Predicting the Oscar nominations

The Academy Award nominees won't be announced until the 24th, which gives critics and movie snobs like myself enough time to attempt to guess who will be preparing speeches to accept the penultimate award in cinema. This year, there is truly only front-runner in the major categories, in my opinion. I'm basing my nominations predictions on who/what has received the most number of nominations/wins from various film festivals, critics circles, and other film-related awards.

Best Picture

1. The Artist

2. The Descendants

3. Hugo

4. Midnight in Paris

5. The Tree of Life

6. Drive

7. The Help

8. Moneyball

9. War Horse

10. Bridesmaids

11. Shame

12. Melancholia

13. The Ides of March

14. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

15. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

16. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II

17. Take Shelter

18. Martha Marcy Marlene

19. Super 8

20. 50/50

Best Actor

1. George Clooney -- The Descendants

2. Jean Dujardin -- The Artist

3. Brad Pitt -- Moneyball

4. Michael Fassbender -- Shame

5. Michael Shannon -- Take Shelter

6. Leonardo DiCaprio -- J. Edgar

7. Gary Oldman -- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy

8. Ryan Gosling -- Drive

9. Brendan Gleeson -- The Guard

10. Demian Bechir -- A Better Life

11. Ryan Gosling -- The Ides of March

12. Woody Harrelson -- Rampart

13. Tom Hardy -- Warrior

Best Actress

1. Michelle Williams -- My Week with Marilyn

2. Tilda Swinton -- We Need to Talk About Kevin

3. Meryl Streep -- The Iron Lady

4. Kirsten Dunst -- Melancholia

5. Viola Davis -- The Help

6. Elizabeth Olsen -- Martha Marcy May Marlene

7. Charlie Theron -- Young Adult

8. Glenn Close -- Albert Nobbs

9. Rooney Mara -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

10. Anna Paquin -- Margaret

11. Kristen Wiig -- Bridesmaids

12. Yun Jung-Hee -- Poetry

13. Brit Marling -- Another Earth

14. Charlotte Gainsbourg -- Melancholia

15. Vera Farmiga -- Higher Ground

Best Supporting Actor

1. Albert Brooks -- Drive

2. Christopher Plummer -- Beginners

3. Nick Nolte -- Warrior

4. Jonah Hill -- Moneyball

5. Andy Serkis -- Rise of the Planet of the Apes

6. Patton Oswalt -- Young Adult

7. Armie Hammer -- J. Edgar

8. Max von Sydow -- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

9. Viggo Mortensen -- A Dangerous Method

10. Alan Rickman -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II

11. Brad Pitt -- The Tree of Life

12. Christoph Waltz -- Carnage

Best Supporting Actress

1. Octavia Spencer -- The Help

2. Shailene Woodley -- The Descendants

3. Berenice Bejo -- The Artist

4. Jessica Chastain -- The Help

5. Melissa McCarthy -- Bridesmaids

6. Carey Mulligan -- Shame

7. Janet McTeer -- Albert Nobbs

8. Vanessa Redgrave -- Coriolanus

9. Jessica Chastain -- Take Shelter

10. Melanie Laurent -- Beginners

11. Jessica Chastain -- The Tree of Life

12. Judy Greer -- The Descendants

13. Elle Fanning -- Super 8

Comments

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