Final 2015 Oscar Predictions (UPDATED)

BEST PICTURE
Will Win: Birdman
Could Win: Boyhood
Should Win: Whiplash
Should Be Nominated: Foxcatcher

BEST DIRECTOR
Will Win: Alejandro G. Iñárritu - Birdman
Could Win: Richard Linklater - Boyhood
Should Win: Bennett Miller - Foxcatcher
Should Be Nominated: Damian Chazelle - Whiplash

BEST ACTOR
Will Win: Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
Could Win: Michael Keaton - Birdman
Should Win: Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
Should Be Nominated: Oscar Issac - A Most Violent Year

BEST ACTRESS
Will Win: Juliane Moore - Still Alice
Could Win: No one
Should Win: Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night
Should Be Nominated: Jenny Slate - Obvious Child

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Will Win: J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
Could Win: Edward Norton - Birdman (but not really)
Should Win: Edward Norton - Birdman
Should Be Nominated: James McAvoy - The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Will Win: Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
Could Win: Emma Stone - Birdman (but not really)
Should Win: Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
Should Be Nominated: Melissa McCarthy - St. Vincent

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Will Win: Birdman
Could Win: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Should Win: Foxcatcher
Should Be Nominated: Calvary

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Will Win: The Imitation Game
Could Win: Whiplash
Should Win: Whiplash
Should Be Nominated: Gone Girl

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Will Win: How to Train Your Dragon 2
Could Win: Big Hero 6
Should Win: The Lego Movie The Boxtrolls
Should Be Nominated: The Lego Movie

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Will Win: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Could Win: Interstellar
Should Win: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Should Be Nominated: Foxcatcher

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Will Win: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Could Win: Into the Woods
Should Win: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Should Be Nominated: Pride

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Will Win: Birdman
Could Win: Mr. Turner
Should Win: Birdman
Should Be Nominated: Interstellar

BEST FILM EDITING
Will Win: Whiplash
Could Win: Boyhood
Should Win: Whiplash
Should Be Nominated: Edge of Tomorrow

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Will Win: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Could Win: The Theory of Everything
Should Win: Interstellar
Should Be Nominated: Under the Skin

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Will Win: "Glory" - Selma
Could Win: "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" - Glen Campbell...I'll Be Me
Should Win: "Glory" - Selma
Should Be Nominated: "Split the Difference" - Boyhood

BEST MAKEUP/HAIRSTYLING
Will Win: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Could Win: Guardians of the Galaxy
Should Win: Guardians of the Galaxy
Should Be Nominated: Snowpiercer

BEST SOUND MIXING
Will Win: Whiplash
Could Win: American Sniper
Should Win: Whiplash
Should Be Nominated: Foxcatcher

BEST SOUND EDITING
Will Win: American Sniper
Could Win: Birdman
Should Win: Interstellar
Should Be Nominated: Godzilla

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Will Win: Interstellar
Could Win: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Should Win: Interstellar
Should Be Nominated: Transformers: Age of Extinction

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Will Win: Ida
Could Win: Wild Tales

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Will Win: Citizenfour
Could Win: Virunga (but not really)
Should Win: Finding Vivian Maier
Should Be Nominated: The Internet's Own Boy

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Will Win: Feast
Could Win: The Dam Keeper
Should Win: The Bigger Picture

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Will Win: The Phone Call
Could Win: Aya
Should Win: Butter Lamp

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Will Win: Joanna
Could Win: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1

2015 Personal Film Awards

**winner**

Best Picture
Calvary
**Foxcatcher**
Interstellar
A Most Violent Year
Whiplash

Best Director
Damian Chazelle - Whiplash
Ava DuVernay - Selma
Richard Linklater - Boyhood
**Bennett Miller - Foxcatcher**
Christopher Nolan - Interstellar

Best Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
Tom Hardy - Locke
**Oscar Isaac - A Most Violent Year**
Jack O'Connell - Starred Up
David Oyelowo - Selma

Best Actress
**Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night**
Julianne Moore - Still Alice
Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
Jenny Slate - Obvious Child
Reese Witherspoon - Wild

Best Supporting Actor
Steve Carell - Foxcatcher
Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
**Edward Norton - Birdman**
Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons - Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress
**Patricia Arquette - Boyhood**
Jessica Chastain - A Most Violent Year
Kim Dickens - Gone Girl
Melissa McCarthy - St. Vincent
Emma Stone - Birdman

Best Original Screenplay
**Calvary**
Foxcatcher
Interstellar
Locke
Love is Strange

Best Adapted Screenplay
Edge of Tomorrow
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
**Obvious Child**
Whiplash

Best Animated Feature
The Boxtrolls
**The Lego Movie**
The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Best Production Design
Foxcatcher
**The Grand Budapest Hotel**
Inherent Vice
Interstellar
Snowpiercer

Best Costume Design
Get on Up
**The Grand Budapest Hotel**
Inherent Vice
Pride
Yves Saint Laurent

Best Cinematography
Birdman
Inherent Vie
**Interstellar**
A Most Violent Year
Selma

Best Film Editing
Birdman
Boyhood
Edge of Tomorrow
Interstellar
**Whiplash**

Best Original Score
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
**Interstellar**
Under the Skin
Yves Saint Laurent

Best Original Song
"The Boxtrolls Song" - The Boxtrolls
**"Split the Difference" - Boyhood**
"No Fate Awaits Me" - The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
"Everything is Awesome" - The Lego Movie
"Glory" - Selma

Best Makeup/Hairstyling
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
Mr. Turner
**Snowpiercer**

Best Sound Design
Foxcatcher
Godzilla
Interstellar
Transformers: Age of Extinction
**Whiplash**

Best Visual Effects
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Edge of Tomorrow
Guardians of the Galaxy
**Interstellar**
Transformers: Age of Extinction

Best Documentary Feature
The Case Against 8
Citizenfour
**Finding Vivian Maier**
The Internet's Own Boy
Life Itself

Final 2015 Oscar Predictions

Best Picture
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Best Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu - Birdman
Richard Linklater - Boyhood
Bennett Miller - Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum - The Imitation Game

Best Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton - Birdman
David Oyelowo - Selma
Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything

Best Actress
Jennifer Aniston - Cake
Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore - Still Alice
Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon - Wild

Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall - The Judge
Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
Edward Norton - Birdman
Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons - Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
Rene Russo - Nightcrawler
Meryl Streep - Into the Woods
Emma Stone - Birdman

Best Original Screenplay
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mr. Turner
Nightcrawler

Best Adapted Screenplay
American Sniper
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Best Foreign Language Film
Force Majuere
Ida
Leviathan
Timbuktu
Wild Tales

Best Animated Feature
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie
The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Best Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner

Best Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner
Selma

Best Cinematography
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mr. Turner
The Theory of Everything
Unbroken

Best Film Editing
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Imitation Game
Whiplash

Best Original Score
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Homesman
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
The Theory of Everything

Best Original Song
Begin Again - "Lost Stars"
Boyhood - "Split the Difference"
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me - "I'm Not Gonna Miss You"
The Lego Movie - "Everything is Awesome"
Selma - "Glory"

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Foxcatcher
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Theory of Everything

Best Sound Mixing
American Sniper
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Transformers: Age of Extinction

Best Sound Editing
American Sniper
Godzilla
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Transformers: Age of Extinction

Best Visual Effects
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past

Best Documentary Feature
The Case Against 8
Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Life Itself
The Overnighters

Oscar Predictions (11/30/14)

Best Picture
1. Gone Girl
2. Selma
3. Boyhood
4. The Imitation Game
5. Unbroken
6. Birdman
7. Whiplash
8. The Theory of Everything
9. Foxcatcher

Best Director
1. David Fincher - Gone Girl
2. Ava DuVernay - Selma
3. Richard Linklater - Boyhood
4. Morten Tyldum - The Imitation Game
5. Alejandro Gonzeález Iñárritu - Birdman

Best Actor
1. Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
2. David Oyelowo - Selma
3. Michael Keaton - Birdman
4. Steve Carell - Foxcatcher
5. Jack O'Connell - Unbroken

Best Actress
1. Julianne Moore - Still Alice
2. Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
3. Reese Witherspoon - Wild
4. Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
5. Amy Adams - Big Eyes

Best Supporting Actor
1. J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
2. Edward Norton - Birdman
3. Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
4. Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
5. Tom Wilkinson - Selma

Best Supporting Actress
1. Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
2. Jessica Chastain - A Most Violent Year
3. Emma Stone - Birdman
4. Carmen Ejogo - Selma
5. Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game

Best Original Screenplay
1. Boyhood
2. Birdman
3. Selma
4. Whiplash
5. Mr. Turner

Best Adapted Screenplay
1. Gone Girl
2. The Imitation Game
3. Unbroken
4. The Theory of Everything
5. Inherent Vice

Best Animated Feature
1. The LEGO Movie
2. How to Train Your Dragon 2
3. Big Hero 6
4. The Boxtrolls
5. The Song of the Sea

Best Foreign Language Film
1. Mommy
2. Ida
3. Wild Tales
4. Leviathan
5. Force Majeure

Best Production Design
1. Into the Woods
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
3. Mr. Turner
4. Interstellar
5. The Imitation Game

Best Costume Design
1. Into the Woods
2. Exodus: Gods and Kings
3. Mr. Turner
4. Selma
5. Big Eyes

Best Cinematography
1. Unbroken
2. Birdman
3. Mr. Turner
4. Interstellar
5. Selma

Best Film Editing
1. Gone Girl
2. Birdman
3. The Imitation Game
4. Unbroken
5. Boyhood

Best Original Score
1. Unbroken
2. The Theory of Everything
3. Interstellar
4. The Imitation Game
5. Gone Girl

Best Original Song
1. Boyhood - "Split the Difference"
2. Begin Again - "Lost Stars"
3. The LEGO Movie - "Everything is Awesome"
4. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - "The Last Goodbye"
5. Noah - "Mercy Is"

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
1. Unbroken
2. Foxcatcher
3. Guardians of the Galaxy

Best Sound Mixing
1. Interstellar
2. Into the Woods
3. Unbroken
4. Transformers: Age of Extinction
5. Get on Up

Best Sound Editing
1. Interstellar
2. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
3. American Sniper
4. Transformers: Age of Extinction
5. Unbroken

Best Visual Effects
1. Interstellar
2. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
3. Exodus: Gods and Kings
4. Transformers: Age of Extinction
5. The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies

Best Documentary Feature
1. Citizenfour
2. Life Itself
3. Keep on Keepin' On
4. Red Army
5. The Case Against 8

Final 2014 Oscar Predictions

BEST PICTURE
Will Win: 12 Years a Slave
Could Win: Gravity
Should Win: 12 Years a Slave
Should Have Been Nominated: Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST DIRECTOR
Will Win: Alfonso Cuarón - Gravity
Could Win: Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave
Should Win: 12 Years a Slave
Should Have Been Nominated: Joel and Ethan Coen - Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST ACTOR
Will Win: Mattthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
Could Win: Bruce Dern - Nebraska
Should Win: Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street
Should Have Been Nominated: Oscar Isaac - Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST ACTRESS
Will Win: Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
Could Win: Amy Adams - American Hustle
Should Win: Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
Should Have Been Nominated: Brie Larson - Short Term 12

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Will Win: Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
Could Win: Bradley Cooper - American Hustle
Should Win: Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave
Should Have Been Nominated: Sam Rockwell - The Way Way Back

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Will Win: Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
Could Win: Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle
Should Win: Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
Should Have Been Nominated: Octavia Spencer - Fruitvale Station

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Will Win: Her
Could Win: American Hustle
Should Win: Blue Jasmine
Should Have Been Nominated: Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Will Win: 12 Years a Slave
Could Win: Philomena
Should Win: 12 Years a Slave
Should Have Been Nominated: Short Term 12

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Will Win: Frozen
Could Win: The Wind Rises
Should Win: Frozen
Should Have Been Nominated: Monsters University

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Will Win: The Great Gatsby
Could Win: 12 Years a Slave
Should Win: The Great Gatsby
Should Have Been Nominated: Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Will Win: American Hustle
Could Win: The Great Gatsby
Should Win: 12 Years a Slave
Should Have Been Nominated: Blue Jasmine

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Will Win: Gravity
Could Win: Nebraska
Should Win: Gravity
Should Have Been Nominated: Spring Breakers

BEST FILM EDITING
Will Win: Captain Phillips
Could Win: Gravity
Should Win: Captain Phillips
Should Have Been Nominated: Stories We Tell

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Will Win: Gravity
Could Win: Philomena
Should Win: Gravity
Should Have Been Nominated: Only God Forgives

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Will Win: "Let It Go" - Frozen
Could Win: "Happy" - Despicable Me 2
Should Win: "Let It Go" - Frozen
Should Have Been Nominated: "I See Fire" - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

BEST MAKEUP/HAIRSTYLING
Will Win: Dallas Buyers Club
Could Win: The Lone Ranger
Should Win: Dallas Buyers Club
Should Have Been Nominated: Only God Forgives

BEST SOUND MIXING
Will Win: Gravity
Could Win: Lone Survivor
Should Win: Gravity
Should Have Been Nominated: Upstream Color

BEST SOUND EDITING
Will Win: Gravity
Could Win: Lone Survivor
Should Win: Gravity
Should Have Been Nominated: Oblivion

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Will Win: Gravity
Could Win: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (if Hell freezes)
Should Win: Gravity
Should Have Been Nominated: Pacific Rim

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Will Win: The Great Beauty
Could Win: The Hunt

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Will Win: 20 Feet from Stardom
Could Win: The Square
Should Win: The Square
Should Have Been Nominated: Stories We Tell

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Will Win: Get a Horse!
Could Win: Mr. Hubolt
Should Win: Room on the Broom

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Will Win: Helium
Could Win: The Voorman Problem
Should Win: Helium

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Will Win: The Lady in Number 6
Could Win: Cavedigger