Oscars 2016: Predicting the Nominations
With the Golden Globes resigned to the history books and the BAFTA Awards a matter of a few weeks away, attention is now shifting to Thursday morning when Guillermo del Toro, John Krasinski and Ang Lee will join Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences president Cheryl Boone Isaacs at 5:30am PT in announcing the 88th Academy Awards nominations.
Like most years, predicting the Academy Awards is never an easy thing to do. Yet, that never stops most of us from having our opinion on who is worthy and who is not. Below is our predictions for what has already is shaped up to be a very unpredictable award season.
BEST MOTION PICTURE
Five That Are (Almost) Guaranteed:
1. The Revenant
2. Spotlight
3. Carol
4. The Martian
5. Inside Out
If They Nominate More Than 5 and/or Fill the Full 10 Slots:
6. The Big Short
7. Bridge of Spies
8. Mad Max: Fury Road
9. Room
10. Brooklyn
best actor in a leading role
Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)
Matt Damon (The Martian)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett (Carol)
Brie Larson (Room)
Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)
Lily Tomlin (Grandma)
Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christian Bale (The Big Short)
Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)
Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)
Sylvester Stallone (Creed)
Paul Dano (Love & Mercy)
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)
Rooney Mara (Carol)
Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)
Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)
Rachel McAdams (Spotlight)
BEST DIRECTOR
Ridley Scott (The Martian)
Alejandro G. Inarritu (The Revenant)
Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Adam McKay (The Big Short)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Matt Charman, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (Bridge of Spies)
Pete Doctor, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley (Inside Out)
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)
Quentin Tarantino (The Hateful Eight)
Amy Schumer (Trainwreck)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs)
Drew Goddard (The Martian)
Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (The Big Short)
Phyllis Nagy (Carol)
Emma Donoghue (Room)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)
Robert Richardson (The Hateful Eight)
John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Dariusz Wolski (The Martian)
Roger Deakins (Sicario)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Inside Out
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Son of Saul
Mustang
A War
The Brand New Testament
Theeb
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Listen to Me Marlon
