I have not seen all of these movies (for not all have been released yet), nor am I interested in seeing all of them. In fact, there are plenty that I am iffy about. Even so, I like to write lists anyway. Additionally, the bullet point predictions I made exceed the minimum of five nominations. Nevertheless, these are just possibilities, not the actual nominations.
This is going to be a strange yet interesting year due to the slow box-office. Although I think the Academy Awards can be superficial, I still like to write lists of what I think could win or get nominated because I have such a strong passion for movies. That is why many of the “prediction” lists I made tend to be a hybrid of what I wish would get nominated and what will get nominated.
Best Actor
- Timothee Chalamet for Call Me By Your Name
- James Franco for The Disaster Artist
- Richard Gere for Norman
- Daniel Kaluuya for Get Out
- Daniel Day Lewis for Phantom Thread
- Kumail Nanjiani for The Big Sick
- Gary Oldman for The Darkest Hour
- Robert Pattinson for Good Time
Best Actress
- Jessica Chastain for Molly’s Game
- Gal Gadot for Wonder Woman
- Sally Hawkins for The Shape of Water
- Lesley Manville for Phantom Thread
- Frances McDormand for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Brooklynn Prince for The Florida Project
- Margot Robbie for I, Tonya
- Saoirse Ronan for Lady Bird
- Meryl Streep for The Post
Best Supporting Actor
- Willem Dafoe for The Florida Project
- Idris Elba for Molly’s Game
- Armie Hammer for Call Me By Your Name
- Jason Mitchell for Mudbound
- Sam Rockwell for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri*
- Michael Shannon or Richard Jenkins for The Shape of Water
- Michael Stuhlbarg for Call Me By Your Name or Shape of Water
Best Supporting Actress
- Mary J. Blige for Mudbound
- Allison Janney for I, Tonya
- Vicky Krieps for Phantom Thread
- Lesley Manville for Phantom Thread
- Laurie Metcalf for Lady Bird
- Elisabeth Moss for The Square
- Octavia Spencer for The Shape of Water
- Kristin Scott Thomas for The Darkest Hour
- Bria Vitiate for The Florida Project
Best Director
- Paul Thomas Anderson for Phantom Thread
- Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water
- Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird
- Luca Guadagnino for Call Me By Your Name
- Martin McDonagh for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk
- Jordan Peele for Get Out
Best Original Screenplay
- The Big Sick
- The Florida Project
- Get Out
- Lady Bird
- Phantom Thread
- The Shape of Water
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Beguiled
- Blade Runner 2049
- Call Me By Your Name
- The Disaster Artist
- Molly’s Game
- Wonderstruck
Editing
- Jonathan Amos and Paul Machliss for Baby Driver
- Joe Walker for Blade Runner 2049
- Lee Smith for Dunkirk
- Gregory Plotkin for Get Out
- Sidney Wolinsky for The Shape of Water
- Jon Gregory for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Cinematography
- Ben Davis for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Roger Deakins for Blade Runner 2049
- Dan Laustsen for The Shape of Water
- Rachel Morrison for Mudbound
- Swayambhu Mukdeeprom for Call Me By Your Name
- Hoyte Van Hoytema for Dunkirk
Production Design
- Dennis Gassner for Blade Runner 2049
- Sarah Greenwood for Darkest Hour
- Nathan Crowley for Dunkirk
- Mark Tildesley for Phantom Thread
- Paul D. Austerberry for The Shape of Water
- Inbal Weinberg for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Foreign Language Film
- Alya: The Daughter of War (Turkey)
- BPM Beats Per Minute (France)
- Bingo: The King of the Mornings (Brazil)
- A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
- Loveless (Russia)
- On Body and Soul (Hungary)
- Pop Aye (Singapore)
- The Square (Sweden)
- The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (France)
- The Breadwinner (Ireland)
- Coco (US)
- Ethel and Ernest (UK)
- The Girl Without Hands (France)
- Loving Vincent (Poland/UK)
- My Entire School is Sinking Into the Sea (US)
Best Original Score
- Carter Burwell for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Alexandre Desplat for The Shape of Water
- Michael Giacchino for Coco
- Jonny Greenwood for Phantom Thread
- Clint Mansell for Loving Vincent
- Dario Marianelli for Darkest Hour
- Arnaud Rebotini for BPM (Beats Per Minute)
- Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch for Dunkirk or Blade Runner 2049
Best Original Score
- “Evermore” or any original song from Beauty and the Beast
- “Almost Human” by Laura Daigle from Blade Runner 2049
- “Mystery of Love” or “Visions of Gideon” from Call Me By Your Name
- “Remember Me” from Coco
- “The Pure and the Damned” by Iggy Pop from Good Time
- "To Be Human" by Sia
As for the films I have seen on this list, my favorites are The Big Sick, Blade Runner 2049, Dunkirk, Get Out, and Good Time. The films I am most looking forward to seeing are Phantom Thread, The Shape of Water, The Square, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Please let me know what you think in the comments.
