Very Early 86^th Academy Award Frontrunners Predictions:  

Best Picture:

Secure:

1. 12 Years A Slave
2. Gravity
3. Captain Phillips

Possible:

1. Nebraska
2. Inside Llewyn Davis
3. Blue Jasmine
4. August: Osage County
5. Lee Daniel’s The Butler

Sight Unseen, (major contenders still to be released):

1. American Hustle
2. The Wolf Of Wall Street
3. Monuments Men
4. Saving Mr. Banks
5. Dallas Buyers Club
6. The Book Thief

Best Director:

Secure:

1. Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
2. Steve McQueen, 12 Years A Slave

Possible:

1. Woody Allen, Blue Jasmine
2. Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
3. Alexander Payne, Nebraska
4. Joel & Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
5. Lee Daniels, Less Daniel’s The Butler

Sight Unseen, (major contenders still to be released):

1. David O.Russell, American Hustle
2. Martin Scorsese, The Wolf Of Wall Street
3. George Clooney, Monuments Men

Best Actor:

Secure:

1. Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave
2. Robert Redford, All Is Lost
3. Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips

  Possible:

1. Forest Whitaker, Lee Daniel’s The Butler
2. Bruce Dern, Nebraska
3. Oscar Issac, Inside Llewyn Davis

Sight Unseen, (major contenders still to be released):

1. Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
2. Christian Bale, American Hustle
3. Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf Of Wall Street
4. Joaquin Phoenix, Her

Best Actress:

Secure:

1. Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
2. Sandra Bullock, Gravity
3. Meryl Streep, August: Osage County

Possible:

1. Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue Is The Warmest Colour
2. Julie Delpy, Before Midnight

Sight Unseen, (major contenders still to be released):

1. Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
2. Judi Dench, Philomena
3. Amy Adams, American Hustle
4. Kate Winslet, Labor Day

Best Supporting Actor:

Secure:

1. Michael Fassbender, 12 Years A Slave

Possible:

1. Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips

Sight Unseen, (major contenders still to be released):

1. Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
2. Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
3. Jeremy Renner, American Hustle

Best Supporting Actress:

Secure:

1. Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years A Slave
2. Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniel’s The Butler

Possible:

1. Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
2. Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
3. June Squibb, Nebraska

Sight Unseen, (major contenders still to be released):

1. Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
2. Scarlett Johansson, Her

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Secure:

1. 12 Years A Slave
2. Before Midnight

Possible:

1. August: Osage County
2. Captain Phillips

Sight Unseen:

1. The Wolf Of Wall Street
2. Monuments Men
3. Philomena

Best Original Screenplay:

Secure:

1. Blue Jasmine
2. Inside Llewyn Davis

Possible:

1. Nebraska
2. Lee Daniel’s The Butler
3. Gravity

Sight Unseen:

1. American Hustle
2. Her
3. Dallas Buyers Club