The Academy Awards: Nominations & Predictions

The 86th Academy Awards premiere March 2, 2014 and will once again be hosted by Ellen Degeneres. Here are the predictions and preferences for who will take home a little golden man.

Mackenzie Filkins, Arts & Entertainment Editor

Best Picture

12 Years a Slave

American Hustle

Captain Phillips

Dallas Buyers Club

Gravity

Her

Nebraska

Philomena

The Wolf of Wall Street

Winner Prediction: 12 Years a Slave

Want to Win: American Hustle

 

Best Director

Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)

Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)

Alexander Payne (Nebraska)

David O. Russell (American Hustle)

Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Winner Prediction: Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)

Want to Win: David O. Russell (American Hustle)

 

Best Lead Actor

Christian Bale (American Hustle)

Bruce Dern (Nebraska)

Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)

Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Winner Prediction: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Want to Win: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

 

Best Lead Actress

Amy Adams (American Hustle)

Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Judi Dench (Philomena)

Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)

Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

Winner Prediction: Amy Adams (American Hustle)

Want to Win: Amy Adams (American Hustle)

 

Best Supporting Actor

Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)

Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)

Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)

Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Winner Prediction: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Want to Win: Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)

 

Best Supporting Actress

Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)

Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)

Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)

June Squibb (Nebraska)

Winner Prediction: Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

Want to Win: Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

 

Best Animated Feature Film

The Croods

Despicable Me 2

Ernest & Celestine

Frozen

The Wind Rises

Winner Prediction: Frozen

Want to Win: Frozen

 

Best Cinematography

The Grandmaster (Philippe Le Sourd)

Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)

Inside Llewyn Davis (Bruno Delbonnel)

Nebraska (Phedon Papamichael)

Prisoners (Roger A. Deakins)

Winner Prediction: Inside Llewyn Davis (Bruno Delbonnel)

Want to Win: Prisoners (Roger A. Deakins)

 

Best Costume Design

American Hustle (Michael Wilkinson)

The Grandmaster (William Chang Suk Ping)

The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)

The Invisible Woman (Michael O’Connor)

12 Years a Slave (Patricia Norris)

Winner Prediction: The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)

Want to Win: American Hustle (Michael Wilkinson)

 

Best Documentary Feature

The Act of Killing

Cutie and the Boxer

Dirty Wars

The Square

20 Feet from Stardom

Winner Prediction: The Act of Killing

Want to Win: Blackfish (If only they were nominated)

 

Best Documentary Short Subject

CaveDigger

Facing Fear

Karama Has No Walls

The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life

Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall

Winner Prediction: The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life

Want to Win: CaveDigger

 

Best Film Editing

Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten (American Hustle)

Christopher Rouse (Captain Phillips)

John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa (Dallas Buyers Club)

Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger (Gravity)

Joe Walker (12 Years a Slave)

Winner Prediction: Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger (Gravity)

Want to Win: Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger (Gravity)

 

Best Foreign Language Film

The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)

The Great Beauty (Italy)

The Hunt (Denmark)

The Missing Picture (Cambodia)

Omar (Palestine)

Winner Prediction: The Great Beauty (Italy)

 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews (Dallas Buyers Club)

Stephen Prouty (Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa)

Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny (The Lone Ranger)

Winner Prediction: Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews (Dallas Buyers Club)

Want to Win: Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews (Dallas Buyers Club)

 

Best Original Score

John Williams (The Book Thief)

Steven Price (Gravity)

William Butler and Owen Pallett (Her)

Alexandre Desplat (Philomena)

Thomas Newman (Saving Mr. Banks)

Winner Prediction: William Butler and Owen Pallett (Her)

Want to Win: Alexandre Desplat (Philomena)

 

Original Song

“Alone Yet Not Alone” (Alone Yet Not Alone)

“Happy” (Despicable Me 2)

“Let It Go” (Frozen)

“The Moon Song” (Her)

“Ordinary Love” (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)

Winner Prediction: “Ordinary Love” (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)

Want to Win: “Ordinary Love” (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)

 

Best Production Design

Production: Judy Becker  Set: Heather Loeffler (American Hustle)

Production: Andy Nicholson  Set: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard (Gravity)

Production: Catherine Martin  Set: Beverley Dunn (The Great Gatsby)

Production: K.K. Barrett  Set: Gene Serdena (Her)

Production: Adam Stockhausen  Set: Alice Baker (12 Years a Slave)

Winner Prediction: Production: Adam Stockhausen & Set: Alice Baker (12 Years a

Slave)

Want to Win: Production: Judy Becker & Set: Heather Loeffler (American Hustle)

 

Best Animated Short Film

Feral

Get a Horse!

Mr. Hublot

Possessions

Room on the Broom

Winner Prediction: Mr. Hublot

 

Best Live Action Short Film

Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)

Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)

Helium

Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)

The Voorman Problem

Winner Prediction: Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)

 

Best Sound Editing

Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns (All Is Lost)

Oliver Tarney (Captain Phillips)

Glenn Freemantle (Gravity)

Brent Burge (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)

Wylie Stateman (Lone Survivor)

Winner Prediction: Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns (All Is Lost)

Want to Win: Wylie Stateman (Lone Survivor)

 

Best Sound Mixing

Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro (Captain Phillips)

Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro (Gravity)

Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)

Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland (Inside Llewyn Davis)

Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow (Lone Survivor)

Winner Prediction: Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland (Inside Llewyn

Davis)

Want to Win: Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow (Lone Survivor)

 

Best Visual Effects

Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould (Gravity)

Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)

Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick (Iron Man 3)

Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier (The Lone Ranger)

Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton (Star Trek Into Darkness)

Winner Prediction: Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould

(Gravity)

Want to Win: Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould (Gravity)

 

Best Adapted Screenplay

Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke (Before Midnight)

Billy Ray (Captain Phillips)

Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope (Philomena)

John Ridley (12 Years a Slave)

Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Winner Prediction: John Ridley (12 Years a Slave)

Want to Win: Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street)

 

Best Original Screenplay

Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell (American Hustle)

Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine)

Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack (Dallas Buyers Club)

Spike Jonze (Her)

Bob Nelson (Nebraska)

Winner Prediction: Spike Jonze (Her)

Want to Win: Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell (American Hustle)