This is what I, if I could select the entire Oscar ballot, would nominate if I could. Presented without comment since I think the fact that I’d nominate them speaks for itself.
Best Picture
Belfast
CODA
Don’t Look Up
The French Dispatch
King Richard
The Last Duel
Licorice Pizza
No Time to Die
West Side Story
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Wes Anderson, The French Dispatch
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Ridley Scott, The Last Duel
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
Best Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Matt Damon, The Last Duel
Peter Dinklage, Cyrano
Andrew Garfield, Tick…Tick… Boom!
Will Smith, King Richard
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Jodie Comer, The Last Duel
Isabelle Fuhrman, The Novice
Emilia Jones, CODA
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Best Supporting Actor
David Alvarez, West Side Story
Ciaran Hinds, Belfast
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Jared Leto, House of Gucci
Kodi Smith-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Best Supporting Actress
Caitriona Balfe, Belfast
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Kathryn Hunter, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Ruth Negga, Passing
Best Original Screenplay
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
The French Dispatch
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Best Adapted Screenplay
CODA
The Last Duel
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Best Editing
Belfast
The French Dispatch
The Last Duel
Licorice Pizza
West Side Story
Best Cinematography
Belfast
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Best Original Score
Don’t Look Up
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Last Duel
Spencer
Best Original Song
“Dos Oruguitas,” from Encanto
“Down to Joy,” from Belfast
“Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” from Respect
“No Time to Die,” from No Time to Die
“So May We Start?” from Annette
Best Production Design
Belfast
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Best Costume Design
Cruella
Dune
House of Gucci
The Last Duel
West Side Story
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci
The Suicide Squad
Best Visual Effects
Dune
The Matrix Resurrections
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Best Sound
Dune
Last Night in Soho
The Matrix Resurrections
No Time to Die
West Side Story
Best Animated Feature
Encanto
Luca
Raya and the Last Dragon
The Spine of Night
The Summit of the Gods
Best International Feature
Drive My Car (Japan)
The Hand of God (Italy)
A Hero (Iran)
Playground (Belgium)
The Worst Person in the World (Norway)
Best Documentary Feature
Ascension
Faya Dayi
The Rescue
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
The Velvet Underground
Best Documentary Short
Day of Rage
The Facility
Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day
Takeover
Terror Contagion
Best Live Action Short
Ala Kachuu (Take and Run)
Frimas
Please Hold
Tala’vision
You’re Dead, Helen
Best Animated Short
Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice
Bestia
Mum Is Pouring Rain
Namoo
The Windshield Wiper
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