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2017 Oscar Nominee Predictions

Yes, I'm back!  I never really went anywhere, but I clearly haven't written any entries in nearly a year.  Oh well.  I decided to change the name of the blog to "Let's Get Critical," and you're welcome for now getting Olivia Newton-John's "Let's Get Physical" stuck in your head (as it is in mine).  Apparently, though, www.letsgetcritical.blogspot.com was taken, so I'll stick with my current web address until such point as I am able to -- or feel like -- getting a domain (gasp!).  
Well, anyway, here are my 2017 Oscar nominee predictions, based on what/who have already won and been nominated for various other awards.  The nominees will be ranked in order of likelihood to receive a nomination and/or win, and this will not count tonight's Golden Globe winners.  Oscar nominees are announced Tuesday, January 24th and Jimmy Kimmel will host the ceremony, which airs Sunday, February 26th, on ABC.  If I have the time, I'll post individual reviews of movies I've seen.  I'm trying to keep up with them all!  Note: For most categories, there will be more possible nominees listed than can be nominated for that particular category, and I can't guess categories such as Sound Editing/Mixing and the short film categories.
Best Picture
1. La La Land.
2. Moonlight
3. Manchester by the Sea
4. Hell or High Water
5. Fences
6. Hacksaw Ridge
7. 20th Century Women.
8. Arrival
9. Sully
10. Loving 

 Best Actor
1. Casey Affleck -- Manchester by the Sea
2. Denzel Washington -- Fences
3. Andrew Garfield -- Hacksaw Ridge
4. Ryan Gosling -- La La Land
5. Joel Edgerton -- Loving
6. Viggo Mortensen -- Captain Fantastic 
7. Tom Hanks -- Sully
8. Colin Farrell -- The Lobster

 Best Actress
1. Natalie Portman -- Jackie
2. Emma Stone -- La La Land
3. Isabelle Huppert -- Elle
4. Amy Adams -- Arrival
5. Annette Bening -- 20th Century Women
6. Ruth Negga -- Loving
7. Meryl Streep -- Florence Foster Jenkins
8. Jessica Chastain -- Miss Sloane

Best Supporting Actor
1. Mahershala Ali -- Moonlight
2. Jeff Bridges -- Hell or High Water
3. Ben Foster -- Hell or High Water
4. Michael Shannon -- Nocturnal Animals
5. Dev Patel -- Lion
6. Lucas Hedges -- Manchester by the Sea
7. Hugh Grant -- Florence Foster Jenkins
8. Aaron Taylor-Johnson -- Nocturnal Animals 

 Best Supporting Actress
1. Viola Davis -- Fences
2. Michelle Williams -- Manchester by the Sea
3. Naomie Harris -- Moonlight
4. Greta Gerwig -- 20th Century Women
5. Octavia Spencer -- Hidden Figures
6. Nicole Kidman -- Lion
7. Janelle Monae -- Hidden Figures

 Best Director
1. Damien Chazelle -- La La Land
2. Barry Jenkins -- Moonlight
3. Kenneth Lonergan -- Manchester by the Sea
4. Denis Villeneuve -- Arrival
5. Mel Gibson -- Hacksaw Ridge
6. Tom Ford -- Nocturnal Animals
7. Denzel Washington -- Fences

 Best Original Screenplay
1. Kenneth Lonergan -- Manchester by the Sea
2. Barry Jenkins -- Moonlight
3. Damien Chazelle -- La La Land
4. Taylor Sheridan -- Hell or High Water
5. Yorgos Lanthimos -- The Lobster
6. Jeff Nichols -- Loving 

 Best Adapted Screenplay
1. Eric Heisserer -- Arrival
2. Tom Ford -- Nocturnal Animals
3. August Wilson -- Fences
4. Allison Schroeder -- Hidden Figures
5. Todd Komarnicki -- Sully
6. Luke Davis -- Lion

 Best Animated Film
1. Zootopia.
2. Kubo and the Two Strings
3. Moana
4. The Red Turtle
5. Finding Dory
6. Trolls
7. Sing
8. My Life as a Zucchini

 Best Foreign Language Film
1. The Handmaiden
2. Elle
3. Toni Erdmann
4. The Salesman
5. Neruda
6. Julieta
7. Divines

 Best Original Score
1. La La Land
2. Jackie
3. Moonlight
4. Arrival
5. Lion
6. Hidden Figures

 Best Original Song
1. "City of Stars" -- La La Land
2. "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" -- La La Land
3. "Drive It Like You Stole It" -- Sing Street
4. "How Far I'll Go" -- Moana
5. "Can't Stop the Feeling" -- Trolls
6. "Rules Don't Apply" -- Rules Don't Apply
7. "Faith" -- Sing

 Best Cinematography
1. La La Land
2. Moonlight
3. Nocturnal Animals
4. Arrival
5. Jackie

 Best Production Design
1. La La Land
2. Jackie
3. Arrival
4. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
5. Live by Night

 Best Editing
1. La La Land
2. Moonlight
3. Hacksaw Ridge
4. Arrival
5. Sully
6. Hell or High Water

 Best Costume Design
1. Jackie
2. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
3. Florence Foster Jenkins
4. Love & Friendship
5. Allied

 Best Visual Effects
1. The Jungle Book
2. Doctor Strange
3. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
4. A Monster Calls
5. Arrival
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