Well guys, D-Day is almost here. The Academy will be unveiling their nominations for the Oscars tomorrow and for once, we really don’t know all of what we will get.
Will the category fraud convo derail contenders like Mara, Tremblay, or Vikander? How many Best Picture nominees will we get? (I’m predicting 7 for the record) What about the tech categories were nearly any film could pop up? The mind boggles at the possibility. So with that, here are my final pre-nomination Oscar Predictions.
Best Picture
Spotlight
The Big Short
The Revenant
The Martian
Bridge of Spies
Room
Mad Max: Fury Road
If more than 7…
Straight Outta Compton
Carol
Sicario
Best Director
Todd McCarthy, Spotlight
Adam McKay, The Big Short
Ridley Scott, The Martian
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, The Revenant
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Matt Damon, The Martian
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Best Actress
Brie Larsen, Room
Soairse Ronan, Brooklyn
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Best Supporting Actress
Rooney Mara, Carol
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Helen Mirren, Trumbo
Kristen Stewart, Clouds of Sils Maria
Best Supporting Actor
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Jacob Tremblay, Room
Best Original Screenplay
Spotlight
Sicario
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short
Room
The Martian
Carol
Steve Jobs
Best Animated Feature
Inside Out
Anomalisa
Shaun the Sheep Movie
The Peanuts Movie
The Good Dinosaur
Film Editing
Spotlight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Big Short
The Martian
Creed
Production Design
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Cinderella
Crimson Peak
Bridge of Spies
The Martian
Cinematography
The Revenant
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario
Carol
Bride of Spies
Costume Design
Cinderella
Brooklyn
The Danish Girl
Carol
Crimson Peak
Makeup and Hairstyling
The Revenant
Mad Max: Fury Road
Black Mass
Visual Effects
Mad Max: Fury Road
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Martian
Ex Machina
Jurassic World
Sound Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Revenant
Creed
Sound Mixing
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Straight Outta Compton
The Revenant
Original Score
The Hateful Eight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Sicario
Carol
Bridge of Spies
Original Song
“See You Again” Furious 7
“Until It Happens to You” The Hunting Ground
“Simple Song #3” Youth
“Writing’s on the Wall” Spectre
“Who Else Can You Trust?” Spy
Documentary Feature
The Look of Silence
Amy
Listen to Me, Marlon
The Hunting Ground
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Foreign Language Film
Son of Saul (Hungary)
Labryinth of Lies (Germany)
Mustang (France)
The Fencer (Finland)
A War (Denmark)