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Here you can see our predictions for Hollywood's biggest night.

It is incredibly early in the season to actually predict on who's winning and who's getting nominated, but because it is early it can be really fun to see the pieces moving since the beginning.

Best Picture

The predicted nominees are:

  • Battle of the Sexes
  • The Beguilded
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Darkest Hour
  • Downsizing
  • Mudbound
  • Phantom Thread
  • The Shape of Water
  • Suburbicon

Other contenders:

  • The Greatest Showman
  • Dunkirk
  • The Glass Castle
  • Wonderstruck
  • The Current War
  • Molly's Game
  • The Snowman
  • Detroit

Best Director

The predicted nominees are:

  • Sofia Coppola - The Beguilded
  • Dee Rees - Mudbound
  • Alexander Payne - Downsizing
  • Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom Thread
  • Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water

Other Contenders:

  • Joe Wright - Darkest Hour
  • Reginald Hudlin - Marshall
  • George Clooney - Suburbicon
  • Kathryn Bigelow - Detroit
  • Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk

Best Leading Actor

The predicted nominees are:

  • Chadwick Boseman - Marshall
  • Daniel Day-Lewis - Phantom Thread
  • Hugh Jackman - The Greatest Showman
  • Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
  • Joaquin Phoenix - You Were Never Really Here

Other contenders:

  • Matt Damon - Downsizing
  • Benedict Cumberbatch - The Current War
  • Armie Hammer - Call Me By Your Name
  • Idris Elba - The Mountain Between Us
  • Michael Fassbender - The Snowman

Best Leading Actress

The predicted nominees are:

  • Jessica Chastain - Molly's Game
  • Brie Larson - The Glass Castle
  • Jennifer Lawrence - Mother!
  • Carey Mulligan - Mudbound
  • Emma Stone - Battle of the Sexes

Other contenders:

  • Michelle Pfeiffer - Where is Kyra?
  • Judi Dench - Victoria and Abdul
  • Rooney Mara - Mary Magdalene
  • Frances McDormand - Three Billboard Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
  • Kate Winslet - The Mountain Between Us

Best Supporting Actor

The predicted nominees are:

  • Sterling K. Brown - Marshall
  • Steve Carell - Battle of the Sexes
  • Idris Elba - Molly's Game
  • Woody Harrelson - The Glass Castle
  • Jason Micthell - Mudbound

Best Supporting Actress

The predicted nominees are:

  • Hong Chau - Downsizing
  • Kirsten Dunst - The Beguilded
  • Michelle Pfeiffer - Mother!
  • Kristen Wiig - Downsizing
  • Michelle Williams - The Greatest Showman

Best Original Screenplay

The predicted nominees are:

  • Darkest Hour - Anthony McCarten
  • Downsizing - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
  • Phantom Thread - Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Suburbicon - George Clooney, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen and Grant Heslov
  • Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri - Martin McDonagh

Other contenders:

  • Battle of the Sexes - Simon Beaufoy
  • Detroit - Mark Boal
  • The Shape of Water - Gillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor
  • Coco - Adrian Molina
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer - Efthymis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos

Best Adapted Screenplay

The predicted nominees are:

  • The Beguilded - Sofia Coppola
  • Call Me By Your Name - Luca Guadagnino, James Ivory and Walter Farsano
  • Molly's Game - Aaron Sorkin
  • Mudbound - Dee Rees and Virgil Williams
  • Victoria and Abdul - Lee Hall

Other contenders:

  • The Glass Castle - Destin Daniel Cretton, Marti Noxon and Andrew Lanham
  • Lean On Pete - Andrew Haigh
  • You Were Never Really Here - Lynne Ramsay
  • Murder On The Orient Express - Michael Green
  • Wonderstruck - Brian Zelnick

Best Animated Feature

The predicted nominees are:

  • The Breadwinner
  • Coco
  • Despicable Me 3
  • The LEGO Batman Movie
  • The LEGO Ninjago

Other contenders:

  • Animal Crackers
  • Cars 3
  • Captain Underpants
  • The Star
  • The Emoji Movie

Best Production Design

The predicted nominees are:

  • The Beguilded
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • The Current War
  • Darkest Hour
  • Mudbound

Other Contenders:

  • Phantom Thread
  • The Shape of Water
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • The Glas Castle
  • Wonder Wheel

Best Cinematography

The predicted nominees are:

  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Darkest Hour
  • Dunkirk
  • Mudbound
  • Thantom Thread

Other contenders:

  • Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
  • Mother!
  • Downsizing
  • Suburbicon
  • Detroit

Best Costume Design

The predicted nominees are:

  • The Beguilded
  • Darkest Hour
  • Mudbound
  • Phantom Thread
  • Victoria and Abdul

Other contenders:

  • The Greatest Showman
  • The Current War
  • Marshall
  • Wonder Wheel
  • Battle of the Sexes

Best Film Editing

The predicted nominees are:

  • Battle of the Sexes
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Darkest Hour
  • Mudbound
  • Phantom Thread

Other contenders:

  • Suburbicon
  • Detroit
  • Downsizing
  • Dunkirk
  • The Shape of Water

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

The predicted nominees are:

  • Darkest Hour
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
  • The Greatest Showman

Other contenders:

  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • The Mountain Between Us
  • Phantom Thread

Best Sound Mixing

The predicted nominees are:

  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Detroit
  • The Greatest Showman
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • Transformers: The Last Knight

Other contenders:

  • Murder On The Orient Express
  • The Shape of Water
  • Dunkirk
  • Phantom Thread
  • The Mountain Between Us

Best Sound Editing

The predicted nominees are:

  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Detroit
  • Dunkirk
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • Transformers: The Last Knight

Other Contenders:

  • The Shape of Water
  • Thor: Ragnarok
  • Phantom Thread
  • The Mountain Between Us
  • The Greatest Showman

Best Visual Effects

The predicted nominees are:

  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • Transformers: The Last Knight
  • War for the Planter of the Apes

Other contenders:

  • Murder On The Orient Express
  • Dunkirk
  • The Shape of Water
  • Spider-Man: Homecoming
  • Mute

Best Original Score

The predicted nominees are:

  • Darkest Hour
  • Dunkirk
  • The Silent Man
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • Three Billboard Outside of Ebbing, Missouri

Other contenders:

  • The Shape of Water
  • The Silent Man
  • Wonderstruck
  • Battle of the Sexes
  • The Book of Henry

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