Predictions: The 91st Academy Awards Nominations

In just over a month, The 91st Annual Academy Awards will be hosted (or, in this case, “un-hosted” by a slew of celebrities) and the finest cinematic achievements of 2018 will receive their just rewards. However, before the winners can claim their statuettes, the contenders must be announced.

Tonight, the nominations by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be revealed worldwide. As an Oscarologist and a betting man, I can’t help but try my hand at playing member of The Academy. So, with no further adieu (and no time to lose), here are my predictions in all 24 Oscar categories:

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Black Panther, Kevin Feige (producer)
BlacKkKlansman, Jason Blum, Spike Lee, Raymond Mansfield, Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele, Shaun Redick (producers)
Bohemian Rhapsody, Graham King, Jim Beach (producers)
The Favourite, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Yorgos Lanthimos (producers)
First Man, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Isaac Klausner, Damien Chazelle (producers)
Green Book, Jim Burke, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Charles B. Wessler (producers)
If Beale Street Could Talk, Megan Ellison, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski, Sara Murphy, Barry Jenkins (producers)
Roma, Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodriguez, Nicolas Celis (producers)
A Star is Born, Bill Gerber, Jon Peters, Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips, Lynette Howell Taylor (producers)
Vice, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Kevin J. Messick, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay (producers)

First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
The Favourite
Bohemian Rhapsody
Black Panther
Vice
Green Book
Roma
A Star is Born
BlacKkKlansman

Best Achievement in Directing

BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee
The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos
Green Book, Peter Farrelly
Roma, Alfonso Cuarón
A Star is Born, Bradley Cooper

The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos
Green Book, Peter Farrelly
A Star is Born, Bradley Cooper
BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee
Roma, Alfonso Cuarón

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
Glenn Close, The Wife
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Lady Gaga, A Star is Born
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Lady Gaga, A Star is Born
Glenn Close, The Wife

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams, Vice
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Margot Robbie, Mary, Queen of Scots
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Margot Robbie, Mary, Queen of Scots
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Amy Adams, Vice

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Christian Bale, Vice
Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman

John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
Christian Bale, Vice
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Timothée Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott, A Star is Born
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Sam Elliott, A Star is Born
Timothée Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Mahershala Ali, Green Book

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Incredibles 2, Brad Bird, John Walker, Nicole Paradis Grindle
Isle of Dogs, Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson
Mirai, Mamoru Hosoda, Nozomu Takahashi, Yūichirō Saitō, Takuya Itō, Yūichi Adachi, Genki Kawamura
Ralph Breaks The Internet, Rich Moore, Phil Johnston, Clark Spencer
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Christina Steinberg, Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman

Ralph Breaks The Internet
Mirai
Isle of Dogs
Incredibles 2
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Black Panther, Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole
BlacKkKlansman, Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee
Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty
If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins
A Star is Born, Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Eighth Grade, Bo Burnham
The Favourite, Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
Green Book, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga
Roma, Alfonso Cuarón
Vice, Adam McKay

Best Achievement in Cinematography

Cold War, Łukasz Żal
The Favourite, Robbie Ryan
First Man, Linus Sandgren
Roma, Alfonso Cuarón
A Star is Born, Matthew Libatique

Best Achievement in Costume Design

Black Panther, Ruth E. Carter
Bohemian Rhapsody, Julian Day
The Favourite, Sandy Powell
Mary Poppins Returns, Sandy Powell
Mary, Queen of Scots, Alexandra Byrne

Best Achievement in Film Editing

BlacKkKlansman, Barry Alexander Brown
Bohemian Rhapsody, John Ottman
Green Book, Patrick J. Don Vito
Roma, Alfonso Cuarón, Adam Gough
A Star is Born, Jay Cassidy

Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling

Bohemian Rhapsody, Jan Sewell, Charlie Hounslow-Smith, Rebecca Cole
Border, Göran Lundström, Pamela Goldammer
Vice, Kate Biscoe, Patricia DeHaney, Greg Cannom, Chris Gallaher

Best Achievement in Production Design

Black Panther, Hannah Beachler, Jay Hart
The Favourite, Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton
First Man, Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas
Mary Poppins Returns, John Myhre, Gordon Sim
Roma, Eugenio Caballero, Bárbara Enríquez

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)

Black Panther, Ludwig Göransson
First Man, Justin Hurwitz
If Beale Street Could Talk, Nicholas Britell
Isle of Dogs, Alexandre Desplat
Mary Poppins Returns, Marc Shaiman

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)

All The Stars from Black Panther, Kendrick Lamar, Anthony Tiffith, Mark Spears, Solana Rowe, Al Shuckburgh
Revelation from Boy Erased,
I’ll Fight from RBG, Jon Thor Birgisson, Troye Sivan, Brett McLaughlin
Trip a Little Light Fantastic from Mary Poppins Returns, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
Shallow from A Star is Born, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

Black Panther, Benjamin A. Burtt, Steve Boedekker
First Man, Ai-Ling Lee, Mildred Iatrou Morgan
Mission: Impossible – Fallout, James H. Mather
A Star is Born, Alan Robert Murray
A Quiet Place, Ethan Van der Dyn, Erik Aadhal

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

Black Panther, Benjamin A. Burtt, Steve Boedekker
Bohemian Rhapsody, John Casali, Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin
First Man, Mary H. Ellis, Jon Taylor
A Star is Born, Steve Morrow, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder
A Quiet Place, Michael Barosky, Brandon Proctor

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

Avengers: Infinity War, Dan Deleeuw, Kelly Port, Russell Earl, Dan Sudick
Black Panther, Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Graig Hammack, Dan Sudick
First Man, Paul Lambert, J.D. Schwalm, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles
Mary Poppins Returns, Matt Johnson, Steve Warner, Jim Capobianco, Kyle McCulloch
Ready Player One, Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E Butler, David Shirk

Best Documentary, Feature

Free Solo, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Shannon Dill, Evan Hayes
Minding The Gap, Bing Liu, Diane Moy Quon
RBG, Betsy West, Julie Cohen
Three Identical Strangers, Tim Wardle, Becky Read, Grace Hughes-Hallett
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Morgan Neville, Caryn Capotosto, Nicholas Ma

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Burning, South Korea
Capernaum, Lebanon
Cold War, Poland
Roma, Mexico
Shoplifters, Japan

Best Short Film, Animated

Animal Behaviour, Ryan Beil, Leah Juel, James Kirk, Andrea Libman
Bao, Daniel Kailin, Sindy Lau
Bird Karma, William Salazar
Late Afternoon, Lucy O’Connell, Louise Bagnall, Fionnula Flanagan, Michael McGrath
Pépé Le Morse, Romain Garance, Emilie Blon-Metzinger, Chann Aglat, Ilona Bachelier

Best Documentary, Short Subjects