90th Academy Awards Winner Predictions

Best Picture: Three Billboards Outsing Ebbing, Missouri

Best Director: Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water

Best Actress: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Actor: Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

Best Supporting Actress: Allison Janney, Lady Bird

Best Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Original Screenplay: Get Out

Best Adapted Screenplay: Call Me By Your Name

Best Animated Feature: Coco

Best Foreign Language Film: The Insult (Lebanon)

Best Documentary: Faces Places

Best Film Editing: Dunkirk

Best Cinematography: Blade Runner 2049

Best Original Score: Phantom Thread

Best Original Song: ‘This is Me’ from The Greatest Showman

Best Sound Editing: Baby Driver

Best Sound Mixing: Blade Runner 2049

Best Visual Effects: Blade Runner 2049

Best Costume Design: Phantom Thread

Best Makeup & Hairstyling: Darkest Hour

Best Production Design: The Shape of Water

87th Academy Award Nominations Predictions

Golden Globe Awards have wrapped up, the Guilds, BAFTA, Critics and other guilds have announced their nominees, but the most important of all, Oscars will be announcing under 48 hours from now.

Here are my predictions:

Best Picture:
1. "Boyhood"
2. "Birdman"
3. "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
4. "The Imitation Game"
5. "Selma"
6. "The Theory of Everything"
7. "Whiplash"
8. "Nightcrawler"
9. "American Sniper"
10. "Gone Girl"

ALTERNATES:
11. "Foxcatcher"
12. "Mr. Turner"

Best Director:
1. Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
2. Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Birdman"
3. Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
4. Damien Chazelle, "Whiplash"
5. David Fincher, "Gone Girl"

ALTERNATES:
6. Morten Tyldum, "The Imitation Game"
7. Ava DuVernay, "Selma"

Best Actress:
1. Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
2. Rosamund Pike, "Gone Girl"
3. Reese Witherspoon, "Wild"
4. Felicity Jones, "The Theory of Everything"
5. Jennifer Aniston, "Cake"

ALTERNATES:
6. Amy Adams, "Big Eyes"
7. Marion Cotillard, "Two Days One Night"

Best Actor:
1. Michael Keaton, "Birdman"
2. Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"
3. Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"
4. Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler"
5. Ralph Fiennes, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

ALTERNATES: 
6. Timothy Spall, "Mr. Turner"
7. David Oyelowo, "Selma"

Best Supporting Actress:
1. Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"
2. Keira Knightley, "The Imitation Game"
3. Meryl Streep, "Into The Woods"
4. Rene Russo, "Nightcrawler"
5. Emma Stone, "Birdman"

ALTERNATES: 
6. Jessica Chastain, "A Most Violent Year"
7. Tilda Swinton, "Snowpiercer"

Best Supporting Actor:
1. J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"
2. Edward Norton, "Birdman"
3. Ethan Hawke, "Boyhood"
4. Mark Ruffalo, "Foxcatcher"
5. Robert Duvall, "The Judge"

Best Original Screenplay:
1. Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
2. Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
3. Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo, "Birdman"
4. Dan Gilroy, "Nightcrawler"
5. Paul Webb, "Selma"

Best Adapted Screenplay:
1. Gillian Flynn, "Gone Girl"
2. Graham Moore, "The Imitation Game"
3. Damien Chazelle, "Whiplash"
4. Anthony McCarten, "The Theory of Everything"
5. Jason Hall, "American Sniper"

Best Foreign Language Film:
2. "Force Majeure" (Sweden)
1. "Ida" (Poland)
3. "Leviathan" (Russia)
4. "Tangerines" (Estonia)
5. "Wild Tales" (Argentina)

Best Documentary Feature:
1. "CITIZENFOUR"
2. "Life Itself"
3. "The Case Against 8"
4. "Keep On Keepin' On"
5. "Tales of the Grim Sleeper"

Best Animated Feature:
1. "The LEGO Movie"
2. "How To Train Your Dragon 2"
3. "Big Hero 6"
4. "The Boxtrolls"
5. "The Book of Life"

Best Cinematography:
1. Emmanuel Lubezki, "Birdman"
2. Robert D. Yeoman, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
3. Hoyte Van Hoytema, "Interstellar"
4. Dick Pope, "Mr. Turner"
5. Ryszard Lenczewski and Łukasz Żal, "Ida"

Best Film Editing:
1. Douglas Crise, "Birdman"
2. Sandra Adair, "Boyhood"
3. Tom Cross, "Whiplash"
4. Joel Cox & Gary Roach, "American Sniper"
5. Barney Pilling, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

Best Production Design:
1. Adam Stockhausen & Anna Pinnock, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
2. Kevin Thompson & George DeTitta Jr., "Birdman"
3. Dennis Gassner & Anna Pinnock, "Into The Woods"
4. Nathan Crowley, Garry Fettis & Paul Healy, "Interstellar"
5. Ondrej Nekvasil, "Snowpiercer"

Best Costume Design:
1. Milena Canonero, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
2. Sammy Sheldon Differ, "The Imitation Game"
3. Colleen Atwood, "Into The Woods"
4. Steven Noble, "The Theory of Everything"
5. Jacqueline Durran, "Mr. Turner"

Best Original Score:
1. Johann Johannsson, "The Theory of Everything"
2. Alexandre Desplat, "The Imitation Game"
3. Alexandre Desplat, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
4. Hans Zimmer, "Interstellar"
5. Mica Levi, "Under the Skin"

Best Original Song:
1. "Glory" ("Selma")
2. "Lost Stars" ("Begin Again")
3. "Mercy Is" ("Noah")
4. "Big Eyes" ("Big Eyes")
5. "Split The Difference" ("Boyhood")

Best Sound Mixing:
1. "Into The Woods"
2. "Birdman"
3. "Whiplash"
4. "American Sniper"
5. "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies"

Best Sound Editing:
1. "Godzilla"
2. "American Sniper"
3. "Fury"
4. "Interstellar"
5. "Unbroken"

Best Visual Effects:
1. "Guardians of the Galaxy"
2. "Godzilla"
3. "Interstellar"
4. "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes"
5. "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies"

Best Makeup & Hairstyling:
1. "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
2. "Guardians of the Galaxy"
3. "Foxcatcher"

TALLY:

Birdman - 10

The Grand Budapest Hotel - 10

Boyhood - 7

The Imitation Game - 7

The Theory of Everything - 6

Whiplash - 6

American Sniper - 5

Gone Girl - 4

Nightcrawler - 4

Selma - 3

86th Academy Awards Winner Predictions and Nominee Rankings

 

BEST PICTURE

1. Gravity (ALTERNATE)

 

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2. Captain Phillips

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3. 12 Years a Slave (PREDICTED WINNER)

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4. Nebraska

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5. The Wolf of Wall Street

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6. Dallas Buyers Club

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7. Her

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8. Philomena

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9. American Hustle

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BEST DIRECTOR:

1. Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity (PREDICTED WINNER)

2. Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave (ALTERNATE)

3. Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street

4. Alexander Payne – Nebraska

5. David O. Russell – American Hustle

BEST ACTOR:

1. Matthew McConaughey as Ron Woodroof – Dallas Buyers Club (PREDICTED WINNER)

2. Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort – The Wolf of Wall Street  (ALTERNATE)

3. Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup – 12 Years a Slave

4. Bruce Dern as Woody Grant – Nebraska
5. Christian Bale as Irving Rosenfeld – American Hustle

BEST ACTRESS:

1. Cate Blanchett as Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis – Blue Jasmine (PREDICTED WINNER)

2. Sandra Bullock as Dr. Ryan Stone – Gravity

3. Meryl Streep as Violet Weston – August: Osage County

4. Judi Dench as Philomena Lee – Philomena

5. Amy Adams as Sydney Prosser – American Hustle (ALTERNATE)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

1. Jared Leto as Rayon – Dallas Buyers Club (PREDICTED WINNER)

2. Barkhad Abdi as Abduwali Muse – Captain Phillips (ALTERNATE)

3. Michael Fassbender as Edwin Epps – 12 Years a Slave

4. Jonah Hill as Donnie Azoff – The Wolf of Wall Street

5. Bradley Cooper as Agent Richard "Richie" DiMaso – American Hustle

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

1. Lupita Nyong'o as Patsey – 12 Years a Slave (PREDICTED WINNER)

2. Jennifer Lawrence as Rosalyn Rosenfeld – American Hustle (ALTERNATE)

3. Julia Roberts as Barbara Weston-Fordham – August: Osage County*

4. June Squibb as Kate Grant – Nebraska

5. Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine as Ginger

*Julia Roberts is not in my personal Supporting Actresses ranking because I put her on Lead, in which she didn't enter the top 10. :(

BEST WRITING - ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

1. Nebraska – Bob Nelson

2. Blue Jasmine – Woody Allen

3. Her – Spike Jonze (PREDICTED WINNER)

4. American Hustle – Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell (ALTERNATE)

5. Dallas Buyers Club – Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack

BEST WRITING - ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

1. Before Midnight – Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke (ALTERNATE)

2. The Wolf of Wall Street – Terence Winter

3. 12 Years a Slave – John Ridley (PREDICTED WINNER)

4. Captain Phillips – Billy Ray

5. Philomena – Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

1. The Croods

2. Frozen (PREDICTED WINNER)

3. Ernest & Celestine

Despicable Me 2

The Wind Rises (ALTERNATE)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

1. The Hunt - Denmark

The Broken Circle Breakdown - Belgium (ALTERNATE)

The Great Beauty - Italy (PREDICTED WINNER)

The Missing Picture - Cambodia

Omar - Palestine

BEST DOCUMENTARY - FEATURE:

1. Cutie and the Boxer

2. The Act of Killing (PREDICTED WINNER)

3. 20 Feet From Stardom (ALTERNATE)

Dirty Wars

The Square

BEST FILM EDITING:

1. Captain Phillips (PREDICTED WINNER)

2. Gravity (ALTERNATE)

3. 12 Years a Slave

4. Dallas Buyers Club

5. American Hustle

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

1. Gravity (PREDICTED WINNER)

2. Iron Man 3

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Lone Ranger

Star Trek Into Darkness

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

1. Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki (PREDICTED WINNER)

2. Nebraska – Phedon Papamichael

3. Inside Llewyn Davis – Bruno Delbonnel

4. Prisoners – Roger Deakins

The Grandmaster – Philippe Le Sourd

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

1. Gravity – Steven Price (PREDICTED WINNER)

2. Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman

3. Her – William Butler and Owen Pallett (ALTERNATE)

4. Philomena – Alexandre Desplat

The Book Thief – John Williams

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

1. "The Moon Song" from Her – Karen Orzolek and Spike Jonze

2. "Ordinary Love" from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – U2 (ALTERNATE)

3. "Let It Go" from Frozen – Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (PREDICTED WINNER)

"Happy" from Despicable Me 2 – Pharrell Williams

If Alone Yet Not Alone's nomination wasn't revoked, it'd be my number 1. #truestory

BEST SOUND EDITING:

All Is Lost

Captain Phillips

Gravity (PREDICTED WINNER)

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Lone Survivor

BEST SOUND MIXING:

Captain Phillips

Gravity (PREDICTED WINNER)

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Inside Llewyn Davis

Lone Survivor

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

1. Her

2. Gravity (ALTERNATE)

3. The Great Gatsby (PREDICTED WINNER)

4. 12 Years a Slave

5. American Hustle

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:

1. Dallas Buyers Club (PREDICTED WINNER)

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (ALTERNATE)

The Lone Ranger

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

1. American Hustle (PREDICTED WINNER)

2. The Great Gatsby (ALTERNATE)

3. 12 Years a Slave

The Grandmaster

The Invisible Woman

BEST DOCUMENTARY - SHORT SUBJECT:

CaveDigger

Facing Fear

Karama Has No Walls

The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (PREDICTED WINNER)
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:

Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?

Helium

Just Before Losing Everything

That Wasn't Me

The Voorman Problem (PREDICTED WINNER)

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM:

1. Get a Horse! (PREDICTED WINNER)

Feral

Mr. Hublot

Possession

Room on the Broom

Total:

Gravity - 6

12 Years a Slave, Dallas Buyers Club -3

Frozen - 2

American Hustle, Blue Jasmine, Captain Phillips, Her, The Great Gatsby - 1

Other Rankings:

Top 5 Original Scores of 2013 

Top 10 Cinematography of 2013
Top 5 Original & Adapted Screenplays of 2013 
Top 10 Supporting Actors of 2013  
Top 10 Supporting Actress of 2013  
Top 10 Lead Actors of 2013
Top 10 Lead Actresses of 2013

86th Academy Awards Nominations Predictions

BEST PICTURE
1. 12 Years a Slave
2. Gravity
3. American Hustle
4. Captain Phillips
5. Her
6. The Wolf of Wall Street
7. Dallas Buyers Club
8. Nebraska
9. Inside Llewyn Davis
10. Before Midnight

BEST DIRECTOR
1. Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)
2. Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
3. Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips)
4. Spike Jonze (Her)
5. Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)

BEST ACTRESS
1. Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
2. Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
3. Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)
4. Amy Adams (American Hustle)
5. Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)

BEST ACTOR
1. Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
2. Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)
3. Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
4. Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
5. Bruce Dern (Nebraska)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
2. Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
3. June Squibb (Nebraska)
4. Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
5. Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
2. Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
3. Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
4. Daniel Brühl (Rush)
5. James Franco (Spring Breakers)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Inside Llewyn Davis
2. Her
3. Nebraska
4. Blue Jasmine
5. American Hustle

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. Before Midnight
2. 12 Years a Slave
3. Captain Phillips
4. The Wolf of Wall Street
5. Philomena

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
1. The Wind Rises
2. Frozen
3. The Croods
4. Despicable Me 2
5. Ernest and Celestine

BEST FOREIGN FILM
1. The Great Beauty (Italy)
2. The Hunt (Denmark)
3. The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
4. Omar (Palestine)
5. The Grandmaster (Hong Kong)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1. Stories We Tell
2. The Act of Killing
3. Blackfish
4. 20 Feet From Stardom
5. The Square

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. 12 Years a Slave
2. Gravity
3. Her
4. The Great Gatsby
5. Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Gravity
2. 12 Years a Slave
3. Inside Llewyn Davis
4. Captain Phillips
5. Nebraska

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. The Great Gatsby
2. 12 Years a Slave
3. American Hustle
4. Oz The Great and Powerful
5. Saving Mr. Banks

BEST EDITING
1. Captain Phillips
2. Gravity
3. 12 Years a Slave
4. The Wolf of Wall Street
5. American Hustle


BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
1. American Hustle
2. The Great Gatsby
3. Dallas Buyers Club

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Steven Price (Gravity)
2. Hans Zimmer (12 Years a Slave)
3. Alex Ebert (All Is Lost)
4. Arcade Fire (Her)
5. Thomas Newman (Saving Mr. Banks)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
1. "Let It Go" (Frozen)
2. "The Moon Song" (Her)
3. "So You Know What Its Like (Short Term 12)
4. "Ordinary Love" (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
5. "My Lord Sunshine" (12 Years a Slave)

BEST SOUND EDITING
1. Gravity
2. Captain Phillips
3. Rush
4. All is Lost
5. Pacific Rim

BEST SOUND MIXING
1. Gravity
2. Rush
3. All Is Lost
4. Inside Llewyn Davis
5. 12 Years a Slave

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Gravity
2. Pacific Rim
3. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
4. World War Z
5. Elysium