If I were able to select the entire Oscar ballot, this is what I would nominate:
Best Picture
Asteroid City
Barbie
The Boy and the Heron
The Holdovers
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
Best Director
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Alexander Payne, The Holdovers
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song, Past Lives
Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
Zac Efron, The Iron Claw
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Best Actress
Kaitlyn Dever, No One Will Save You
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Greta Lee, Past Lives
Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla
Emma Stone, Poor Things
Best Supporting Actor
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Charles Melton, May December
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
Jason Schwartzman, Asteroid City
Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Rosamund Pike, Saltburn
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Tilda Swinton, The Killer
Maura Tierney, The Iron Claw
Best Original Screenplay
Air
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
No One Will Save You
Past Lives
Best Adapted Screenplay
American Fiction
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best Editing
The Holdovers
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best Cinematography
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best Original Score
American Fiction
The Boy and the Heron
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Saltburn
Best Original Song
“Am I Dreaming,” from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
“Dance the Night,” from Barbie
“I’m Just Ken, from Barbie
“What Was I Made for,” from Barbie
“Meet in the Middle,” from Flora and Son
Best Production Design
Asteroid City
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Poor Things
Best Costume Design
Barbie
The Color Purple
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Poor Things
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Society of the Snow
Best Visual Effects
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Poor Things
Society of the Snow
Best Sound
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest
Best Animated Feature
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Suzume
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Best International Feature
20 Days in Mariupol (Ukraine)
The Monk and the Gun (Bhutan)
Perfect Days (Japan)
Society of the Snow (Spain)
The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)
Best Documentary Feature
32 Sounds
Beyond Utopia
The Eternal Memory
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
To Kill a Tiger
Best Documentary Short
The ABCS of Book Banning
Deciding Vote
The Last Repair Shop
Last Song from Kabul
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
Best Live Action Short
The Anne Frank Gift Shop
An Avocado Pit
Bienvenidos a Los Angeles
Red, White and Blue
Yellow
Best Animated Short
27
Ninety-Five Senses
Our Uniform
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko
Wild Summon
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