91st Academy Award Nomination Predictions

We are 24 hours away from the reveal of the nominees for the upcoming 91st Academy Awards. This Oscar season has been nothing short of unpredictable which has made these predictions much more difficult than usual. With that being said, here are my predictions for what you can expect to hear tomorrow morning on nomination morning.

Best Picture:

  • A Star is Born
  • Green Book
  • Roma
  • BlacKKKlansman
  • The Favourite
  • Black Panther
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Vice
  • First Man

(Look out for A Quiet Place to possibly sneak in)

Best Director:

  • Alfonso Cuaron: Roma
  • Bradley Cooper: A Star is Born
  • Spike Lee: BlacKKKlansman
  • Adam McKay: Vice
  • Peter Farrelly : Green Book

Best Lead Actor:

  • Rami Malek: Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Bradley Cooper: A Star is Born
  • Christian Bale: Vice
  • Vigo Mortensen: Green Book
  • John David Washington: BlacKKKlansman

Best Lead Actress:

  • Lady Gaga: A Star is Born
  • Olivia Coleman: The Favourite
  • Glenn Close: The Wife
  • Emily Blunt: Mary Poppins Returns
  • Melissa McCarthy: Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Supporting Actor:

  • Mahershala Ali: Green Book
  • Sam Elliot: A Star is Born
  • Adam Driver: BlacKKKlansman
  • Richard E. Grant: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
  • Timothée Chalamet: Beautiful Boy

Best Supporting Actress:

  • Regina King: If Beale Street Could Talk
  • Claire Foy: First Man
  • Emma Stone: The Favourite
  • Rachel Weisz: The Favourite
  • Amy Adams: Vice

Best Original Screenplay:

  • GreenBook
  • The Favourite
  • Roma
  • Eighth Grade
  • Vice

Best Adapted Screenplay:

  • If Beale Street Could Talk
  • BlacKKKlansman
  • A Star is Born
  • Can You Ever Forgive Me?
  • Black Panther

Best Animated Feature:

  • Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse
  • The Incredibles 2
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet
  • Isle of Dogs
  • Mirai

Best Production Design:

  • The Favourite
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • First Man
  • Black Panther
  • Roma

Best Cinematography:

  • First Man
  • Roma
  • If Beale Street Could Talk
  • The Favourite
  • Black Panther

Best Costume Design:

  • The Favourite
  • Mary Poppins Returns
  • Black Panther
  • Mary Queen of Scots
  • Bohemian Rhapsody

Best Film Editing:

  • A Star is Born
  • Roma
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • BlacKKKlansman
  • First Man

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

  • Vice
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Black Panther

Best Sound Mixing:

  • First Man
  • A Star is Born
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Black Panther
  • Roma

Best Sound Editing:

  • First Man
  • A Star is Born
  • Roma
  • A Quiet Place
  • Ready Player One

Best Visual Effects:

  • First Man
  • Ready Player One
  • Avengers: Infinity War
  • Black Panther
  • Solo: A Star Wars Story

Best Original Score:

  • First Man
  • If Beale Street Could Talk
  • Mary Poppins Returns
  • BlacKKKlansman
  • Black Panther

Best Original Song:

  • Shallow: A Star is Born
  • All The Stars: Black Panther
  • Trip A Little Light Fantastic: Mary Poppins Returns
  • Revelation: Boy Erased
  • Ill Fight: RBG

Best Documentary Feature:

  • Won’t You Be My Neighbor
  • Three Identical Strangers
  • RBG
  • Free Solo
  • Minding The Gap

Best Foreign Language Film:

  • Roma
  • Cold War
  • Capernaum
  • Shoplifters
  • Burning

 

 

 


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