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

  1. Boyhood
  2. The Imitation Game
  3. Selma
  4. The Theory of Everything
  5. Birdman
  6. The Grand Budapest Hotel
  7. Whiplash
  8. Interstellar
  9. Unbroken

Dropped: A Most Violent Year, Foxcatcher

Best Director

  1. Richard Linklater, Boyhood
  2. Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Birdman
  3. Ava DuVernay, Selma
  4. Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
  5. Christopher Nolan, Interstellar

Best Actor

  1. Michael Keaton, Birdman
  2. Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
  3. David Oyelowo, Selma
  4. Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
  5. Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler

Dropped: Steve Carell, Foxcatcher

Best Actress

  1. Julianne Moore, Still Alice
  2. Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
  3. Reese Witherspoon, Wild
  4. Rosemund Pike, Gone Girl
  5. Jennifer Anniston, Cake

Dropped: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Belle

Best Supporting Actress

  1. Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
  2. Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
  3. Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
  4. Kiera Knightley, The Imitation Game
  5. Emma Stone, Birdman

Best Supporting Actor

  1. J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
  2. Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
  3. Edward Norton, Birdman
  4. Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
  5. Robert Duvall, The Judge

Dropped: Tom Wilkinson, Selma

Best Original Screenplay

  1. Boyhood
  2. Birdman
  3. Whiplash
  4. Selma
  5. The Grand Budapest Hotel

Dropped: Foxcatcher

Best Adapted Screenplay

  1. The Imitation Game
  2. Gone Girl
  3. The Theory of Everything
  4. Wild
  5. Unbroken

Best Animated Feature

  1. The Lego Movie
  2. Big Hero 6
  3. How to Train Your Dragon 2
  4. The Boxtrolls
  5. Song of the Sea

Film Editing

  1. Boyhood
  2. Birdman
  3. Selma
  4. Interstellar
  5. Gone Girl

Dropped: Unbroken

Production Design

  1. Into the Woods
  2. Exodus: Gods and Kings
  3. Interstellar
  4. The Grand Budapest Hotel
  5. Fury

Dropped: Unbroken

Cinematography

  1. Unbroken
  2. Birdman
  3. Interstellar
  4. Selma
  5. Into the Woods

Dropped: Foxcatcher

Costume Design

  1. Into the Woods
  2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
  3. Mr. Turner
  4. The Theory of Everything
  5. Exodus: Gods and Kings

Dropped: The Imitation Game, Maleficent

Makeup and Hairstyling

  1. The Theory of Everything
  2. Foxcatcher
  3. Guardians of the Galaxy

Dropped: Into the Woods, Unbroken

Visual Effects

  1. Interstellar
  2. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  3. Godzilla
  4. Guardians of the Galaxy
  5. Transformers: Age of Extinction

Dropped: Edge of Tomorrow

Sound Editing

  1. Interstellar
  2. Godzilla
  3. Fury
  4. Unbroken
  5. American Sniper

Dropped: Into the Woods

Sound Mixing

  1. Into the Woods
  2. Unbroken
  3. Interstellar
  4. Fury
  5. Godzilla

Original Score

  1. The Imitation Game
  2. Interstellar
  3. Unbroken
  4. Gone Girl
  5. Under the Skin

Dropped: Foxcatcher

Original Song

  1. “Lost Stars” – Begin Again
  2. “Glory” – Selma
  3. “Miracles” – Unbroken
  4. “The Last Goodbye” – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
  5. “We’re Making a Sequel” – Muppets Most Wanted

Dropped: Big Hero 6

Documentary Feature

  1. Citizenfour
  2. Tales of the Grim Sleeper
  3. Life Itself
  4. Finding Vivian Maier
  5. The Case Against 8

Dropped: Red Army

Foreign Language Film

  1. Ida
  2. Winter’s Sleep
  3. Wild Tales
  4. Force Majeure
  5. Mommy