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.
February 26, 2014
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)