It’s been a long and unpredictable awards season, but we are now in the home-stretch. The 93rd Academy Awards nominations are going to be announced on Monday, so read as Keith and myself compile our final predictions. This year was particularly tough to predict, but we think we have a pretty good idea of what movies The Academy will gravitate to. Without further ado, let’s get started:
BEST PICTURE
Nomadland (Tristan, Keith)
Minari (Tristan, Keith)
Promising Young Woman (Tristan, Keith)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Tristan, Keith)
Mank (Tristan, Keith)
One Night In Miami (Tristan, Keith)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Tristan, Keith)
Sound of Metal (Tristan, Keith)
Judas & the Black Messiah (Tristan)
The Father (Keith)
BEST DIRECTOR
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (Tristan, Keith)
David Fincher –Mank (Tristan, Keith)
Emerald Fennell –Promising Young Woman (Tristan, Keith)
Lee Isaac Chung –Minari (Tristan)
Regina King – One Night In Miami (Tristan)
Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Keith)
Darius Marder – Sound of Metal (Keith)
BEST ACTOR
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Tristan, Keith)
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal (Tristan, Keith)
Anthony Hopkins – The Father (Tristan, Keith)
Steven Yeun – Minari (Tristan, Keith)
Gary Oldman –Mank (Tristan)
Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods (Keith)
BEST ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman (Tristan, Keith)
Frances McDormand – Nomadland (Tristan, Keith)
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Tristan, Keith)
Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Tristan, Keith)
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman (Tristan, Keith)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas & the Black Messiah (Tristan, Keith)
Sasha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Tristan, Keith)
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night In Miami (Tristan, Keith)
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal (Tristan, Keith)
Alan Kim – Minari (Tristan, Keith)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari (Tristan, Keith)
Amanda Seyfried –Mank (Tristan, Keith)
Olivia Coleman – The Father (Tristan, Keith)
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Tristan)
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy (Keith)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Promising Young Woman (Tristan, Keith)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Tristan, Keith)
Minari (Tristan, Keith)
Mank (Tristan, Keith)
Sound of Metal (Tristan, Keith)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Nomadland (Tristan, Keith)
One Night In Miami (Tristan, Keith)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Tristan, Keith)
The Father (Tristan, Keith)
First Cow (Tristan)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Keith)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Nomadland (Tristan, Keith)
Mank (Tristan, Keith)
News of the World (Tristan, Keith)
Judas & the Black Messiah (Tristan)
Da 5 Bloods (Tristan)
Tenet (Keith)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Keith)
BEST EDITING
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Tristan, Keith)
Sound of Metal (Tristan, Keith)
Mank (Tristan, Keith)
Nomadland (Tristan, Keith)
Promising Young Woman (Tristan)
The Father (Keith)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Mank (Tristan, Keith)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Tristan, Keith)
News of the World (Tristan, Keith)
The Midnight Sky (Tristan, Keith)
Mulan (Tristan)
The Father (Keith)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Tristan, Keith)
Emma (Tristan, Keith)
Mank (Tristan, Keith)
The Personal History of David Copperfield (Tristan, Keith)
Mulan (Tristan)
News of the World (Keith)
BEST MAKEUP/HAIRSTYLING
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Tristan, Keith)
Mank (Tristan, Keith)
Hillbilly Elegy (Tristan, Keith)
Birds of Prey (Tristan, Keith)
Pinocchio (Tristan, Keith)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Soul (Tristan, Keith)
Minari (Tristan, Keith)
News of the World (Tristan, Keith)
The Midnight Sky (Tristan, Keith)
Tenet (Tristan)
Mank (Keith)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Speak Now – One Night In Miami (Tristan, Keith)
Io Si – The Life Ahead (Tristan, Keith)
Fight For You – Judas & the Black Messiah (Tristan, Keith)
Hear My Voice – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Tristan, Keith)
Turntables – All In: The Fight For Democracy (Tristan)
Husavik – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Keith)
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Sound of Metal (Tristan, Keith)
Mank (Tristan, Keith)
Soul (Tristan, Keith)
News of the World (Tristan, Keith)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Tristan)
Greyhound (Keith)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Tenet (Tristan, Keith)
The Midnight Sky (Tristan, Keith)
Welcome to Chechnya (Tristan, Keith)
Mank (Tristan, Keith)
The One & Only Ivan (Tristan)
Mulan (Keith)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Soul(Tristan, Keith)
Wolfwalkers (Tristan, Keith)
Onward (Tristan, Keith)
Over the Moon (Tristan, Keith)
The Croods: A New Age (Tristan, Keith)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Dick Johnson is Dead (Tristan, Keith)
Welcome to Chechnya (Tristan, Keith)
Time (Tristan, Keith)
Collective (Tristan)
All in: The Fight For Democracy (Tristan)
Boys State (Keith)
Crip Camp (Keith)
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Another Round (Tristan, Keith)
Quo Vadis, Aida? (Tristan, Keith)
Collective (Tristan, Keith)
La Llorona (Tristan, Keith)
Dear Comrades! (Tristan, Keith)
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
If Anything Happens I Love You (Tristan)
Out (Tristan)
Burrow (Tristan)
The Snail & the Whale (Tristan)
Kapaemahu (Tristan)
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa (Tristan)
A Love Song For Latasha (Tristan)
Collette (Tristan)
A Concerto is a Conversation (Tristan)
What Would Sophia Loren Do? (Tristan)
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT
The Human Voice (Tristan)
The Letter Room (Tristan)
Two Distant Strangers (Tristan)
Da Yie (Tristan)
The Kicksled Choir (Tristan)
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