2014 Oscar Predictions

Once again, it's Oscar time so it's time for my prediction list. Every year I do put in a few wildcard predictions and this year is no exception. With that said, here are my Oscar nomination predictions.


Best Film

• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Selma
• Gone Girl
• Birdman
• The Imitation Game
• Nightcrawler
• Whiplash
• Foxcatcher
• Pride
• Boyhood

Best Director

• Ava DuVernay - Selma
• Richard Linklater - Boyhood
• Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
• David Fincher - Gone Girl
• Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu - Birdman

Best Actor

• David Oyelowo - Selma
• Steve Carell - Foxcatcher
• Michael Keaton - Birdman
• Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
• Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler

Best Actress

• Julianne Moore - Still Alice
• Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
• Jennifer Aniston - Cake
• Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night
• Reese Witherspoon - Wild

Best Supporting Actor

• Edward Norton - Birdman
• Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
• JK Simmons - Whiplash
• Josh Brolin - Inherent Vice
• Ethan Hawke - Boyhood

Best Supporting Actress

• Jessica Chastain - A Most Violent Year
• Emma Stone - Birdman
• Imelda Staunton - Pride
• Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
• Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game

Best Original Screenplay

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Whiplash
• Gone Girl
• Inherent Vice
• The Imitation Game
• The Theory of Everything

Best Animated Film

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

Best Documentary

• Jodorowsky's Dune
• CitizenFour
• The Case Against 8
• Life Itself
• Finding Vivian Maier

Best Foreign Language Film:

• Ida
• Wild Tales
• Force Majeure
• Leviathan
• Timbuktu

Best Original Score

• Under the Skin
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Interstellar
• Fury
• Gone Girl

Best Original Song

• Lost Stars - Begin Again
• Everything is Awesome - The Lego Movie
• Yellow Flicker Beat - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
• For the Dancing and the Dreaming - How to Train Your Dragon 2
• I'll Get You What You Want (Cockatoo in Malibu) - Muppets Most Wanted

Best Cinematography

• Interstellar
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Birdman
• Gone Girl
• Nightcrawler

Best Editing:

• Boyhood
• Interstellar
• Birdman
• Selma
• Gone Girl

Best Production Design

• Noah
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Interstellar
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• The Imitation Game

Best Makeup:

• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Maleficent
• Foxcatcher

Best Costume Design

• Belle
• Into the Woods
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Exodus: Gods and Kings
• Maleficent

Best Sound Editing:

• Whiplash
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• Gone Girl
• Birdman
• The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Sound Mixing:

• Birdman
• Whiplash
• Gone Girl
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• Guardians of the Galaxy

Best Visual Effects:

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