgirl

Felicity Jones, The Brutalist

Isabella Rossellini, Conclave


Best Adapted Screenplay

Conclave

Emilia Perez

Nickel Boys

Sing Sing

Wicked


Best Original Screenplay

Anora

The Brutalist

Challengers 

A Real Pain

The Substance


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