We are a little more than a month away from the biggest award show in Hollywood, The Oscars. The 90th anniversary of the Academy Awards (which will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel) will air on March 4th with the biggest names and celebrities piling into the doors to see who nabs the biggest prizes of them all. With that being said, nominations for the star-studded event were announced today and here at Def Pen, we just had to make our predictions. Without further ado, here is the list of nominations and (Def Pen) Predictions for this years Oscars.
Best Picture
“Call Me by Your Name”
“Darkest Hour”
“Dunkirk”
“Get Out”
“Lady Bird”
“Phantom Thread”
“The Post”
“The Shape of Water”
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Winner)
Best Director
“Dunkirk,” Christopher Nolan
“Get Out,” Jordan Peele (Winner)
“Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig
“Phantom Thread,” Paul Thomas Anderson
“The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro
Best Actress
Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water”
Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Winner)
Margot Robbie, “I, Tonya”
Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”
Meryl Streep, “The Post”
Best Actor
Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me by Your Name”
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Phantom Thread”
Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out”
Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour” (Winner)
Denzel Washington, “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”
Best Supporting Actress
Mary J. Blige, “Mudbound”
Allison Janney, “I, Tonya” (Winner)
Lesley Manville, “Phantom Thread”
Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird”
Octavia Spencer, “The Shape of Water”
Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe, “The Florida Project”
Woody Harrelson, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Richard Jenkins, “The Shape of Water”
Christopher Plummer, “All the Money in the World”
Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Winner)
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Call Me by Your Name,” James Ivory (Winner)
“The Disaster Artist,” Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
“Logan,” Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green
“Molly’s Game,” Aaron Sorkin
“Mudbound,” Virgil Williams and Dee Rees
Best Original Screenplay
“The Big Sick,” Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
“Get Out,” Jordan Peele (Winner)
“Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig
“The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Martin McDonagh
Best Score
“Dunkirk,” Hans Zimmer (Winner)
“Phantom Thread,” Jonny Greenwood
“The Shape of Water,” Alexandre Desplat
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” John Williams
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Carter Burwell
Best Song
“Mighty River” from “Mudbound,” Mary J. Blige (Winner)
“Mystery of Love” from “Call Me by Your Name,” Sufjan Stevens
“Remember Me” from “Coco,” Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
“Stand Up for Something” from “Marshall,” Diane Warren, Common
“This Is Me” from “The Greatest Showman,” Benj Pasek, Justin Paul
Best Visual Effects
“Blade Runner 2049”
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
“Kong: Skull Island”
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (Winner)
“War for the Planet of the Apes”
Best Documentary
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail”
“Faces Places”
“Icarus” (Winner)
“Last Men in Aleppo”
“Strong Island”
Best Foreign Film
“A Fantastic Woman” (Chile)
“The Insult” (Lebanon)
“Loveless” (Russia)
“On Body and Soul (Hungary)
“The Square” (Sweden) (Winner)
Best Animated Feature
“The Boss Baby”
“The Breadwinner”
“Coco” (Winner)
“Ferdinand”
“Loving Vincent”