Last year, I guessed 89 out of the 124 nominees correctly. This year, I predicted 89 to the dot. However, since they combined the two sound mixing categories and only eight films were nominated for Best Picture, the total number ended up at 118. By lowering that number, my percentage actually got better, going from 72% last year to 75% this year. I nailed five categories perfectly, including Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Animated Feature, Best Cinematography, and Best Makeup & Hairstyling. I was off by one in nine categories. My worst categories, where I only got 2 of the 5 nominees, were Best International Feature and Best Production Design.

BEST PICTURE

• “The Father”
• “Judas and the Black Messiah”
• “Mank”
• “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
• “Minari”
• “News of the World”
• “Nomadland”
• “One Night In Miami”
• “Promising Young Woman”
• “Sound Of Metal”
• “The Trial Of The Chicago 7”

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• Riz Ahmed — “Sound of Metal”
• Chadwick Boseman — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
• Anthony Hopkins — “The Father”
• Delroy Lindo — “Da 5 Bloods”
• Gary Oldman — “Mank”
• Steven Yeun — “Minari”

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• Viola Davis — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
• Andra Day — “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”
• Vanessa Kirby — “Pieces of a Woman”
• Frances McDormand — “Nomadland”
• Carey Mulligan — “Promising Young Woman”

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Sacha Baron Cohen — “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
• Chadwick Boseman — “Da 5 Bloods”
• Daniel Kaluuya — “Judas and the Black Messiah”
• Leslie Odom Jr. — “One Night In Miami”
• Bill Murray — “On The Rocks”
• Paul Raci — “Sound Of Metal”
• Lakeith Stanfield — “Judas and the Black Messiah”

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Maria Bakalova — “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
• Glenn Close — “Hillbilly Elegy”
• Olivia Colman — “The Father”
• Amanda Seyfried — “Mank”
• Youn Yuh-jung — “Minari”

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

• “Onward”
• “Over The Moon”
• “A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon”
• “Soul”
• “Wolfwalkers”

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• “Judas And The Black Messiah” — Sean Bobbitt
• “Mank” — Erik Messerschmidt
• “News Of The World” — Dariusz Wolski
• “Nomadland” — Joshua James Richards
• “The Trial of the Chicago 7” — Phedon Papamichael

COSTUME DESIGN

• “Emma.” — Alexandra Byrne
• “Mank” — Trish Summerville
• “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” — Ann Roth
• “Mulan” — Bina Daigeler
• “News Of The World” — Mark Bridges
• “Pinocchio” — Massimo Cantini Parrini

DIRECTING

• Lee Issac Chung — “MInari”
• Emerald Fennell — “Promising Young Woman”
• David Fincher — “Mank”
• Regina King — “One Night in Miami”
• Aaron Sorkin — “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
• Thomas Vinterberg — “Another Round”
• Chloé Zhao — “Nomadland”

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

• “Collective”
• “Crip Camp”
• “Dick Johnson Is Dead”
• “The Mole Agent”
• “My Octopus Teacher”
• “Time”
• “The Truffle Hunters”

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)

• “Abortion Helpline, This Is Lisa”
• “Colette”
• “A Concerto Is a Conversation”
• “Do Not Split”
• “Hunger Ward”
• “A Love Song for Latasha”

FILM EDITING

• “The Father” — Yorgos Lamprinos
• “Mank” — Kirk Baxter
• “Nomadland” — Chloé Zhao
• “Promising Young Woman” — Frédéric Thoraval
• “Sound Of Metal” — Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
• “The Trial of the Chicago 7” — Alan Baumgarten

INTERNATIONAL FILM

• “Another Round” (Denmark)
• “Better Days” (Hong Kong)
• “Collective” (Romania)
• “Dear Comrades!” (Russia)
• “La Llorona” (Guatemala)
• “The Man Who Sold His Skin” (Tunisia)
• “Quo Vadis, Aida?” (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• “Two Of Us” (France)

MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

• “Emma”
• “Hillbilly Elegy”
• “Mank”
• “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
• “Pinocchio”

ORIGINAL SCORE

• “Da 5 Bloods” — Terence Blanchard
• “Mank” — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• “The Midnight Sky” — Alexandre Desplat
• “Minari” — Emile Mosseri
• “News Of The World” — James Newton Howard
• “Soul” — Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, & Jon Batiste
• “Tenet” — Ludwig Göransson

ORIGINAL SONG

• “Husavik” from “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga”
• “Never Break” from “Giving Voice”
• “Fight For You” from “Judas and the Black Messiah”
• “Io Sì (Seen)” from “The Life Ahead”
• “Speak Now” from “One Night In Miami”
• “Hear My Voice” from “The Trial of the Chicago 7”

PRODUCTION DESIGN

• “The Father”
• “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
• “Mank”
• “The Midnight Sky”
• “Mulan”
• “News Of The World”
• “Rebecca”
• “Tenet”

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

• “Burrow”
• “Genius Loci”
• “If Anything Happens I Love You”
• “Kapaemahu”
• “Opera”
• “Out”
• “Yes-People”

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

• “Bittu”
• “Feeling Through”
• “The Human Voice”
• “The Letter Room”
• “The Present”
• “Two Distant Strangers”
• “White Eye”

SOUND

• “Greyhound”
• “Mank”
• “News of the World”
• “Soul”
• “Sound Of Metal”
• “Tenet”

VISUAL EFFECTS

• “Love and Monsters”
• “The Midnight Sky”
• “Mulan”
• “The One and Only Ivan”
• “Soul”
• “Tenet”

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

• “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” — Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern
• “The Father” — Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller
• “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” – Ruben Santiago-Hudson
• “Nomadland” — Chloé Zhao
• “One Night In Miami” — Kemp Powers
• “The White Tiger” — Ramin Bahrani

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

• “Judas and the Black Messiah” — Will Berson & Shaka King
• “Mank” — Jack Fincher
• “Minari” — Lee Isaac Chung
• “Palm Springs” — Andy Siara
• “Promising Young Woman” — Emerald Fennell
• “Sound of Metal” — Darius and Alexander Marder
• “The Trial of the Chicago 7” — Aaron Sorkin

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