2018 Oscar Nominations Predictions

Awards season is in full swing and the nominations for the Oscars will be announced Tuesday morning. So in anticipation, here are my predictions for the nominees of the 90th Academy Awards.

Best Picture:

Call Me by Your Name

Dunkirk

The Florida Project

Get Out

I, Tonya

Lady Bird

The Post

The Shape of Water

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Director:

Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water

Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird

Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk

Jordan Peele, Get Out

Best Actor:

Timothee Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name

Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread

James Franco, The Disaster Artist

Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out

Gary Oldman, The Darkest Hour

Best Actress:

Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water

Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Margot Robbie, I, Tonya

Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird

Meryl Streep, The Post

Best Supporting Actor:

Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project

Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water

Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World

Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

Best Supporting Actress:

Mary J. Blige, Mudbound

Holly Hunter, The Big Sick

Allison Janney, I, Tonya

Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird

Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water

Best Original Screenplay:

The Big Sick

Get Out

Lady Bird

The Shape of Water

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Call Me by Your Name

The Disaster Artist

Logan

Molly’s Game

Mudbound

Best Animated Feature:

The Boss Baby

The Breadwinner

Coco

Loving Vincent

The Lego Batman Movie

Best Foreign Language Film:

A Fantastic Woman

Foxtrot

In the Fade

Loveless

The Square

Best Documentary Feature:

City of Ghosts

Faces Places

Icarus

Jane

Strong Island

Best Documentary Short:

116 Cameras

Alone

Edith + Eddie

Heroin(e)

Kayayo: The Living Shopping Baskets

Best Live Action Short:

Dekalb Elementary

Lost Face

My Nephew Emmett

The Silent Child

Watu Wote/All of Us

Best Animated Short:

Dear Basketball

Fox and the Whale

Lou

Negative Space

Revolting Rhymes

Best Original Score:

Darkest Hour

Dunkirk

Phantom Thread

The Shape of Water

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Original Song:

"Evermore," Beauty and the Beast

"Mystery of Love," Call Me by Your Name

"Remember Me," Coco

"Stand Up for Something," Marshall

"This is Me," The Greatest Showman

Best Sound Editing:

Baby Driver

Blade Runner 2049

Dunkirk

The Shape of Water

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Best Sound Mixing:

Baby Driver

Blade Runner 2049

Dunkirk

The Shape of Water

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Best Production Design:

Beauty and the Beast

Blade Runner 2049

Darkest Hour

Dunkirk

The Shape of Water

Best Cinematography:

Blade Runner 2049

Darkest Hour

Dunkirk

Mudbound

The Shape of Water

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

Darkest Hour

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Wonder

Best Costume Design:

Beauty and the Beast

The Greatest Showman

Murder on the Orient Express

Phantom Thread

The Shape of Water

Best Film Editing:

Baby Driver

Dunkirk

I, Tonya

The Shape of Water

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Visual Effects:

Blade Runner 2049

Dunkirk

The Shape of Water

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

War for the Planet of the Apes