Scott Menzel’s Oscar Predictions: October 2024

October Predictions

In just a month’s time, a lot has changed in the state of the Oscar race. We learned where several actors would be competing while seeing that some of films which opened in September and October did not perform as expected, not only at the box office but with audiences as well. I have started to wonder with the exception of Wicked, Gladiator 2, and A Complete Unknown will be any last minute surprises this year? Because while I am excited to see Clint Eastwood’s Juror No.2 and Robert Zemeckis’ Here, I do feel pretty doubtful that either film will be end up generating enough buzz to make a dent in the conversation.

Best Picture Predictions

1. The Brutalist 
2. Anora 
3. Conclave
4. Emilia Perez 
5. Saturday Night 
6. Dune: Part Two
7. Blitz
8. Gladiator II
9. A Real Pain 
10. September 5

Best Actor Predictions

1. Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
2. Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
3. Timothee Chalamet – A Complete Unknown 
4. Adrien Brody – The Brutalist 
5. Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice

Best Actress Predictions

1. Mikey Madison – Anora 
2. Karla Sofia Gascon – Emilia Perez
3. Angelina Jolie – Maria
4. Amy Adams – Nightbitch
5. Demi Moore – The Substance 

Best Supporting Actor Predictions

1. Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
2. Guy Pearce – The Brutalist 
3. Stanley Tucci – Conclave
4. Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing 
5. Denzel Washington – Gladiator 2 

Best Supporting Actress Predictions

1. Zoe Saldana – Emilia Perez
2. Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lessons
3. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys 
4. Lady Gaga – Joker: Folie à Deux
5. Saoirse Ronan – Blitz

Best Director Predictions

1. Brady Corbet – The Brutalist 
2. Sean Baker – Anora 
3. Edward Berger – Conclave 
4. Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
5. Steve McQueen – Blitz 

Best Original Screenplay Predictions

1. Saturday Night
2. A Real Pain
3. Anora
4. The Brutalist  
5. Blitz

Best Adapted Screenplay Predictions

1. Conclave
2. Sing Sing 
3. Dune: Part Two
4. Emilia Perez
5. Hit Man 

Best Animated Feature Predictions

1. The Wild Robot
2. Inside Out 2
3. Moana 2 
4. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
5. Memoir of a Snail 

Best Documentary Feature Predictions

1. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2. Will & Harper
3. Men of War
4. Daughters
5. Sugarcane

Best International Feature Predictions

1. Emilia Perez 
2. The Seed of a Sacred Fig
3. All We Imagine as Light
4. Dahomey
5. Cloud

Best Score Predictions

1. The Wild Robot
2. Conclave
3. Dune: Part Two
4. Challengers
5. Emilia Perez

Best Original Song Predictions

1. TBA – Wicked 
2. El Mal  – Emilia Perez 
3. Kiss the Sky  – The Wild Robot 
4. We’re Back – Moana 2
5. Piece by Piece – Piece by Piece 

Best Cinematography Predictions

1. The Brutalist  
2. Dune: Part Two
3. Maria
4. Emilia Perez 
5. Nosferatu

Best Costume Design Predictions

1. Wicked
2. Nosferatu 
3. Dune: Part Two
4. Blitz 
5. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Best Film Editing Predictions

1. Saturday Night
2. Anora 
3. Gladiator 2 
4. The Brutalist
5. Dune: Part Two 

Best Makeup & Hairstyling Predictions

1. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 
2. Wicked 
3. Nosferatu
4. Dune: Part Two
5. The Substance

Best Production Design Predictions

1. Gladiator 2
2. Dune: Part Two
3. Wicked 
4. The Brutalist 
5. Nosferatu

Best Sound Predictions

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Wicked 
3. Twisters
4. Gladiator II
5. Emilia Perez

Best Visual Effects Predictions

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
3. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
4. Gladiator 2 
5. Wicked