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Oscars 2016: Predicting the Nominations

JamesArthurArmstrong JamesArthurArmstrong With the Golden Globes resigned to the history books and the BAFTA Awards a matter of a few weeks away, attention is now shifting to Thursday morning when Guillermo del Toro, John Krasinski and Ang Lee will join Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences president Cheryl Boone Isaacs at 5:30am PT in announcing the 88th Academy Awards nominations.

Like most years, predicting the Academy Awards is never an easy thing to do. Yet, that never stops most of us from having our opinion on who is worthy and who is not. Below is our predictions for what has already is shaped up to be a very unpredictable award season.

The Revenant, Tom Hardy
The Revenant, Tom Hardy

BEST MOTION PICTURE

Five That Are (Almost) Guaranteed:

1. The Revenant

2. Spotlight

3. Carol

4. The Martian

5. Inside Out

If They Nominate More Than 5 and/or Fill the Full 10 Slots:

6. The Big Short

7. Bridge of Spies

8. Mad Max: Fury Road

9. Room

10. Brooklyn

Bryan Cranston as Dalton Trumbo
Bryan Cranston as Dalton Trumbo

best actor in a leading role

Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)

Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)

Matt Damon (The Martian)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Cate Blanchett (Carol)

Brie Larson (Room)

Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Lily Tomlin (Grandma)

Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)

SAG, Golden Globes nominee Christian Bale in "The Big Short"
SAG, Golden Globes nominee Christian Bale in "The Big Short"

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Christian Bale (The Big Short)

Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)

Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)

Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Paul Dano (Love & Mercy)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)

Rooney Mara (Carol)

Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)

Rachel McAdams (Spotlight)

Charlize Theron and George Miller on the set of Mad Max: Fur
Charlize Theron and George Miller on the set of Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST DIRECTOR

Ridley Scott (The Martian)

Alejandro G. Inarritu (The Revenant)

Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)

George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Adam McKay (The Big Short)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Matt Charman, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (Bridge of Spies)

Pete Doctor, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley (Inside Out)

Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)

Quentin Tarantino (The Hateful Eight)

Amy Schumer (Trainwreck)

Looking over Mars in Andy Weir’s film adaptation of The Ma
Looking over Mars in Andy Weir’s film adaptation of The Martian

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs)

Drew Goddard (The Martian)

Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (The Big Short)

Phyllis Nagy (Carol)

Emma Donoghue (Room)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)

Robert Richardson (The Hateful Eight)

John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Dariusz Wolski (The Martian)

Roger Deakins (Sicario)

Inside Out - Fear in Head
Inside Out - Fear in Head

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Inside Out

Anomalisa

The Good Dinosaur

The Peanuts Movie

Shaun the Sheep Movie

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Son of Saul

Mustang

A War

The Brand New Testament

Theeb

Amy Winehouse in documentary Amy
Amy Winehouse in documentary Amy

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

Amy

Cartel Land

The Look of Silence

What Happened, Miss Simone?

Listen to Me Marlon

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