With the precursors starting up very soon (tomorrow, in fact), it’s time we went on record before they do to show where we think the race is currently. Although we have many similar predictions, it’s the diversity that shows us what kind of race we’re looking at. When something’s obvious, we agree all three, but when something’s not as obvious, we almost universally have differing opinions on what will happen. Here are our November Predictions.

KEY:

Best Picture

• (1) Amour (1 O)
• (1) Anna Karenina (1 O)
• (3) Argo (1 T) (1 O) (1 O)
• (1) Beasts of the Southern Wild (1 A)
• (1) Django Unchained (1 N) [New]
• (2) Flight (1 N) [New] (1 N) [New]
• (1) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (1 O)
• (3) Life of Pi (1 N) [New] (1 A) (1 N) [New]
• (3) Lincoln (1 O) (1 N) [New] (1 O)
• (2) The Master (1 O) (1 O)
• (3) Les Miserables (1 O) (1 O) (1 O)
• (1) Moonrise Kingdom (1 N) [New]
• (2) The Sessions (1 T) (1 O)
• (3) Silver Linings Playbook (1 O) (1 T) (1 T)
• (3) Zero Dark Thirty (1 O) (1 O) (1 N) [New]

Best Animated Feature

• (3) Brave (1 N) [New] (1 N) [New] (1 N) [New]
• (2) Frankenweenie (1 N) [New] (1 N) [New]
• (1) The Painting (1 N) [New]
• (2) ParaNorman (1 N) [New] (1 N) [New]
• (1) The Pirates! Band of Misfits (1 N) [New]
• (2) Rise of the Guardians (1 N) [New] (1 N) [New]
• (3) Wreck-It Ralph (1 N) [New] (1 N) [New] (1 N) [New]
• (1) Zarafa (1 N) [New]

Best Director

• Ben Affleck – Argo (N) [New] (T) (O)
• Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master (O)
• Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty (O) (N) [New]
• Tom Hooper – Les Miserables (O) (T) (O)
• Ang Lee – Life of Pi (A)
• David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook (O) (N) [New]
• Steven Spielberg – Lincoln (O) (N) [New] (O)

Best Actor

• Bradley Cooper – The Silver Linings Playbook (O)
• Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln (O) (N) [New] (O)
• John Hawkes – The Sessions (N) [New] (O) (O)
• Hugh Jackman – Les Miserables (O) (O) (O)
• Joaquin Phoenix – The Master (T) [New]
• Jean-Louis Trintignant – Amour (T)
• Denzel Washington – Flight (N) [New] (N) (N) [New]

Best Actress

• Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty (N) [New] (N) [New]
• Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone (T) (A) (N) [New]
• Greta Gerwig – Frances Ha (T)
• Keira Knightley – Anna Karenina (O)
• Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook (O) (T) (T)
• Helen Mirren – Hitchcock (N) [New] (T)
• Emmanuelle Riva – Amour (T)
• Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild (T)
• Naomi Watts – The Impossible (N) [New]

Best Supporting Actor

• Alan Arkin – Argo (T) (T)
• Russell Crowe – Les Miserables (O)
• James D’Arcy – Hitchcock (N) [New]
• Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook (O) (T) (T)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master (T) [New] (T) (T)
• Samuel L. Jackson – Django Unchained (N) [New]
• Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln (N) [New] (N) [New] (N) [New]
• William H. Macy – The Sessions (N) [New]

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Adams – The Master (N) [New]
• Samantha Barks – Les Miserables (O)
• Sally Field – Lincoln (O) (N) [New] (O)
• Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables (T) [New] (T) (O)
• Helen Hunt – The Sessions (T) [New] (T) (T)
• Maggie Smith – The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (N) [New] (A)
• Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook (N) [New] (N) [New]

Best Original Screenplay

• Amour (N) [New] (N) [New] (N) [New]
• Arbitrage (N) [New]
• Flight (N) [New]
• The Intouchables (N) [New]
• The Master (N) [New] (N) [New] (N) [New]
• Moonrise Kingdom (N) [New] (N) [New] (N) [New]
• Zero Dark Thirty (N) [New] (N) [New] (N) [New]

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Argo (N) [New] (N) [New] (N) [New]
• Beasts of the Southern Wild (N) [New] (N) [New] (N) [New]
• Lincoln (N) [New] (N) [New] (N) [New]
• The Sessions (N) [New] (N) [New] (N) [New]
• Silver Linings Playbook (N) [New] (N) [New] (N) [New]