It’s hard to believe that this roller coaster year has finally come to a close. Sunday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the winners of its 86th Annual Academy Awards. With those announcements will undoubtedly come shock, bewilderment, confusion and excitement. We’ll be here watching.

As a final prep for this weekend’s festivities, our final Rundown article posted thirty minutes ago and at 11pm Central, my full Final Thoughts article will go live. Here is the last opportunity to see predictions form Peter, Tripp and I before the end. We rarely agree, so it will be interesting to see how things ultimately go. Enjoy.

KEY:

Best Picture

Winner Predictions

• 12 Years a Slave (PP O)
• American Hustle
• Captain Phillips
• Dallas Buyers Club
• Gravity (WL F) [New] (TB R)
• Her
• Nebraska
• Philomena
• The Wolf of Wall Street

Runner-Up Predictions

• 12 Years a Slave (WL F) [New] (TB R)
• Gravity (PP O)

Best Animated Feature

• The Croods
• Despicable Me 2
• Ernest & Celestine
• Frozen (WL O) (PP O) (TB O)
• The Wind Rises

Runner-Up Predictions

• The Wind Rises (WL O) (PP O) (TB O)

Best Directing

• Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity (WL R) (PP O) (TB R)
• Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
• Alexander Payne – Nebraska
• David O. Russell – American Hustle
• Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street

Runner-Up Predictions

• Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave (WL R) (PP O) (TB R)

Best Actor

• Christian Bale – American Hustle
• Bruce Dern – Nebraska
• Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
• Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave (PP F) [New]
• Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club (WL O) (TB O)

Runner-Up Predictions

• Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave (WL O) (TB O)
• Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club (PP F) [New]

Best Actress

• Amy Adams – American Hustle
• Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine (WL O) (TB O)
• Sandra Bullock – Gravity
• Judi Dench – Philomena (PP F) [New]
• Meryl Streep – August: Osage County

Runner-Up Predictions

• Amy Adams – American Hustle (WL O) (TB R)
• Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine (PP F) [New]

Best Supporting Actor

• Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
• Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
• Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
• Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street
• Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club (WL O) (PP O) (TB O)

Runner-Up Predictions

• Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips (WL F) [New]
• Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave (PP O)
• Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street (TB F) [New]

Best Supporting Actress

• Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
• Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
• Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave (WL O) (PP O) (TB O)
• Julia Roberts – August: Osage County
• June Squibb – Nebraska

Runner-Up Predictions

• Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle (WL O) (PP R) (TB O)

Best Original Screenplay

• American Hustle (WL F) [New] (TB O)
• Blue Jasmine
• Dallas Buyers Club
• Her (PP O)
• Nebraska

Runner-Up Predictions

• American Hustle (PP O)
• Her (WL F) [New] (TB O)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• 12 Years a Slave (WL O) (PP O)
• Before Midnight
• Captain Phillips (TB R)
• Philomena
• The Wolf of Wall Street

Runner-Up Predictions

• 12 Years a Slave (TB R)
• Captain Phillips (WL F) [New]
• Philomena (PP R)

Best Original Score

• The Book Thief
• Gravity (O) (TB R)
• Her
• Philomena (PP F) [New]
• Saving Mr. Banks

Runner-Up Predictions

• Her (PP F) [New] (TB F) [New]
• Philomena (R)

Best Original Song

• Happy – Despicable Me 2
• Let It Go – Frozen (WL O) (PP O) (TB O)
• The Moon Song – Her
• Ordinary Love – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Runner-Up Predictions

• Happy – Despicable Me 2 (WL F) [New] (TB F) [New]
• Ordinary Love – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (PP O)

Best Film Editing

• 12 Years a Slave
• American Hustle
• Captain Phillips (WL R) (TB R)
• Dallas Buyers Club
• Gravity (PP O)

Runner-Up Predictions

• Captain Phillips (PP F) [New]
• Gravity (WL R) (TB R)

Best Cinematography

• The Grandmaster
• Gravity (WL O) (PP O) (TB O)
• Inside Llewyn Davis
• Nebraska
• Prisoners

Runner-Up Predictions

• Inside Llewyn Davis (PP O)
• Nebraska (WL O) (TB R)

Best Production Design

• 12 Years a Slave
• American Hustle
• Gravity (TB F) [New]
• The Great Gatsby (WL O) (PP F) [New]
• Her

Runner-Up Predictions

• Gravity (WL O) (PP O)
• The Great Gatsby (TB F) [New]

Best Costume Design

• 12 Years a Slave (WL R) (TB R)
• American Hustle
• The Grandmaster
• The Great Gatsby
• The Invisible Woman (PP O)

Runner-Up Predictions

• The Great Gatsby (WL O) (PP F) [New] (TB R)

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

• Dallas Buyers Club (WL O) (PP O) (TB O)
• Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
• The Lone Ranger

Runner-Up Predictions

• Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (WL F) [New] (TB F) [New]
• The Lone Ranger (PP F) [New]

Best Sound Mixing

• Captain Phillips
• Gravity (WL O) (PP O) (TB O)
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
• Inside Llewyn Davis
• Lone Survivor

Runner-Up Predictions

• Captain Phillips (WL R) (PP R) (TB O)

Best Sound Editing

• All Is Lost
• Captain Phillips
• Gravity (WL O) (PP O) (TB O)
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
• Lone Survivor

Runner-Up Predictions

• Captain Phillips (WL R) (PP R) (TB R)

Best Visual Effects

• Gravity (WL O) (PP O) (TB O)
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
• Iron Man 3
• The Lone Ranger
• Star Trek: Into Darkness

Runner-Up Predictions

• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (WL O) (PP F) [New] (TB R)

Best Foreign Language Film

• The Broken Circle Breakdown
• The Great Beauty (WL R) (PP O)
• The Hunt (TB R)
• The Missing Picture
• Omar

Runner-Up Predictions

• The Great Beauty (TB R)
• The Hunt (WL R) (PP O)

Best Documentary Feature

• 20 Feet from Stardom (WL R) (TB O)
• The Act of Killing (PP O)
• Cutie and the Boxer
• Dirty Wars
• The Square

Runner-Up Predictions

• 20 Feet from Stardom (PP O)
• The Act of Killing (WL R)
• The Square (TB O)

Best Documentary Short Subject

• CaveDigger
• Facing Fear (PP R)
• Karama Has No Walls
• The Lady in Number 6 (WL O) (TB O)
• Prison Terminal

Runner-Up Predictions

• CaveDigger (PP R)
• Facing Fear (WL R) (TB O)

Best Animated Short Film

• Feral
• Get a Horse! (WL O) (PP R) (TB O)
• Mr. Hublot
• Possessions
• Room on the Broom

Runner-Up Predictions

• Feral (TB F) [New]
• Mr. Hublot (PP F) [New]
• Room on the Broom (WL O)

Best Live-Action Short Film

• Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)
• Avant Que De Tou Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
• Helium (WL O) (PP F) [New]
• Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)
• The Voorman Problem (TB O)

Runner-Up Predictions

• Avant Que De Tou Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything) (TB R)
• The Voorman Problem (WL O) (PP F) [New]