Who Will Be Nominated for an Oscar at this Year’s Academy Awards?

(Left) Margot Robbie as Barbie in Warner Bros. Pictures’ 'Barbie,' a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Center Left) Paul Giamatti stars as Paul Hunham in director Alexander Payne’s 'The Holdovers,' a Focus Features release. Credit: Seacia Pavao / © 2023 FOCUS FEATURES LLC. (Center Right) Cillian Murphy is J. Robert Oppenheimer in 'Oppenheimer,' written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. (Right) Emma Stone in 'Poor Things.' Photo by Yorgos Lanthimos. Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2023 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.

Following the results of the recent Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards, the Oscar race is starting to shape up.

It will officially begin on January 23rd when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announce the Oscar nominees, with the 96th Oscars Ceremony scheduled for March 10th.

At this point, 'Oppenheimer' seems to be the front runner in the Best Picture category, with Christopher Nolan and Robert Downey Jr. being locks for Best Director and Best Supporting Actor, respectively. Actress Da'Vine Joy Randolph also seems to be a lock for Best Supporting Actress for 'The Holdovers.'

In the Best Actor and Best Actress categories, it seems like a two person race now between Cillian Murphy ('Oppenheimer') and Paul Giamatti ('The Holdovers'), and Lily Gladstone ('Killers of the Flower Moon') and Emma Stone ('Poor Things'), respectively. But who else will be nominated?

Moviefone is making its Oscar nomination predictions for the major categories including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, ahead of the nominee announcements on January 23rd.

Let's begin!

BEST PICTURE

Cillian Murphy is J. Robert Oppenheimer in 'Oppenheimer,' written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan.

Nominee Predictions:

• ‘American Fiction’
• ‘Anatomy of a Fall’
• ‘Barbie’
• ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
• ‘Maestro’
• ‘Oppenheimer’
• ‘Past Lives’
• ‘Poor Things’
• ‘The Color Purple’
• ‘The Holdovers’

In The Mix:

• 'Air'
• 'All Us Strangers'
• 'May December'
• 'Saltburn'
• 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'
• 'The Zone of Interest'

BEST DIRECTOR

Writer, director, and producer Christopher Nolan on the set of 'Oppenheimer.'

Nominee Predictions:

• Greta Gerwig - 'Barbie'
• Yorgos Lanthimos - 'Poor Things'
• Christopher Nolan - 'Oppenheimer'
• Alexander Payne - 'The Holdovers'
• Martin Scorsese - 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

In The Mix:

• Bradley Cooper - 'Maestro'
• Jonathan Glazer - 'The Zone of Interest'
• Cord Jefferson - 'American Fiction'
• Celine Song - 'Past Lives'
• Justine Tried - 'Anatomy of a Fall'

BEST ACTOR

(L to R) Dominic Sessa stars as Angus Tully and Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham in director Alexander Payne’s 'The Holdovers,' a Focus Features release. Credit: Seacia Pavao / © 2023 FOCUS FEATURES LLC.

Nominee Predictions:

• Bradley Cooper - 'Maestro'
• Colman Domingo - 'Rustin'
• Paul Giamatti - 'The Holdovers'
• Cillian Murphy - 'Oppenheimer'
• Jeffrey Wright - 'American Fiction'

In The Mix:

• Leonardo DiCaprio - 'Killers of the Flower Moon'
• Barry Keoghan - 'Saltburn'
• Andrew Scott - 'All of Us Strangers'

BEST ACTRESS

(L to R) JaNae Collins, Lily Gladstone, Cara Jade Myers and Jillian Dion in 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' coming soon to Apple TV+.

Nominee Predictions:

• Lily Gladstone - 'Killers of the Flower Moon'
• Greta Lee - 'Past Lives'
• Carey Mulligan - 'Maestro'
• Margot Robbie - 'Barbie'
• Emma Stone - 'Poor Things'

In The Mix: 

• Annette Bening - 'Nyad'
• Sandra Huller - 'Anatomy of a Fall'

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Robert Downey Jr is Lewis Strauss in 'Oppenheimer,' written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan.

Nominee Predictions:

• Robert De Niro - 'Killers of the Flower Moon'
• Robert Downey Jr. - 'Oppenheimer'
• Ryan Gosling - 'Barbie'
• Charles Melton - 'May December'
• Mark Ruffalo - 'Poor Things'

In The Mix: 

• Sterling K. Brown - 'American Fiction'
• Willem Dafoe - 'Poor Things'

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Da’Vine Joy Randolph stars as Mary Lamb in director Alexander Payne’s 'The Holdovers,' a Focus Features release. Credit: Seacia Pavao / © 2023 FOCUS FEATURES LLC.

Nominee Predictions:

• Emily Blunt - 'Oppenheimer'
• Daniella Brooks - 'The Color Purple'
• Jodie Foster - 'Nyad'
• Julianne Moore - 'May December'
• Da'Vine Joy Randolph - 'The Holdovers'

In The Mix: 

• Penelope Cruz - 'Ferarri'
• Viola Davis - 'Air'
• America Ferrera - 'Barbie'
• Sandra Huller - 'The Zone of Interest'
• Rachel McAdams - 'Are You There God? It's Me. Margaret'
• Rosamund Pike - 'Saltburn'

Don’t forget to watch the 96th Academy Award ceremony Sunday, March 10th on ABC.

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