It’s crazy that the end of November is already here. The awards season is in full swing. The Astra Film Awards nominations are already out, as are the Gotham nominations. Golden Globe nominations and others are just around the corner.
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere and A House of Dynamite have lost all of their momentum, while Wicked: For Good didn’t gain nearly as much passion as the first film. Meanwhile, films like No Other Choice, Train Dreams, Frankenstein, and The Testament of Ann Lee are starting to get more attention.
One Battle After Another, Hamnet, Sinners, Sentimental Value, and Marty Supreme seem to be the secure top five nominees as of now. One Battle After Another looks to be the Best Picture favorite, but I wouldn’t count out Hamnet as a possible big winner. We’ll see how things could change as the season gets busier in December and January.
*** = my prediction for the winner in each category as of now.
Total nomination and win counts for each film located below all of the categories.
Best Picture
Avatar: Fire and Ash – 20th Century Studios
Frankenstein – Netflix
Hamnet – Focus Features
It Was Just an Accident – Neon
Marty Supreme – A24
No Other Choice – Neon
***One Battle After Another – Warner Bros. Pictures
Sentimental Value – Neon
Sinners – Warner Bros. Pictures
The Testament of Ann Lee – Searchlight Pictures
Other Possibilities:
Bugonia – Focus Features
Is This Thing On? – Searchlight Pictures
Jay Kelly – Netflix
The Secret Agent – Neon
Train Dreams – Netflix
Wicked: For Good – Universal Pictures
Best Director
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
***Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Other Possibilities:
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Park Chan-wook – No Other Choice
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Best Actress
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
***Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Laura Dern – Is This Thing On?
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Other Possibilities:
Emma Stone – Bugonia
Jodie Foster – A Private Life
Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
Best Actor
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
***Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Other Possibilities:
Jeremy Allen White – Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Lee Byung-hun – No Other Choice
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
***Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Other Possibilities:
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
Gwyneth Paltrow – Marty Supreme
Regina Hall – One Battle After Another
Best Supporting Actor
Andrew Scott – Blue Moon
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
***Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Other Possibilities:
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Miles Caton – Sinners
Russell Crowe – Nuremberg
Best Original Screenplay
Is This Thing On?
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
***Sinners
Other Possibilities:
Jay Kelly
Sorry, Baby
The Testament of Ann Lee
Best Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia
Frankenstein
***Hamnet
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Other Possibilities:
Train Dreams
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Wicked: For Good
Best Casting
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
***Sinners
Other Possibilities:
Frankenstein
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Wicked: For Good
Best International Feature
It Was Just an Accident – France
No Other Choice – South Korea
The Secret Agent – Brazil
***Sentimental Value – Norway
The Voice of Hind Rajab – Tunisia
Other Possibilities:
The President’s Cake – Iraq
Sirât – Spain
Sound of Falling – Germany
Best Documentary Feature
Cover-Up
The Eyes of Ghana
***The Perfect Neighbor
Seeds
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Other Possibilities:
Andre is an Idiot
Cutting Through Rocks
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
Best Animated Feature
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
***Zootopia 2
Other Possibilities:
In Your Dreams
A Magnificent Life
Scarlet
Best Cinematography
Frankenstein
***Hamnet
One Battle After Another
The Testament of Ann Lee
Train Dreams
Other Possibilities:
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Nuremberg
Best Editing
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
***One Battle After Another
Sinners
Other Possibilities:
F1
Sentimental Value
Wicked: For Good
Best Production Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
***Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Wicked: For Good
Other Possibilities:
The Phoenician Scheme
Sinners
The Testament of Ann Lee
Best Costume Design
***Frankenstein
Hamnet
Kiss of the Spider Woman
The Testament of Ann Lee
Wicked: For Good
Other Possibilities:
How to Train Your Dragon
Sinners
Marty Supreme
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
***Frankenstein
Kiss of the Spider Woman
The Smashing Machine
Song Sung Blue
Weapons
Other Possibilities:
Sinners
Wicked: For Good
Wolf Man
Best Visual Effects
***Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
How to Train Your Dragon
Superman
Other Possibilities:
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
Tron: Ares
Wicked: For Good
Best Sound
***Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Sinners
Warfare
Wicked: For Good
Other Possibilities:
Frankenstein
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Best Original Score
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
***One Battle After Another
Sinners
The Testament of Ann Lee
Other Possibilities:
F1
Frankenstein
Jay Kelly
Best Original Song
“Dear Me” – Diane Warren: Relentless
“The Girl in the Bubble” – Wicked: For Good
“Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters
***“I Lied to You” – Sinners
“Train Dreams” – Train Dreams
Other Possibilities:
“Dream As One” – Avatar: Fire and Ash
“No Place Like Home” – Wicked: For Good
“Waiting on a Wish” – Snow White
Total Nomination and Win Counts:
One Battle After Another – 11 nominations, 5 wins
Hamnet – 11 nominations, 3 wins
Marty Supreme – 9 nominations, 1 win
Sentimental Value – 9 nominations, 2 wins
Sinners – 8 nominations, 3 wins
Frankenstein – 6 nominations, 3 wins
The Testament of Ann Lee – 5 nominations, 0 wins
Avatar: Fire and Ash – 4 nominations, 2 wins
Wicked: For Good – 4 nominations, 0 wins
It Was Just an Accident – 4 nominations, 0 wins
No Other Choice – 4 nominations, 0 wins
Train Dreams – 3 nominations, 0 wins
Is This Thing On? – 2 nominations, 0 wins
F1 – 2 nominations, 0 wins
KPop Demon Hunters – 2 nominations, 0 wins
Kiss of the Spider Woman – 2 nominations, 0 wins
Weapons – 2 nominations, 0 wins
Blue Moon – 2 nominations, 0 wins
Zootopia 2 – 1 nomination, 1 win
The Perfect Neighbor – 1 nomination, 1 win
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – 1 nomination, 0 wins
Bugonia – 1 nomination, 0 wins
The Secret Agent – 1 nomination, 0 wins
The Voice of Hind Rajab – 1 nomination, 0 wins
Cover-Up – 1 nomination, 0 wins
The Eyes of Ghana – 1 nomination, 0 wins
Seeds – 1 nomination, 0 wins
2000 Meters to Andriivka – 1 nomination, 0 wins
Arco – 1 nomination, 0 wins
Elio – 1 nomination, 0 wins
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain – 1 nomination, 0 wins
Song Sung Blue – 1 nomination, 0 wins
The Smashing Machine – 1 nomination, 0 wins
The Fantastic Four: First Steps – 1 nomination, 0 wins
How to Train Your Dragon – 1 nomination, 0 wins
Superman – 1 nomination, 0 wins
Warfare – 1 nomination, 0 wins
Diane Warren: Relentless – 1 nomination, 0 wins
