Awards Central 2023: The Leaderboard

The Academy Awards are bringing a wide variety of films hoping to strike gold in 2023. From game-changing blockbusters to idiosyncratic indie gems, this year’s Oscar lineup is filled with greatness. With a plethora of major contenders already picking up precursor nominations and wins, DiscussingFilm’s own Awards Editor, Diego Andaluz, is here to break down the current state of every category in the 2023 Oscars race with up-to-date predictions in our annual Awards Central Leaderboard.

Films like Everything Everywhere All At Once, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Banshees of Inisherin, Top Gun: Maverick, and The Fabelmans are currently leading the 2023 Oscars race with the most nominations, but plenty of surprises can still break through in the lead up to the big night on Sunday, March 12. The 2023 Oscar season is now in full swing, so there’s no better time to follow along with our official predictions.

Throughout the next few months, we’ll be updating these Oscar predictions to reflect the latest twists and turns of the 2023 awards season. Check back regularly to our Awards Central Leaderboard to get a leg up on your own predictions and stay informed on the latest developments of the 2023 Oscar race. You can also check out the final winners for this year’s Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards, and our very own DiscussingFilm Critics Awards right here on the site.

DiscussingFilm Oscar Predictions 2023

Last Updated March 7

Best Picture

Frontrunners:
1. Everything Everywhere All at Once
2. All Quiet on The Western Front
3. Top Gun: Maverick
4. The Fabelmans
5. The Banshees of Inisherin
6. Elvis
7. Tár
8. Avatar: The Way of Water
9. Women Talking
10. Triangle of Sadness

Best Actor

Frontrunners:
1. Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
2. Austin Butler (Elvis)
3. Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
4. Bill Nighy (Living)
5. Paul Mescal (Aftersun)

Best Actress

Frontrunners:
1. Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
2. Cate Blanchett (Tár)
3. Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie)
4. Ana De Armas (Blonde)
5. Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans)

Best Supporting Actor

Frontrunners:
1. Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
2. Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin)
3. Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)
4. Judd Hirsch (The Fabelmans)
5. Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway)

Best Supporting Actress

Frontrunners:
1. Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
2. Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin)
3. Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
4. Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
5. Hong Chau (The Whale)

Best Director

Frontrunners:
1. Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
2. Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)
3. Todd Field (Tár)
4. Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
5. Ruben Östlund (Triangle of Sadness)

Best Original Screenplay

Frontrunners:
1. Everything Everywhere All at Once (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert)
2. The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh)
3. The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner)
4. Tár (Todd Field)
5. Triangle of Sadness (Ruben Östlund)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Frontrunners:
1. All Quiet On The Western Front (Edward Berger, Ian Stokell and Lesley Paterson)
2. Women Talking (Sarah Polley)
3. Top Gun: Maverick (Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, Christopher McQuarrie, Peter Craig and Justin Marks)
4. Living (Kazuo Ishiguro)
5. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Rian Johnson)

Best Cinematography

Frontrunners:
1. All Quiet on The Western Front
2. Elvis
3. Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
4. Empire of Light
5. Tár

Best Editing

Frontrunners:
1. Everything Everywhere All at Once
2. Top Gun: Maverick
3. Elvis
4. The Banshees of Inisherin
5. Tár

Best Costume Design

Frontrunners:
1. Elvis
2. Everything Everywhere All at Once
3. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
4. Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
5. Babylon

Best Animated Feature

Frontrunners:
1.Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
2. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
3. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
4. Turning Red
5. The Sea Beast

Best Production Design

Frontrunners:
1. Babylon
2. Elvis
3. All Quiet on The Western Front
4. Avatar: The Way of Water
5. The Fabelmans

Best Visual Effects

Frontrunners:
1. Avatar: The Way of Water
2. Top Gun: Maverick
3. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
4. All Quiet on The Western Front
5. The Batman

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Frontrunners:
1. Elvis
2. The Whale
3. The Batman
4. All Quiet on The Western Front
5. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Best Sound

Frontrunners:
1. Top Gun: Maverick
2. All Quiet on The Western Front
3. Avatar: The Way of Water
4. Elvis
5. The Batman

Best Original Score

Frontrunners:
1. Babylon
2. All Quiet on The Western Front
3. Everything Everywhere All at Once
4. The Fabelmans
5. The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Original Song

Frontrunners:
1. “Naatu Naatu” – M.M. Keeravani (RRR)
2. “Hold My Hand” – Lady Gaga (Top Gun: Maverick)
3. “Lift Me Up” – Rihanna (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
4. “Applause” – Dianne Warren & Sofia Carson (Tell It Like a Woman)
5. “This Is A Life” – Son Lux (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Best International Feature

Frontrunners:
1. All Quiet On The Western Front
2. Argentina, 1985
3. Close
4. The Quiet Girl
5. EO

Best Documentary Feature

Frontrunners:
1. Navalny
2. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
3. A House Made of Splinters
4. All That Breathes
5. Fire of Love

Follow Awards Editor Diego Andaluz on Twitter: @thediegoandaluz