Consider this my post HCA winners and CCA/Globes nominations outlook for the eight above-the-line Oscars races for the 97th annual Academy Awards, which will be celebrating and awarding their choices for the best in film from 2024. If you want more detailed thoughts on my thinking on why I believe a certain movie or peformance may currently be a contender, and why I have them placed where I do in the running, look out for my much more in-depth piece on the matter that might be over at Ordinary Times by the time this is published.
BEST PICTURE: Tilts The Brutalist
- THE PREDICTED FIELD
01. The Brutalist
02. Anora
03. Conclave
04. Emilia Perez
05. Wicked
06. Dune: Part Two
07. Sing Sing
08. A Real Pain
09. A Complete Unknown
10. The Substance
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- “ON THE BUBBLE”
11. Nickel Boys
12. September 5
13. Challengers
14. The Wild Robot
15. Gladiator II
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16. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
17. Juror #2
18. The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
19. All We Imagine As Light (New To The Board)
20. Nosferatu
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- OFF THE BOARD SINCE THE LAST UPDATE: The Room Next Door
BEST DIRECTOR: Tilts Corbet
- THE PREDICTED FIELD
01. Brady Corbet; The Brutalist
02. Sean Baker; Anora
03. Edward Berger; Conclave
04. Jacques Audiard; Emilia Perez
05. Coralie Fargeat; The Substance
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- “ON THE BUBBLE”
06. Denis Villeneuve; Dune: Part Two
07. Remelle Ross; Nickel Boys
08. Jon M. Chu; Wicked
09. Mohammad Rasoulof; The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
10. Payal Kapadia; All We Imagine As Light
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11. Walter Salles; I’m Still Here
12. Greg Kwedar; Sing Sing
13. James Mangold; A Complete Unknown (New To The Board)
14. Ridley Scott; Gladiator II
15. Robert Eggers; Nosferatu
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- OFF THE BOARD SINCE THE LAST UPDATE: Pedro Almodovar; The Room Next Door
BEST ACTOR: Tilts Brody
- THE PREDICTED FIELD
01. Adrien Brody; The Brutalist
02. Ralph Fiennes; Conclave
03. Colman Domingo; Sing Sing
04. Timothee Chalamet; A Complete Unknown
05. Daniel Craig; Queer
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- “ON THE BUBBLE”
06. Jesse Eisenberg; A Real Pain
07. Hugh Grant; Heretic (New To The Board)
08. Glen Powell; Hit Man
09. Sebastian Stan; The Apprentice
10. Sebastian Stan; A Different Man
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11. Paul Mescal; Gladiator II
12. Nicholas Hoult; Juror #2
13. John David Washington; The Piano Lesson
14. Kingsley Ben-Adir; Bob Marley: One Love
15. Jesse Plemons; Kinds Of Kindness
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- OFF THE BOARD SINCE THE LAST UPDATE: Timothee Chalamet; Dune: Part Two
BEST ACTRESS: Tilts Madison
- THE PREDICTED FIELD
01. Mikey Madison; Anora
02. Karla Sofia Gascon; Emilia Perez
03. Angelina Jolie; Maria
04. Cynthia Erivo; Wicked
05. Demi Moore; The Substance
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- “ON THE BUBBLE”
06. Marianne Jean-Baptiste; Hard Truths
07. Nicole Kidman; Babygirl
08. Kate Winslet; Lee
09. Amy Adams; Nightbitch
10. Fernanda Torres; I’m Still Here
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11. Tilda Swinton; The Room Next Door
12. Julianne Moore; The Room Next Door
13. Zendaya; Challengers
14. Pamela Anderson; The Last Showgirl
15. Saoirse Ronan; The Outrun
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- OFF THE BOARD SINCE THE LAST UPDATE: N/A
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Tilts Culkin
- THE PREDICTED FIELD
01. Kieran Culkin; A Real Pain
02. Guy Pearce; The Brutalist
03. Yura Borisov; Anora
04. Clarence Maclin; Sing Sing
05. Denzel Washington; Gladiator II
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- “ON THE BUBBLE”
06. Edward Norton; A Complete Unknown
07. Stanley Tucci; Conclave
08. Jonathan Bailey; Wicked
09. Adam Pearson; A Different Man
10. Jeremy Strong; The Apprentice
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11. Mark Eydelshteyn; Anora
12. John Lithgow; Conclave
13. Samuel L. Jackson; The Piano Lesson
14. Brian Tyree Henry; The Fire Inside
15. Austin Butler; Dune: Part Two
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- OFF THE BOARD SINCE THE LAST UPDATE: N/A
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Tilts Saldana
- THE PREDICTED FIELD
01. Zoe Saldana; Emilia Perez
02. Ariana Grande; Wicked
03. Isabella Rossellini; Conclave
04. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor; Nickel Boys
05. Margaret Qualley; The Substance
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- “ON THE BUBBLE”
06. Selena Gomez; Emilia Perez
07. Danielle Deadwyler; The Piano Lesson
08. Felicity Jones; The Brutalist
09. Natasha Lyonne; His Three Daughters
10. Elle Fanning; A Complete Unknown
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- KEEP AN EYE ON
11. Monica Barbaro; A Complete Unknown
12. Toni Collette; Juror #2
13. Zendaya; Dune: Part Two
14. Saoirse Ronan; Blitz
15. Joan Chen; Didi
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- OFF THE BOARD SINCE THE LAST UPDATE: N/A
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Tilts Anora
- THE PREDICTED FIELD
01. Anora
02. The Brutalist
03. A Real Pain
04. The Substance
05. His Three Daughters
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- “ON THE BUBBLE”
06. Hard Truths
07. September 5
08. Challengers
09. Saturday Night
10. Juror #2
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- KEEP AN EYE ON
11. The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
12. Babygirl
13. A Different Man
14. Didi
15. Blitz
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- OFF THE BOARD SINCE THE LAST UPDATE: N/A
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Tilts Sing Sing → Tilts Conclave
