2018 Oscar Winner Predictions

The official nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were released this past week and it turns out I wasn't too far off in my predictions. Now comes the fun part - predicting the winners.

In my last post I tried to predict what movies would be nominated for an Oscar in the major categories. I was 100% correct about the Director, Leading Actress, Animated Feature and Adapted Screenplay nominees. What really threw me off was how Jordan Peele's "Get Out" was nominated in a lot more categories than I was expecting. Don't get me wrong, I though it was one of the best movies of the year but I simply wasn't sure if the Academy was going to recognize it as such. Good for you "Get Out," you deserve it.

Now it comes time to think about who will actually bring home the little gold man come Mach 4th. This is always tough for me because it's hard to put my own opinions aside and be objective. Personally my favorite Oscar Movies of the year are "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," "The Shape of Water," and "Get Out." So I'm hoping they end up taking a bunch of awards home.However, I'll do my best to be objective. I also haven't seen EVERY single film nominated but I have seen most of them. Below you'll find the official list of nominees in the same categories I listed last time. Bolded in Red are the films/actors I think will bring home the gold.

BEST PICTURE

• Dunkirk

• The Shape of Water

• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

• Lady Bird

• Call Me By Your Name

• Get Out

• Phantom Thread

• Darkest Hour

• The Post

BEST DIRECTOR

• Guillermo del Toro - "The Shape of Water"

• Greta Gerwig - "Lady Bird"

• Christopher Nolan - "Dunkirk"

• Paul Thomas Anderson - "Phantom Thread"

• Jordan Peele - "Get Out"

BEST ACTOR

• Gary Oldman - "Darkest Hour"

• Timothee Chalamet - "Call Me By Your Name"

• Denzel Washington - "Roman J. Israel, Esq."

• Daniel Kaluuya - "Get Out"

• Daniel Day-Lewis - "Phantom Thread"

BEST ACTRESS

• Margot Robbie - "I, Tonya"

• Frances McDormand - "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

• Sally Hawkins - "The Shape of Water"

• Meryl Streep - "The Post"

• Saiorse Ronan - "Lady Bird"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Sam Rockwell - "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

• Richard Jenkins - "The Shape of Water"

• Woody Harrelson - "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

• Willem Dafoe - "The Florida Project"

• Christopher Plummer - "All The Money in The World"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Octavia Spencer - "The Shape of Water"

• Lesley Manville - "Phantom Thread"

• Laurie Metcalf - "Lady Bird"

• Mary J. Blige - "Mudbound"

• Allison Janney - "I, Tonya"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• The Shape of Water

• Lady Bird

• Get Out

• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

• The Big Sick

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Call Me By Your Name

• The Disaster Artist

• Mudbound

• Molly's Game

• Logan

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Dunkirk

• Star Wars: The Last Jedi

• The Shape of Water

• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

• Phantom Thread

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• "This is Me" - The Greatest Showman

• "Remember Me" - Coco

• "Stand Up For Something" - Marshall

• "Mighty River" - Mudbound

• "Mystery of Love" - Call Me By Your Name

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Coco

• Ferdinand

• Loving Vincent

• The Breadwinner

• The Boss Baby

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