Earlier this week, I picked my Oscar nominees in a post. In case you want my Top 10 in most categories, click here. If not, here are my official picks in each category in a post that is a little cleaner. The nominees are listed in order of likelihood of a nomination.
91st Oscars Nomination Predictions
Best Picture
I am predicting 9 nominees.
1. A Star Is Born
2. BlacKkKlansman
3. Roma
4. Bohemian Rhapsody
5. Black Panther
6. Green Book
7. The Favourite
8. First Man
9. If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Director
1. Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
2. Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman
3. Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
4. Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite
5. Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
Actor in a Leading Role
1. Christian Bale – Vice
2. Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
3. Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
4. John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman
5. Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Best Actress in a Leading Role
1. Olivia Colman – The Favourite
2. Glenn Close – The Wife
3. Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born
4. Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
5. Yalitza Aparicio – Roma
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
1. Mahershala Ali – Green Book
2. Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
3. Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman
4. Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born
5. Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1. Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
2. Emma Stone – The Favourite
3. Amy Adams – Vice
4. Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
5. Margot Robbie – Mary Queen of Scots
Original Screenplay
1. The Favourite – Written by Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara
2. Roma – Written by Alfonso Cuarón
3. Vice – Written by Adam McKay
4. Eighth Grade – Written by Bo Burnham
5. Cold War – Written by Pawel Pawlikowski, Janusz Glowacki, & Piotr Borkowski
Best Adapted Screenplay
1. If Beale Street Could Talk – Written by Barry Jenkins
2. Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Written by Nicole Holofcener
3. BlacKkKlansman – Written by Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, & Kevin Willmott
4. Black Panther – Written by Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole
5. The Death of Stalin – Written by Peter Fellows, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Fabien Nury & David Schneider
Animated Feature
1. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2. Incredibles 2
3. Isle of Dogs
4. Ralph Breaks the Internet
5. Mirai
Best Documentary
1. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
2. Free Solo
3. Three Identical Strangers
4. Minding the Gap
5. Shirkers
Foreign Language Feature
1. Roma – Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
2. Cold War – Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
3. Shoplifters – Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
4. The Guilty – Directed Gustav Möller
5. Burning – Directed Lee Chang-dong
Best Original Song
1. “Shallow” from A Star Is Born
2. “All the Stars” from Black Panther
3. “Revelation” from Boy Erased
4. “Trip a Little Light Fantastic” from Mary Poppins Returns
5. “Girl in the Movies” from Dumplin’
Best Original Score
1. Mary Poppins Returns – Composer Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman
2. Isle of Dogs – Composer Alexandre Desplat
3. First Man – Composer Justin Hurwitz
4. If Beale Street Could Talk – Composer Nicholas Britell
5. Black Panther – Composer Ludwig Göransson
Best Production Design
1. The Favourite
2. Black Panther
3. Mary Poppins Returns
4. First Man
5. Roma
Cinematography
1. Roma – DP Alfonso Cuarón
2. The Favourite – DP Robbie Ryan
3. Cold War – DP Łukasz Żal
4. A Star Is Born – DP Matthew Libatique
5. First Man – DP Linus Sandgren
Visual Effects
1. Avengers: Infinity War
2. Ready Player One
3. First Man
4. Solo: A Star Wars Story
5. Black Panther
Costume Design
1. Black Panther – Costumes by Ruth E. Carter
2. The Favourite – Costumes by Sandy Powell
3. Mary Poppins Returns – Costumes by Sandy Powell
4. Mary Queen of Scots – Costumes by Alexandra Byrne
5. Crazy Rich Asians – Costumes by Mary Vogt
Film Editing
1. First Man – Editing by Tom Cross
2. Roma – Editing by Alfonso Cuarón & Adam Gough
3. A Star Is Born – Editing by Jay Cassidy
4. BlacKkKlansman – Editing by Barry Alexander Brown
5. The Favourite – Editing by Sam Sneade
Makeup & Hairstyling
1. Border – Makeup & Hairstyling by Goran Lundstrom & Pamela Goldammer
2. Black Panther – Makeup & Hairstyling by Joel Harlow, Camille Friend, Ken Diaz
3. Suspiria – Makeup & Hairstyling by Mark Coulier, Fernanda Perez, Manola Garcia
Sound Mixing
1. First Man – Mixed by Mary Ellis, Jon Taylor, Frank Montaño & Ai-Ling Lee
2. A Star Is Born – Mixed by Steve Morrow, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupanicic & Jason Ruder
3. Bohemian Rhapsody – Mixed by Steve Boeddecker, Brandon Proctor & Peter Devlin
4. Roma – Mixed by Skip Lievsay, Craig Henighan & José Antonio García
5. A Quiet Place – Mixed by Michael Barosky & Brandon Proctor
Sound Editing
1. First Man – Edited by Ai-Ling Lee & Mildred Iatrou Morgan
2. A Quiet Place – Edited by Ethan Van Der Ryn & Erik Aadahl
3. Black Panther – Edited by Benjamin A. Burtt & Steve Boeddeker
4. Roma – Edited by Sergio Díaz & Skip Lievsay
5. Ready Player One – Edited by Gary Rydstrom & Richard Hyms
Animated Short
1. Bao
2. Age of Sail
3. One Small Step
4. Animal Behaviour
5. Weekends
Best Documentary Short
1. Zion
2. Women of the Gulag
3. 63 Boycott
4. End Game
5. A Night at the Garden
Best Live-Action Short
1. Caroline
2. Detainment
3. Mother
4. May Day
5. Wale
Predicted Nominations Count
10- Black Panther, The Favourite, Roma
9 – A Star Is Born
8 – First Man
6 – BlacKkKlansman
5 – If Beale Street Could Talk
4 – Mary Poppins Returns
3 – Bohemian Rhapsody, Cold War, Could You Ever Forgive Me?, Vice
2 – A Quiet Place, Green Book, Isle of Dogs, Mary Queen of Scots, Ready Player One
1 – Avengers: Infinity War, Border, Boy Erased, Burning, Crazy Rich Asians, Death of Stalin, Dumplin’, Eighth Grade, First Reformed, Free Solo, Guilty, Incredibles 2, Minding the Gap, Mirai, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Shirkers, Shoplifters, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Suspiria, Three Identical Strangers, The Wife, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
