Our final predictions for the preponderance of critics announce their nominees. We’ve seen a lot of changes and while there seems to be some coalescence among us, there are some categories we’re still very far apart on. Our next predictions will be releasing just after the shortlists are announced so we may be a bit hectic in getting this feature finalized for next month. For now, have a look at what we’re seeing right now.

Editor’s Note: Thomas is away on vacation but inadvertently submitted 6 nominees for Best Supporting Actress. Once he adjusts the lists to account for the error, we’ll update the below. This has now been fixed.

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Introductions

Wesley Lovell: Most of the last few films that remain unseen are now in the hands of critics and of them, Gladiator II seems to have lost the most. It has been relegated to lower categories only with a few nods still potential if another film falters with critics. There are still a handful we don’t know enough about to make certain predictions: The Brutalist, Juror #2, and A Complete Unknown haven’t screened broadly (if at all in the latter case) so they remain question marks for now.
Pete Patrick: At this point, most of the year’s most anticipated films have either been released or at least viewed by critics, and still we don’t know anything, but the first major awards are just weeks away.
Thomas LaTourette: There was surprisingly little movement on my list. I have added Wicked in a couple of places, but that is the major change. I still know little about The Brutalist and September 5 but I will be interested to see them when they finally arrive. Gladiator II, Flow, Queer, and A Complete Unknown are films that I have not read much about yet. Most pictures have screened a fair bit, so we get a good idea of what ones will do well once the Oscar nominations are announced. I am sure there will still be surprises. There always are.

Best Picture

WLPPTL Anora
WLPPTL Blitz
WLPPTL The Brutalist
WLPPTL A Complete Unknown
WLPPTL Conclave
WLPPTL Dune: Part Two
WLPPTL Emilia Pérez
WLPPTL Gladiator II
WLPPTL Juror #2
WLPPTL Nickel Boys
WLPPTL A Real Pain
WLPPTL September 5
WLPPTL Sing Sing
WLPPTL We Live in Time
WLPPTL Wicked

Best Animated Feature

WLPPTL Flow
WLPPTL Inside Out 2
WLPPTL The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
WLPPTL Memoir of a Snail
WLPPTL Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
WLPPTL The Wild Robot

Best Directing

WLPPTL Anora – Sean Baker
WLPPTL Blitz – Steve McQueen
WLPPTL The Brutalist – Brady Corbet
WLPPTL A Complete Unknown – James Mangold
WLPPTL Conclave – Edward Berger
WLPPTL Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve
WLPPTL Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard
WLPPTL Wicked – Jon M. Chu

Best Actor

WLPPTL Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
WLPPTL Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
WLPPTL Daniel Craig – Queer
WLPPTL Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
WLPPTL Ralph Fiennes – Conclave

Best Actress

WLPPTL Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
WLPPTL Karla Sofia Gascon – Emilia Pérez
WLPPTL Angelina Jolie – Maria
WLPPTL Nicole Kidman – Babygirl
WLPPTL Mikey Madison – Anora
WLPPTL Demi Moore – The Substance
WLPPTL Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun
WLPPTL Tilda Swinton – The Room Next Door

Best Supporting Actor

WLPPTL Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
WLPPTL Samuel L. Jackson – The Piano Lesson
WLPPTL John Lithgow – Conclave
WLPPTL Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
WLPPTL Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
WLPPTL Stanley Tucci – Conclave
WLPPTL Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

Best Supporting Actress

WLPPTL Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
WLPPTL Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
WLPPTL Selena Gomez – Emilia Pérez
WLPPTL Ariana Grande – Wicked
WLPPTL Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
WLPPTL Julianne Moore – The Room Next Door
WLPPTL Margaret Qualley – The Substance
WLPPTL Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
WLPPTL Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Best Original Screenplay

WLPPTL Anora
WLPPTL Babygirl
WLPPTL Blitz
WLPPTL The Brutalist
WLPPTL Hard Truths
WLPPTL A Real Pain
WLPPTL Saturday Night
WLPPTL The Seed of the Sacred Fig
WLPPTL September 5

Best Adapted Screenplay

WLPPTL A Complete Unknown
WLPPTL Conclave
WLPPTL Dune: Part Two
WLPPTL Emilia Pérez
WLPPTL I’m Still Here
WLPPTL Nickel Boys
WLPPTL The Room Next Door
WLPPTL Sing Sing
WLPPTL Wicked

Best Original Score

WLPPTL Blitz
WLPPTL The Brutalist
WLPPTL Challengers
WLPPTL Conclave
WLPPTL Emilia Pérez
WLPPTL The Room Next Door
WLPPTL The Wild Robot

Best Film Editing

WLPPTL Anora
WLPPTL Blitz
WLPPTL The Brutalist
WLPPTL Conclave
WLPPTL Dune: Part Two
WLPPTL Emilia Pérez
WLPPTL September 5
WLPPTL Sing Sing

Best Cinematography

WLPPTL Blitz
WLPPTL The Brutalist
WLPPTL Conclave
WLPPTL Dune: Part Two
WLPPTL Emilia Pérez
WLPPTL Maria
WLPPTL Wicked

Best Production Design

WLPPTL Blitz
WLPPTL The Brutalist
WLPPTL Conclave
WLPPTL Dune: Part Two
WLPPTL Gladiator II
WLPPTL Megalopolis
WLPPTL Wicked

Best Costume Design

WLPPTL Blitz
WLPPTL The Brutalist
WLPPTL Conclave
WLPPTL Dune: Part Two
WLPPTL Emilia Pérez
WLPPTL Gladiator II
WLPPTL Maria
WLPPTL Nosferatu
WLPPTL Wicked

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

WLPPTL Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
WLPPTL A Complete Unknown
WLPPTL Dune: Part Two
WLPPTL Emilia Pérez
WLPPTL Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
WLPPTL Nosferatu
WLPPTL The Substance
WLPPTL Wicked

Best Sound

WLPPTL Blitz
WLPPTL The Brutalist
WLPPTL A Complete Unknown
WLPPTL Conclave
WLPPTL Dune: Part Two
WLPPTL Emilia Pérez
WLPPTL Gladiator II
WLPPTL Nosferatu
WLPPTL Wicked

Best Visual Effects

WLPPTL Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
WLPPTL Blitz
WLPPTL Dune: Part Two
WLPPTL Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
WLPPTL Gladiator II
WLPPTL Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
WLPPTL Mufasa: The Lion King
WLPPTL The Substance
WLPPTL Twisters
WLPPTL Wicked