October 2017, 90^th Academy Award Predictions:

Best Picture:

Leading Contenders:

1. Call Me By Your Name
2. Dunkirk
3. The Shape of Water
4. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
5. The Darkest Hour
6. Lady Bird
7. The Florida Project

Possible:

8. The Post
9. The Phantom Thread
10. Get Out

Best Director:

Leading Contenders:

1. Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
2. Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name
3. Guillermo Del Toro, The Shape of Water
4. Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

Possible:

5. Joe Wright, The Darkest Hour
6. Steven Spielberg, The Post
7. Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird

Best Actor:

Leading Contenders:

1. Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
2. Gary Oldman, The Darkest Hour
3. Daniel Day Lewis, Phantom Thread

Possible:

4. Jake Gyllenhaal, Stronger
5. Tom Hanks, The Post
6. Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel

Best Actress:

Leading Contenders:

1. Sally Hawkins, The Shape Of Water
2. Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
3. Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
4. Margot Robbie, I, Tonya

Possible:

5. Kate Winslet, Wonder Wheel
6. Meryl Streep, The Post
7. Jessica Chastain, Molly’s Game

Best Supporting Actor:

Leading Contenders:

1. Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
2. Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name
3. Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
4. Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me By Your Name

Possible:

5. Ben Mendelsohn, The Darkest Hour
6. Richard Jenkins, The Shape Of Water

Best Supporting Actress:

Leading Contenders:

1. Alison Janney, I, Tonya
2. Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird

Possible:

3. Melissa Leo, Novitate
4. Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
5. Octavia Spencer, The Shape Of Water

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Leading Contenders:

1. Call Me By Your Name

Possible:

2. Mudbound
3. The Disaster Artist
4. Molly’s Game
5. The Last Flag Flying
6. The Death Of Stalin

Best Original Screenplay:

Leading Contenders:

1. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
2. The Shape Of Water
3. Get Out
4. Lady Bird

Possible:

5. The Post
6. The Big Sick
7. The Phantom Thread