We Pick The 2023 Oscar Nominees
The week of the Academy's official announcement, we're weighing in
The 2023 Academy Award nominees will be announced this week! But before they are, we want to give The Academy the opportunity to make sure they get it right. So — in that spirit — we’ve decided to to throw our picks out there at the beginning of this week, just to make sure the nominating bodies get everything right. Stick with us, y’all! We’ll make sure nobody gets angry with you about anything.
BEST PICTURE
Deepak’s Picks
Aftersun
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
The Woman King
Ryley’s Picks
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
RRR
The Fabelmans
TAR
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking
BEST DIRECTOR
Deepak’s Picks
The Daniels, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Joseph Kosinski, Top Gun: Maverick
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Charlotte Wells, Aftersun
Ryley’s Picks
James Cameron, Avatar: The Way of Water
The Daniels, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Todd Fields, TÁR
BEST ACTRESS
Deepak’s Picks
Cate Blanchett, TÁR
Viola Davis, The Woman King
Danielle Deadwyler, Till
Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Ryley’s Picks
Cate Blanchett, TÁR
Viola Davis, The Woman King
Danielle Deadwyler, Till
Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
BEST ACTOR
Deepak’s Picks
Austin Butler, Elvis
Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Ryley’s Picks
Austin Butler, Elvis
Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Deepak’s Picks
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau, The Whale
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Keke Palmer, Nope
Ryley’s Picks
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Janelle Monae, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Deepak’s Picks
Paul Dano, The Fabelmans
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Ryley’s Picks
Paul Dano, The Fablemans
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Deepak’s Picks
Aftersun
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
TÁR
Ryley’s Picks
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
TÁR
Triangle of Sadness
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Deepak’s Picks
All Quiet on the Wester Front
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Living
The Whale
Women Talking
Ryley’s Picks
All Quiet on the Western Front
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
She Said
The Whale
Women Talking
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Deepak’s Picks
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Decision to Leave
Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick
Ryley’s Picks
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Empire of Light
The Fabelmans
Top Gun: Maverick
BEST EDITING
Deepak’s Picks
Aftersun
All Quiet on the Western Front
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Top Gun: Maverick
Ryley’s Picks
Avatar: The Way of Water
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fablemans
Top Gun: Maverick
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Deepak’s Picks
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
The Fabelmans
The Woman King
Ryley’s Picks
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Deepak’s Picks
Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
The Woman King
RRR
Ryley’s Picks
Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything, Everywhere All at Once
The Woman King
BEST HAIR AND MAKE-UP
Deepak’s Picks
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Blonde
Elvis
The Whale
Ryley’s Picks
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Babylon
Elvis
The Whale
BEST SOUND
Deepak’s Picks
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick
Ryley’s Picks
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Top Gun: Maverick
BEST SCORE
Deepak’s Picks
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Fabelmans
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
The Woman King
Ryley’s Picks
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Fabelmans
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Women Talking
BEST SONG
Deepak’s Picks
Carolina, Where the Crawdads Sing
Hold My Hand, Top Gun: Maverick
Lift Me Up, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Naatu Naatu, RRR
Stand Up, Till
Ryley’s Picks
Carolina, Where the Crawdads Sing
Hold My Hand, Top Gun: Maverick
Lift Me Up, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Naatu Naatu, RRR
Nobody Like U, Turning Red
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Deepak’s Picks
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Thirteen Lives
Top Gun: Maverick
Ryley’s Picks
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Top Gun: Maverick
-R.
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Deepak’s Picks
Argentina 1985, Argentina
All Quiet on the Western Front, Germany
Decision to Leave, South Korea
EO, Poland
Joyland, Pakistan
Ryley’s Picks
All Quiet on the Western Front, Germany
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths; Mexico
Decision to Leave, South Korea
EO, Poland
Return to Seoul, Cambodia
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Deepak’s Picks
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Children of the Mist
Hidden Letters
Moonage Daydream
Navalny
Ryley’s Picks
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
All That Breathes
Descendant
Fire of Love
Moonage Daydream
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Deepak’s Picks
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
Wendell and Wild
-D.
Ryley’s Picks
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Marcell the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
Wendell and Wild