The 95th Academy Awards are upon us and on Sunday (March 12) we find out which creatives will walk away with that desired golden Oscar. Here are our Oscars 2023 predictions.
It still seems wild that the current Best Picture frontrunner is a weird, little sci-fi film that includes the concept of hot dog fingers. It’s been a wonderful year for cinema and it’s a shame there are some very deserving names missing from the nominations (Viola Davis, Charlotte Wells, Danielle Deadwyler to name a few), but Sunday’s Oscars will without a doubt be a glamorous, thrilling culmination of the awards season.
How do I watch the Oscars live in the UK?
The Oscars are broadcast live on TV in the UK. The red carpet coverage starts at 11pm on Sky Showcase and the ceremony itself will commence at 12am. Sky Cinema Oscars will also show the ceremony, this is available for NOW subscribers as well.
The ceremony varies in length but 4 hours is allotted to the broadcast. Expect this to run a little over though.
Everything Everywhere All At Once. Credit: A24
Without further ado, here are our picks for who should and who will win at this year’s Oscars.
Best picture
Nominated: All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fabelmans, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness, Women Talking
Should win: Women Talking
Will win: Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best actress
Nominated: Cate Blanchett – Tár, Ana de Armas – Blonde, Andrea Riseborough – To Leslie, Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans, Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Should win: Michelle Yeoh
Will win: Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár. Credit: Universal Pictures
Best actor
Nominated: Austin Butler – Elvis, Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin, Brendan Fraser – The Whale, Paul Mescal – Aftersun, Bill Nighy – Living
Should win: Brendan Fraser
Will win: Austin Butler
Best supporting actress
Nominated: Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Hong Chau – The Whale, Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin, Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once, Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Should win: Hong Chau
Will win: Angela Bassett
Best supporting actor
Nominated: Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin, Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway, Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans, Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin, Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Should win: Ke Huy Quan
Will win: Ke Huy Quan
Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson in The Banshees of Inisherin. Credit: Searchlight Pictures
Best director
Nominated: Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once, Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans, Todd Field – Tár, Ruben Östlund – Triangle of Sadness
Should win: Steven Spielberg
Will win: Todd Field
Best original screenplay
Nominated: The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh, Everything Everywhere All at Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, The Fabelmans – Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg, Tár – Todd Field, Triangle of Sadness – Ruben Östlund
Should win: The Banshees of Inisherin
Will win: The Banshees of Inisherin
Best adapted screenplay
Nominated: All Quiet on the Western Front – Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson, Living – Kazuo Ishiguro, Top Gun: Maverick – Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, Christopher McQuarrie, Women Talking – Sarah Polley
Should win: Women Talking
Will win: All Quiet On The Western Front
Best animated feature
Nominated: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Sea Beast, Turning Red
Should win: Pinocchio
Will win: Pinocchio
Pinocchio. Credit: Netflix
Best documentary feature
Nominated: All That Breathes, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Fire of Love, A House Made of Splinters, Navalny
Should win: All The Beauty and The Bloodshed
Will win: Navalny
Best international feature
Nominated: All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany), Argentina, 1985 (Argentina), Close (Belgium), EO (Poland), The Quiet Girl (Ireland)
Should win: All Quiet On The Western Front
Will win: All Quiet On The Western Front
Best original song
Nominated: Applause – Tell It Like a Woman (Diane Warren), Hold My Hand – Top Gun: Maverick (Lady Gaga, BloodPop), Naatu Naatu – RRR (MM Keeravaani, Chandrabose), Lift Me Up – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Tems, Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna and Ryan Coogler), This Is A Life – Everything Everywhere All at Once (Ryan Lott, David Byrne, Mitski)
Should win: Naatu Naatu
Will win: Naatu Naatu
Best original score
Nominated: All Quiet on the Western Front – Volker Bertelmann, Babylon – Justin Hurwitz, The Banshees of Inisherin – Carter Burwell, Everything Everywhere All at Once – Son Lux, The Fabelmans – John Williams
Should win: Babylon
Will win: All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet On The Western Front. Credit: Netflix
Best cinematography
Nominated: All Quiet on the Western Front – James Friend, Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths – Darius Khondji, Elvis – Mandy Walker, Empire of Light – Roger Deakins, Tár – Florian Hoffmeister
Should win: All Quiet on the Western Front
Will win: All Quiet on the Western Front
Best visual effects
Nominated: All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Batman, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Top Gun: Maverick
Should win: Avatar: The Way of Water
Will win: Avatar: The Way of Water
Best film editing
Nominated: The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick
Should win: Everything Everywhere All At Once
Will win: Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best costume design
Nominated: Babylon, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Should win: Elvis
Will win: Elvis
Elvis. Credit: Warner Bros.
Best sound
Nominated: All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Batman, Elvis, Top Gun: Maverick
Should win: Top Gun: Maverick
Will win: All Quiet on the Western Front
Best production design
Nominated: All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, Elvis, Babylon, The Fabelmans
Should win: Babylon
Will win: Elvis
Best make-up and hairstyling
Nominated: All Quiet on the Western Front, The Batman, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Elvis, The Whale
Should win: Elvis
Will win: Elvis
Best live action short
Nominated: An Irish Goodbye, Ivalu, Le Pupille, Night Ride, The Red Suitcase
Should win: The Red Suitcase
Will win: An Irish Goodbye
Babylon Credit: Paramount Pictures
Best animated short
Nominated: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, The Flying Sailor, Ice Merchants, My Year of Dicks, An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It
Should win: My Year of Dicks
Will win: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Best documentary short
Nominated: The Elephant Whisperers, Haulout, How Do You Measure a Year?, The Martha Mitchell Effect, Stranger at the Gate
Should win: How Do You Measure a Year?
Will win: Haulout
