Todd’s FINAL 2014 Oscar Winner Predictions

Here they are! My FINAL predictions in all categories (minus the short film races) for this year’s Academy Awards. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve written individual posts predicting the six major categories. At the time, I said that those could change by final prediction time. None of them have.

However, the Best Picture race in particular has changed a bit in my mind. I believe the chances of Gravity emerging as the winner over 12 Years a Slave is greater than even a couple of days ago. As mentioned before, I see only those two pics and American Hustle as legit contenders for the award. My percentage chances have evolved though: I’d put 12 Years at 60%, Gravity at 25%, and Hustle at 15%.

These final predictions will reflect my pick for winner as well as my runner-up prediction in case I’m wrong. Let’s get right to it:

BEST PICTURE

Predicted Winner: 12 Years a Slave

Runner-Up: Gravity

BEST DIRECTOR

Predicted Winner: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity

Runner-Up: Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave

BEST ACTOR

Predicted Winner: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

Runner-Up: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ACTRESS

Predicted Winner: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

Runner-Up: Amy Adams, American Hustle

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Predicted Winner: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Runner-Up: Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Predicted Winner: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave

Runner-Up: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Predicted Winner: 12 Years a Slave

Runner-Up: The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Predicted Winner: American Hustle

Runner-Up: Her

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Predicted Winner: The Great Beauty

Runner-Up: The Broken Circle Breakdown

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Predicted Winner: The Act of Killing

Runner-Up: 20 Feet from Stardom

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Predicted Winner: Frozen

Runner-Up: The Wind Rises

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Predicted Winner: Gravity

Runner-Up: Nebraska

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Predicted Winner: American Hustle

Runner-Up: The Great Gatsby

BEST FILM EDITING

Predicted Winner: Gravity

Runner-Up: Captain Phillips

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Predicted Winner: Dallas Buyers Club

Runner-Up: Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Predicted Winner: Gravity

Runner-Up: Her

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Predicted Winner: “Let It Go” from Frozen

Runner-Up: “No Ordinary Love” from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Predicted Winner: The Great Gatsby

Runner-Up: Gravity

BEST SOUND EDITING

Predicted Winner: Gravity

Runner-Up: Captain Phillips

BEST SOUND MIXING

Predicted Winner: Gravity

Runner-Up: Captain Phillips

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Predicted Winner: Gravity

Runner-Up: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

And there’s my final predictions for Sunday night, folks! I’ll have an update following the show outlining how I did.