2023 Oscars Best Costume Design Predictions

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2023 Oscars Predictions: Best Costume Design

Shonka Dukureh as Big Mama Thornton in “Elvis”
Warner. Bros Pictures

CATEGORY COMMENTARY: Ruth E. Carter became the first Black woman to win this category for “Black Panther” (2018). With two other nominations for “Malcolm X” (1992) and “Amistad” (1997), she even has a few snubs under her belt including “Dolemite Is My Name” (2019). Her work on “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” is another worthy entry that could bring her back to the stage.

Other hot titles vying for attention for best costume design include Catherine Martin’s music threads in “Elvis,” Gersha Phillips’ creation of the Dahomey in “The Woman King” and Mary Zophres’ upcoming look at old Hollywood in “Babylon.

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ALL AWARDS CONTENDERS AND RANKINGS:

And The Predicted Nominees Are:
Rank	Film	Costume Designer(s)	Distributor
1	“Elvis”	Catherine Martin	Warner Bros.
1	The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
2	“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”	Ruth E. Carter	Marvel Studios
2	The nation of Wakanda is pitted against intervening world powers as they mourn the loss of their king T’Challa.
3	“The Fabelmans”	Mark Bridges	Universal Pictures
3	A semi-autobiography based on Spielberg’s own childhood growing up in post-war Arizona, from age seven to eighteen.
4	“The Woman King”	Gersha Phillips	TriStar Pictures
4	A historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.
5	“Till”	Marci Rodgers	Orion/United Artists Releasing
5	The story of Emmett Louis Till and the legacy of his mother who pursued justice for her lynched son.
Next in Line
6	“Babylon”	Mary Zophres	Paramount Pictures
6	Set in Hollywood during the transition from silent films to talkies, focusing on a mixture of historical & fictional characters.
7	“Empire of Light”	Alexandra Byrne	Searchlight Pictures
7	“Empire of Light” is a love story set in and around a beautiful old cinema on the South Coast of England in the 1980s.
8	“Women Talking”	Quita Alfred	MGM/United Artists Releasing
8	A group of women in an isolated religious colony as they struggle to reconcile their faith with a string of sexual assaults committed by the colony’s men.
9	“Everything Everywhere All at Once”	Shirley Kurata	A24
9	An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led.
10	“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”	Jenny Eagan	Netflix
10	Famed Southern detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece for his latest case.
Other Top-Tier Contenders
11	“Don’t Worry Darling”	Arianne Phillips	Warner Bros
12	“Emancipation”	Francine Jamison-Tanchuck	Apple Original Films
13	“The Northman”	Linda Muir	Focus Features
14	“Downton Abbey: A New Era”	Maja Meschede, Anna Robbins	Focus Features
15	“White Noise”	Ann Roth	Netflix
16	“Living”	Sandy Powell	Sony Pictures Classics
17	“Amsterdam”	J.R. Hawbaker, Albert Wolsky	20th Century Studios
18	“The Wonder”	Odile Dicks-Mireaux	Netflix
19	“The Pale Blue Eye”	Kasia Walicka-Maimone	Netflix
20	“Armageddon Time”	Madeline Weeks	Focus Features
Also In Contention
21	“Avatar: The Way of Water”	Bob Buck, Deborah Lynn Scott	20th Century Studios
22	“Argentina, 1985”	Mónica Toschi	Amazon Studios
23	“Top Gun: Maverick”	Marlene Stewart	Paramount Pictures
24	“The Banshees of Inisherin”	Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh	Searchlight Pictures
25	“Mr. Malcolm’s List”	Pam Downe	Amazon Studios
26	“My Policeman”	Annie Symons	Amazon Studios
27	“She Said”	Brittany Loar	Universal Pictures
28	“Matilda”	Rob Howell	Netflix
29	“All the Old Knives”	Stephanie Collie	Amazon Studios
30	“The Menu”	Amy Westcott	Searchlight Pictures
All Contenders Listed (Unranked-Alphabetical)
—	“A Man Called Otto”	Frank L. Fleming	Sony Pictures
—	“All the Old Knives”	Stephanie Collie	Amazon Studios
—	“Amsterdam”	J.R. Hawbaker, Albert Wolsky	20th Century Studios
—	“Argentina, 1985”	Mónica Toschi	Amazon Studios
—	“Armageddon Time”	Madeline Weeks	Focus Features
—	“Athena”	To be added	Netflix
—	“Avatar: The Way of Water”	Bob Buck, Deborah Lynn Scott	20th Century Studios
—	“Babylon”	Mary Zophres	Paramount Pictures
—	“Bardo (or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths)”	Anna Terrazas	Netflix
—	“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”	Ruth E. Carter	Marvel Studios
—	“Bones and All”	Giulia Piersanti	MGM/United Artists Releasing
—	“Bros”	To be added	Universal Pictures
—	“Catherine Called Birdy”	Julian Day	Amazon Studios
—	“Causeway”	To be added	A24/Apple Original Films
—	“Decision to Leave”	To be added	Mubi
—	“Don’t Worry Darling”	Arianne Phillips	Warner Bros
—	“Downton Abbey: A New Era”	Maja Meschede, Anna Robbins	Focus Features
—	“Elvis”	Catherine Martin	Warner Bros.
—	“Emancipation”	Francine Jamison-Tanchuck	Apple Original Films
—	“Emergency”	Icy White	Amazon Studios
—	“Empire of Light”	Alexandra Byrne	Searchlight Pictures
—	“Everything Everywhere All at Once”	Shirley Kurata	A24
—	“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”	Jenny Eagan	Netflix
—	“Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”	Sian Jenkins	Searchlight Pictures
—	“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”	To be added	Netflix
—	“Happening”	To be added	IFC Films
—	“Holy Spider”	To be added	Utopia
—	“A Love Song”	Stine Dahlman	Bleecker Street
—	“Montana Story”	Catherine George	Bleecker Street
—	“Living”	Sandy Powell	Sony Pictures Classics
—	“Matilda”	Rob Howell	Netflix
—	“Master”	Mirren Gordon-Crozier	Amazon Studios
—	“Mr. Malcolm’s List”	Pam Downe	Amazon Studios
—	“My Policeman”	Annie Symons	Amazon Studios
—	“Breaking”	Eric Yake	Bleecker Street
—	“Nanny”	Charlese Antoinette Jones	Amazon Studios
—	“She Said”	Brittany Loar	Universal Pictures
—	“Spoiler Alert”	To be added	Focus Features
—	“Tár”	Bina Daigeler	Focus Features
—	“The Banshees of Inisherin”	Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh	Searchlight Pictures
—	“The Fabelmans”	Mark Bridges	Universal Pictures
—	“The Greatest Beer Run Ever”	To be added	Apple Original Films
—	“The Inspection”	To be added	A24
—	“The Menu”	Amy Westcott	Searchlight Pictures
—	“The Pale Blue Eye”	Kasia Walicka-Maimone	Netflix
—	“The Northman”	Linda Muir	Focus Features
—	“The Son”	Lisa Duncan	Sony Pictures Classics
—	“The Whale”	Danny Glicker	A24
—	“The Woman King”	Gersha Phillips	TriStar Pictures
—	“The Wonder”	Odile Dicks-Mireaux	Netflix
—	“Thirteen Lives”	Tess Schofield	Amazon Studios/MGM
—	“Three Thousand Years of Longing”	To be added	MGM/United Artists Releasing
—	“Till”	Marci Rodgers	Orion/United Artists Releasing
—	“Top Gun: Maverick”	Marlene Stewart	Paramount Pictures
—	“Triangle of Sadness”	Sofie Krunegård	Neon
—	“White Noise”	Ann Roth	Netflix
—	“Women Talking”	Quita Alfred	MGM/United Artists Releasing

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