Marked in green is everything I got right and marked red is everything I got wrong. Marked in blue are the nominees that ended up getting the spot rather than the ones I picked.

BEST PICTURE

  1. “Roma” (FRONT-RUNNER)
  2. “A Star Is Born” (FRONT-RUNNER)
  3. “BlacKkKlansman” (LOCKED)
  4. “Black Panther” (LOCKED)
  5. “Bohemian Rhapsody” (LOCKED)
  6. “The Favourite” (POTENTIAL)
  7. “Green Book” (POTENTIAL)
  8. “Vice” (POTENTIAL)
  9. “Crazy Rich Asians” (POTENTIAL)

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

  1. Christian Bale – “Vice” (FRONT-RUNNER)
  2. Rami Malek – “Bohemian Rhapsody” (FRONT-RUNNER)
  3. Bradley Cooper – “A Star Is Born” (LOCKED)
  4. Viggo Mortensen – “Green Book” (POTENTIAL)
  5. Ethan Hawke – “First Reformed” (LONG SHOT)
  • Long Shot: Willem Dafoe – “At Eternity’s Gate”

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

  1. Glenn Close – “The Wife” (FRONT-RUNNER)
  2. Olivia Colman – “The Favourite” (LOCKED)
  3. Lady Gaga – “A Star Is Born” (LOCKED)
  4. Melissa McCarthy – “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” (POTENTIAL)
  5. Viola Davis – “Widows” (LONG SHOT / WANT)
  6. Yalitza Aparicio – “Roma”

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

  1. Mahershala Ali – “Green Book” (FRONT-RUNNER)
  2. Richard E. Grant – “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” (LOCKED)
  3. Sam Elliott – “A Star Is Born” (POTENTIAL / WANT)
  4. Adam Driver – “BlacKkKlansman” (POTENTIAL)
  5. Michael B. Jordan – “Black Panther” (LONG SHOT / WANT)
  • Potential: Sam Rockwell – “Vice

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

  1. Regina King – “If Beale Street Could Talk” (FRONT-RUNNER)
  2. Emma Stone – “The Favourite” (LOCKED)
  3. Rachel Weisz – “The Favourite” (LOCKED)
  4. Amy Adams – “Vice” (POTENTIAL)
  5. Claire Foy – “First Man” (LONG SHOT / WANT)
  6. Marina De Tavira – “Roma”

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

  1. “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse” (FRONT-RUNNER)
  2. “Incredibles 2” (LOCKED)
  3. “Isle Of Dogs” (LOCKED)
  4. “Ralph Breaks The Internet” (POTENTIAL)
  5. “The Grinch” (POTENTIAL)
  • Long Shot: “Mirai”

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

  1. “Bao” (FRONT-RUNNER)
  • “Animal Behaviour”
  • “Late Afternoon”
  • “One Small Step”
  • “Weekends

CINEMATOGRAPHY

  1. “Roma” – Alfonso Cuarón (FRONT-RUNNER)
  2. “Cold War” – Łukas Żal (POTENTIAL)
  3. “The Favourite” – Robbie Ryan (POTENTIAL)
  4. “First Man” – Linus Sandgren (POTENTIAL)
  5. “A Star Is Born” – Matthew Libatique (LONG SHOT)
  • “Never Look Away” – Caleb Deschanel

COSTUME DESIGN

  1. “The Favourite” – Sandy Powell (FRONT-RUNNER)
  2. “Black Panther” – Ruth E. Carter (LOCKED)
  3. “Bohemian Rhapsody” – Julian Day (POTENTIAL)
  4. “Mary Poppins Returns” – Sandy Powell (POTENTIAL)
  5. “Mary Queen Of Scots” – Alexandra Byrne (POTENTIAL)
  • “The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs” – Mary Zophres

DIRECTING

  1. Alfonso Cuarón – “Roma” (FRONT-RUNNER)
  2. Bradley Cooper – “A Star Is Born” (LOCKED)
  3. Spike Lee – “BlacKkKlansman” (LOCKED)
  4. Adam McKay – “Vice” (POTENTIAL)
  5. Peter Farrelly – “Green Book” (POTENTIAL)
  • Long Shot: Yorgos Lanthimos – “The Favourite”
  • Paweł Pawlikowski – “Cold War”

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

  1. “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” (FRONT-RUNNER)
  2. “Free Solo” (LOCKED)
  3. “RBG” (LOCKED)
  4. “Three Identical Strangers” (LOCKED)
  5. “Minding The Gap” (POTENTIAL)
  • “Hale County This Morning, This Evening”
  • “Of Fathers And Sons”

FILM EDITING

  1. “First Man” – Tom Cross (FRONT-RUNNER)
  2. “Roma” – Alfonso Cuarón (LOCKED)
  3. “Vice” – Hank Corwin (POTENTIAL)
  4. “The Favourite” – Yorgos Mavropsaridis (POTENTIAL)
  5. “Bohemian Rhapsody” – John Ottoman (POTENTIAL)
  • “BlacKkKlansman” – Barry Alexander Brown
  • “Green Book” – Patrick J. Don Vito

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

  1. “Roma” (Mexico) (FRONT-RUNNER)
  2. “Cold War” (Poland) (LOCKED)
  3. “Shoplifters” (Japan) (LOCKED)
  4. “Capernaum” (Lebanon) (LOCKED)
  5. “Burning” (South Korea) (POTENTIAL)
  6. “Never Look Away” (Germany)

MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

  1. “Vice” (FRONT-RUNNER)
  2. “Mary Queen Of Scots” (POTENTIAL)
  3. “Black Panther” (LONG SHOT)
  • “Border”

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

  1. “First Man” – Justin Hurwitz (FRONT-RUNNER)
  2. Isle of Dogs” – Alexandre Desplat (LOCKED)
  3. “Mary Poppins Returns” – Marc Shaiman (LOCKED)
  4. “If Beale Street Could Talk” – Nicholas Britell (POTENTIAL)
  5. “Black Panther” – Ludwig Göransson (POTENTIAL)
  • “BlacKkKlansman” – Terence Blanchard

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

  1. “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born” (FRONT-RUNNER)
  2. “All The Stars” from “Black Panther” (LOCKED)
  3. “The Place Where Lost Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns” (POTENTIAL)
  4. “Revelation” from “Boy Erased” (POTENTIAL)
  5. “Girl In The Movies” from “Dumplin’” (POTENTIAL)
  6. “When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” from “The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs”
  7. “I’ll Fight” from “RBG”

PRODUCTION DESIGN

  1. “The Favourite” (FRONT-RUNNER)
  2. “Mary Poppins Returns” (LOCKED)
  3. “Roma” (LOCKED)
  4. “First Man” (POTENTIAL)
  5. “Black Panther” (POTENTIAL)

SHORT FILM (DOCUMENTARY)

  • “Black Sheep”
  • “End Game”
  • “Lifeboat”
  • “A Night at the Garden”
  • “Period. End of Sentence.”

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

  • “Detainment”
  • “Fauve”
  • “Marguerite”
  • “Mother”
  • “Skin”

SOUND EDITING

  1. “A Quiet Place” (FRONT-RUNNER)
  2. “First Man” (POTENTIAL)
  3. “Black Panther” (POTENTIAL)
  4. “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” (POTENTIAL)
  5. “Solo: A Star Wars Story” (POTENTIAL)
  6. “Bohemian Rhapsody”
  7. “Roma”

SOUND MIXING

  1. “A Quiet Place” (FRONT-RUNNER)
  2. “First Man” (POTENTIAL)
  3. “A Star Is Born” (POTENTIAL)
  4. “Bohemian Rhapsody” (POTENTIAL)
  5. “Black Panther” (POTENTIAL)
  6. “Roma”

VISUAL EFFECTS

  1. “Avengers: Infinity War” (FRONT-RUNNER)
  2. “Black Panther” (LOCKED)
  3. “Ready Player One” (LOCKED)
  4. “First Man” (POTENTIAL)
  5. “Mary Poppins Returns” (POTENTIAL)
  • Want: “Solo: A Star Wars Story

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

  1. “If Beale Street Could Talk” – Barry Jenkins (FRONT-RUNNER)
  2. “BlacKkKlansman” – Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmot, and Spike Lee (LOCKED)
  3. “A Star Is Born” – Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, & Will Fetters (LOCKED)
  4. “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” – Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty (LOCKED)
  5. “Black Panther” – Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole (POTENTIAL)
  • “The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs” – Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

  1. “Roma” – Alfonso Cuarón (FRONT-RUNNER)
  2. “Green Book” – Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes, and Peter Farrelly (LOCKED)
  3. “Vice” – Adam McKay (LOCKED)
  4. “The Favourite” – Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (POTENTIAL)
  5. “Eighth Grade” – Bo Burnham (POTENTIAL)
  • Potential: “First Reformed” – Paul Schrader

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