The Oscars are a nostalgic time in mine and Max's relationship. Before we were seeing each other, we worked with a small team on the weekends at NBC 5. In our downtime, our five person team created a movie club. Every week we watched a new movie and shared our thoughts during our late night shifts. After a few months of watching movies across genres, we were all working on the weekend of the Oscars and made our predictions. It was a fun weekend discussing who deserved the most coveted awards and taking shots in the dark for the more niche categories where we had little to no opinions.
Two years later, Max and I are returning to this fun exercise and we'll see how we do for the 2024 Oscars. I think we ended up dominating the predictions back in 2022 over our small movie club, so we'll really be going head to head.
"The people that I think are going to win are people that, I believe, should have won before – but not necessarily for their work this year. I think that’s the secret of the Oscars," Max informed me as I gathered his thoughts for this blog.
I'll be sure to post an update after the awards show to see how we did!
Without further ado, here are the nominations and our picks.
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE | Oscars 2024
BRADLEY COOPER
Maestro
COLMAN DOMINGO
Rustin
Max’s Prediction:
PAUL GIAMATTI
The Holdovers
Madison’s Prediction:
CILLIAN MURPHY
Oppenheimer
JEFFREY WRIGHT
American Fiction
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE | Oscars 2024
STERLING K. BROWN
American Fiction
ROBERT DE NIRO
Killers of the Flower Moon
Max’s Prediction:
ROBERT DOWNEY JR.
Oppenheimer
Madison’s Prediction:
RYAN GOSLING
Barbie
MARK RUFFALO
Poor Things
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE | Oscars 2024
ANNETTE BENING
Nyad
Max’s Prediction:
LILY GLADSTONE
Killers of the Flower Moon
SANDRA HÜLLER
Anatomy of a Fall
CAREY MULLIGAN
Maestro
Madison’s Prediction:
EMMA STONE
Poor Things
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE | Oscars 2024
EMILY BLUNT
Oppenheimer
DANIELLE BROOKS
The Color Purple
Madison’s Prediction:
AMERICA FERRERA
Barbie
JODIE FOSTER
Nyad
Max's Prediction:
DA'VINE JOY RANDOLPH
The Holdovers
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM | Oscars 2024
Max & Madison’s Prediction:
THE BOY AND THE HERON
Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
ELEMENTAL
Peter Sohn and Denise Ream
NIMONA
Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary
ROBOT DREAMS
Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal
CINEMATOGRAPHY | Oscars 2024
EL CONDE
Edward Lachman
Max’s Prediction:
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Rodrigo Prieto
MAESTRO
Matthew Libatique
Madison’s Prediction:
OPPENHEIMER
Hoyte van Hoytema
POOR THINGS
Robbie Ryan
COSTUME DESIGN | Oscars 2024
BARBIE
Jacqueline Durran
Madison’s Prediction:
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Jacqueline West
NAPOLEON
Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
OPPENHEIMER
Ellen Mirojnick
Max’s Prediction:
POOR THINGS
Holly Waddington
DIRECTING | Oscars 2024
ANATOMY OF A FALL
Justine Triet
Max’s Prediction:
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Martin Scorsese
Madison’s Prediction:
OPPENHEIMER
Christopher Nolan
POOR THINGS
Yorgos Lanthimos
THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Jonathan Glazer
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM | Oscars 2024
BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE'S PRESIDENT
Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek
THE ETERNAL MEMORY
Maite Alberdi
FOUR DAUGHTERS
Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha
Madison's Prediction:
TO KILL A TIGER
Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL
Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath
Max was unwilling to make a prediction with no information on these productions. Madison will take literally any win on her prediction sheet and blindly guessed.
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM | Oscars 2024
Madison's Prediction:
THE ABCS OF BOOK BANNING
Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic
THE BARBER OF LITTLE ROCK
John Hoffman and Christine Turner
ISLAND IN BETWEEN
S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien
THE LAST REPAIR SHOP
Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
NǍI NAI & WÀI PÓ
Sean Wang and Sam Davis
Max was unwilling to make a prediction with no information on these productions. Madison will take literally any win on her prediction sheet and blindly guessed.
FILM EDITING | Oscars 2024
ANATOMY OF A FALL
Laurent Sénéchal
THE HOLDOVERS
Kevin Tent
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Thelma Schoonmaker
Max & Madison’s Prediction:
OPPENHEIMER
Jennifer Lame
POOR THINGS
Yorgos Mavropsaridis
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM | Oscars 2024
IO CAPITANO
Italy
PERFECT DAYS
Japan
SOCIETY OF THE SNOW
Spain
Madison's Prediction:
THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE
Germany
THE ZONE OF INTEREST
United Kingdom
Max was unwilling to make a prediction with no information on these productions. Madison will take literally any win on her prediction sheet and blindly guessed.
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING | Oscars 2024
GOLDA
Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue
MAESTRO
Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell
OPPENHEIMER
Luisa Abel
Max & Madison’s Prediction:
POOR THINGS
Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston
SOCIETY OF THE SNOW
Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) | Oscars 2024
AMERICAN FICTION
Laura Karpman
Max's Prediction:
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY
John Williams
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Robbie Robertson
Madison's Prediction:
OPPENHEIMER
Ludwig Göransson
POOR THINGS
Jerskin Fendrix
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) | Oscars 2024
THE FIRE INSIDE
from Flamin' Hot; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
I'M JUST KEN
from Barbie; Music and Lyric by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
IT NEVER WENT AWAY
from American Symphony; Music and Lyric by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson
WAHZHAZHE (A SONG FOR MY PEOPLE)
from Killers of the Flower Moon; Music and Lyric by Scott George
Max & Madison's Prediction:
WHAT WAS I MADE FOR?
from Barbie; Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell
BEST PICTURE | Oscars 2024
AMERICAN FICTION
Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, Producers
ANATOMY OF A FALL
Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, Producers
BARBIE
David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, Producers
Max's Prediction:
THE HOLDOVERS
Mark Johnson, Producer
Madison's Prediction:
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, Producers
MAESTRO
Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
OPPENHEIMER
Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, Producers
PAST LIVES
David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, Producers
POOR THINGS
Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, Producers
THE ZONE OF INTEREST
James Wilson, Producer
PRODUCTION DESIGN | Oscars 2024
Max & Madison's Prediction:
BARBIE
Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
NAPOLEON
Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff
OPPENHEIMER
Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman
POOR THINGS
Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek
ANIMATED SHORT FILM | Oscars 2024
LETTER TO A PIG
Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter
NINETY-FIVE SENSES
Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess
OUR UNIFORM
Yegane Moghaddam
PACHYDERME
Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius
Madison's Prediction:
WAR IS OVER! INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC OF JOHN & YOKO
Dave Mullins and Brad Booker
Max was unwilling to make a prediction with no information on these productions. Madison will take literally any win on her prediction sheet and blindly guessed.
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM | Oscars 2024
THE AFTER
Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham
INVINCIBLE
Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron
KNIGHT OF FORTUNE
Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk
RED, WHITE AND BLUE
Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane
Madison's Prediction:
THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR
Wes Anderson and Steven Rales
Max was unwilling to make a prediction with no information on these productions. Madison will take literally any win on her prediction sheet and blindly guessed.
SOUND | Oscars 2024
THE CREATOR
Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic
Max's Prediction:
MAESTRO
Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor
Madison's Prediction:
OPPENHEIMER
Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O'Connell
THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn
VISUAL EFFECTS | Oscars 2024
Madison's Prediction:
THE CREATOR
Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould
Max's Prediction:
GODZILLA MINUS ONE
Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3
Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould
NAPOLEON
Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) | Oscars 2024
AMERICAN FICTION
Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson
Madison's Prediction
BARBIE
Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach
OPPENHEIMER
Written for the screen by Christopher Nolan
Max's Prediction:
POOR THINGS
Screenplay by Tony McNamara
THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Written by Jonathan Glazer
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) | Oscars 2024
ANATOMY OF A FALL
Screenplay - Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
Max's Prediction:
THE HOLDOVERS
Written by David Hemingson
MAESTRO
Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer
MAY DECEMBER
Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik
Madison's Prediction:
PAST LIVES
Written by Celine Song
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