If you would like to see the nominations and my predictions for this year’s Razzie Awards, click here. While those celebrated the worst films of 2016, the Academy Awards (or Oscars), as we all know, celebrate the best. This year’s nominations were today and you’ve probably read countless prediction posts already but here’s mine with links to respective reviews. Categories where I haven’t seen any of the movies have been omitted. If we happen to see more movies before the ceremony, I will update this post.
Best picture:
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water (Guest Review)
Hidden Figures (Guest Review)
La La Land
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Should Win: La La Land
Will Win: La La Land
Lead actor:
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences
Should Win: Casey Affleck
Will Win: Casey Affleck
Lead actress:
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie (Guest Review)
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Should Win: Emma Stone
Will Win: Isabelle Huppert
Supporting actor:
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
Should Win: Michael Shannon
Will Win: Mahershala Ali
Supporting actress:
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
Should Win: Viola Davis
Will Win: Viola Davis
Best director:
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
Should Win: Damien Chazelle
Will Win: Damien Chazelle
Animated feature:
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia
Should Win: Kubo and the Two Strings
Will Win: Zootopia
Adapted screenplay:
Arrival
Fences
Hidden Figures
Lion
Moonlight
Should Win: Moonlight
Will Win: Moonlight
Original screenplay:
20th Century Women
Hell or High Water
La La Land
The Lobster (Guest Review)
Manchester by the Sea
Should Win: 20th Century Women
Will Win: Manchester by the Sea
Cinematography:
Arrival
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Silence (Guest Review)
Should Win: La La Land
Will Win: La La Land
Film editing:
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Moonlight
Should Win: Moonlight
Will Win: La La Land
Sound editing:
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully
Should Win: Arrival
Will Win: La La Land
Sound mixing:
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Should Win: La La Land
Will Win: La La Land
Production design:
Arrival
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
La La Land
Passengers
Should Win: La La Land
Will Win: La La Land
Original score:
Jackie (Guest Review)
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers
Should Win: La La Land
Will Win: La La Land
Original song:
Audition (The Fools Who Dream), La La Land
Can’t Stop the Feeling, Trolls
City of Stars, La La Land
The Empty Chair, Jim: The James Foley Story
How Far I’ll Go, Moana
Should Win: Audition – La La Land
Will Win: City of Stars – La La Land
Makeup and hair:
A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond
Suicide Squad (Guest Review)
Should Win: Star Trek Beyond
Will Win: Star Trek Beyond
Costume design:
Allied
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie (Guest Review)
La La Land
Should Win: Florence Foster Jenkins
Will Win: La La Land
Visual effects:
Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Should Win: Doctor Strange
Will Win: Doctor Strange
The 89th Academy Awards will be held Sunday, February 26th, 2017.
The EIC of the coincidentally-named keithlovesmovies.com. A Canadian who prefers to get out of the cold and into the warmth of a movie theatre.
7 comments
societyreviews
January 24, 2017 at 3:48 PM
Looks like I get to watch something else outside of the 3 1/2 hour La La Land love fest.
flimwatcher
January 24, 2017 at 6:27 PM
Pretty good predictions there! I can’t help but feel that it’d be wonderful to see Lucas Hedges win best supporting, he’s a bit of a revelation in Manchester by the Sea.
Keith Noakes
January 24, 2017 at 7:00 PM
That would be a surprise.
thefilm.blog
January 24, 2017 at 7:01 PM
Certainly would, but a very pleasant one all the same
Keith Noakes
January 24, 2017 at 7:04 PM
I wouldn’t be upset with any of them winning.
Ethan Brundeen
January 25, 2017 at 8:37 AM
Completely agree about 20th Century Women! But it looks like you and I differed on a lot of other awards between your predictions and the ones I wrote for my website.
Keith Noakes
January 25, 2017 at 11:44 AM
That’s the fun of it. I still liked a lot of the other movies so I wouldn’t be upset if they won.
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