Oscar Predictions 2014

 
Real quick before they announce them!

BEST PICTURE

1. Boyhood
2. Birdman
3. The Imitation Game
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel
5. The Theory of Everything
6. Selma
7. American Sniper
8. Gone Girl
9. Nightcrawler
10. Foxcatcher

Watch Out For: Whiplash, Into the Woods, Unbroken,  Mr. Turner, A Most Violent Year, Interstellar

BEST DIRECTOR

• Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
• Ava DuVernay (Selma)
• Clint Eastwood (American Sniper)
• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Birdman)
•  Richard Linklater (Boyhood)

Watch Out For: David Fincher (Gone Girl), Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game), Damien Chazelle (Whiplash), James Marsh (The Theory of Eveything), Angelina Jolie (Unbroken), Mike Leigh (Mr. Turner), Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher), Dan Gilroy (Nightcrawler)

BEST ACTOR

• Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)
• Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler)
• Michael Keaton (Birdman)
• David Oyelowo (Selma)
• Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)

Watch Out For: Steve Carell (Foxcatcher), Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Bradley Cooper (American Sniper), Bill Murray (St. Vincent)

 BEST ACTRESS

• Amy Adams (Big Eyes)
• Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)
• Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
• Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
• Reese Witherspoon (Wild)

Watch Out For: Jennifer Aniston (Cake), Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night or The Immigrant)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Robert Duvall (The Judge)
• Ethan Hawke (Boyhood)
• Edward Norton (Birdman)
• Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher)
• J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)

Watch Out For: Steve Carell (Foxcatcher), Tyler Perry (Gone Girl), Christoph Waltz (Big Eyes), Josh Brolin (Inherent Vice), Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
• Jessica Chastain (A Most Violent Year)
• Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game)
• Emma Stone (Birdman)
• Meryl Streep (Into the Woods)

Watch Out For: Rene Russo (Nightcrawler), Laura Dern (Wild), Imelda Staunton (Pride), Carmen Eiogo (Selma), Naomi Watts (St. Vincent), Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer), Carrie Coon (Gone Girl)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Birdman
• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Nightcrawler
• Selma

Watch Out For: Foxcatcher, Pride, A Most Violent Year, Big Eyes, Mr. Turner, St. Vincent, Top Five, Ida, Interstellar, Love is Strange, The Immigrant

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• American Sniper
• Gone Girl
• The Imitation Game
• The Theory of Everything
• Whiplash

Watch Out For: Inherent Vice, The Lego Movie, Wild, Into the Woods

BEST FILM EDITING

• Birdman
• Boyhood 
• Gone Girl
• The Imitation Game
• Whiplash

Watch Out For: The Grand Budapest Hotel, American Sniper, Nightcrawler, The Theory of Everything, A Most Violent Year, Inherent Vice, Interstellar, Into the Woods

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Birdman
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Mr. Turner
• Unbroken

Watch Out For: Interstellar, Ida, Selma, Gone Girl, The Theory of Everything, A Most Violent Year

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Birdman
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Interstellar
• Into the Woods

Watch Out For: Big Eyes, Unbroken, Inherent Vice, Guardians of the Galaxy, Mr. Turner, The Theory of Everything, Selma, Foxcatcher, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Snowpiercer

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Into the Woods
• Maleficent
• The Theory of Everything

Watch Out For: Inherent Vice, Mr. Turner, Guardians of the Galaxy, Selma, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Big Eyes, A Most Violent Year, Belle, Noah

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

• Foxcatcher
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Guardians of the Galaxy

Other Options: Maleficent, The Theory of Everything, Noah, The Amazing Spider-man 2

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
• Godzilla
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• Interstellar

Other Options: Transformers: Age of Extinction, Maleficent, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Night at the Museum: Age of Extinction

BEST SOUND EDITING

• American Sniper
• Birdman
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
• Interstellar
• Whiplash

Watch Out For: The Imitation Game, Unbroken, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Guardians of the Galaxy, Fury, The Lego Movie, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Into the Woods, Captain America: The Winter Soldier

BEST SOUND MIXING

• American Sniper
• Birdman
• The Imitation Game
• Into the Woods
• Whiplash

Watch Out For: Unbroken, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Interstellar, Fury, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Transformers: Age of Extinction, The Theory of Everything, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, The Lego Movie

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Gone Girl
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Interstellar
• The Theory of Everything

Watch Out For: Unbroken, Maleficent, Fury, The Judge, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Under the Skin, The Homesman, Nightcrawler, The Boxtrolls

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• "Big Eyes" (Big Eyes)
• "Glory" (Selma)
• "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" (Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me)
• "The Last Goodbye" (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies)
• "Mercy Is" (Noah)

Watch Out For: "Something's So Right" (Muppets Most Wanted), "Lost Stars" (Begin Again), "Yellow Flicker Beat" (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part I), "Opportunity" (Annie), "Miracles" (Unbroken), "Everything is Awesome" (The Lego Movie)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Force Majeure
• Ida
• Leviathan
• Tangerines
• Wild Tales

Other Options: Timbuktu, The Liberator, Accused, Corn Island

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Big Hero 6
• The Boxtrolls
• How to Train Your Dragon 2
• The Lego Movie
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Other Options: The Book of Life, Song of the Sea, Cheatin, Jack and the Cuckoo-Cluck Heart, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Rocks in My Pockets, Miniscule - Valley of the Lost Ants, Penguins of Madagascar, Rio 2, Henry & Me, Giovanni's Island, The Hero of Color City, The Pirate Fairy, Planes: Fire & Rescue, Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• CitizenFour
• Last Days in Vietnam
• Life Itself
• The Overnighters
• Virunga

Other Options: Jodorowsky's Dune, Keep on Keepin' On, Finding Vivian Maier, Art and Craft, The Case Against 8, The Kill Team, The Salt of the Earth, Tales of the Grim Sleeper, Citizen Koch, The Internet's Own Boy

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

• Coda
• The Dam Keeper
• The Duet
• Feast
• Me and My Moulton

Other Options: The Bigger Picture, Symphony No. 42, Footprints, A Single Life, The Numberlys

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

• Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
• Kehinde Wiley: An Economy of Grace
• One Child
• Our Curse
• White Earth

Other Options: The Lion's Mouth Opens, Joanna, The Reaper (La Parka)

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

• Baghdad Messi
• Boogaloo and Graham
• Butter Lamp
• Carry On
• The Phone Call

Other Options: My Father's Truck, Aya, Parvaneh, Summer Vacation, SLR