2014: My Oscar Nominations Predictions

These are my predictions for the 2014 Academy Awards nominations which will take place on January 16, and as a part of the Film Actually Oscar nominations contest.


Best Picture
12 Years A Slave
Gravity
American Hustle
Her
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street
Captain Phillips
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska

Best Director
Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity
Paul Greengrass - Captain Phillips
Steve McQueen - 12 Years A Slave
Spike Jonze - Her
Alexander Payne - Nebraska

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years A Slave
Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
Tom Hanks - Captain Phillips
Bruce Dern - Nebraska

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Amy Adams - American Hustle
Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock - Gravity
Emma Thompson - Saving Mr Banks
Judi Dench - Philomena

Best Supporting Actor
Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips
Michael Fassbender - 12 Years A Slave
Daniel Bruhl - Rush
Bradley Cooper - American Hustle

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years A Slave
Naomie Harris - Mandela: A Long Walk To Freedom
June Squibb - Nebraska
Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine

Best Original Screenplay
Blue Jasmine
Her
Nebraska
Inside Llewyn Davis
American Hustle

Best Adapted Screenplay
12 Years A Slave
Captain Phillips
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street
Before Midnight

Best Foreign Language Film
The Great Beauty
The Grandmaster
The Hunt
The Broken Circle Breakdown
The Notebook

Best Original Score
All is Lost
Gravity
Saving Mr Banks
The Book Thief
12 Years A Slave

Best Original Song
"Let It Go" - Frozen
"Ordinary Love" - Mandela: A Long Walk To Freedom
"Young and Beautiful" - The Great Gatsby
"The Moon Song" - Her
"So You Know What It's Like" - Short Term 12

Best Documentary Feature
The Act of Killing
Blackfish
The Crash Reel
Stories We Tell
The Square

Best Cinematography
Gravity
12 Years A Slave
Nebraska
Inside Llewyn Davis
Prisoners

Best Production Design
12 Years A Slave
American Hustle
Saving Mr Banks
The Great Gatsby
Gravity

Best Animated Feature
Frozen
The Wind Rises
Despicable Me 2
Monsters University
The Croods

Best Film Editing
12 Years A Slave
Gravity
The Wolf of Wall Street
Captain Phillips
Rush

Best Sound Mixing
All Is Lost
Rush
Gravity
Captain Philips
Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Sound Editing
Gravity
All is Lost
Rush
Captain Phillips
12 Years A Slave

Best Visual Effects
Gravity
Pacific Rim
Iron Man 3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Oblivion

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
American Hustle
Dallas Buyers Club
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Best Costume Design
12 Years A Slave
Saving Mr Banks
American Hustle
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman