Excited for the Oscars! Below are my predicted winners (★), my personal favorites among the nominees (♥), and the ones that should have been nominated, in my opinion. Just for the top eight categories.
BEST PICTURE
♥ The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
★ Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago Seven
Should have been nominated: His House; Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; Palm Springs
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
♥ Viola Davis - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day - The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby - Pieces of a Woman
★ Frances McDormand - Nomadland
Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman
Should have been nominated: Sophia Loren - The Life Ahead
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal
★ Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
♥ Anthony Hopkins - The Father
Gary Oldman - Mank
Steven Yeun - Minari
Should have been nominated: Adarsh Gourav - The White Tiger
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close - Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman - The Father
Amanda Seyfried - Mank
★ ♥ Youn Yuh-jung - Minari
Should have been nominated: Toni Colette - I’m Thinking of Ending Things; Dominique Fishback - Judas and the Black Messiah; Helena Zengel - News of the World
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Sacha Baron Cohen - The Trial of the Chicago Seven
★ Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah
♥ Leslie Odom Jr. - One Night in Miami
Paul Raci - Sound of Metal
Lakeith Stanfield - Judas and the Black Messiah
Should have been nominated: Glynn Turman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
DIRECTING
Lee Isaac Chung - Minari
Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman
David Fincher - Mank
Thomas Vinterberg - Another Round
★ ♥ Chloe Zhao - Nomadland
Should have been nominated: George C. Wolfe - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; Steven Soderbergh, Let Them All Talk
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
★ The Father
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
♥ The White Tiger
Should have been nominated: The Life Ahead
WRITING (Original Screenplay)
♥ Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
★ Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago Seven
Should have been nominated: Palm Springs
