
If it’s a sin to win Oscars, I don’t want to be a saint! (CREDIT: Warner Bros./Screenshot)
The Oscar winners are determined by the thousands of members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. But what if … they were chosen by just one person? If I were singlehandedly in charge of running the Oscars, here’s how they would go down.
Please Note: Some of my decisions about categorization (like Lead vs. Supporting for actors, or Adapted vs. Original for screenplays) may differ from those of the Academy and other awards bodies.
Nominees are listed alphabetically (either by movie title or by nominee name), winners in bold.
Best Picture
Bring Her Back
The Day the Earth Blew Up
Highest 2 Lowest
The Luckiest Man in America
Marty Supreme
The Naked Gun
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Weapons
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Zach Cregger, Weapons
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Akiva Schaffer, The Naked Gun
Lead Actress
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You
Meghann Fahy, Drop
Julia Garner, Weapons
Sally Hawkins, Bring Her Back
Emma Stone, Bugonia
Lead Actor
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Liam Neeson, The Naked Gun
Jesse Plemons, Bugonia
Paul Walter Hauser, The Luckiest Man in America
Supporting Actress
Pamela Anderson, The Naked Gun
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Hailee Steinfeld, Sinners
Supporting Actor
A$AP Rocky, Highest 2 Lowest
Gabriel Basso, A House of Dynamite
Miles Caton, Sinners
Michael Cera, The Phoenician Scheme
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Adapted Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Darrick Bachman, Pete Browngardt, Kevin Costello, Andrew Dickman, David Gemmill, Alex Kirwan, Ryan Kramer, Jason Reicher, Michael Ruocco, Johnny Ryan, and Eddie Trigueros, The Day the Earth the Blew Up
Pam Brady and Matt Lieberman, The SpongeBob Move: Search for SquarePants
Alan Fox, Highest 2 Lowest
Alain Guiraudie, Misericordia
Original Screenplay
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Zach Cregger, Weapons
Dan Gregor, Doug Mand, and Akiva Schaffer, The Naked Gun
Robert Kaplow, Blue Moon
Casting
Nikki Barret, Bring Her Back
Libby Thomas Dickey, KPop Demon Hunters
Jennifer Venditti, Marty Supreme
Francine Maisler, Sinners
Allison Jones, Weapons
Original Score
Howard Drossin, Highest 2 Lowest
Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
Ryan Holladay, Hays Holladay, and Zach Cregger, Weapons
Daniel Lopatin, Marty Supreme
Original Song
“Big Guy,” written by Isis Gaston and Ephrem Lopez Jr., The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
“Dina, Simone,” written by Nile Rodgers and The-Dream, Opus
“Dream as One,” written by Miley Cyrus, Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, and Simon Franglen, Avatar: Fire and Ash
“Golden,” written by Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, 24, Ido, and Teddy Park, KPop Demon Hunters
“What It Sounds Like,” written by Ejae, Jenna Andrews, Stephen Kirk, Mark Sonnenblick, Daniel Rojas, 24, Ido, and Teddy Park, KPop Demon Hunters
Cinematography
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
Matthew Libatique, Highest 2 Lowest
Anthony Dod Mantle, 28 Years Later
Brandon Trost, The Naked Gun
Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams
Animated Feature
The Day the Earth Blew Up
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
Zootopia 2
Costume Design
Colleen Atwood, One Battle After Another
Miyako Bellizi, Marty Supreme
Consolata Boyle, Blue Moon
Ruth E. Carter, Sinners
Trish Summerville, Weapons
Film Editing
Sandra Adair, Blue Moon
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Brian Scott Olds, The Naked Gun
Joe Murphy, Weapons
Michael P. Shawver, Sinners
Production Design
Drop
The Housemaid
The Legend of Ochi
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Sound
The Naked Gun
Novocaine
Sinners
Sirāt
Weapons
Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Final Destination Bloodlines
The Legend of Ochi
Predator: Badlands
Sinners
Makeup and Hairstyling
Mickey 17
Novocaine
Sinners
Together
Weapons
Documentary Feature
Becoming Led Zeppelin
One to One: John & Yoko
International Feature Film
Misericordia
Sentimental Value
A Useful Ghost
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