A couple notes:
- Movie categories only
- ➡️ = my picks
- ➡ = what I think will actually win on Sunday
- * = I haven’t seen this movie yet
As you’ll see, there are a lot of asterisks below, so many many many of these choices are ill-informed. Based on the winners, I’ll try to be better-prepared before the Oscars in February.
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
➡️ Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet”)
*Scarlett Johansson (“Marriage Story”)
*Saoirse Ronan (“Little Women”)
*Charlize Theron (“Bombshell”)
➡ Renée Zellweger (“Judy”)
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Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
➡️ Christian Bale (“Ford v Ferrari”)
*Antonio Banderas (“Pain and Glory”)
*Adam Driver (“Marriage Story”)
➡ *Joaquin Phoenix ("Joker”)
*Jonathan Pryce (“The Two Popes”)
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Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Ana de Armas (“Knives Out”)
➡ ➡️ Awkwafina (“The Farewell”)
*Cate Blanchett (“Where’d You Go, Bernadette”)
Beanie Feldstein (“Booksmart”)
*Emma Thompson (“Late Night”)
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Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Daniel Craig (“Knives Out”)
Roman Griffin Davis (“Jojo Rabbit”)
➡️ Leonardo DiCaprio (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”)
Taron Egerton (“Rocketman”)
➡ *Eddie Murphy (“Dolemite Is My Name”)
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Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
*Kathy Bates (“Richard Jewell”)
*Annette Bening (“The Report”)
➡ *Laura Dern (“Marriage Story”)
➡️ Jennifer Lopez (“Hustlers”)
*Margot Robbie (“Bombshell”)
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
➡️ Tom Hanks (“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”)
*Anthony Hopkins (“The Two Popes”)
➡ Al Pacino (“The Irishman”)
Joe Pesci (“The Irishman”)
Brad Pitt (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”)
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Best Director – Motion Picture
➡️ Bong Joon-ho (“Parasite”)
*Sam Mendes (“1917”)
*Todd Phillips (“Joker”)
➡ Martin Scorsese (“The Irishman”)
Quentin Tarantino (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”)
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Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
➡ *Noah Baumbach (“Marriage Story”)
Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won (“Parasite”)
*Anthony McCarten (“The Two Popes”)
➡️ Quentin Tarantino (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”)
Steven Zaillian (“The Irishman”)
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Best Original Score – Motion Picture
*Alexandre Desplat (“Little Women”)
*Hildur Guðnadóttir (“Joker”)
➡ *Randy Newman (“Marriage Story”)
*Thomas Newman (“1917”)
➡️ Daniel Pemberton (“Motherless Brooklyn”)
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Best Original Song – Motion Picture
*Beautiful Ghosts (“Cats”)
I’m Gonna Love Me Again (“Rocketman”)
➡ Into the Unknown (“Frozen 2”)
Spirit (“The Lion King”)
➡️ Stand Up (“Harriet”)
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Best Motion Picture – Animated
Frozen 2
*How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
The Lion King
*Missing Link
➡ ➡️ Toy Story 4
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Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
The Farewell
*Les Misérables
*Pain and Glory
➡ ➡️ Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
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Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
*Dolemite Is My Name
➡ Jojo Rabbit
➡️ Knives Out
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Rocketman
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Best Motion Picture – Drama
➡️ The Irishman
*Marriage Story
*1917
➡ *Joker
*The Two Popes