Once again, our prognosticators have been hard at work putting together revised lists. There aren’t a lot of changes this month, but enough to create some interesting new match-ups. Further, we’ve added the Animated Feature and Visual Effects categories to expand our lists to ten categories. Next month, we’ll add another two. They will probably be Film Editing and Cinematography.

KEY:

Introductions

Wesley Lovell: Still not a lot of changes being made a few titles got pushed out of contention, but otherwise, there haven’t been a lot of changes. Expect more sometime in the next couple of months.
Pete Patrick: A few tweaks but not many as we await the onslaught of film festivals to come. The big question at this point is whether Barbie will be considered an original or adapted screenplay. Until we know for sure, I’m removing it from my predictions, having previously placed it in Original.
Tripp Burton: For now, I’m not believing in a lot of the rumored delays until they become official.
Thomas LaTourette: There is a bit of movement from last month, but most of my choices are similar. The ongoing writers’ strike may affect some of the films that may still been in production for a late year release, but the actors strike will definitely affect some films like The Piano Lesson that were still in production. And not being able to bring in actors to redo scenes or re-record dialogue may push some films into a 2024 release date. Will have to wait and see how that goes.

Best Picture

WLPPTBTL Air
WLPPTBTL Asteroid City
WLPPTBTL Barbie
WLPPTBTL The Color Purple
WLPPTBTL Dune: Part Two
WLPPTBTL The Holdovers
WLPPTBTL The Killer
WLPPTBTL Killers of the Flower Moon
WLPPTBTL Maestro
WLPPTBTL Napoleon
WLPPTBTL Next Goal Wins
WLPPTBTL Oppenheimer
WLPPTBTL Past Lives
WLPPTBTL Saltburn
WLPPTBTL A Thousand and One
WLPPTBTL The Zone of Interest

Best Animated Feature

WLPPTBTL The Boy and the Heron
WLPPTBTL Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
WLPPTBTL Elemental
WLPPTBTL How Do You Live
WLPPTBTL Migration
WLPPTBTL Nimona
WLPPTBTL Robot Dreams
WLPPTBTL Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
WLPPTBTL The Super Mario Bros. Movie
WLPPTBTL Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
WLPPTBTL Wish

Best Directing

WLPPTBTL Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet
WLPPTBTL Barbie – Greta Gerwig
WLPPTBTL The Color Purple – Blitz Bazawule
WLPPTBTL Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve
WLPPTBTL The Holdovers – Alexander Payne
WLPPTBTL Killers of the Flower Moon – Martin Scorsese
WLPPTBTL Maestro – Bradley Cooper
WLPPTBTL Napoleon – Ridley Scott
WLPPTBTL Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
WLPPTBTL Past Lives – Celine Song

Best Actor

WLPPTBTL Kingsley Ben-Adair – Bob Marley: One Love
WLPPTBTL Bradley Cooper – Maestro
WLPPTBTL Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
WLPPTBTL Colman Domingo – Rustin
WLPPTBTL Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
WLPPTBTL Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer

Best Actress

WLPPTBTL Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple
WLPPTBTL Annette Bening – Nyad
WLPPTBTL Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
WLPPTBTL Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
WLPPTBTL Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest
WLPPTBTL Greta Lee – Past Lives
WLPPTBTL Helen Mirren – Golda
WLPPTBTL Carey Mulligan – Maestro
WLPPTBTL Natalie Portman – May December
WLPPTBTL Margot Robbie – Barbie
WLPPTBTL Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One

Best Supporting Actor

WLPPTBTL Matt Bomer – Maestro
WLPPTBTL Willem Dafoe – Poor Things
WLPPTBTL Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
WLPPTBTL Colman Domingo – The Color Purple
WLPPTBTL Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
WLPPTBTL Ryan Gosling – Barbie
WLPPTBTL Samuel L. Jackson – The Piano Lesson
WLPPTBTL John Magaro – Past Lives
WLPPTBTL Charles Melton – May December
WLPPTBTL Jesse Plemons – Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Supporting Actress

WLPPTBTL Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
WLPPTBTL Viola Davis – Air
WLPPTBTL America Ferrera – Dumb Money
WLPPTBTL Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
WLPPTBTL Taraji P. Henson – The Color Purple
WLPPTBTL Vanessa Kirby – Napoleon
WLPPTBTL Julianne Moore – May December
WLPPTBTL Elisabeth Moss – Next Goal Wins
WLPPTBTL Carey Mulligan – Saltburn
WLPPTBTL Rosamund Pike – Saltburn
WLPPTBTL Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

Best Original Screenplay

WLPPTBTL Anatomy of a Fall
WLPPTBTL Asteroid City
WLPPTBTL The Holdovers
WLPPTBTL Maestro
WLPPTBTL Napoleon
WLPPTBTL Past Lives
WLPPTBTL Saltburn
WLPPTBTL A Thousand and One

Best Adapted Screenplay

WLPPTBTL Barbie
WLPPTBTL The Color Purple
WLPPTBTL Dumb Money
WLPPTBTL Dune: Part Two
WLPPTBTL The Killer
WLPPTBTL Killers of the Flower Moon
WLPPTBTL Next Goal Wins
WLPPTBTL Oppenheimer
WLPPTBTL Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
WLPPTBTL The Zone of Interest

Best Visual Effects

WLPPTBTL Barbie
WLPPTBTL Dune: Part Two
WLPPTBTL Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
WLPPTBTL Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
WLPPTBTL The Little Mermaid
WLPPTBTL The Marvels
WLPPTBTL Napoleon
WLPPTBTL Oppenheimer
WLPPTBTL Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
WLPPTBTL Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
WLPPTBTL Wonka