Oscar Nomination Predictions

The Oscar nominations are being announced this Tuesday.  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, animated feature or documentaries.

BEST PICTURE

Will be nominated: The Big Sick | Call Me By Your Name | Dunkirk | Get Out | I, Tonya | Lady Bird | Mudbound | The Post | The Shape of Water |

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Others I want nominated: Darkest Hour | The Disaster Artist

BEST ACTOR

Will be nominated: Timothee Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name) | Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread) | James Franco (The Disaster Artist) |

Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) | Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)

Others I want nominated: Idris Elba (Molly’s Gamel) | Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick) | Bill Skarsgard (It)

BEST ACTRESS

Will be nominated: Jessica Chastain (Molly’s Game) | Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water) | Frances McDormand (Three Billboards) | Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) |

Meryl Streep (The Post)

Others I want nominated: Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) |  Margot Robbie (I, Tonya)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Will be nominated: Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) | Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name) | Woody Harrelson (Three Billboards) | Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water) | Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards)

Others I want nominated: Kevin Costner (Molly’s Game) | Bob Odenkirk (The Post) Ray Romano (The Big Sick) | Mark Rylance (Dunkirk) | Bradley Whitford (Get Out)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Will be nominated: Mary J Blige (Mudbound) | Hong Chau (Downsizing) | Holly Hunter (The Big Sick) | Allison Janney (I, Tonya) | Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)

Others I want nominated: Can’t think of anyone

BEST DIRECTOR

Will be nominated: Guillermo Del Toro (The Shape of Water) | Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) | Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards) | Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk) | Jordan Peele (Get Out)

Others I want nominated: Aaron Sorkin (Molly’s Game) |Steven Spielberg (The Post)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Will be nominated: The Beguiled | Call Me By Your Name | The Disaster Artist | Molly’s Game | Mudbound

Others I want nominated: Can’t think of any

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Will be nominated: The Big Sick | Get Out | Lady Bird | The Shape of Water | Three Billboards

Others I want nominated: The Post | I, Tonya

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Will be nominated: Blade Runner 2049 | Darkest Hour | Dunkirk | Mudbound | The Shape of Water

Others I want nominated: Baby Driver | Logan | Star Wars: The Last Jedi

BEST FILM EDITING

Will be nominated: Dunkirk | Get Out | The Post | The Shape of Water | Three Billboards

Others I want nominated: Baby Driver | It |  I, Tonya

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Will be nominated: Beauty and the Beast | Blade Runner 2049 | The Greatest Showman | The Post | The Shape of Water

Others I want nominated: Downsizing | Dunkirk | Star Wars: The Last Jedi

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Will be nominated: Beauty and the Beast | Darkest Hour | The Greatest Showman | Phantom Thread | The Shape of Water

Others I want nominated: It

BEST MAKEUP & HAIR

Will be nominated: Darkest Hour | Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 2 | I, Tonya

Others I want nominated: It

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Will be nominated: Blade Runner 2049 | Dunkirk | The Shape of Water | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | War for the Planet of the Apes

Others I want nominated: can’t think of any

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Will be nominated: Darkest Hour | Dunkirk | Phantom Thread | The Post | The Shape of Water

Others I want nominated: can’t think of any

BEST SONG

Will be nominated: “Mighty River” (Mudbound) | “The Mystery of Love” (Call Me By Your Name) | “Remember Me” (Coco) | “Stand Up for Something” (Marshall) | “This Is Me” (The Greatest Showman)

Others I want nominated: “It Ain’t Fair” (Detroit)

BEST SOUND EDITING

Will be nominated: Baby Driver | Blade Runner 2049 | Dunkirk | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Wonder Woman

Others I want nominated: can’t think of any

BEST SOUND

Will be nominated: Blade Runner 2049 | Dunkirk | The Shape of Water | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Wonder Woman

Others I want nominated: can’t think of any

Let’s see how I do.