It will be a few more months before we have a true 2024 Oscar ballot—voting for nominations begins on January 11, with nominations announced on January 23. But thanks to festival buzz, critical assessments, and a few early awards, we have a pretty good sense of which films and performances are most likely to show up on those ballots when they’re ready.
Below, we’ve got the long list of contenders in the six top Oscar categories, including best picture and all four acting races. We can’t guarantee you that every single nominee will come from this list—every Oscar year has its surprises, of course—but if you want to start catching up on contenders, this is an ideal place to start.
BEST PICTURE
Air
All of Us Strangers
American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Color Purple
Ferrari
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
Maestro
May December
Napoleon
Nyad
Oppenheimer
Origin
Past Lives
Poor Things
Priscilla
Rustin
Saltburn
The Taste of Things
The Zone of Interest
BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck, Air
Blitz Bazawule, The Color Purple
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Sofia Coppola, Priscilla
Sean Durkin, The Iron Claw
Ava DuVernay, Origin
Emerald Fennell, Saltburn
Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers
Todd Haynes, May December
Tran Anh Hung, The Taste of Things
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Michael Mann, Ferrari
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Alexander Payne, The Holdovers
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Ridley Scott, Napoleon
Celine Song, Past Lives
Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, Nyad
George C. Wolfe, Rustin
BEST ACTRESS
Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple
Annette Bening, Nyad
Aunjanue Ellis, Origin
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Greta Lee, Past Lives
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Natalie Portman, May December
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla
Emma Stone, Poor Things
BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Adam Driver, Ferrari
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Barry Keoghan, Saltburn
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Joaquin Phoenix, Napoleon
Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Erika Alexander, American Fiction
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Juliette Binoche, The Taste of Things
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Penélope Cruz, Ferrari
Viola Davis, Air
America Ferrera, Barbie
Jodie Foster, Nyad
Taraji P. Henson, The Color Purple
Sandra Hüller, The Zone of Interest
Julianne Moore, May December
Niecy Nash-Betts, Origin
Rosamund Pike, Saltburn
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction
Willem Dafoe, Poor Things
Matt Damon, Oppenheimer
Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Colman Domingo, The Color Purple
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Glenn Howerton, BlackBerry
John Magaro, Past Lives
Charles Melton, May December
Chris Messina, Air
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers
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