Welcome to Filmotomy’s predictions hub for this year’s Academy Awards. It’s here you’ll find the latest predictions from Awards Editor Doug Jamieson in all 23 categories. Click the links below each category for monthly detailed coverage and a full list of contenders.
Be sure to check back regularly for updated predictions as awards season barrels along and the race begins to become clearer.
UPDATED: MARCH 25 2021
BEST PICTURE
1. CODA (Apple TV+)
2. The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
3. Belfast (Focus Features)
4. King Richard (Warner Bros.)
5. West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
6. Dune (Warner Bros.)
7. Don’t Look Up (Netflix)
8. Licorice Pizza (MGM)
9. Drive My Car (Janus Films)
10. Nightmare Alley (Searchlight Pictures)
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BEST DIRECTOR
1. Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
2. Kenneth Branagh – Belfast (Focus Features)
3. Steven Spielberg – West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
4. Ryûsuku Hamaguchi – Drive My Car (Janus Films)
5. Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza (MGM)
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BEST ACTRESS
1. Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Searchlight Pictures)
2. Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers (Sony Pictures Classics)
3. Kristen Stewart – Spencer (Neon)
4. Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter (Netflix)
5. Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos (Amazon Studios)
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BEST ACTOR
1. Will Smith – King Richard (Warner Bros.)
2. Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
3. Andrew Garfield – tick, tick… BOOM! (Netflix)
4. Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth (A24/Apple TV+)
5. Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos (Amazon Studios)
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Ariana DeBose – West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
2. Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
3. Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard (Warner Bros.)
4. Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter (Netflix)
5. Judi Dench – Belfast (Focus Features)
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Troy Kotsur – CODA (Apple TV+)
2. Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
3. Ciarán Hinds – Belfast (Focus Features)
4. Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
5. J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos (Amazon Studios)
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Belfast – Kenneth Branagh (Focus Features)
2. Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson (MGM)
3. Don’t Look Up – Adam McKay, David Sirota (Netflix)
4. King Richard – Zach Baylin (Warner Bros)
5. The Worst Person in the World – Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier (Neon)
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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. CODA – Sian Heder (Apple TV+)
2. The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion (Netflix)
3. Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe (Janus Films)
4. The Lost Daughter – Maggie Gyllenhaal (Netflix)
5. Dune – Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth (Warner Bros.)
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Dune (Warner Bros.)
2. The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
3. The Tragedy of Macbeth (A24/Apple TV+)
4. West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
5. Nightmare Alley (Searchlight Pictures)
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BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Cruella (Disney)
2. Dune (Warner Bros.)
3. West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
4. Nightmare Alley (Searchlight Pictures)
5. Cyrano (MGM)
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BEST FILM EDITING
1. Dune (Warner Bros.)
2. King Richard (Warner Bros.)
3. The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
4. tick, tick… BOOM! (Netflix)
5. Don’t Look Up (Netflix)
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BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
1. The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Searchlight Pictures)
2. Dune (Warner Bros.)
3. Cruella (Disney)
4. House of Gucci (MGM)
5. Coming 2 America (Amazon Studios)
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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Dune (Warner Bros.)
2. Nightmare Alley (Searchlight Pictures)
3. West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
4. The Tragedy of Macbeth (A24/Apple TV+)
5. The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
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BEST SOUND
1. Dune (Warner Bros.)
2. West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
3. No Time to Die (Universal Pictures)
4. Belfast (Focus Features)
5. The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
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BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Dune (Warner Bros.)
2. Spider-Man: No Way Home (Sony Pictures)
3. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Disney)
4. No Time to Die (MGM)
5. Free Guy (Disney)
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Dune (Warner Bros.)
2. The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
3. Encanto (Disney)
4. Don’t Look Up (Netflix)
5. Parallel Mothers (Sony Pictures Classics)
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BEST ORIGINAL SONG
1. “No Time to Die” – No Time to Die (Universal Pictures)
2. “Dos Oruguitas” – Encanto (Disney)
3. “Be Alive” – King Richard (Warner Bros.)
4. “Down to Joy” – Belfast (Focus Features)
5. “Somehow You Do” – Four Good Days (Vertical Entertainment)
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BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
1. Encanto (Disney)
2. The Mitchells vs. The Machines (Netflix)
3. Flee (Neon)
4. Luca (Disney/Pixar)
5. Raya and the Last Dragon (Disney)
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BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1. Summer of Soul (Searchlight Pictures)
2. Flee (Neon)
3. Attica (Showtime)
4. Ascension (MTV Documentary Films)
5. Writing with Fire (Music Box Films)
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BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
1. Drive My Car (Japan)
2. The Worst Person in the World (Norway)
3. Flee (Denmark)
4. The Hand of God (Italy)
5. Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan)
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BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
1. Robin Robin
2. The Windshield Wiper
3. Bestia
4. Affairs of the Art
5. Boxballet
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
1. The Queen of Basketball
2. Three Songs for Benazir
3. When We Were Bullies
4. Audible
5. Lead Me Home
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
1. The Long Goodbye
2. The Dress
3. Ala Kachuu – Take ad Run
4. On My Mind
5. Please Hold
