2022 Academy Award Winner Predictions

Picture
Will win: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Could win: All Quiet on the Western Front
Should win: The Bashees of Inisherin
Shoulda been a contender: Aftersun

Director
Will win: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Could win: The Fabelmans
Should win: Tar
Shoulda been a contender: Aftersun

Actor
Will win: Brendan Fraser
Could win: Austin Butler
Should win: Colin Farrell
Shoulda been a contender: Franz Rogowski

Actress
Will win: Cate Blanchett
Could win: Michelle Yeoh
Should win: Cate Blanchett
Shoulda been a contender: Vicky Krieps

Supporting Actor
Will win: Ke Huy Quan
Could win: Barry Keoghan
Should win: Brendan Gleeson
Shoulda been a contender: Andre Braugher

Supporting Actress
Will win: Angela Bassett
Could win: Kerry Condon
Should win: Kerry Condon
Shoulda been a contender: Jessie Buckley

Original Screenplay
Will win: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Could win: The Banshees of Inisherin
Should win: The Banshees of Inisherin
Shoulda been a contender: Aftersun

Adapted Screenplay
Will win: All Quiet on the Western Front
Could win: Women Talking
Should win: Living
Shoulda been a contender: Happening

International Feature
Will win: All Quiet on the Western Front
Could win: Argentina, 1985
Should win: EO
Shoulda been a contender: Return to Seoul

Documentary Feature
Will win: Navalny
Could win: All That Breaths
Should win: Fire of Love
Shoulda been a contender: Wildcat

Animated Feature
Will win: Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
Could win: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Should win: Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
Shoulda been a contender: Wendell & Wild

Cinematography
Will win: All Quiet on the Western Front
Could win: Elvis
Should win: Tar
Shoulda been a contender: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Editing
Will win: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Could win: Top Gun: Maverick
Should win: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Shoulda been a contender: RRR

Score
Will win: Babylon
Could win: All Quiet on the Western Front
Should win: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Shoulda been a contender: Close

Song
Will win: Naatu Naatu
Could win: Lift Me Up
Should win: Naatu Naatu
Shoulda been a contender: Etthara Jenda

Production Design
Will win: Babylon
Could win: Elvis
Should win: Babylon
Shoulda been a contender: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Costume Design
Will win: Elvis
Could win: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Should win: Babylon
Shoulda been a contender: Corsage

Makeup and Hairstyling
Will win: The Whale
Could win: Elvis
Should win: Elvis
Shoulda been a contender: The Northman

Sound
Will win: Top Gun: Maverick
Could win: All Quiet on the Western Front
Should win: Top Gun: Maverick
Shoulda been a contender: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Visual Effects
Will win: Avatar: The Way of Water
Could win: Top Gun: Maverick
Should win: Avatar: The Way of Water
Shoulda been a contender: The Northman

Animated Short
Will win: My Year of Dicks
Could win: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Live Action Short
Will win: Le Pupille
Could win: An Irish Goodbye

Documentary Short Subject
Will win: The Elephant Whisperers
Could win: Stranger at the Gate