Hey all Oscar fans, I’ve decided to put out my early Oscar predictions after the reactions to the Venice, Telluride, and Toronto film festivals. I’ve got the biggest major contenders being Call Me by Your Name, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, The Shape of Water, and even the latest Toronto People’s Choice award winner, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Keep in mind with these early predicts that we still don’t know the reactions to Spielberg’s The Post, PTA’s Phantom Thread, and Woody Allen’s Wonder Wheel.
Best Picture
Blade Runner 2049
Call Me by Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Wonder Wheel
Best Director
Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water)
Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name)
Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk)
Joe Wright (Darkest Hour)
Best Leading Actor
Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Stronger)
Tom Hanks (The Post)
Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
Best Leading Actress
Jessica Chastain (Molly’s Game)
Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water)
Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)
Emma Stone (Battle of the Sexes)
Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project)
Laurence Fishburne (Last Flag Flying)
Woody Harrelson (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Michael Stuhlbarg (Call Me by Your Name)
Best Supporting Actress
Mary J. Blige (Mudbound)
Holly Hunter (The Big Sick)
Melissa Leo (Novitiate)
Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)
Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Call Me by Your Name
Darkest Hour
Molly’s Game
Mudbound
Wonderstruck
Best Original Screenplay
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Cinematography
Blade Runner 2049
Call Me by Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Best Film Editing
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Production Design
Blade Runner 2049
Call Me by Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Best Visual Effects
Blade Runner 2049
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Shape of Water
Thor: Ragnarok
War for the Planet of the Apes
