Now that the Golden Globes, SAG and other major industry awards have been handed out, it is now time to turn our attention to the most prestigious of them all: The Oscars. Ahead of the actual nominations being announced here is our staff’s predictions on who will get the honor and who will be snubbed.
BEST PICTURE
NATE
Call Me By Your Name
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
ETHAN
Call Me by Your Name
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Florida Project
Darkest Hour
I, Tonya
KEN
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Shape of Water
Dunkirk
The Post
Get Out
I, Tonya
Phantom Thread
MIKE
Call Me By Your Name
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST DIRECTOR
NATE
Guillermo Del Toro (The Shape Of Water)
Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird)
Steven Spielberg (The Post)
Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk)
Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards)
ETHAN
Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk)
Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird)
Guillermo Del Toro (Shape of Water)
Jordan Peele (Get Out)
Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards)
KEN
Guillermo Del Toro (The Shape Of Water)
Paul Thomas Anderson (Phantom Thread)
Steven Spielberg (The Post)
Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk)
Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards)
MIKE
-Christopher Nolan — Dunkirk
-Jordan Peele –Get Out
-Greta Gerwig — Lady Bird
-Martin McDonaugh — Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
-Guillermo Del Toro — The Shape of Water
BEST ACTOR
NATE
Timothee Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread)
Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Stronger)
ETHAN
Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread)
Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out)
Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
Timothee Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name)
Tom Hanks (The Post)
KEN
Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread)
Tom Hanks (The Post)
James Franco (The Disaster Artist)
Timothée Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name)
MIKE
Timothee Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name)
Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread)
James Franco (The Disaster Artist)
Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
NATE
Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name)
Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards)
Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project)
Idris Elba (Molly’s Game)
Tom Hanks (The Post)
ETHAN
Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name)
Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards)
Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project)
Christopher Plummer (All The Money In The World)
Richard Jenkins (Shape of Water)
KEN
Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name)
Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards)
Christopher Plummer (All The Money In The World)
Richard Jenkins (Shape of Water)
Michael Shannon (Shape of Water)
MIKE
Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name)
Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards)
Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project)
Richard Jenkins (Shape of Water)
Sebastian Stan (I, Tonya)
BEST ACTRESS
NATE
Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)
Margot Robbie (I, Tonya)
Frances McDormand (Three Billboards)
Meryl Streep (The Post)
Sally Hawkins (Shape of Water)
ETHAN
Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)
Margot Robbie (I, Tonya)
Frances McDormand (Three Billboards)
Meryl Streep (The Post)
Sally Hawkins (Shape of Water)
KEN
Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)
Margot Robbie (I, Tonya)
Frances McDormand (Three Billboards)
Meryl Streep (The Post)
Sally Hawkins (Shape of Water)
MIKE
Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)
Margot Robbie (I, Tonya)
Frances McDormand (Three Billboards)
Meryl Streep (The Post)
Sally Hawkins (Shape of Water)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
NATE
Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)
Allison Janney (I, Tonya)
Holly Hunter (The Big Sick)
Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread)
Hong Chau (Downsizing)
ETHAN
Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)
Allison Janney (I, Tonya)
Holly Hunter (The Big Sick)
Mary J. Blighe (Mudbound)
Octavia Spencer ( Shape of Water)
KEN
Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)
Allison Janney (I, Tonya)
Holly Hunter (The Big Sick)
Octavia Spencer ( Shape of Water)
Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread)
MIKE
Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)
Allison Janney (I, Tonya)
Holly Hunter (The Big Sick)
Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread)
Mary J. Blighe (Mudbound)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
NATE
Lady Bird
Get Out
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
A Ghost Story
The Florida Project
ETHAN
The Big Sick
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
KEN
I, Tonya
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
MIKE
The Big Sick
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Post
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
NATE
Call Me By Your Name
Molly’s Game
Last Flag Flying
The Beguiled
Mudbound
ETHAN
Call Me by Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Molly’s Game
Mudbound
Wonder
KEN
Call Me By Your Name
Molly’s Game
Wonderstruck
The Death of Stalin
The Disaster Artist
MIKE
Blade Runner 2049
Call Me By Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Logan
Molly’s Game
BEST FOREIGN FILM
NATE
The Square (Sweden)
In The Fade (Germany)
Loveless (Russia)
A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
On Body And Soul (Hungary)
ETHAN
The Square (Sweden)
In The Fade (Germany)
Loveless (Russia)
A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
Foxtrot (Israel)
KEN
BPM (Beats per Minute) (France)
First They Killed My Father (Cambodia)
Foxtrot (Israel)
Loveless (Russia)
The Square (Sweden)
MIKE
The Square (Sweden)
Happy End (France)
Foxtrot (Israel)
A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
Thelma (Norway)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
NATE
Coco
The Breadwinner
Loving Vincent
Mary and the Witch’s Flower
Lego Batman
ETHAN
Coco
The Breadwinner
Loving Vincent
Lego Batman
Boss Baby
KEN
Coco
The Breadwinner
Loving Vincent
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children
Lego Batman
MIKE
Coco
The Breadwinner
Loving Vincent
Mary and the Witch’s Flower
In This Corner of the World
Best Documentary Feature
NATE
Ex Libris
Faces Places
City of Ghosts
The Work
Jane
ETHAN
City of Ghosts
Faces, Places
Jane
Icarus
Strong Island
KEN
City of Ghosts
Ex Libris
Icarus
Kedi
Human Flow
MIKE
Faces Places
City of Ghosts
Jane
Ex Libris
Strong Island
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
NATE
Shape of Water
Dunkirk
The Post
Phantom Thread
Call Me By Your Name
ETHAN
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
KEN
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Post
Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
MIKE
The Shape of Water
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Post
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
NATE
Beauty and the Beast – Evermore
Call Me by Your Name – Mystery of Love
Coco – Remember Me
The Greatest Showman – This is Me
Fifty Shades Darker – I Don’t Wanna Live Forever
ETHAN
Beauty and the Beast – Evermore
Call Me by Your Name – Mystery of Love
Coco – Remember Me
The Greatest Showman – This is Me
Mudbound – Mighty River
KEN
Coco – Remember Me
The Greatest Showman – This is Me
Detroit – It Ain’t Fair
Cries From Syria – Prayers For This World
Marshall – Stand Up For Something
MIKE
Beauty and the Beast – Evermore
Call Me by Your Name – Mystery of Love
Coco – Remember Me
The Greatest Showman – This is Me
Good Time – The Pure And The Damned
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
NATE
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
A Ghost Story
Columbus
Shape Of Water
ETHAN
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Mudbound
The Shape of Water
KEN
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Three Billboards
The Shape of Water
MIKE
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
A Ghost Story
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
NATE
Blade Runner 2049
War For The Planet Of The Apes
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Okja
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
ETHAN
Blade Runner 2049
Okja
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes
KEN
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
War for the Planet of the Apes
Wonder Woman
MIKE
Blade Runner 2049
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
War for the Planet of the Apes
The Shape of Water