Happy New Year to all of you! I hope you are excited cause we are heading into the home stretch before the Globes announce their winners and the Oscars announce their nominees. Because of this, the Oscar predictions needed to take on a more drastic look, so I really tried to be judicious with my choices. Enjoy!

UPDATE: Whiplash is now competing in Adapted Screenplay.

Best Picture

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

Dropped: Interstellar

Best Director

  1. Richard Linklater, Boyhood
  2. Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Birdman
  3. Ava DuVernay, Selma
  4. Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
  5. Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Dropped: 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

Best Actress

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

Best Supporting Actress

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

Best Supporting Actor

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

Best Original Screenplay

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

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

Dropped: 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. Gone Girl
  5. The Imitation Game

Dropped: Interstellar

Production Design

  1. Into the Woods
  2. Interstellar
  3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
  4. Unbroken
  5. The Imitation Game

Dropped: Fury, Exodus: Gods and Kings

Cinematography

  1. Birdman
  2. Interstellar
  3. Unbroken
  4. Selma
  5. The Theory of Everything

Dropped: Into the Woods

Costume Design

  1. Into the Woods
  2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
  3. Mr. Turner
  4. The Theory of Everything
  5. Selma

Dropped: Exodus: Gods and Kings

Makeup and Hairstyling

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

Visual Effects

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

Sound Editing

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

Sound Mixing

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

Dropped: Godzilla

Original Score

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

Dropped: Under the Skin

Original Song

  1. “Glory” – Selma
  2. “Lost Stars” – Begin Again
  3. “Miracles” – Unbroken
  4. “Yellow Flicker Beat” – The Hunger Games
  5. “We’re Making a Sequel” – Muppets Most Wanted

Dropped: “The Last Goodbye” – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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. Force Majeure
  3. Leviathan
  4. Wild Tales
  5. The Liberator

Dropped: Mommy, Winter’s Sleep