Final 90th Academy Awards Nomination Predictions – Special Features #14

In a couple of days, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will reveal the full list of nominees for the 90th Academy Awards. That means that it is finally time to unveil my list of predicted nominees. I’ve tried to predict the nominated films for every category excluding the short film awards.

Okay, so. There really isn’t a need for a huge explanation of how this thing will go down. It is pretty self-explanatory. Films are listed in alphabetical order, except for the Best Picture category, in which I’ve listed ten films (but I, ultimately, don’t believe we’ll get ten nominated films there).

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BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• A FANTASTIC WOMAN — Chile
• FOXTROT — Israel
• IN THE FADE — Germany
• LOVELESS — Russia
• THE SQUARE — Sweden

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• CITY OF GHOSTS
• FACES PLACES
• ICARUS
• JANE
• STRONG ISLAND

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• BOSS BABY
• COCO 
• LOVING VINCENT
• MARY AND THE WITCH’S FLOWER
• THE BREADWINNER

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• BLADE RUNNER 2049 
• DUNKIRK 
• GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, VOL. 2 
• STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI 
• WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES

BEST SOUND MIXING

• BABY DRIVER 
• BLADE RUNNER 2049 
• DUNKIRK 
• STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI 
• THE SHAPE OF WATER 

BEST SOUND EDITING

• BABY DRIVER 
• BLADE RUNNER 2049 
• DUNKIRK 
• STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
• THE SHAPE OF WATER

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• BEAUTY AND THE BEAST — “Evermore”
• CALL ME BY YOUR NAME — “The Mystery of Love”
• COCO — “Remember Me”
• MUDBOUND — “Mighty River”
• THE GREATEST SHOWMAN — “This Is Me”

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• BLADE RUNNER 2049 — Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch
• DUNKIRK — Hans Zimmer
• PHANTOM THREAD — Jonny Greenwood
• STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI — John Williams
• THE SHAPE OF WATER — Alexandre Desplat

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• BLADE RUNNER 2049 
• DARKEST HOUR 
• DUNKIRK 
• PHANTOM THREAD 
• THE SHAPE OF WATER 

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

• DARKEST HOUR 
• GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, VOL. 2 
• WONDER 

BEST FILM EDITING

• BABY DRIVER 
• DUNKIRK 
• GET OUT 
• THE POST 
• THE SHAPE OF WATER 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
• DARKEST HOUR 
• MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
• PHANTOM THREAD 
• THE GREATEST SHOWMAN 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• BLADE RUNNER 2049 
• DARKEST HOUR 
• DUNKIRK 
• MUDBOUND 
• THE SHAPE OF WATER 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• GET OUT 
• I, TONYA 
• LADY BIRD 
• THE SHAPE OF WATER 
• THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• CALL ME BY YOUR NAME 
• MOLLY’S GAME
• MUDBOUND 
• THE DISASTER ARTIST 
• WONDER 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• DAFOE, WILLEM — The Florida Project 
• HAMMER, ARMIE — Call Me By Your Name 
• JENKINS, RICHARD — The Shape of Water 
• PLUMMER, CHRISTOPHER — All the Money in the World
• ROCKWELL, SAM — Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• BLIGE, MARY J. — Mudbound
• HUNTER, HOLLY — The Big Sick
• JANNEY, ALLISON — I, Tonya 
• METCALF, LAURIE — Lady Bird 
• SPENCER, OCTAVIA — The Shape of Water 

BEST ACTOR

• CHALAMET, TIMOTHEE — Call Me By Your Name 
• DAY-LEWIS, DANIEL — Phantom Thread 
• FRANCO, JAMES — The Disaster Artist 
• KALUUYA, DANIEL — Get Out 
• OLDMAN, GARY — Darkest Hour 

BEST ACTRESS

• HAWKINS, SALLY — The Shape of Water 
• McDORMAND, FRANCES — Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 
• ROBBIE, MARGOT — I, Tonya 
• RONAN, SAOIRSE — Lady Bird 
• STREEP, MERYL — The Post 

BEST DIRECTOR

• DEL TORO, GUILLERMO — The Shape of Water 
• GERWIG, GRETA — Lady Bird 
• McDONAGH, MARTIN — Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 
• NOLAN, CHRISTOPHER — Dunkirk 
• PEELE, JORDAN — Get Out

BEST PICTURE

1. THE SHAPE OF WATER 
2. LADY BIRD 
3. THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI 
4. DUNKIRK 
5. GET OUT 
6. CALL ME BY YOUR NAME 
7. DARKEST HOUR 
8. THE POST 
9. I, TONYA
10. THE FLORIDA PROJECT 

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– Jeffrey Rex Bertelsen