‘Twas the night before Oscar nominations and all the bloggers/critics/awards enthusiasts are hedging their bets at what will be announced tomorrow. For me, this has been one incredibly interesting phase 1 with films like Nightcrawler, American Sniper and The Grand Budapest Hotel making strong cases while the likes of Unbroken and Fury have faded a bit. There are so many ways the awards can go given that all categories are being announced live. Will we get 9 Best Picture nominations again? Will one of the big front runners miss? We’ll just have to wait and see.
Best Picture
- Boyhood
- Birdman
- The Imitation Game
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- The Theory of Everything
- Selma
- Whiplash
- Gone Girl
- American Sniper
Dropped: Unbroken
Best Director
- Richard Linklater, Boyhood
- Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Birdman
- Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
- Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Ava DuVernay, Selma
Best Actor
- Michael Keaton, Birdman
- Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
- Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
- David Oyelowo, Selma
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Best Actress
- Julianne Moore, Still Alice
- Reese Witherspoon, Wild
- Jennifer Anniston, Cake
- Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
- Rosemund Pike, Gone Girl
Best Supporting Actress
- Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
- Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
- Emma Stone, Birdman
- Kiera Knightley, The Imitation Game
- Rene Russo, Nightcrawler
Dropped: Jessica Chastain
Best Supporting Actor
- J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
- Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
- Edward Norton, Birdman
- Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
- Robert Duvall, The Judge
Best Original Screenplay
- Boyhood
- Birdman
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Nightcrawler
- Foxcatcher
Dropped: Selma
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Imitation Game
- Gone Girl
- Whiplash
- The Theory of Everything
- American Sniper
Dropped: Unbroken, Wild
Best Animated Feature
- The Lego Movie
- Big Hero 6
- The Boxtrolls
- How to Train Your Dragon 2
- Song of the Sea
Film Editing
- Boyhood
- Birdman
- The Imitation Game
- Whiplash
- Gone Girl
Dropped: Interstellar, Selma
Production Design
- Into the Woods
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Unbroken
- Interstellar
- The Imitation Game
Dropped: Fury, Exodus: Gods and Kings
Cinematography
- Birdman
- Unbroken
- Mr. Turner
- Interstellar
- The Imitation Game
Dropped: The Theory of Everything, Selma
Costume Design
- Into the Woods
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Mr. Turner
- Maleficent
- Selma
Dropped: The Theory of Everything
Makeup and Hairstyling
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- The Theory of Everything
- Foxcatcher
Visual Effects
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Interstellar
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Godzilla
- Transformers: Age of Extinction
Sound Editing
- American Sniper
- Interstellar
- Unbroken
- Fury
- Godzilla
Sound Mixing
- Into the Woods
- American Sniper
- Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Interstellar
- Godzilla
Dropped: Fury, Unbroken
Original Score
- The Imitation Game
- Interstellar
- The Theory of Everything
- Unbroken
- Gone Girl
Original Song
- “Glory” – Selma
- “Lost Stars” – Begin Again
- “Miracles” – Unbroken
- “Yellow Flicker Beat” – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
- “Everything is Awesome” – The LEGO Movie
Dropped:“We’re Making a Sequel” – Muppets Most Wanted
Documentary Feature
- Citizenfour
- Tales of the Grim Sleeper
- Life Itself
- The Case Against 8
- Finding Vivian Maier
Foreign Language Film
- Ida
- Force Majeure
- Leviathan
- Wild Tales
- The Liberator