86th Academy Award Predictions: Year in Advance

The dust from the 85th Academy Awards has barely settled, but I will nonetheless be predicting next year's Oscars.  Sure, most of these predictions will be useless but last year I made it 2 years running that I correctly predicted 4 of the Best Picture nominees (Argo, Django Unchained, Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty) in my year in advance predictions.  I also correctly predicted 3 of the 5 supporting actresses.  That's not even including Anne Hathaway, whom I predicted would get nominated in the Lead Actress category being unfamiliar with Les Miserables.  I also predicted 3 of the 5 nominees in the Adapted Screenplay, Animated Feature and Production Design category.  So let's move onto this upcoming year's Oscars:

BEST PICTURE

1. August: Osage County

2. Foxcatcher

3. Fruitvale

4. Gravity

5. The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST DIRECTOR

1. John Wells, August: Osage County

2. Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher

3. Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity

4. Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

5. Ridley Scott, The Counselor

BEST LEAD ACTOR

1. Benedict Cumberbatch, The Fifth Estate

2. Steve Carell, Foxcatcher

3. Michael Fassbender, The Counselor

4. Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

5. Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST LEAD ACTRESS

1. Maryl Streep, August: Osage County

2. Naomi Watts, Diana

3. Nicole Kidman, Grace of Monaco

4. Sandra Bullock, Gravity

5. Julia Roberts, August: Osage County

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Ewan McGregor, August: Osage County

2. Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street

3. Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher

4. Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

5. Sam Rockwell, The Way, Way Back

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Margo Martindale, August: Osage County

2. Cameron Diaz, The Counselor

3. Octavia Spencer, Fruitvale

4. Carey Mulligan, Inside Llewyn Davis

5. Cate Blanchett, The Monuments Men

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. August: Osage County

2. Before Midnight

3. The Monuments Men

4. Labor Day

5. The Spectacular Now

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. Inside Llewyn Davis

2. Foxcatcher

3. Blue Jasmine

4. Fruitvale

5. The Way, Way Back

BEST ANIMATED FILM

1. Monsters University

2. The Congress

3. Frozen

4. Leo the Lion

5. Turbo

BEST DOCUMENTARY

1. We Steal Secrets

2. Manhunt

3. Twenty Feet From Stardom

4. Running From Crazy

5. Blood Brother

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

1. Child’s Pose (Romania)

2. Attila Marcel (France)

3. The Past (Iran)

4. Vic and Flo Saw a Bear (Canada)

5. An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (Slovenia)

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

1. The Blue Umbrella

2. Irish Folk Furniture

3. I Am Tom Moody

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BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

1. Skinningrove

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BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM

1. The Runaway

2. The Whistle

3. Whiplash

4. The Date

5. Until the Quiet Comes

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

1. Gravity

2. To the Wonder

3. Foxcatcher

4. The Wolf of Wall Street

5. Prisoners

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

1. The Great Gatsby

2. Great Expectations

3. Diana

4. Grace of Monaco

5. The Butler

BEST FILM EDITING

1. Gravity

2. Foxcatcher

3. August: Osage County

4. The Wolf of Wall Street

5. The Counselor

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

1. Diana

2. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

3. Grace of Monaco

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

1. The Monuments Men

2. Foxcatcher

3. Monsters University

4. Oz: The Great and Powerful

5. Gravity

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

1. Out of the Furnace

2. Frozen

3. Monsters University

4. Out of the Furnace

5. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

1. The Great Gatsby

2. The Butler

3. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

4. The Monuments Men

5. Oz: The Great and Powerful

BEST SOUND EDITING

1. Gravity

2. Star Trek Into Darkness

3. Iron Man 3

4. Man of Steel

5. Elysium

BEST SOUND MIXING

1. Gravity

2. Monsters University

3. Inside Llewyn Davis

4. Star Trek Into Darkness

5. Elysium

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

1. Gravity

2. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

3. Star Trek Into Darkness

4. Iron Man 3

5. Oblivion