
BEST PICTURE
What will win: Nomadland
What should win: Sound of Metal
What should have been nominated: Bad Education
BEST DIRECTOR
Who will win: Chloe Zhao
Who should win: Emerald Fennell
Who should have been nominated: Darius Marder
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
What will win: Promising Young Woman
What should win: Promising Young Woman
What should have been nominated: Soul
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
What will win: The Father
What should win: One Night in Miami
What should have been nominated: Bad Education
BEST ACTOR
Who will win: Chadwick Boseman
Who should win: Anthony Hopkins
Who should have been nominated: Hugh Jackman
BEST ACTRESS
Who will win: Viola Davis
Who should win: Andra Day
Who should have been nominated: Elisabeth Moss
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Who will win: Daniel Kaluuya
Who should win: Paul Raci
Who should have been nominated: Kingsley Ben-Adir
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Who will win: Yuh-Jung Youn
Who should win: Yuh-Jung Youn
Who should have been nominated: Ellen Burstyn
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
What will win: Soul
What should win: Soul
What should have been nominated: The Croods: A New Age
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
What will win: Mank
What should win: Mank
What should have been nominated: The Last Vermeer
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
What will win: Mank
What should win: Mank
What should have been nominated: Tenet
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
What will win: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
What should win: Mank
What should have been nominated: The Last Vermeer
BEST DOCUMENTARY
What will win: My Octopus Teacher
What should win: Collective
What should have been nominated: Assassins
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
What will win: A Concerto Is a Conversation
What should win: Colette
What should have been nominated: N/A
BEST FILM EDITING
What will win: Sound of Metal
What should win: Sound of Metal
What should have been nominated: Mank
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
What will win: Another Round
What should win: Better Days
What should have been nominated: N/A
BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR STYLING
What will win: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
What should win: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
What should have been nominated: Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
What will win: Soul
What should win: Soul
What should have been nominated: Tenet
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
What will win: “Husavik” from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
What should win: “Husavik” from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
What should have been nominated: “Wuhan Flu” from Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
What will win: If Anything Happens I Love You
What should win: Opera
What should have been nominated: The Snail and the Whale
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
What will win: Two Distant Strangers
What should win: Feeling Through
What should have been nominated: N/A
BEST SOUND
What will win: Sound of Metal
What should win: Sound of Metal
What should have been nominated: The Empty Man
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
What will win: Tenet
What should win: Tenet
What should have been nominated: Mank