2017 Oscar Nomination Predictions

The Oscar nominations are being announced tomorrow.  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), foreign films or documentaries.

BEST PICTURE

Will be nominated: Arrival | Deadpool | Fences | Hacksaw Ridge | Hell or High Water | Hidden Figures | La La Land | Manchester by the Sea | Moonlight | Silence

Others I want nominated: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Sully

BEST ACTOR

Will be nominated: Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) | Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge) | Ryan Gosling (La La Land) | Tom Hanks (Sully) | Denzel Washington (Fences)

Others I want nominated: Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Snowden) | Jeremy Renner (Arrival) | Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) | Neel Sethi (The Jungle Book)

BEST ACTRESS

Will be nominated: Amy Admas (Arrival) | Annette Benning (20^th Century Women) | Ruth Negga (Loving) | Natalie Portman (Jackie) | Emma Stone (La La Land)

Others I want nominated: Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Will be nominated: Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) | Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water) | Hugh Grant (Florence Foster Jenkins) | Dev Patel (Lion) | Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals)

Others I want nominated: Dan Fogler (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) | Nick Offerman (The Founder) | Vince Vaughn (Hacksaw Ridge)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Will be nominated: Viola Davis (Fences) | Naomie Harris (Moonlight) | Nicole Kidman (Lion) | Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures) | Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)

Others I want nominated: Can’t think of anyone

BEST DIRECTOR

Will be nominated: Damien Chazelle (La La Land) | Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge) | Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) | Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea) | Martin Scorsese (Silence)

Others I want nominated: Clint Eastwood (Sully) | Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Will be nominated: Arrival | Fences | Lion | Moonlight | Nocturnal Animals

Others I want nominated: The Jungle Book | Doctor Strange

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Will be nominated: Hell or High Water | Jackie | La La Land | The Lobster | Manchester by the Sea

Others I want nominated: Finding Dory | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Will be nominated: Kubo and the Two Strings | Moana | My Life as a Zucchini | The Red Turtle | Zootopia

Others I want nominated: Finding Dory

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Will be nominated: Arrival | Hacksaw Ridge | La La Land | Moonlight | Silence

Others I want nominated: The Jungle Book | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

BEST FILM EDITING

Will be nominated: Arrival | Hacksaw Ridge | La La Land | Manchester by the Sea | Moonlight

Others I want nominated: Sully | Rogue One; A Star Wars Story

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Will be nominated: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Jackie | The Jungle Book | La La Land | Silence

Others I want nominated: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | Passengers | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Will be nominated: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Florence Foster Jenkins | Hidden Figures | Jackie | La La Land

Others I want nominated: can’t think of any

BEST MAKEUP & HAIR

Will be nominated: Deadpool | Florence Foster Jenkins | Star Trek Beyond

Others I want nominated: can’t think of any

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Will be nominated: Arrival | Doctor Strange | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | The Jungle Book | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Others I want nominated: can’t think of any

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Will be nominated: Jackie | La La Land | Lion | Moonlight | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Others I want nominated: can’t think of any

BEST SONG

Will be nominated: “Can’t Stop the Feeling” (Trolls) | “City of Stars” (La La Land) | “Drive It Like You Stole It” (Sing Street) | “How Far I’ll Go” (Moana) | “Runnin’” (Hidden Figures)

Others I want nominated: “I’m So Humble” (Popstar) | “Equal Rights” (Popstar)

BEST SOUND EDITING

Will be nominated: Arrival | Hacksaw Ridge | La La Land | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Silence

Others I want nominated: can’t think of any

BEST SOUND

Will be nominated: Arrival | Hacksaw Ridge | La La Land | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Silence

Others I want nominated: can’t think of any

Let’s see how I do.