2022 Oscar Nomination Predictions

It’s that time of year again. Here are my predictions for what should be an interesting Academy Awards after an interesting year in movies.

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

Best Director:

Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza

Kenneth Branagh, Belfast

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car

Denis Villeneuve, Dune

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

Best Actress:

Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter

Lady Gaga, House of Gucci

Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos

Kristen Stewart, Spencer

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

Best Supporting Actress:

Caitriona Balfe, Belfast

Ariana DeBose, West Side Story

Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog

Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard

Ruth Negga, Passing

Best Original Screenplay:

Being the Ricardos

Belfast

Don’t Look Up

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

Best Adapted Screenplay:

CODA

Dune

The Lost Daughter

The Power of the Dog

West Side Story

Best Animated Feature Film:

Encanto

Flee

Luca

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Raya and the Last Dragon

Best International Feature Film:

Drive My Car

Flee

The Hand of God

A Hero

The Worst Person in the World

Best Documentary Feature:

Ascension

Flee

Procession

The Rescue

Summer of Soul

Best Documentary Short Subject:

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 Film:

Censor of Dreams

Frimas

The Long Goodbye

Tala’vision

When the Sun Sets

Best Animated Short Film:

Affairs of the Art

Namoo

Robin Robin

Us Again

The Windshield Wiper

Best Original Score:

Don’t Look Up

Dune

The French Dispatch

No Time to Die

The Power of the Dog

Best Original Song:

“Down to Joy,” Belfast

“Just Look Up,” Don’t Look Up

“Dos Oruguitas,” Encanto

“Be Alive,” King Richard

“No Time to Die,” No Time to Die

Best Sound:

Dune

No Time to Die

The Power of the Dog

tick, tick...Boom!

West Side Story

Best Production Design:

Dune

The French Dispatch

Nightmare Alley

The Tragedy of Macbeth

West Side Story

Best Cinematography:

Belfast

Dune

The Power of the Dog

The Tragedy of Macbeth

West Side Story

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

Cruella

Dune

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Houce of Gucci

The Suicide Squad

Best Costume Design:

Cruella

Dune

House of Gucci

Nightmare Alley

West Side Story

Best Film Editing:

Belfast

Don’t Look Up

Dune

Licorice Pizza

The Power of the Dog

Best Visual Effects:

Dune

Godzilla vs. Kong

The Matrix Resurrections

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Spider-Man: No Way Home