Seven pieces of the Oscar speculation puzzle become clearer tomorrow when shortlists are submitted in various feature length races. We will learn the final 15 contenders in International Feature Film, Documentary Feature, Original Score, and Original Song. Additionally, the 10 finalists for Makeup and Hairstyling, Sound, and Visual Effects will be revealed.

With history as our guide, I can reveal there will likely be surprises. There’s usually an out of nowhere song or doc or Makeup & Hairstyling hopeful that emerges.

I’ll have a post up tomorrow with my quick take on my picks and analysis. Here is my forecast for those seven shortlists with an alternate selection in each!

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Predicted Shortlist (10):

Barbie

Golda

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Napoleon

Nyad

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Priscilla

Alternate: The Color Purple

Best Sound

Predicted Shortlist (10):

Barbie

The Color Purple

Ferrari

The Killer

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

The Zone of Interest

Alternate: The Creator

Best Visual Effects

Predicted Shortlist (10):

The Creator

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Godzilla Minus One

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Killers of the Flower Moon

Poor Things

Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire

Society of the Snow

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Alternate: Barbie

Best Original Score

Predicted Shortlist (15):

Barbie

The Boy and the Heron

Carmen

Elemental

Ferrari

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

The Killer

Killers of the Flower Moon

Nyad

Oppenheimer

Past Lives

Poor Things

Society of the Snow

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

The Zone of Interest

Alternate: Origin

Best Original Song

Predicted Shortlist (15):

“Addicted to Romance” from She Came to Me

“Camp Isn’t Home” from Theater Camp

“Dance the Night” from Barbie

“Dear Alien Who Art In Heaven” from Asteroid City

“The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot

“For the First Time” from The Little Mermaid

“I’m Just Ken” from Barbie

“It Never Went Away” from American Symphony

“Keep It Movin” from The Color Purple

“Peaches” from The Super Mario Bros. Movie

“Quiet Eyes” from Past Lives

“Road to Freedom” from Rustin

“This Wish” from Wish

“Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from Killers of the Flower Moon

“What Was I Made For?” from Barbie

Alternate: “Gonna Be You” from 80 for Brady

Best International Feature Film

Predicted Shortlist (15):

20 Days in Mariupol

About Dry Grasses

Fallen Leaves

Godland

Io Capitano

The Monk and the Gun

The Peasants

Perfect Days

The Promised Land

The Settlers

Society of the Snow

The Taste of Things

The Teachers’ Lounge

Tótem

The Zone of Interest

Alternate: Concrete Utopia

Best Documentary Feature

Predicted Shortlist (15):

20 Days in Mariupol

American Symphony

Apolonia, Apolonia

Beyond Utopia

Bobi Wine: The People’s President

The Deepest Breath

The Eternal Memory

Four Daughters

Kokomo City

The Mission

The Mother of All Lies

Orlando, My Political Biography

The Pigeon Tunnel

Stamped from the Beginning

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Alternate: Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros