Last Updated: February 27, 2014

AWARDS
7 3 – 2 1 – – – – – – – –	Gravity 12 Years a Slave Dallas Buyers Club Frozen 20 Feet from Stardom American Hustle Blue Jasmine Captain Phillips Get a Horse! The Great Beauty The Great Gatsby Helium The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life

Predictions are in the order I think they have a chance of winning the award (except the short film categories, which are unranked). I have added notations to each indicating how strong I think they are a contender.

LEGEND:
Winner Prediction (c-Win Pred Date Set) — Chance at Win —
Other Nominees — Chance at Win —

CHANCE AT WIN:
Guarantee: I wouldn’t bet on anything else.
Certain: Almost guaranteed, but there’s always a kernel of doubt.
Likely: The most likely winner, but a spoiler is waiting in the wings.
Toss Up: This race is too close to call for all those labelled toss ups.
Spoiler: This is a title that isn’t necessarily a sure thing, but is running close enough it could upset the predicted victor.
Doubtful: It’s not likely these titles will win, but there’s still a possibility.
Long Shot: There is very little likelihood that they’ll win.

Best Picture

• Gravity (c-2/27) — Toss Up —
• 12 Years a Slave — Toss Up —
• American Hustle — Spoiler —
• Captain Phillips — Doubtful —
• Philomena — Doubtful —
• Nebraska — Doubtful —
• The Wolf of Wall Street — Doubtful —
• Her — Long Shot —
• Dallas Buyers Club — Long Shot —

Best Animated Film

• Frozen (c-1/8) — Certain —
• The Wind Rises — Spoiler —
• Ernest & Celestine — Spoiler —
• Despicable Me 2 — Long Shot —
• The Croods — Long Shot —

Best Director

• Gravity – Alfonso Cuaron (c-2/17) — Safe Bet —
• 12 Years a Slave – Steve McQueen — Spoiler —
• American Hustle – David O. Russell — Spoiler —
• Nebraska – Alexander Payne — Doubtful —
• The Wolf of Wall Street – Martin Scorsese — Doubtful —

Best Actor

• Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club (c-4/28) — Likely —
• Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave — Spoiler —
• Bruce Dern – Nebraska — Spoiler —
• Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street — Spoiler —
• Christian Bale – American Hustle — Long Shot —

Best Actress

• Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine (c-8/25) — Certain —
• Amy Adams – American Hustle — Spoiler —
• Judi Dench – Philomena — Spoiler —
• Sandra Bullock – Gravity — Long Shot —
• Meryl Streep – August: Osage County — Long Shot —

Best Supporting Actor

• Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club (c-1/8) — Likely —
• Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips — Spoiler —
• Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave — Spoiler —
• Bradley Cooper – American Hustle — Doubtful —
• Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street — Long Shot —

Best Supporting Actress

• Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave (c-10/24) — Toss Up —
• Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle — Toss Up —
• June Squibb – Nebraska — Spoiler —
• Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine — Spoiler —
• Julia Roberts – August: Osage County — Long Shot —

Best Original Screenplay

• American Hustle – Eric Singer, David O. Russell (c-2/26) — Toss Up —
• Her – Spike Jonze — Toss Up —
• Nebraska – Bob Nelson — Spoiler —
• Dallas Buyers Club – Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack — Spoiler —
• Blue Jasmine – Woody Allen — Doubtful —

Best Adapted Screenplay

• 12 Years a Slave – John Ridley (c-11/20) — Likely —
• Captain Phillips – Billy Ray — Spoiler —
• Philomena – Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope — Spoiler —
• Before Midnight – Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke — Doubtful —
• The Wolf of Wall Street – Terence Winter — Doubtful —

Best Original Score

• Gravity – Steven Price (c-10/22) — Likely —
• Philomena – Alexandre Desplat — Spoiler —
• The Book Thief – John Williams — Spoiler —
• Her – William Butler and Owen Pallett — Spoiler —
• Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman — Spoiler —

Best Original Song

• Let It Go – Frozen (c-12/16) — Certain —
• Happy – Despicable Me 2 — Spoiler —
• Ordinary Love – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom — Spoiler —
• The Moon Song – Her — Doubtful —

Best Editing

• Captain Phillips – Christopher Rouse (c-2/24) — Toss Up —
• Gravity – Alfonso Cuaron, Mark Sanger — Toss Up —
• American Hustle – Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers — Spoiler —
• 12 Years a Slave – Joe Walker — Spoiler —
• Dallas Buyers Club – Martin Pensa, Jean-Marc Vallée — Long Shot —

Best Cinematography

• Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki (c-10/22) — Certain —
• Nebraska – Phedon Papamichael — Spoiler —
• Inside Llewyn Davis – Bruno Delbonnel — Spoiler —
• Prisoners – Roger Deakins — Doubtful —
• The Grandmaster – Philippe Le Sourd — Doubtful —

Best Production Design

• The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn (c-4/22) — Likely —
• Gravity – Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin — Spoiler —
• 12 Years a Slave – Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker — Spoiler —
• American Hustle – Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler — Doubtful —
• Her – K.K. Barrett, Gene Serdena — Doubtful —

Best Costume Design

• 12 Years a Slave – Patricia Norris (c-2/27) — Toss Up —
• The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin — Toss Up —
• The Invisible Woman – Michael O’Connor — Toss Up —
• American Hustle – Michael Wilkinson — Spoiler —
• The Grandmaster – William Chang Suk Ping — Doubtful —

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

• Dallas Buyers Club (c-1/16) — Likely —
• Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa — Spoiler —
• The Lone Ranger — Spoiler —

Best Sound Mixing

• Gravity (c-11/20) — Likely —
• Captain Phillips — Spoiler —
• Inside Llewyn Davis — Doubtful —
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — Doubtful —
• Lone Survivor — Doubtful —

Best Sound Editing

• Gravity (c-1/16) — Likely —
• Captain Phillips — Spoiler —
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — Doubtful —
• All Is Lost — Doubtful —
• Lone Survivor — Doubtful —

Best Visual Effects

• Gravity (c-9/22) — Guarantee —
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — Spoiler —
• The Lone Ranger — Long Shot —
• Iron Man 3 — Long Shot —
• Star Trek: Into Darkness — Long Shot —

Best Foreign Language Film

• The Great Beauty – Italy (c-2/10) — Toss Up —
• The Hunt – Denmark — Toss Up —
• The Broken Circle Breakdown – Belgium — Toss Up —
• Omar – Palestine — Long Shot —
• The Missing Picture – Cambodia — Long Shot —

Best Documentary Feature

• 20 Feet from Stardom (c-2/19) — Toss Up —
• The Act of Killing — Toss Up —
• Dirty Wars — Toss Up —
• The Square — Toss Up —
• Cutie and the Boxer — Doubtful —

Best Documentary Short Subject

• The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (c-11/20) — Toss Up —
• Facing Fear — Toss Up —
• CaveDigger — Spoiler —
• Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall — Spoiler —
• Karama Has No Walls — Spoiler —

Best Animated Short Film

• Get a Horse! – Lauren MacMullan (c-1/8) — Likely —
• Feral – Daniel Sousa — Spoiler —
• Mr. Hublot – Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares — Spoiler —
• Possessions – Shuhei Morita — Spoiler —
• Room on the Broom – Max Lang, Jan Lachaeur — Spoiler —

Best Live Action Short Film

• Helium – Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson (c-12/16) — Toss Up —
• Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me) – Esteban Crespo — Toss Up —
• Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything) – Xavier Legrand, Alexandre Gavras — Toss Up —
• Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?) – Selma Vilhunen, Kirsikka Saari — Toss Up —
• The Voorman Problem – Mark Gill, Baldwin Li — Toss Up —