Early Oscar Predictions October 2020:

Best Picture:

1. Nomadland

2. Mank

3. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

4. One Night In Miami

5. Soul

6. Trial of the Chicago 7

7. The Father

8. Hillbilly Elegy

9. News of the World

10. Da 5 Bloods

Best Director:

1. Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

2. David Fincher, Mank

3. Regina King, One Night In Miami

4. Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods

5. Paul Greengrass, News of the World

Best Actress:

1. Francess McDormand, Nomadland

2. Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

3. Amy Adams, Hillbilly Elegy

4. Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of A Woman

5. Kate Winslet, Ammonite

Best Actor:

1. Anthony Hopkins, The Father

2. Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods

3. Gary Oldman, Mank

4. Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

5. Tom Hanks, News of the World

Best Supporting Actress:

1. Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy

2. Olivia Colman, The Father

3. Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman

4. Saoirse Ronan, Ammonite

5. Amanda Seyfried, Mank

Best Supporting Actor:

1. Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

2. Leslie Odom Jr, One Night In Miami

3. Charles Dance, Mank

4. David Strathairn, Nomadland

5. Mark Rylance, Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Adapted Screenplay:

1. Nomadland

2. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

3. One Night In Miami

4. The Father

5. Hillbilly Elegy

Best Original Screenplay:

1. Mank

2. Trial of the Chicago 7

3. Soul

4. Minari

5. Da 5 Bloods