AwardsWatch - best picture

2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (July)

Erik Anderson July 28, 2022

It’s been a busy week, hasn’t it? With the Venice Film Festival lineup announced, giving us the world premieres of Bardo, The Whale, The Son... Read More

2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (June)

Erik Anderson June 30, 2022

Virtually unmoved top 10 outside of Searchlight’s Poor Things off the 2022 calendar and A24’s The Whale securely on it. It won’t be easy for... Read More

2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (May)

Erik Anderson May 30, 2022

How long is it before something that was previously unpredictable becomes so common that it goes from trend to guarantee? That’s what’s been happening in... Read More

FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE

Erik Anderson March 25, 2022

The path for The Power of Dog had been an easy one, laid out in the most traditional of ways. A kickoff at the Venice... Read More

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (February)

Erik Anderson February 25, 2022

A truly up in the air race as we are on the precipice of industry precursors that could tell the whole story or make it... Read More

Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: The ‘Power’ Surge

Erik Anderson February 11, 2022

The Oscar nominations are here, leaving behind critics’ awards season (mostly) and on we press with BAFTA and the guilds to really start shaping the... Read More

FINAL 2022 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR

Erik Anderson February 4, 2022

Best Picture and Best Director are usually the most linked Oscar categories as the latter often really tells us what the top 5 films are... Read More

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (December)

Erik Anderson December 24, 2021

A canceled Golden Globes, a postponed Critics’ Choice ceremony. Is it even really awards season yet? Of course it is. We have dozens of critics... Read More

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (November)

Erik Anderson November 30, 2021

Things are heating up as we are turning the bend with late breaking films finally starting to screen and few are as big as Steven... Read More

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (October)

Erik Anderson October 29, 2021

So here’s the thing…I think only three films can realistically win Best Picture: Belfast, King Richard or The Power of the Dog. Why only those... Read More