2017 Oscar Predictions

It’s that time of year again! It is the Academy Awards weekend: the night where all the best in the business gather for an actually meaningful awards ceremony (ahem Golden Globes). Everyone has their favorites and also, probably, films they haven’t seen. I haven’t seen every film. Don’t feel bad. But go see La La Land. Anyways, let’s get to it!

Best Picture

1. Arrival
2. Fences
3. Hacksaw Ridge
4. Hell or High Water
5. Hidden Figures
6. La La Land
7. Lion
8. Manchester by the Sea
9. Moonlight

Actor in a Leading Role

1. Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
2. Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
3. Denzel Washington, Fences
4. Ryan Gosling, La La Land
5. Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic

Actress in a Leading Role

1. Isabelle Huppert, Elle
2. Ruth Negga, Loving
3. Natalie Portman, Jackie
4. Emma Stone, La La Land
5. Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
6. Actor in a Supporting Role

Actor in a Supporting Role

1. Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
2. Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
3. Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
4. Dev Patel, Lion
5. Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals

Actress in a Supporting Role

1. Viola Davis, Fences
2. Naomie Harris, Moonlight
3. Nicole Kidman, Lion
4. Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
5. Michelle Williams, Manchester of the Sea

Animated Feature Film

1. Kubo and the Two Strings
2. Moana
3. My Life as a Zucchini
4. The Red Turtle
5. Zootopia

Cinematography

1. Arrival, Bradford Young
2. La La Land, Linus Sandgren
3. Lion, Greig Fraser
4. Moonlight, James Laxton
5. Silence, Rodrigo Prieto

Costume Design

1. Allied
2. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
3. Florence Foster Jenkins
4. Jackie
5. La La Land

Production Design

1. Arrival
2. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
3. Hail, Caesar!
4. La La Land
5. Passengers

Directing

1. Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
2. Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
3. Damien Chazelle, La La Land
4. Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
5. Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

Documentary (Feature)

1. Fire at Sea
2. I Am Not Your Negro
3. Life, Animated
4. O.J. Made in America
5. 13th

Film Editing

1. Arrival
2. Hacksaw Ridge
3. Hell or High Water
4. La La Land
5. Moonlight

Makeup/Hairstyling

1. A Man Called Ove
2. Star Trek Beyond
3. Suicide Squad

Music (Original Score)

1. Jackie, Mica Levi
2. La La Land,  Justin Hurwitz
3. Lion, Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka
4. Moonlight, Nicholas Britell
5. Passengers, Thomas Newman

Music (Original Song)

1. “Audition (The Fools Who Dream),” La La Land
2. “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” Trolls
3. “City of Stars” La La Land
4. “The Empty Chair,” Jim: The James Foley Story
5. “How Far I’ll Go,” Moana

Sound Editing

1. Arrival
2. Deepwater Horizon
3. Hacksaw Ridge
4. La La Land
5. Sully

Sound Mixing

1. Arrival
2. Hacksaw Ridge
3. La La Land
4. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
5. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Visual Effects

1. Deepwater Horizon
2. Doctor Strange
3. The Jungle Book
4. Kubo and the Two Strings
5. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

1. Arrival, Eric Heisserer
2. Fences, August Wilson
3. Hidden Figures, Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
4. Lion, Luke Davies
5. Moonlight, Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney

Writing (Original Screenplay)

1. Hell or High Water, Taylor Sheridan
2. La La Land, Damien Chazelle
3. The Lobster, Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou
4. Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan
5. 20th Century Women, Mike Mills

Final Tallies

6/14 La La Land

4/8 Moonlight

2/4 Fences

2/2 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

1/6 Hacksaw Ridge

1/1 The Jungle Book

1/1 Star Trek Beyond

1/1 O.J. Made in America

1/1 Zootopia