Hello all, once again, it’s that time of year when the Oscars are only a week away and many film fanatics make their predictions about who will win. And I’m no exception, although I haven’t been all that successful. My record so far is 9 correct (out of like 30), and 30% ain’t bad, right?
So below you’ll find the list of the nominees as well as my predicted winners. The nominees that I think SHOULD win will be in red, the nominees that I think WILL win will be in blue, and if they’re the same, they’ll be both RED AND BLUE.
One last thing, I always leave the “Top 6” categories (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Animated Feature) for the end.
Hope you enjoy reading this and let me know in the comments whether or not you agree with me!
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
The Grandmaster
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Prisoners
BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
American Hustle
The Grandmaster
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
12 Years a Slave
BEST DIRECTING:
American Hustle (David O. Russell)
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)
Nebraska (Alexander Payne)
12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)
The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
The Act of Killing
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
20 Feet from Stardom
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
CaveDigger
Facing Fear
Karama Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
BEST FILM EDITING:
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
12 Years a Slave
BEST FOREIGN FILM:
The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Hunt (Denmark)
The Missing Picture (Cambodia)
Omar (Palestine)
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:
Dallas Buyers Club
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
The Lone Ranger
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
The Book Thief
Gravity
Her
Philomena
Saving Mr. Banks
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
“Alone Yet Not Alone” (Along Yet Not Alone) [This has since been eliminated as a nominee]
“Happy” (Despicable Me 2)
“Let It Go” (Frozen)
“The Moon Song” (Her)
“Ordinary Love” (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
American Hustle
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Her
12 Years a Slave
BEST ANIMATED SHORT:
Feral
Get a Horse!
Mr. Hublot
Possessions
Room on the Broom
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT:
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
Helium
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)
The Voorman Problem
BEST SOUND EDITING:
All Is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lone Survivor
BEST SOUND MIXING:
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
The Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into Darkness
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Before Midnight
Captain Phillips
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Dallas Buyers Club
Her
Nebraska
AND NOW FOR THE TOP 6:
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
Frozen
The Wind Rises
BEST ACTOR:
Christian Bale (American Hustle)
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
BEST ACTRESS:
Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Meryl Streep (August: Osage County) [I’m predicting that you’ll win, but your anti-Disney speech robbed Emma Thompson of a nomination…I don’t know that for sure, but I’m still blaming you, Meryl!]
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle) [I’m choosing you even though I really don’t want to!]
Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)
Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
June Squibb (Nebraska)
BEST PICTURE:
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street
The Animation Commendation 
What is so great about Feral? Get a Horse is very impressive, I have a hard time to believe that something better was produced last year.
Still wonder if “The Wind Rises” will snatch away the award from Frozen…but then, it’s Disney’s turn.
I just think the artistic style of “Feral” is a bit more creative than “Get a Horse!” which basically just copies artistic styles from the early Disney shorts albeit maybe with the use of a computer, now. I haven’t seen either though.
Yeah, “The Wind Rises” seems to be the biggest (if not only; I’m not sure about “Ernest and Celestine”) competition to “Frozen”.
Get a horse is a little bit more than that….but I would spoil it for you. I just recommend watching it.
Yeah, I’m sure if/when I watch them, my opinions might change.
I wouldn’t even care if The Wind Rises snatches it from Frozen, which I feel like it is not the best of this year, but it is the best of the ones nominated (that I watched).
Which one do you think is the best?
I’m okay with Frozen winning (keep in mind though that I haven’t seen The Wind Rises), but mostly because this was a really, really bad year. I think it really deserves the award for “Let it go” though
I have not watched The Wind Rises yet (is not released in Canada until this year). I just simply don’t care about the Oscars right now.
I look forward to seeing how your predictions compare to what is actually chosen although I think the best part of the show may be what Ellen DeGeneres does …
This is Ellen’s 2nd time hosting too!
Good list! I’m glad that I’m not the only one still blaming Meryl! Lots in common between our lists.
Yeah, I’m surprised…I feel like a professional guesser now 😀 !
I haven’t seen many films with Meryl Streep (I think only 2-3), so I don’t really hold her in a very high standard as everyone else, but her anti-Disney speech did indeed drop her a lot from what I thought of her.
Hah! I’m far from a pro with Oscar predictions, as my record will attest. As for Streep, I’ve seen a lot of her films and she really is a great actress, but her speech was so petty and self-serving that I’ve lost a lot of the respect I used to have for her.
I hated how Emma Thompson was snubbed for an Oscar nomination too!! But, I think Cate Blanchett might take home the Oscar, although Meryl was amazing in “August:Osage County.” The woman just gets better with age, there’s no denying that. Truthfully, I would love to see Amy Adams win for “American Hustle, but I doubt that will happen.
Yeah, poor Emma Thompson!
Yeah, Cate Blanchett is quite a viable winner. Though, I don’t think Amy Adams will win in her category.
Thanks for commenting!
So you’ve seen “Frozen” at this point? If so, where would you place it among your favorites?
Yes I’ve seen it…but I really don’t know my opinion on it; I need to see it once more to fully cement my thoughts on it.
I didn’t really care for American Hustle. I thought August: Osage County was more interesting to be honest!
I haven’t seen either, to be honest, lol!
Read them 😀 We will see. We will see. I didn’t know anything happened between Meryl and Emma. I am going to look that up now…but I love Meryl, so that makes me very sad.
~SAT
It’s not so much between Meryl and Emma, but Meryl Streep made an “anti-Walt Disney” speech, I think the day before the final day of voting. And I personally feel that affected people not to put more votes in for the film, “Saving Mr. Banks” including putting less votes in for Emma Thompson as Best Actress, when everyone pretty much thought she had a given spot in the nominees!