Whew do these Oscar predictions look drastically different.
Plenty of things have changed with the Oscar race. The various shortlists have been released, critics groups have weighed in heavily, and the Globes and SAG have both announced their nominees, which means these predictions might look drastically different from the last time you saw them.
Best Picture
- Boyhood
- The Imitation Game
- Selma
- The Theory of Everything
- Birdman
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Whiplash
- Interstellar
- Unbroken
Dropped: A Most Violent Year, Foxcatcher
Best Director
- Richard Linklater, Boyhood
- Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Birdman
- Ava DuVernay, Selma
- Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
- Christopher Nolan, Interstellar
Best Actor
- Michael Keaton, Birdman
- Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
- David Oyelowo, Selma
- Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Dropped: Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Best Actress
- Julianne Moore, Still Alice
- Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
- Reese Witherspoon, Wild
- Rosemund Pike, Gone Girl
- Jennifer Anniston, Cake
Dropped: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Belle
Best Supporting Actress
- Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
- Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
- Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
- Kiera Knightley, The Imitation Game
- Emma Stone, Birdman
Best Supporting Actor
- J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
- Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
- Edward Norton, Birdman
- Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
- Robert Duvall, The Judge
Dropped: Tom Wilkinson, Selma
Best Original Screenplay
- Boyhood
- Birdman
- Whiplash
- Selma
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dropped: Foxcatcher
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Imitation Game
- Gone Girl
- The Theory of Everything
- Wild
- Unbroken
Best Animated Feature
- The Lego Movie
- Big Hero 6
- How to Train Your Dragon 2
- The Boxtrolls
- Song of the Sea
Film Editing
- Boyhood
- Birdman
- Selma
- Interstellar
- Gone Girl
Dropped: Unbroken
Production Design
- Into the Woods
- Exodus: Gods and Kings
- Interstellar
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Fury
Dropped: Unbroken
Cinematography
- Unbroken
- Birdman
- Interstellar
- Selma
- Into the Woods
Dropped: Foxcatcher
Costume Design
- Into the Woods
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Mr. Turner
- The Theory of Everything
- Exodus: Gods and Kings
Dropped: The Imitation Game, Maleficent
Makeup and Hairstyling
- The Theory of Everything
- Foxcatcher
- Guardians of the Galaxy
Dropped: Into the Woods, Unbroken
Visual Effects
- Interstellar
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Godzilla
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Transformers: Age of Extinction
Dropped: Edge of Tomorrow
Sound Editing
- Interstellar
- Godzilla
- Fury
- Unbroken
- American Sniper
Dropped: Into the Woods
Sound Mixing
- Into the Woods
- Unbroken
- Interstellar
- Fury
- Godzilla
Original Score
- The Imitation Game
- Interstellar
- Unbroken
- Gone Girl
- Under the Skin
Dropped: Foxcatcher
Original Song
- “Lost Stars” – Begin Again
- “Glory” – Selma
- “Miracles” – Unbroken
- “The Last Goodbye” – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- “We’re Making a Sequel” – Muppets Most Wanted
Dropped: Big Hero 6
Documentary Feature
- Citizenfour
- Tales of the Grim Sleeper
- Life Itself
- Finding Vivian Maier
- The Case Against 8
Dropped: Red Army
Foreign Language Film
- Ida
- Winter’s Sleep
- Wild Tales
- Force Majeure
- Mommy