2020 Oscar Winner Predictions: Post-Nominations

Now that the Oscar nominations have been announced, it’s time to get to guessing on the winners. Our contributors’ performances in this year’s nominations will be reviewed and posted hopefully this evening. (This has been updated with Thomas’ predictions)

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Appears on Four Lists
Appears on Three Lists
Appears on Two Lists

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[New] = New Prediction
[Return] = Prior Prediction Returning
(O) = Original Prediction
(R) = Rundown Series

Best Picture

The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari (PP O)
Nomadland (WL O) (TB O) (TL O)
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Runners Up

Minari (TB O)
Nomadland (PP O)
Promising Young Woman (WL O) (TL O)

Best Animated Feature

Onward
Over the Moon
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
Wolfwalkers

Runners Up

Wolfwalkers (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)

Best Directing

Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg
Mank – David Fincher
Minari – Lee Isaac Chung
Nomadland – Chloé Zhao (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell

Runners Up

Minari – Lee Isaac Chung (PP O) (TB O)
Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell (WL O) (TL O)

Best Actor

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Gary Oldman – Mank
Steven Yeun – Minari

Runners Up

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal (PP O)
Anthony Hopkins – The Father (WL O) (TB O) (TL O)

Best Actress

Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)

Runners Up

Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)

Best Supporting Actor

Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
LaKeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah

Runners Up

Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)

Best Supporting Actress

Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy (TL O)
Olivia Colman – The Father
Amanda Seyfried – Mank (WL O)
Yuh-jung Youn – Minari (PP O) (TB O)

Runners Up

Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (WL O)
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy (PP O) (TB O)
Yuh-jung Youn – Minari (TL O)

Best Original Screenplay

Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari (PP O)
Promising Young Woman (WL O) (TB O) (TL O)
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Runners Up

Minari (WL O) (TB O)
Sound of Metal (PP O) (TL O)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father (TB O)
Nomadland (WL O) (PP O) (TL O)
One Night in Miami
The White Tiger

Runners Up

The Father (WL O) (TL O)
Nomadland (TB O)
One Night in Miami (PP O)

Best Original Score

Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari (PP O)
News of the World
Soul (WL O) (TB O) (TL O)

Runners Up

Mank (WL O)
News of the World (TB O) (TL O)
Soul (PP O)

Best Original Song

Fight for You – Judas and the Black Messiah
Hear My Voice – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Husavik – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Io Si (Seen) – The Life Ahead
Speak Now – One Night in Miami (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)

Runners Up

Fight for You – Judas and the Black Messiah (WL O) (TB O) (TL O)
Io Si (Seen) – The Life Ahead (PP O)

Best Film Editing

The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Runners Up

Nomadland (PP O) (TB O)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (WL O) (TL O)

Best Cinematography

Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
News of the World
Nomadland (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Runners Up

Mank (WL O) (TB O) (TL O)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (PP O)

Best Production Design

The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
News of the World
Tenet

Runners Up

The Father (PP O)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (WL O) (TB O) (TL O)

Best Costume Design

Emma. (PP O) (TL O)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (WL O)
Mank (TB O)
Mulan
Pinocchio

Runners Up

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
Mulan (WL O)

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

Emma.
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (WL O) (TB O) (TL O)
Mank
Pinocchio (PP O)

Runners Up

Hillbilly Elegy (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
Pinocchio (WL O)

Best Sound

Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
Sound of Metal (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)

Runners Up

News of the World (PP O)
Soul (WL O) (TB O) (TL O)

Best Visual Effects

Love and Monsters
The Midnight Sky (TB O)
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Tenet (WL O) (PP O) (TL O)

Runners Up

The Midnight Sky (WL O) (PP O) (TL O)
The One and Only Ivan (TB O)

Best Foreign Language Film

Another Round (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
Better Days
Collective
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Quo Vadis, Aida?

Runners Up

Better Days (PP O)
Quo Vadis, Aida? (WL O) (TB O) (TL O)

Best Documentary Feature

Collective (PP O)
Crip Camp (TB O)
The Mole Agent
My Octopus Teacher (WL O) (TL O)
Time

Runners Up

Collective (TB O)
Time (WL O) (PP O) (TL O)

Best Documentary Short Subject

Colette
A Concerto Is a Conversation (WL O) (PP O) (TL O)
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward (TB O)
A Love Song for Latasha

Runners Up

Colette (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)

Best Animated Short Film

Burrow (PP O) (TB O)
Genius Loci
If Anything Happens I Love You (WL O) (TL O)
Opera
Yes-People

Runners Up

Burrow (WL O)
If Anything Happens I Love You (TB O)
Opera (PP O) (TL O)

Best Live-Action Short Film

Feeling Through (WL O) (PP O)
The Letter Room (TB O)
The Present
Two Distant Strangers (TL O)
White Eye

Runners Up

The Letter Room (TL O)
Two Distant Strangers (WL O) (TB O)
White Eye (PP O)