This year's Oscar Award is very special as we have witnessed the time with restriction in release and surge in stream services movies, however, the nomination does not disappoint to make the job of predicting its winner quite difficult. So here are my prediction based on my personal experience of watching movies as neutral critical and also covering technical aspects of it.
As usual, I have put Winner as my top choice and also provided the alternate options in some cases where it was really difficult to decide, especially a decision of what my heart like and what my mind says. So here is the list:
1. Best Picture
Its been 5 years since I have been accurate in this category and I am going with my heart here among all the option and as per me this year Best Picture from all aspect is: The Trial Of Chicago 7.
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 {WINNER}
- Nomadland {Alternate Choice Winner}
- The Father
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- Mank
- Minari
- Promising Young Woman
- Sound of Metal
2. Best Director
- Chloé Zhao – Nomadland - {WINNER}
- Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round
- David Fincher – Mank
- Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
- Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
3. Best Actor
- Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom {WINNER}
- Anthony Hopkins – The Father as Anthony - {My Choice Alternate Winner}
- Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
- Gary Oldman – Mank
- Steven Yeun – Minari
4. Best Actress
- Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman {WINNER}
- Frances McDormand – Nomadland {Alternate Choice Winner}
- Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
- Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
- Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
5. Best Supporting Actor
- Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah {WINNER}
- Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 {My Alternate Choice Winner}
- Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami
- Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
- Lakeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah
6. Best Supporting Actress
- Youn Yuh-jung – Minari {WINNER}
- Olivia Colman – The Father {Alternate Choice Winner}
- Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
- Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
- Amanda Seyfried – Mank
7. Best Cinematography
- Nomadland {WINNER}
- Mank {Alternate Choice Winner}
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- News of the World
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
8. Best Visual Effects
- Tenet {WINNER}
- Love and Monsters
- The Midnight Sky
- Mulan
- The One and Only Ivan
9. Best Animated Feature Film
- Soul {WINNER}
- Onward
- Over the Moon
- A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
- Wolfwalkers
10. Best International Feature Film
- Another Round (Denmark) {WINNER}
- Better Days (Hong Kong)
- Collective (Romania)
- The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia)
- Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
11. Best Production Design
- Mank {WINNER}
- The Father
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
- News of the World
- Tenet
12. Best Original Screenplay
- Sound of Metal {WINNER}
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 {Alternate Choice Winner}
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- Minari
- Promising Young Woman
13. Best Adapted Screenplay
- Nomadland {WINNER}
- The Father {Alternate Choice Winner}
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
- One Night in Miami...
- The White Tiger
14. Best Sound
- Sound of Metal {WINNER}
- Greyhound
- Mank
- News of the World
- Soul
15. Best Film Editing
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 {WINNER}
- The Father {Alternate Choice Winner}
- Nomadland
- Promising Young Woman
- Sound of Metal
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