By Matt Neglia
You’ve heard our predictions on Episode 79 of The Next Best Picture Podcast. And now, we want to hear from you! With the 90th Academy Awards looming this Sunday, it is now time for our “Predict The 90th Academy Award Winners Contest.”
Simply cast your ballot below, get the most predictions correct and you could win an HD Digital Copy of one of the Best Picture nominees of your choosing! Should there be a tie, a winner will then be chosen at random.
Enter below for a chance to win. Happy predicting and enjoy the show this Sunday!
ENTER INTO OUR CONTEST HERE
Oscar Predictions from the staff at Next Best Picture
Members include: Daniel Howat, DeAnn Chiazzese, Josh Williams, Michael Schwartz, Mike Vermette, Ryan C. Showers & Will Mavity
BEST PICTURE
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out (Daniel, Michael & Will)
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape Of Water (Matt & DeAnn)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Josh, Ryan & Mike)
BEST DIRECTOR
Guillermo Del Toro, The Shape Of Water (Everyone)
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Paul Thomas Anderon, Phantom Thread
BEST ACTOR
Timothee Chalet, Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Day Lewis, Phantom Thread
Daniel Kayluua, Get Out
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour (Everyone)
Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
BEST ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins, The Shape Of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Everyone)
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Meryl Streep, The Post
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem DaFoe, The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins, The Shape Of Water
Christopher Plummer, All The Money In The World
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Everyone)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Allison Janney, I, Tonya (DeAnn, Daniel, Josh, Matt, Mike, Ryan & Will)
Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalfe, Lady Bird (Michael)
Octavia Spencer, The Shape Of Water
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Big Sick
Get Out (DeAnn, Daniel, Matt, Michael, Mike & Will)
Lady Bird
The Shape Of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Josh & Ryan)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Call Me By Your Name (Everyone)
The Disaster Artist
Logan
Molly’s Game
Mudbound
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Blade Runner 2049 (Everyone)
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Mudbound
The Shape Of Water
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape Of Water (Everyone)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
Phantom Thread (Everyone)
The Shape Of Water
Victoria & Abdul
BEST FILM EDITING
Baby Driver (Daniel)
Dunkirk (DeAnn, Josh, Matt, Michael, Mike, Ryan & Will)
I, Tonya
The Shape Of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST MAKEUP/HAIRSTYLING
Darkest Hour (Everyone)
Victoria & Abdul
Wonder
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread (Josh)
The Shape Of Water (DeAnn, Daniel, Matt, Michael, Mike, Ryan & Will))
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Remember Me,” Coco
“Mystery of Love,” Call Me By Your Name
“This is Me,” The Greatest Showman (DeAnn, Daniel, Matt, Michael, Mike & Will)
“Stand Up for Something,” Marshall
“Mighty River,” Mudbound (Josh & Ryan)
BEST SOUND MIXING
Baby Driver (DeAnn, Daniel & Mike)
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk (Josh, Matt, Michael, Ryan & Will)
The Shape Of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
BEST SOUND EDITING
Baby Driver (Mike)
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk (DeAnn, Daniel, Josh, Matt, Michael, Ryan & Will)
The Shape Of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Blade Runner 2049 (Daniel, Matt, Ryan & Will)
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2
Kong: Skull Island
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War For The Planet Of The Apes (DeAnn, Josh, Michael & Mike)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco (Everyone)
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Fantastic Woman (DeAnn, Daniel, Matt, Michael, Ryan & Will)
The Insult
Loveless
On Body & Soul
The Square (Josh & Mike)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Abacus: Small Enough To Jail
Faces Places (Daniel, Josh, Matt, Michael, Mike & Ryan)
Icarus (DeAnn, Will)
Last Man In Aleppo
Strong Island
LIVE ACTION SHORT
DeKalb Elementary (Everyone)
The Eleven O’Clock
My Nephew Emmett
The Silent Child
Watu Wote/All of Us
ANIMATED SHORT
Dear Basketball (Everyone)
Garden Party
Lou
Negative Space
Revolting Rhymes
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Edith+Eddie (Daniel, Josh, Michael, Mike, Ryan & Will)
Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405 (DeAnn)
Heroin(e) (Matt)
Knife Skills
Traffic Stop
And that is it. Those are our predictions for the Oscars this Sunday. Be sure to enter in your predictions here. Read my in-depth analysis on the categories throughout the blog and also listen to our latest episode of The Next Best Picture Podcast where we explain our predictions. Remember that it’s not about what you want to win but it’s about what will win. Try to have fun no matter what the outcome is this Sunday and enjoy the show!
You can follow Matt and hear more of his thoughts on the Oscars and Film on Twitter at @NextBestPicture
