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Oscar Nomination Predictions
Best Picture
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1.
100%One Battle after Another (Warner Bros.)
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2.
90%Sinners (Warner Bros.)
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3.
80%Hamnet (Focus Features)
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4.
80%Marty Supreme (A24)
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5.
80%Sentimental Value (Neon)
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6.
80%Frankenstein (Netflix)
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7.
80%Bugonia (Focus Features)
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8.
80%The Secret Agent (Neon)
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9.
80%Train Dreams (Netflix)
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10.
80%F1 (Apple)
Best Director
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1.
100%One Battle after Another, Paul Thomas Anderson
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2.
90%Sinners, Ryan Coogler
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3.
80%Hamnet, Chloé Zhao
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4.
80%Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie
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5.
80%Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier
Best Actor
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1.
100%Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme
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2.
80%Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle after Another
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3.
80%Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon
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4.
80%Michael B. Jordan in Sinners
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5.
80%Wagner Moura in The Secret Agent
Best Actress
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1.
100%Jessie Buckley in Hamnet
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2.
80%Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
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3.
80%Renate Reinsve in Sentimental Value
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4.
80%Kate Hudson in Song Sung Blue
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5.
80%Emma Stone in Bugonia
Best Supporting Actor
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1.
100%Stellan Skarsgård in Sentimental Value
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2.
90%Jacob Elordi in Frankenstein
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3.
90%Benicio Del Toro in One Battle after Another
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4.
90%Delroy Lindo in Sinners
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5.
80%Sean Penn in One Battle after Another
Best Supporting Actress
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1.
100%Teyana Taylor in One Battle after Another
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2.
90%Amy Madigan in Weapons
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3.
80%Wunmi Mosaku in Sinners
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4.
90%Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in Sentimental Value
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5.
80%Elle Fanning in Sentimental Value
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