2022 Oscar Predictions

The nominees are…

- Belfast
- CODA
- Don’t Look Up
- Drive My Car
- Dune
- King Richard
- Licorice Pizza
- Nightmare Alley
- The Power of the Dog
- West Side Story

WILL WIN: The Power of the Dog
COULD WIN: Belfast, West Side Story, or Dune
SHOULD WIN: The Power of the Dog
SHOULDA BEEN HERE: Spencer

The nominees are…

- Kenneth Branagh - "Belfast"
- Ryûsuke Hamaguchi - "Drive My Car"
- Paul Thomas Anderson - "Licorice Pizza"
- Jane Campion - "The Power of the Dog"
- Steven Spielberg - "West Side Story"

WILL WIN: Jane Campion
COULD WIN: Steven Spielberg
SHOULD WIN: Jane Campion
SHOULDA BEEN HERE: Denis Villeneuve for “Dune”

The nominees are…

- Javier Bardem - "Being The Ricardos"
- Benedict Cumberbatch - "The Power of the Dog"
- Andrew Garfield - "Tick, Tick...Boom!"
- Will Smith - "King Richard"
- Denzel Washington - "The Tragedy of Macbeth"

WILL WIN: Will Smith
COULD WIN: Benedict Cumberbatch
SHOULD WIN: Benedict Cumberbatch
SHOULDA BEEN HERE: Nicholas Cage for “Pig”

The nominees are…

- Jessica Chastain - "The Eyes of Tammy Faye"
- Olivia Colman - "The Lost Daughter"
- Penelope Cruz - "Parallel Mothers"
- Nicole Kidman - "Being The Ricardos"
- Kristen Stewart - "Spencer"

WILL WIN: Nicole Kidman
COULD WIN: Kristen Stewart
SHOULD WIN: Kristen Stewart
SHOULDA BEEN HERE: Tessa Thompson for “Passing”

The nominees are…

- Ciarán Hinds - "Belfast"
- Troy Kotsur - "CODA"
- Jesse Plemons - "The Power of the Dog"
- J.K. Simmons - ​​"Being The Ricardos"
- Kodi Smit-McPhee - "The Power of the Dog"

WILL WIN: Troy Kotsur
COULD WIN: Kodi Smit-McPhee
SHOULD WIN: Ciarán Hinds

The nominees are…

- Jessie Buckley - "The Lost Daughter"
- Ariana DeBose - "West Side Story"
- Judi Dench - "Belfast"
- Kirsten Dunst - "The Power of the Dog"
- Aunjanue Ellis - "King Richard"

WILL WIN: Ariana DeBose
COULD WIN: Kirsten Dunst
SHOULD WIN: Ariana DeBose
SHOULDA BEEN HERE: Ruth Negga for “Passing”

The nominees are…

- Belfast
- Don’t Look Up
- King Richard
- Licorice Pizza
- The Worst Person in the World

WILL WIN: Licorice Pizza
COULD WIN: Belfast
SHOULD WIN: The Worst Person in the World
SHOULDA BEEN HERE: Red Rocket

The nominees are…

- CODA
- Drive My Car
- Dune
- The Lost Daughter
- The Power of the Dog

WILL WIN: The Power of the Dog
COULD WIN: CODA
SHOULD WIN: The Power of the Dog
SHOULDA BEEN HERE: Nightmare Alley

The nominees are…

- Encanto
- Flee
- Luca
- The Mitchell’s vs the Machines
- Raya and the Last Dragon

WILL WIN: Encanto
COULD WIN: The Mitchell’s vs the Machines
SHOULD WIN: Flee
SHOULDA BEEN HERE: Belle

The nominees are…

- Dune
- Nightmare Alley
- The Power of the Dog
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
- West Side Story

WILL WIN: Dune
COULD WIN: The Tragedy of Macbeth
SHOULD WIN: The Tragedy of Macbeth
SHOULDA BEEN HERE: The Green Knight

The nominees are…

- Cruella
- Cyrano
- Dune
- Nightmare Alley
- West Side Story

WILL WIN: Cruella
COULD WIN: Dune
SHOULD WIN: Cruella
SHOULDA BEEN HERE: Spencer

The nominees are…

- Dune
- Nightmare Alley
- The Power of the Dog
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
- West Side Story

WILL WIN: Dune
COULD WIN: Nightmare Alley
SHOULD WIN: Dune
SHOULDA BEEN HERE: The French Dispatch

The nominees are…

- Don’t Look Up
- Dune
- King Richard
- The Power of the Dog
- Tick, Tick… Boom!

WILL WIN: Dune
COULD WIN: The Power of the Dog
SHOULD WIN: Dune
SHOULDA BEEN HERE: Summer of Soul

The nominees are…

- Coming 2 America
- Cruella
- Dune
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye
- House of Gucci

WILL WIN: The Eyes of Tammy Faye
COULD WIN: Dune
SHOULD WIN: Dune
SHOULDA BEEN HERE: The Suicide Squad

The nominees are…

- Belfast
- Dune
- No Time to Die
- The Power of the Dog
- West Side Story

WILL WIN: Dune
COULD WIN: West Side Story
SHOULD WIN: Dune
SHOULDA BEEN HERE: Last Night in Soho or A Quiet Place Part II

The nominees are…

- Dune
- Free Guy
- No Time to Die
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Spider-Man: No Way Home

WILL WIN: Dune
COULD WIN: Spider-Man: No Way Home
SHOULD WIN: Dune
SHOULDA BEEN HERE: Godzilla vs. Kong

The nominees are…

- "Don't Look Up" - Nicholas Britell
- "Dune" - Hans Zimmer
- "Encanto" - Germaine Franco
- "Parallel Mothers" - Alberto Iglesias
- "The Power Of The Dog" - Jonny Greenwood

WILL WIN: Dune
COULD WIN: The Power of the Dog
SHOULD WIN: Dune
SHOULDA BEEN HERE: Spencer

The nominees are…

- "Be Alive" from "King Richard" - Music and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
- "Dos Oruguitas" from "Encanto" - Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda
- "Down To Joy" from "Belfast" - Music and Lyric by Van Morrison
- "No Time To Die" from "No Time to Die" - Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell
- "Somehow You Do" from "Four Good Days" - Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

WILL WIN: “No Time to Die”
COULD WIN: “Dos Oruguitas”
SHOULD WIN: “No Time to Die”
SHOULDA BEEN HERE: “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Encanto

The nominees are…

- Drive My Car
- Flee
- The Hand of God
- Luana: A Yak in the Classroom
- The Worst Person in the World

WILL WIN: Drive My Car
COULD WIN: The Worst Person in the World
SHOULD WIN: Drive My Car
SHOULDA BEEN HERE: A Hero

The nominees are…

- Ascension
- Attica
- Flee
- Summer of Soul
- Writing With Fire

WILL WIN: Summer of Soul
COULD WIN: Flee
SHOULD WIN: Summer of Soul
SHOULDA BEEN HERE: The Rescue