Oscar Predictions December 2020:

Best Picture:

1. Nomadland

2. Minari

3. Mank

4. Trial of the Chicago 7

5. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

6. Never Rarely Sometimes Always

7. First Cow

8. The Sound of Metal

9. One Night In Miami

10. Soul

Best Director:

1. Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

2. David Fincher, Mank

3. Lee Issac Chung, Minari

4. Regina King, One Night In Miami

5. Kelly Reichardt, First Cow

Best Actress:

1. Francess McDormand, Nomadland

2. Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

3. Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

4. Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of A Woman

5. Sidney Flanigan, Never, Rarely, Sometimes Always

Best Actor:

1. Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

2. Anthony Hopkins, The Father

3. Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods

4. Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

5. Gary Oldman, Mank

Best Supporting Actress:

1. Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari

2. Olivia Colman, The Father

3. Amanda Seyfried, Mank

4. Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman

5. Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Movie Film

Best Supporting Actor:

1. Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

2. Leslie Odom Jr, One Night In Miami

3. Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

4. Bill Murray, On The Rocks

5. David Strathairn, Nomadland

Best Adapted Screenplay:

1. Nomadland

2. First Cow

3. One Night In Miami

4. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

5. I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Best Original Screenplay:

1. Never Rarely Sometimes Always

2. Trial of the Chicago 7

3. Minari

4. Mank

5. Promising Young Woman

Best Documentary:

1. Collective

2. Time

3. Dick Johnson Is Dead

4. Welcome To Chechnya

5. City Hall

Best Cinematography:

1. Nomadland

2. Mank

3. Tenet

4. First Cow

5. News of the World

Best Costume Design:

1. Mank

2. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

3. Emma

4. Ammonite

5. News of the World

Best Film Editing:

1. Nomadland

2. Mank

3. Trial of the Chicago 7

4. Minari

5. Tenet

Best Production Design:

1. Mank

2. Tenet

3. Emma

4. Mulan

5. News of the World

Best Sound:

1. Tenet

2. Sound of Metal

3. Mank

4. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

5. Soul

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

Best Picture:

1. Nomadland

2. Mank

3. One Night In Miami

4. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

5. Hillbilly Elegy

6. Trial Of The Chicago 7

7. The French Dispatch

8. Dune

9. News Of The World

10. The Father

Best Director:

1. Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

2. David Fincher, Mank

3. Regina King, One Night In Miami

4. Denis Villeneuve, Dune

5. Wes Anderson, The French Dispatch

Best Actress:

1. Francess McDormand, Nomadland

2. Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

3. Kate Winslet, Ammonite

4. Vanessa Kirby, Pieces Of A Woman

Best Actor:

1. Delroy Linda, Da 5 Bloods

2. Gary Oldman, Mank

3. Anthony Hopkins, The Father

4. Timothee Chalamet, Dune

5. Tom Hanks, News of the World

Best Supporting Actress:

1. Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy

2. Olivia Colman, The Father

3. Saoirse Ronan, Ammonite

4. Amanda Seyfried, Mank

5. Zendaya, Dune

Best Supporting Actor:

1. Charles Dance, Mank

2. Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

3. Lucas Hedges, French Exit

4. David Strathairn, Nomadland

5. Leslie Odom Jr, One Night In Miami

Best Adapted Screenplay:

1. Nomadland

2. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

3. Hillbilly Elegy

4. One Night In Miami

5. Westside Story

Best Original Screenplay:

1. Mank

2. Trial of the Chicago 7

3. The French Dispatch

4. Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always

5. On The Rocks

Most Anticipated Films 2020:

1. Nomadland (director: Chloe Zhao, starring: Frances McDormand)
2. Dune (director: Dennis Villenevue, starring: Timothee Chalamet)
3. Ammonite (starring: Kate Winslet, Saorise Ronan)
4. Never, Sometimes, Always
5. Mank (director: David Fincher, starring: Gary Oldman)
6. The French Dispatch (director: Wes Anderson, starring: Timothee Chalamet, Tilda Swinton)
7. Hillbilly Elegy (director: Ron Howard, starring: Glenn Close, Amy Adams)
8. I’m Thinking of Ending Things (director: Charlie Kauffman)
9. Westside Story (director: Steven Spielberg)
10. Soul (Pixar film)
11. The Father (starring: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Coleman)
12. Trial of Chicago 7 (director: Aaron Sorkin, starring: Eddie Redmayne)
13. News of the World (director: Paul Greengrass, starring: Tom Hanks)
14. Next Goal Wins (director: Taika Waititi, starring: Michael Fassbender, Elizabeth Moss)
15. Rebecca (starring: Armie Hammer)
16. Stillwater (director: Tom McCarthy)
17. Nightmare Alley (director: Guillermo Del Toro, starring: Cate Blanchett, Bradley Cooper)
18. No Time To Die (starring: Daniel Craig)
19. The Boys In The Band (director: Joe Mantello, starring: Jim Parsons, Matt Bomer)
20. On The Rocks (director: Sophia Coppola, starring: Bill Murray)
21. Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
22. The Prom (director: Ryan Murphy, starring: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman)
23. In The Heights (director: Lin Manuel Miranda)
24. Respect (starring: Jennifer Hudson)
25. The Eyes of Tammy Faye (starring: Jessica Chastain)
26. Death On The Nile
27. The Woman In The Window (Starring: Amy Adams)
28. Palm Springs (starring: Andy Samberg)
29. Wonder Woman 1984
30. Black Widow

Top 100 Films of the 2010’s

(Updated 14th December 2019)

November 92nd Academy Award Predictions:

Best Picture:

1. The Irishman
2. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
3. 1917
4. Parasite
5. Marriage Story
6. Little Women
7. Jojo Rabbit
8. Ford Vs. Ferrari
9. Two Popes
10. Joker

Alternatives: Bombshell

Best Director:

1. Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
2. Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
3. Bong Joon-Ho, Parasite
4. Sam Mendes, 1917
5. Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story

Alternatives: Greta Gerwig, Little Women, Fernando Meirelles, Two Popes.

Best Actor:

1. Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
2. Adam Driver, Marriage Story
3. Robert De Niro, The Irishman
4. Jonathan Pryce, Two Popes
5. Antonio Banderas, Palin And Glory

Alternatives: Leonardo Di Caprio, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Eddie Murphy, Dolemite Is My Name

Best Actress:

1. Renee Zellweger, Judy
2. Charlize Theron, Bombshell
3. Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
4. Saorise Ronan, Little Women
5. Awkwafina, The Farewell

Alternatives: Cynthia Erivo, Harriet

Best Supporting Actor:

1. Brad Pitt, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
2. Al Pacino, The Irishman
3. Anthony Hopkins, Two Popes
4. Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood
5. Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse

Alternatives: Joe Pesci, The Irishman; Timothee Chalamet, Little Women

Best Supporting Actress:

1. Laura Dern, Marriage Story
2. Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
3. Shuzhen Zhou, The Farewell
4. Margot Robbie, Bombshell
5. Florence Pugh, Little Women

Alternatives: Annette Bening, The Report, Margot Robbie, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Nicole Kidman, Bombshell

Best Adapted Screenplay:

1. The Irishman
2. Little Women
3. Jojo Rabbit
4. Two Popes
5. Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood

Best Original Screenplay:

1. Marriage Story
2. Parasite
3. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
4. The Farewell
5. Pain And Glory

October 92nd Academy Award Predictions:

Best Picture:

1. The Irishman
2. Parasite
3. Marriage Story
4. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
5. 1917
6. Little Women
7. Jojo Rabbit
8. A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood
9. Two Popes
10. Bombshell

Alternatives: Joker, Ford Vs. Ferrari

Best Director:

1. Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
2. Bong Joon-Ho, Parasite
3. Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
4. Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
5. Sam Mendes, 1917

Alternatives: Greta Gerwig, Little Women, Fernando Meirelles, Two Popes.

Best Actor:

1. Adam Driver, Marriage Story
2. Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
3. Robert De Niro, The Irishman
4. Jonathan Pryce, Two Popes
5. Antonio Banderas, Palin And Glory

Alternatives: Leonardo Di Caprio, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Eddie Murphy, Dolemite Is My Name

Best Actress:

1. Renee Zellweger, Judy
2. Charlize Theron, Bombshell
3. Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
4. Saorise Ronan, Little Women
5. Awkwafina, The Farewell

Alternatives: Cynthia Erivo, Harriet

Best Supporting Actor:

1. Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood
2. Brad Pitt, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
3. Anthony Hopkins, Two Popes
4. Al Pacino, The Irishman
5. Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse

Alternatives: Joe Pesci, The Irishman; Timothee Chalamet, Little Women

Best Supporting Actress:

1. Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
2. Laura Dern, Marriage Story
3. Annette Bening, The Report
4. Shuzhen Zhou, The Farewell
5. Margot Robbie, Bombshell

Alternatives: Margot Robbie, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Nicole Kidman, Bombshell

Best Adapted Screenplay:

1. The Irishman
2. Little Women
3. Jojo Rabbit
4. Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood
5. Two Popes

Best Original Screenplay:

1. Marriage Story
2. Parasite
3. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
4. The Farewell
5. Pain And Glory

Correct predictions:

79/106 for a score of 74.5%

Counting correct alternatives 87/106 for a score of 82%

MOVIES BY MOST NOMINATIONS:

THE FAVOURITE – 10

ROMA – 10

BEST PICTURE: 7/8

PREDICTED NOMINEES:

Roma

A Star Is Born

Green Book

The Favourite

BlacKkKlansman

Black Panther

Vice

Eight Grade X

If Beale St Could Talk X

MISSING:

Bohemian Rhapsody

ALTERNATE:
Cold War

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED:
The Rider

BEST DIRECTOR: 3/5

PREDICTED NOMINEES:

Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)

Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born) X

Peter Farrelly (Green Book) X

Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)

Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)

MISSING:

Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War)

Adam McKay (Vice)

ALTERNATE:
Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War)

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED:
Chloe Zhao (The Rider)

BEST ACTOR: 4/5

PREDICTED NOMINEES:

Christian Bale (Vice)

Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)

Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)

Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)

Ethan Hawke (First Reformed) X

MISSING:

Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate)

ALTERNATE:
John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman)

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED:
Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate)

BEST ACTRESS: 4/5

PREDICTED NOMINEES:
Glenn Close (The Wife)

Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)

Olivia Colman (The Favourite)

Toni Collette (Hereditary) X

Yalitza Aparicio (Roma)

MISSING:

Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)

ALTERNATE:
Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED:
Joanna Kulig (Cold War)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: 4/5

PREDICTED NOMINEES:
Mahershala Ali (Green Book)

Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)

Timothee Chalamet (Beautiful Boy) X

Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born)

Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)

MISSING:

Sam Rockwell (Vice)

ALTERNATE:
Sam Rockwell (Vice)

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED:
Nicholas Hoult (The Favourite)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: 4/5

PREDICTED NOMINEES:
Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)

Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)

Emma Stone (The Favourite)

Amy Adams (Vice)

Nicole Kidman (Boy Erased)  X

MISSING:

Marina de Tavira, Roma

ALTERNATE:
Claire Foy (First Man)

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED:
Natalie Portman (Vox Lux) 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: 4/5

PREDICTED NOMINEES:
If Beale Street Could Talk

A Star Is Born

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

BlacKkKlansman

Death Of Stalin X

MISSING: 

Ballard of Buster Scrubbs (wow)

ALTERNATE:
Black Panther

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED:
First Man

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: 4/5

PREDICTED NOMINEES:
The Favourite

Green Book

Roma

Vice

Eighth Grade X

MISSING:

First Reformed

ALTERNATE:
First Reformed

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED:
Cold War

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: 5/5

PREDICTED NOMINEES:
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Incredibles 2

Isle of Dogs

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Mirai

ALTERNATE:
Early Man

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED:
Ruben Brandt, Collector

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: 4/5

PREDICTED NOMINEES:
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? X

Free Solo

Minding the Gap

RBG

Hale Country This Morning, This Evening

MISSING:

Of Fathers And Sons

ALTERNATE:
Three Identical Strangers
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED:
Quincy

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: 4/5

PREDICTED NOMINEES:
Roma [Mexico]

Cold War [Poland]

Shoplifters [Japan]

Capernaum [Lebanon]

Burning [South Korea] x

MISSING: 

Never Look Away

ALTERNATE:
Never Look Away

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: 3/5

PROJECTED NOMINEES:
Roma

Cold War

First Man X

The Favourite

The Rider X

MISSING: 

A Star Is Born

Never Look Away

ALTERNATE:
A Star Is Born

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED:
The Rider

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: 4/5

PREDICTED NOMINEES:
The Favourite

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald X

Black Panther

Mary Poppins Returns

Mary Queen of Scots

MISSING:

The Ballard of Buster Scrubbs

ALTERNATE:
If Beale Street Could Talk

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED:
Colette

BEST FILM EDITING: 2/5

PREDICTED NOMINEES:
Roma X

A Star Is Born X

First Man X

The Favourite

Vice

MISSING:

Blackkklansman

Bohemian Rhapsody

Green Book

ALTERNATE:
Bohemian Rhapsody

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED:
The Rider

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

PROJECTED NOMINEES:
Vice
Bohemian Rhapsody X
Suspiria X

MISSING: 

Border

Mary Queen Of Scots

ALTERNATE:
Stan & Ollie

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED:
The Favourite

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: 3/5

PREDICTED NOMINEES:
First Man X

If Beale Street Could Talk

Mary Poppins Returns

Isle of Dogs

Annihiliation X

MISSING:

Blackkklansman

Black Panther

ALTERNATE:
A Quiet Place

BEST ORIGINAL SONG: 3/5

PREDICTED NOMINEES:
“Shallow” (A Star Is Born)
“All the Stars” (Black Panther)
“Girl in the Movies” (Dumplin’) X
“I’ll Fight” (RBG)
“Trip A Little Light Fantastic” (Mary Poppins Returns) X

MISSING:

“The Place Where Lost Things Go” (Mary Poppins Returns)

“When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” (The Ballard Of Buster Scrubbs)

ALTERNATE:
“Revelation” (Boy Erased)

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED:
“Treasure” Beautiful Boy

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: 5/5

PREDICTED NOMINEES:
The Favourite

First Man

Roma

Black Panther

Mary Poppins Returns

ALTERNATE:
Bohemian Rhapsody

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED:
A Star Is Born

BEST SOUND EDITING: 3/5

PROJECTED NOMINEES:
First Man

A Quiet Place

A Star Is Born X

Black Panther

Mission: Impossible — Fallout X

MISSING:

Bohemian Rhapsody

Roma

ALTERNATE:
Roma

BEST SOUND MIXING: 4/5

PREDICTED NOMINEES:
A Star Is Born

Bohemian Rhapsody

First Man

A Quiet Place X

Roma

MISSING:

Black Panther

ALTERNATE:
Mary Poppins Returns

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: 4/5

PROJECTED NOMINEES:
First Man

Avengers: Infinity War

Black Panther X

Ready Player One

Solo: A Star Wars Story

MISSING:

Christopher Robin

ALTERNATE:
Marry Poppins Returns

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED:
Mission: Impossible — Fallout