2018 Oscar Nomination Predictions

We've made it. 2017 was a year to remember for a variety of reasons in the entertainment business and Hollywood in general. But, as always, the show must go on. The nominations for the 90th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23rd, this is noteworthy simply becuase it's after both the SAG and PGA will have been given out. Both, are generally good indicators as to where the Academy may be leaning.

There are a few things to look for when thinking about Oscar voting. Very rarely does a film that wins Best Picture not get a nomination for Directing (forget Argo) or Editing. Also, you can throw the Golden Globe nonsense out the window, the two voting groups could not be more different.

Chances are one of your favorite films will get snubbed and another that you dislike given way too many nominations. But, if you're looking for a general rundown with the major categories and how this thing may shape out, I'm here to give you my best idea.

BEST PICTURE

'Call Me By Your Name'

'Dunkirk'

'Get Out'

'Lady Bird'

'The Big Sick'

'Phantom Thread'

'The Post'

'The Shape of Water'

'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'

Just missed the cut: 'Darkest Hour', 'The Florida Project' and 'I, Tonya'

BEST ACTOR

Timothee Chalamet, 'Call Me By Your Name'

Daniel Day-Lewis, 'Phantom Thread'

James Franco, 'The Disaster Artist'

Tom Hanks, 'The Post'

Gary Oldman, 'Darkest Hour'

Just missed the cut: Daniel Kaluuya ('Get Out'), Denzel Washington ('Roman J. Israel, Esq')

BEST ACTRESS

Frances McDormand, 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'

Sally Hawkins, 'The Shape of Water'

Margot Robbie, 'I,Tonya'

Saiorse Ronan, 'Lady Bird'

Meryl Streep, 'The Post'

Just missed the cut: Jessica Chastain ('Molly's Game')

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Willem Dafoe, 'The Florida Project'

Armie Hammer, 'Call Me By Your Name'

Richard Jenkins, 'The Shape of Water'

Christopher Plummer, 'All The Money In The World'

Sam Rockwell, 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'

Just missed the cut: Woody Harrelson ('Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) and Michael Stuhlbarg ('Call Me By Your Name')

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Mary J. Blige, 'Mudbound'

Holly Hunter, 'The Big Sick'

Allison Janney, 'I, Tonya'

Lesley Manville, 'Phantom Thread'

Laurie Metcalf, 'Lady Bird'

Just missed the cut: Octavia Spencer ('The Shape of Water') and Hong Chau ('Downsizing')

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'

Jordan Peele, 'Get Out'

Just missed the cut: Sean Baker ('The Florida Project'), Greta Gerwig ('Lady Bird'), Steven Spielberg ('The Post') and Paul Thomas Anderson ('Phantom Thread)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Paul Thomas Anderson, 'Phantom Thread'

Guillermo Del Toro, Vanessa Taylor, 'The Shape of Water'

Greta Gerwig, 'Lady Bird'

Martin McDonagh, 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Jordan Peele, 'Get Out'

Just missed the cut: Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjani ('The Big Sick') and Liz Hannah and Josh Singer ('The Post')

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Alan Heinberg, 'Wonder Woman'

James Ivory, 'Call Me By Your Name'

Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, 'The Disaster Artist'

Aaron Sorkin, 'Molly's Game'

Virgil Williams, Dee Rees, 'Mudbound'

Just missed the cut: Jack Thorne, Steven Conrad and Stephen Chbosky ('Wonder') and Sofia Coppola ('The Beguiled')

BEST FILM EDITING

Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss, 'Baby Driver'

Jon Gregory, 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'

Gregory Plotkin, 'Get Out'

Lee Smith, 'Dunkirk'

Sidney Wolinsky, 'The Shape of Water'

Just missed the cut: 'I, Tonya', 'Darkest Hour' and 'Blade Runner 2049'

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Roger Deakins, 'Blade Runner 2049'

Hoyte van Hoytema, 'Dunkirk'

Dan Lausten, 'The Shape of Water'

Rachel Morrison, 'Mudbound'

Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, 'Call Me By Your Name'

Just missed the cut: Bruno Delbonnel ('Darkest Hour') and Edward Lachman ('Wonderstruck')

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