Ricky’s 2022 Oscar Predictions: West Side Story, Will Smith, and more

The 2022 Oscar Nominations are being announced on February 8, 2022. Will your favorite movie get a nod? We’ll have to wait and see! In the meantime, find out if your predictions match mine by checking out my 2022 Oscar Predictions, below.

I have been an avid lover of the Academy Awards for the longest time, but not until a few years ago did I start getting down to attempting to predict the unpredictable. Of course, the Academy likes to zag whenever someone thinks they are zigging, but that doesn’t stop any of us from attempting to predict the movies and talent they will nominate.

I will be looking at the following categories today—Best Picture, which will be the first year where they HAVE to nominate ten films, Best Director, and both Lead and Supporting categories.

Here are my 2022 Oscar Predictions

Best Picture

• West Side Story
• Belfast
• The Power of the Dog
• Dune
• King Richard
• CODA
• The Lost Daughter
• Don’t Look Up
• Licorice Pizza
• Being the Ricardos

1st Alternative: tick, tick… Boom!
2nd Alternative: Nightmare Alley

Best Director

• Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
  
• Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
  
• Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
  
• Denis Villeneuve, Dune
  
• Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car

1st Alternative: Guillermo Del Toro, Nightmare Alley

Best Actor

• Will Smith, King Richard
  
• Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
  
• Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
  
• Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
  
• Leonardo DiCaprio, Don’t Look Up
  

1st Alternative: Andrew Garfield, tick, tick… Boom!

Best Actress

• Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
• Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
• Jennifer Hudson, Respect
• Rachel Zegler, West Side Story
• Lady Gaga, House of Gucci

1st Alternative: Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Best Supporting Actor

• Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
• Troy Kotsur, CODA
• Ciaran Hinds, Belfast
  
• Ben Affleck, The Tender Bar
• Mike Faist, West Side Story

1st Alternative: Jamie Dornan, Belfast

Best Supporting Actress

• Ariana Debose, West Side Story
• Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
• Caitriona Balfe, Belfast
• Ruth Negga, Passing
• Kristen Dunst, The Power of the Dog

1st Alternative: Rita Moreno, West Side Story

What do you think of the predictions? Who do you have in? Who do you have out? Let us know!