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Early Oscar Watch

Even though it's already October, it's still too early to accurately predict Oscar nominees, but I'll do my best.  (I'm including movies that have yet to be released).  I'm focusing only on the five major categories.   


Best Picture
12 Years a Slave (10/18)
American Hustle (12/13)
August: Osage County (12/25)
Before Midnight (on DVD 10/22)
The Butler (now playing)
Captain Phillips (10/11)
Fruitvale Station (now playing)
Gravity (now playing)
Inside Llewyn Davis (12/6)
The Monuments Men (12/25)
Prisoners (now playing)
Rush (now playing)
Saving Mr. Banks (12/13)
The Wolf of Wall Street (11/18)

Best Actor
George Clooney -- Gravity (now playing); The Monuments Men (12/25)
Benedict Cumberbatch -- The Fifth Estate (10/18)
Bruce Dern -- Nebraska (11/15)
Leonardo DiCaprio -- The Wolf of Wall Street (11/18)
Chiwetel Ejiofor -- 12 Years a Slave (10/18)
Idris Elba -- Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (11/29)
Ralph Fiennes -- The Invisible Woman (12/25)
James Gandolfini -- Enough Said (now playing)
Tom Hanks -- Captain Phillips (10/11), Saving Mr. Banks (12/13) 
Oscar Isaac -- Inside Llewyn Davis (12/6)
Hugh Jackman -- Prisoners (now playing)
Michael B. Jordan -- Fruitvale Station (now playing)
Matthew McConaughey -- Dallas Buyers Club (11/1)
Robert Redford -- All is Lost (10/18)
Geoffrey Rush -- The Book Thief (11/8)
Forest Whitaker -- The Butler (now playing)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett -- Blue Jasmine (now playing)
Sandra Bullock -- Gravity (now playing)
Judi Dench -- Philomena (11/22)
Adele Exarchopoulos -- Blue is the Warmest Color (10/25)
Brie Larson -- Short Term 12 (now playing)
Julia Roberts -- August: Osage County (12/25)
Hailee Steinfeld -- Romeo & Juliet (10/11)
Emma Thompson -- Saving Mr. Banks (12/13)
Oprah Winfrey -- The Butler (now playing)
Shailene Woodley -- The Spectacular Now (now playing)

Best Supporting Actor
Daniel Bruhl -- Rush (now playing)
Michael Fassbender -- 12 Years a Slave (10/18)
John Goodman -- Inside Llewyn Davis (12/6)
Jake Gyllenhaal -- Prisoners (now playing) 
Jonah Hill -- The Wolf of Wall Street (11/18)
Jared Leto -- Dallas Buyers Club (11/1)
Matthew McConaughey -- Mud (now on DVD)
Sam Rockwell -- The Way, Way Back (on DVD 10/22)
Justin Timberlake -- Inside Llewyn Davis (12/6)

Best Supporting Actress
Scarlett Johansson -- Don Jon (now playing)
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Carey Mullligan -- Inside Llewyn Davis (12/6)
Julianne Nicholson -- August: Osage County (12/25)
Lupita Nyongo -- 12 Years a Slave (10/18)
Octavia Spencer -- Fruitvale Station (now playing)
June Squibb -- Nebraska (11/15)
Meryl Streep -- August: Osage County (12/25)
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