Over the past few months, we have been gathering a list of movies for you to watch, carefully handpicking titles that will suit the public. Now, it is time for the crème de la crème of cinematography – Oscar nominees and winners. 

On Sunday, 12th of March, all movie lovers kept their eyes peeled on the 95th Academy Awards (The Oscars’). First held in 1929. It is the year's biggest celebration in the movie world, and everyone in the industry awaits this exciting time each year with bated breath. Even though the event will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, the event is for every actor and actress across the globe aspiring to be a part of it.  

Jump straight in:

• 2023 Oscars predictions
• 2023 Oscars nominees
• 2023 Oscars winners

The history behind the Oscars

The name “Oscar” has quite a random origin. Up until 2013, The Oscars was called Academy Awards. In 1931, an Academy Awards librarian named Margaret Herrick once remarked that the award statue reminded her of her Uncle Oscar. Since then, employees would call the statue Oscar unofficially among themselves... However, the first documented use of the term was made by a columnist for the New York Daily News, Sidney Skolsky, in his article! 

In 2013, the Academy Awards was officially rebranded to “The Oscars’”, announced by show co-producer Neil Meron. This fun fact reminds us of the story of how “Apple” got its logo – Steve Jobs followed a fruitarian diet, and an apple was his favourite fruit. 

The Oscars 2023 predictions

The Oscars 2023 nominees

Lead Actor

• Austin Butler, Elvis
• Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
• Brendan Fraser, The Whale
• Paul Mescal, Aftersun
• Bill Nighy, Living

Lead Actress

• Cate Blanchett, Tár
• Ana de Armas, Blonde
• Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie
• Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans
• Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Picture

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Avatar: The Way of Water
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Elvis
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• The Fabelmans
• Tár
• Top Gun: Maverick
• Triangle of Sadness
• Women Talking
  
  

Director

• Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
• Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
• Todd Field, Tár
• Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness
  
  

Supporting actor

• Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
• Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway
• Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans
• Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
• Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
  
  

Supporting Actress

• Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Hong Chau, The Whale
• Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
• Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
  
  

Documentary Feature

• All That Breathes
• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
• Fire of Love
• A House Made of Splinters
• Navalny
  
  

Documentary Short

• The Elephant Whisperers
• Haulout
• How Do You Measure a Year?
• The Martha Mitchell Effect
• Stranger at the Gate
  
  

International Film

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Argentina, 1985
• Close
• EO
• The Quiet Girl
  
  

Animated Feature

• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
• Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
• The Sea Beast
• Turning Red
  
  

Animated Short

• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
• The Flying Sailor
• Ice Merchants
• My Year of Dicks
• An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It
  
  

Live-action Short

• An Irish Goodbye
• Ivalu
• Le Pupille
• Night Ride
• The Red Suitcase
  
  

Cinematography

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
• Elvis
• Empire of Light
• Tár
  
  

Makeup and Hair

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• The Batman
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Elvis
• The Whale
  
  

Costume Design

• Babylon
  Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
  Elvis
  Everything Everywhere All at Once
  Mrs Harris Goes to Paris
  
  

Production Design

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Avatar: The Way of Water
• Babylon
• Elvis
• The Fabelmans
  
  

Original Score

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Babylon
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• The Fabelmans
  
  

Visual Effects

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Avatar: The Way of Water
• The Batman
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Top Gun: Maverick
  
  

Original Screenplay

• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• The Fabelmans
• Tár
• Triangle of Sadness
  
  

Adapted Screenplay

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
• Living
• Top Gun: Maverick
• Women Talking
  
  

Sound

• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Avatar: The Way of Water
• The Batman
• Elvis
• Top Gun: Maverick
  
  

Original Song

• Applause, Tell It Like a Woman
• Hold My Hand, Top Gun: Maverick
• Lift Me Up, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Naatu Naatu, RRR
• This Is a Life, Everything Everywhere All at Once
  
  

Editing

• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Elvis
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Tár
• Top Gun: Maverick

The Oscars 2023 full list of winners

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