Oscar Nomination Predictions

This year the Oscars are revealing their nominations early so as to avoid Golden Globe influence. The nominations will be revealed really early this Thursday morning (Jan 10). Here is who I think will get the nominations this year and who I wish would get nominated (based on what I’ve seen). At this stage, I do not predict the shorts (live, animated or documentary).

BEST PICTURE
Will be nominated: Amour | Argo | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Django Unchained | Les Miserables | Life of Pi | Lincoln | Moonrise Kingdom | Silver Linings Playbook | Zero Dark Thirty
Want to be nominated: Argo | The Avengers | Django Unchained | Les Miserables | Life of Pi | Lincoln | Looper | Moonrise Kingdom | Silver Linings Playbook | Skyfall 

BEST ACTOR
Will be nominated: Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook) | Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) | John Hawkes (The Sessions) | Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables) | Denzel Washington (Flight)
Want to be nominated: Ben Affleck (Argo) | Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook) | Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) | Jared Gilman (Moonrise Kingdom) | Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables)

BEST ACTRESS
Will be nominated: Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty) | Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) |  Emmanuelle Riva (Amour) | Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) | Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
Want to be nominated: Zoe Kazan (Ruby Sparks) | Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) | Leslie Mann (This is 40) | Helen Mirren (Hitchcock) | Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Will be nominated: Alan Arkin (Argo) | Javier Bardem (Skyfall) | Leonardo DiCaprio (Django Unchained) | Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln) | Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
Want to be nominated: Sacha Baron Cohen (Les Miserables) | Leonardo DiCaprio (Django Unchained) | Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln) | Ezra Miller (Perks of Being a A Wallflower) | Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Will be nominated: Amy Adams (The Master) | Sally Field (Lincoln) | Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables) | Helen Hunt (The Sessions) | Maggie Smith (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel)
Want to be nominated: Samantha Barks (Les Miserables) | Judi Dench (Skyfall) | Sally Field (Lincoln) | Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables) | Emma Stone (The Amazing Spiderman)

BEST DIRECTOR
Will be nominated: Ben Affleck (Argo) | Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty) | Tom Hooper (Les Miserables) | Ang Lee (Life of Pi) | Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
Want to be nominated: Ben Affleck (Argo) | Wes Anderson (Moonrise Kingdom) | Tom Hooper (Les Miserables) | Steven Spielberg (Lincoln) | Joss Whedon (The Avengers)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Will be nominated: Argo | Life of Pi | Lincoln | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Silver Lining Playbook
Want to be nominated: Argo | The Hunger Games | Life of Pi | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Silver Lining Playbook

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Will be nominated: Django Unchained | Flight | Looper | Moonrise Kingdom | Zero Dark Thirty
Want to be nominated: The Cabin in the Woods | Django Unchained | Looper | Moonrise Kingdom |  Skyfall

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Will be nominated: Amour, Beyond the Hills, The Intouchables, Kon-Tiki, A Royal Affair
Want to be nominated: No idea, haven’t seen any this year

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Will be nominated: Brave | Frankenweenie | Wreck-It Ralph

Want to be nominated: Brave | The Lorax | Wreck-it Ralph

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Will be nominated: Bully | The Gatekeepers | How to Survive a Plague | The Invisible War |  Searching for Sugar Man
Want to be nominated: No idea, haven’t seen any this year

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Will be nominated: Django Unchained | Life of Pi | Lincoln | Les Miserables | Zero Dark Thirty
Want to be nominated: Django Unchained | The Hobbit | Life of Pi | Les Miserables | Prometheus

BEST FILM EDITING
Will be nominated: Argo | Lincoln | Les Miserables | The Master | Zero Dark Thirty
Want to be nominated: The Avengers | Argo | The Hunger Games | Les Miserables | Moonrise Kingdom

BEST ART DIRECTION
Will be nominated: Anna Karenina | The Hobbit | Les Miserables | Lincoln | Moonrise Kingdom
Want to be nominated: Argo | The Hobbit | Les Miserables | Lincoln | Moonrise Kingdom

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Will be nominated: Anna Karenina | Cloud Atlas | Django Unchained | Les Miserables | Lincoln
Want to be nominated: The Avengers | Django Unchained | Les Miserables | Lincoln | Moonrise Kingdom

BEST MAKEUP
Will be nominated: Hitchcock | The Hobbit | Lincoln
Want to be nominated: Hitchcock | The Hobbit | Looper

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Will be nominated: The Avengers | Cloud Atlas | The Hobbit | Life of Pi | Prometheus
Want to be nominated: The Avengers | Dark Knight Rises | The Hobbit | Life of Pi | Prometheus

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Will be nominated: Argo | Anna Karenina | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Life of Pi | Lincoln
Want to be nominated: Argo | Django Unchained | Hitchcock | Lincoln | Moonrise Kingdom

BEST SONG
Will be nominated: “Learn Me Right” (Brave) | “Safe & Sound” (The Hunger Games) | “Skyfall” (Skyfall) |  “Still Alive” (Still Alive) | “Suddenly” (Les Miserables)
Want to be nominated: I don’t remember the songs that well

BEST SOUND EDITING
Will be nominated: The Avengers | The Dark Knight Rises | Life of Pi | Skyfall | Zero Dark Thirty
Want to be nominated: The Avengers | The Dark Knight Rises | The Hunger Games | Life of Pi | Skyfall

BEST SOUND
Will be nominated: The Avengers | Les Miserables | Zero Dark Thirty
Want to be nominated: The Avengers | Cabin in the Woods | The Dark Knight Rises

Last year, I only got two categories completely right and guessed 67 out of 103 nominations. Hopefully, I’ll do a bit better this year. If The Master gets a bunch of nominations, I’m screwed. Let’s see what happens.