My weekly Oscar predictions are here and there’s been significant developments in the past seven days!
- Vice, Mary Poppins Returns, and Mary Queen of Scots have all held industry screenings. All experienced positive word of mouth. Vice jumps four spots in Best Picture and Poppins is just barely on the outside of my predicted nominees. It could continue to climb. Scots is more of a question mark, but it could gather momentum.
- Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk) enters my Best Director five, replacing Peter Farrelly (Green Book). The latter slips in several rankings this week due to its lackluster box office performance.
- For the first time, Ethan Hawke’s work in First Reformed is a predicted nominee. He replaces Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate).
- Emily Blunt is in for Poppins, vaulting over Yalitza Aparicio (Roma).
- In Supporting Actor, it’s Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman) back in over Sam Rockwell (Vice).
- For Supporting Actress, Rachel Weisz (The Favourite) returns over Nicole Kidman for Boy Erased.
Let’s get to it!
Best Picture
1. A Star Is Born (Previous Ranking: 1)
2. Roma (PR: 2)
3. The Favourite (PR: 5)
4. If Beale Street Could Talk (PR: 6)
5. Vice (PR: 9)
6. BlacKkKlansman (PR: 4)
7. Green Book (PR: 3)
8. Black Panther (PR: 8)
9. First Man (PR: 7)
Other Possibilities:
10. Mary Poppins Returns (PR: Not Ranked)
11. Widows (PR: 10)
12. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (PR: 11)
13. Mary Queen of Scots (PR: Not Ranked)
14. Eighth Grade (PR: Not Ranked)
15. The Mule (PR: 14)
Dropped Out:
Boy Erased
Crazy Rich Asians
A Quiet Place
Best Director
1. Alfonso Cuaron, Roma (PR: 1)
2. Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born (PR: 2)
3. Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite (PR: 5)
4. Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk (PR: 6)
5. Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman (PR: 3)
Other Possibilities:
6. Adam McKay, Vice (PR: 9)
7. Peter Farrelly, Green Book (PR: 4)
8. Damien Chazelle, First Man (PR: 7)
9. Ryan Coogler, Black Panther (PR: 8)
10. Rob Marshall, Mary Poppins Returns (PR: Not Ranked)
Dropped Out:
Marielle Heller, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Best Actor
1. Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born (PR: 1)
2. Christian Bale, Vice (PR: 3)
3. Viggo Mortensen, Green Book (PR: 2)
4. Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody (PR: 4)
5. Ethan Hawke, First Reformed (PR: 7)
Other Possibilities:
6. Ryan Gosling, First Man (PR: 6)
7. Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate (PR: 5)
8. Clint Eastwood, The Mule (PR: 8)
9. Robert Redford, The Old Man & The Gun (PR: 9)
10. Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased (PR: 10)
Best Actress
1. Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born (PR: 2)
2. Olivia Colman, The Favourite (PR: 3)
3. Glenn Close, The Wife (PR: 1)
4. Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me? (PR: 4)
5. Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns (PR: 9)
Other Possibilities:
6. Yalitza Aparicio, Roma (PR: 5)
7. Viola Davis, Widows (PR: 6)
8. Julia Roberts, Ben Is Back (PR: 8)
9. Nicole Kidman, Destroyer (PR: 7)
10. Saoirse Ronan, Mary Queen of Scots (PR: Not Ranked)
Dropped Out:
Felicity Jones, On the Basis of Sex
Best Supporting Actor
1. Mahershala Ali, Green Book (PR: 1)
2. Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me? (PR: 3)
3. Sam Elliot, A Star Is Born (PR: 2)
4. Timothee Chalamet, Beautiful Boy (PR: 4)
5. Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman (PR: 6)
Other Possibilities:
6. Sam Rockwell, Vice (PR: 5)
7. Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther (PR: 7)
8. Daniel Kaluuya, Widows (PR: 8)
9. Steve Carell, Vice (PR: Not Ranked)
10. Russell Hornsby, The Hate U Give (PR: 9)
Dropped Out:
Russell Crowe, Boy Erased
Best Supporting Actress
1. Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk (PR: 1)
2. Amy Adams, Vice (PR: 3)
3. Emma Stone, The Favourite (PR: 2)
4. Claire Foy, First Man (PR: 4)
5. Rachel Weisz, The Favourite (PR: 6)
Other Possibilities:
6. Nicole Kidman, Boy Erased (PR: 5)
7. Margot Robbie, Mary Queen of Scots (PR: Not Ranked)
8. Natalie Portman, Vox Lux (PR: 7)
9. Michelle Yeoh, Crazy Rich Asians (PR: 8)
10. Meryl Streep, Mary Poppins Returns (PR: Not Ranked)
Dropped Out:
Marina de Tavira, Roma
Linda Cardellini, Green Book
Best Adapted Screenplay
1. If Beale Street Could Talk (PR: 2)
2. BlacKkKlansman (PR: 1)
3. A Star Is Born (PR: 3)
4. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (PR: 4)
5. Widows (PR: 5)
Other Possibilities:
6. First Man (PR: 6)
7. The Hate U Give (PR: 8)
8. Boy Erased (PR: 7)
9. Crazy Rich Asians (PR: 9)
10. Leave No Trace (PR: Not Ranked)
Dropped Out:
Black Panther
Best Original Screenplay
1. The Favourite (PR: 1)
2. Roma (PR: 3)
3. Green Book (PR: 2)
4. Vice (PR: 5)
5. Eighth Grade (PR: 4)
Other Possibilities:
6. First Reformed (PR: 6)
7. A Quiet Place (PR: 8)
8. Private Life (PR: 7)
9. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (PR: 9)
10. The Mule (PR: 10)
Best Foreign Language Film
1. Roma (PR: 1)
2. Cold War (PR: 2)
3. Shoplifters (PR: 3)
4. Girl (PR: 4)
5. Capernaum (PR: 5)
Other Possibilities:
6. Birds of Passage (PR: 7)
7. Burning (PR: 6)
8. Never Look Away (PR: 8)
9. I Am Not a Witch (PR: Not Ranked)
10. Border (PR: 10)
Dropped Out:
The Guilty
Best Animated Feature
1. Incredibles 2 (PR: 1)
2. Isle of Dogs (PR: 2)
3. Ralph Breaks the Internet (PR: 3)
4. Spider–Man: Into the Spider–Verse (PR: 5)
5. Mirai (PR: 4)
Other Possibilities:
6. Early Man (PR: 8)
7. Ruben Brandt, Collector (PR: 7)
8. Smallfoot (PR: 6)
9. Lu Over the Wall (PR: 9)
10. Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (PR: 10)
Best Documentary Feature
1. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (PR: 1)
2. Three Identical Strangers (PR: 3)
3. Free Solo (PR: 2)
4. RBG (PR: 4)
5. Minding the Gap (PR: 5)
Other Possibilities:
6. Amazing Grace (PR: 6)
7. Crime + Punishment (PR: 8)
8. Dark Money (PR: 7)
9. Quincy (PR: 10)
10. Jane Fonda in Five Acts (PR: 9)
Best Film Editing
1. A Star Is Born (PR: 3)
2. First Man (PR: 2)
3. Roma (PR: 1)
4. The Favourite (PR: 8)
5. Vice (PR: 5)
Other Possibilities:
6. If Beale Street Could Talk (PR: 4)
7. Black Panther (PR: 6)
8. Widows (PR: 7)
9. Mary Poppins Returns (PR: Not Ranked)
10. Green Book (PR: 10)
Dropped Out:
BlacKkKlansman
Best Cinematography
1. Roma (PR: 1)
2. The Favourite (PR: 4)
3. A Star Is Born (PR: 3)
4. If Beale Street Could Talk (PR: 5)
5. First Man (PR: 2)
Other Possibilities:
6. Black Panther (PR: 6)
7. Cold War (PR: 10)
8. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (PR: 9)
9. Widows (PR: 8)
10. BlacKkKlansman (PR: 7)
Best Production Design
1. The Favourite (PR: 1)
2. Black Panther (PR: 2)
3. Mary Poppins Returns (PR: 4)
4. Mary Queen of Scots (PR: 5)
5. First Man (PR: 3)
Other Possibilities:
6. Roma (PR: 7)
7. Crazy Rich Asians (PR: Not Ranked)
8. A Star Is Born (PR: 6)
9. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (PR: 8)
10. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (PR: Not Ranked)
Dropped Out:
If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Costume Design
1. The Favourite (PR: 1)
2. Black Panther (PR: 2)
3. Mary Poppins Returns (PR: 4)
4. Mary Queen of Scots (PR: 3)
5. Colette (PR: 6)
Other Possibilities:
6. Crazy Rich Asians (PR: 7)
7. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (PR: 5)
8. Bohemian Rhapsody (PR: 10)
9. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (PR: 8)
10. If Beale Street Could Talk (PR: 9)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
1. Black Panther (PR: 1)
2. Mary Queen of Scots (PR: 3)
3. Vice (PR: 5)
Other Possibilities:
4. The Favourite (PR: 2)
5. Stan & Ollie (PR: 4)
6. Colette (PR: 6)
7. Mary Poppins Returns (PR: 9)
8. A Star Is Born (PR: 8)
9. Suspiria (PR: Not Ranked)
10. A Wrinkle in Time (PR: 7)
Best Sound Editing
1. First Man (PR: 1)
2. Black Panther (PR: 2)
3. A Star Is Born (PR: 3)
4. Roma (PR: 5)
5. A Quiet Place (PR: 4)
Other Possibilities:
6. Incredibles 2 (PR: 6)
7. Mary Poppins Returns (PR: 8)
8. Ready Player One (PR: 10)
9. Mission: Impossible – Fallout (PR: 7)
10. Avengers: Infinity War (PR: Not Ranked)
Dropped Out:
Widows
Best Sound Mixing
1. First Man (PR: 2)
2. A Star Is Born (PR: 1)
3. Black Panther (PR: 4)
4. A Quiet Place (PR: 3)
5. Mary Poppins Returns (PR: 5)
Other Possibilities:
6. Roma (PR: 7)
7. Bohemian Rhapsody (PR: 6)
8. Incredibles 2 (PR: 8)
9. Ready Player One (PR: 10)
10. Avengers: Infinity War (PR: Not Ranked)
Dropped Out:
Widows
Best Visual Effects
1. First Man (PR: 1)
2. Avengers: Infinity War (PR: 2)
3. Mary Poppins Returns (PR: 6)
4. Ready Player One (PR: 3)
5. Black Panther (PR: 4)
Other Possibilities:
6. Annihilation (PR: 5)
7. Solo: A Star Wars Story (PR: 7)
8. A Wrinkle in Time (PR: 9)
9. Ant–Man and the Wasp (PR: Not Ranked)
10. A Quiet Place (PR: 8)
Dropped Out:
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Best Original Score
1. If Beale Street Could Talk
2. First Man
3. Mary Poppins Returns (PR: 5)
4. Mary Queen of Scots (PR: 3)
5. BlacKkKlansman (PR: 4)
Other Possibilities:
6. Colette (PR: 10)
7. Widows (PR: 6)
8. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (PR: Not Ranked)
9. Roma (PR: 9)
10. Green Book (PR: 7)
Dropped Out:
The Sisters Brothers
Best Original Song
1. “The Shallow” from A Star Is Born
2. “The Place Where Lost Things Go” from Mary Poppins Returns
3. “I’ll Fight” from RBG (PR: 4)
4. “All the Stars” from Black Panther (PR: 3)
5. “I’ll Never Love Again” from A Star Is Born (PR: 5)
Other Possibilities:
6. “We Won’t Move” from The Hate U Give (PR: 7)
7. “Revelation” from Boy Erased (PR: 6)
8. “Always Remeber Us This Way” from A Star Is Born (PR: 8)
9. “Time for Change” from On the Basis of Sex (PR: 8)
10. “A Place Called Slaughter Race” from Ralph Breaks the Internet (PR: Not Ranked)
Dropped Out:
”Hearts Beat Loud” from Hearts Beat Loud
And that translates to the following number of nominations for each picture:
12 Nominations
A Star Is Born
10 Nominations
The Favourite
9 Nominations
First Man
8 Nominations
Black Panther
7 Nominations
Mary Poppins Returns
6 Nominations
If Beale Street Could Talk, Vice
5 Nominations
BlacKkKlansman
4 Nominations
Green Book, Mary Queen of Scots
3 Nominations
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2 Nominations
A Quiet Place, RBG
1 Nomination
Bohemian Rhapsody, First Reformed, The Wife, Beautiful Boy, Widows, Eighth Grade, Cold War, Shoplifters, Girl, Capernaum, Incredibles 2, Isle of Dogs, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Spider–Man: Into the Spider–Verse, Mirai, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Three Identical Strangers, Free Solo, Minding the Gap, Colette, Avengers: Infinity War, Ready Player One
Happy Thanksgiving y’all!