Oscar Nomination Predictions 2022

 

BEST PICTURE

Being the Ricardos

Belfast

CODA

Don't Look Up

Dune

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

The Power of the Dog

tick, tick... Boom!

West Side Story

alternates – Drive My Car; The Tragedy of Macbeth

BEST DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza

Kenneth Branagh, Belfast

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

Steven Spielberg, West Side Story

Denis Villeneuve, Dune

alternates - Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car; Adam McKay, Don’t Look Up

BEST ACTRESS

Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter

Lady Gaga, House of Gucci

Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza

Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos

alternates – Kristen Stewart, Spencer; Penelope Cruz, Parallel Mothers

BEST ACTOR

Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog

Andrew Garfield, tick, tick... Boom!

Will Smith, King Richard

Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth

alternates – Leonardo DiCaprio, Don’t Look Up; Peter Dinklage, Cyrano

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Ariana DeBose, West Side Story

Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog

Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard

Marlee Matlin, CODA

Ruth Negga, Passing

alternates - Caitriona Balfe, Belfast; Ann Dowd, Mass

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Bradley Cooper, Licorice Pizza

Ciaran Hinds, Belfast

Troy Kotsur, CODA

Jared Leto, House of Gucci

Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

alternates – Jamie Dornan, Belfast; Mike Faist, West Side Story

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

CODA

Drive My Car

Dune

The Power of the Dog

The Lost Daughter

alternate – West Side Story

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Belfast

Don't Look Up

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

Parallel Mothers

alternate – Being the Ricardos

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Belfast

Dune

The Power of the Dog

The Tragedy of Macbeth

West Side Story

alternate – Nightmare Alley

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Cruella

Dune

House of Gucci

Nightmare Alley

West Side Story

alternate – Spencer

BEST FILM EDITING

Belfast

Don't Look Up

Dune

The Power of the Dog

West Side Story

alternate – Licorice Pizza

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

Cruella

Dune

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

House of Gucci

West Side Story

alternate – Coming 2 America

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Dune

The French Dispatch

Nightmare Alley

The Tragedy of Macbeth

West Side Story

alternate – Belfast

BEST SCORE

Don't Look Up

Dune

The French Dispatch

The Power of the Dog

Spencer

alternate – Parallel Mothers

BEST SONG

No Time to Die, “No Time to Die”

King Richard, “Be Alive”

Encanto, “Dos Oruguitas”

Don't Look Up, “Just Look Up”

Belfast, “Down to Joy”

alternate – Respect, “Here I Am Singing My Way Home”

BEST SOUND

Belfast

Dune

No Time to Die

A Quiet Place Part II

West Side Story

alternate – tick, tick… Boom!

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Dune

Godzilla vs Kong

The Matrix Resurrections

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Spider-Man: No Way Home

alternate – No Time to Die

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Encanto

Flee

Luca

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Raya and the Last Dragon

alternate – Belle

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Ascension

Flee

Procession

The Rescue

Summer of Soul

alternate – Attica

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

Drive My Car

The Hand of God

A Hero

Flee

The Worst Person in the World

alternate - Compartment No. 6

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

Only a Child

Robin Robin

Step Into the River

Us Again

The Windshield Wiper

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

The Queen of Basketball

Terror Contagion

Three Songs for Benazir

When We Were Bullies

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

Censor of Dreams

Frimas

The Long Goodbye

Tala'vision

When the Sun Sets