Oscar® 2019 Predictions

Best Picture:

*“Roma”

“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“A Star Is Born”
“Vice”

Lead Actor:

*Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody”

Christian Bale, “Vice”
Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born”
Willem Dafoe, “At Eternity’s Gate”
Viggo Mortensen, “Green Book”

Lead Actress:

*Glenn Close, “The Wife”

Yalitza Aparicio, “Roma”
Olivia Colman, “The Favourite”
Lady Gaga, “A Star Is Born”
Melissa McCarthy, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”

Supporting Actor:

*Mahershala Ali, "Green Book"

Adam Driver, “BlacKkKlansman”
Sam Elliott, “A Star Is Born”
Richard E. Grant, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Sam Rockwell, “Vice”

Supporting Actress:

*Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk”

Amy Adams, “Vice”
Marina de Tavira, “Roma”
Emma Stone, “The Favourite”
Rachel Weisz, “The Favourite”

Director:

*Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma”

Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman”
Pawel Pawlikowski, “Cold War”
Yorgos Lanthimos, “The Favourite”
Adam McKay, “Vice”

Animated Feature:

*“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman

“Incredibles 2,” Brad Bird
“Isle of Dogs,” Wes Anderson
“Mirai,” Mamoru Hosoda
“Ralph Breaks the Internet,” Rich Moore, Phil Johnston

Animated Short:

*“Bao,” Domee Shi

“Animal Behaviour,” Alison Snowden, David Fine
“Late Afternoon,” Louise Bagnall
“One Small Step,” Andrew Chesworth, Bobby Pontillas
“Weekends,” Trevor Jimenez

Adapted Screenplay:

*“BlacKkKlansman,” Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee

“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” Joel Coen , Ethan Coen
“Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
“If Beale Street Could Talk,” Barry Jenkins
“A Star Is Born,” Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters


Original Screenplay:

*“The Favourite,” Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara

“First Reformed,” Paul Schrader
“Green Book,” Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly
“Roma,” Alfonso Cuarón
“Vice,” Adam McKay

Cinematography:

*“Roma,” Alfonso Cuarón

“Cold War,” Lukasz Zal
“The Favourite,” Robbie Ryan
“Never Look Away,” Caleb Deschanel
“A Star Is Born,” Matthew Libatique

Best Documentary Feature:

*“Free Solo,” Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

“Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” RaMell Ross
“Minding the Gap,” Bing Liu
“Of Fathers and Sons,” Talal Derki
“RBG,” Betsy West, Julie Cohen

Best Documentary Short Subject:

*“Black Sheep,” Ed Perkins

“End Game,” Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
“Lifeboat,” Skye Fitzgerald
“A Night at the Garden,” Marshall Curry
“Period. End of Sentence.,” Rayka Zehtabchi

Best Live Action Short Film:

*“Marguerite,” Marianne Farley

“Detainment,” Vincent Lambe
“Fauve,” Jeremy Comte
“Mother,” Rodrigo Sorogoyen
“Skin,” Guy Nattiv

Best Foreign Language Film:

*“Roma” (Mexico)

“Capernaum” (Lebanon)
“Cold War” (Poland)
“Never Look Away” (Germany)
“Shoplifters” (Japan)

Film Editing:

*“Vice,” Hank Corwin

“BlacKkKlansman,” Barry Alexander Brown
“Bohemian Rhapsody,” John Ottman
“Green Book,” Patrick J. Don Vito
“The Favourite,” Yorgos Mavropsaridis

Sound Editing:

*“First Man,” Ai-Ling Lee, Mildred Iatrou Morgan

“Black Panther,” Benjamin A. Burtt, Steve Boeddeker
“Bohemian Rhapsody,” John Warhurst
“A Quiet Place,” Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl
“Roma,” Sergio Diaz, Skip Lievsay

Sound Mixing:

*“Bohemian Rhapsody”

“Black Panther”
“First Man”
“Roma”
“A Star Is Born”

Production Design:

*“The Favourite,” Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton

“Black Panther,” Hannah Beachler
“First Man,” Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas
“Mary Poppins Returns,” John Myhre, Gordon Sim
“Roma,” Eugenio Caballero, Bárbara Enrı́quez


Original Score:

*“Black Panther,” Ludwig Goransson

“BlacKkKlansman,” Terence Blanchard
“If Beale Street Could Talk,” Nicholas Britell
“Isle of Dogs,” Alexandre Desplat
“Mary Poppins Returns,” Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman

Original Song:

*“Shallow” from “A Star Is Born” by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt and Benjamin Rice

“All The Stars” from “Black Panther” by Kendrick Lamar, SZA
“I’ll Fight” from “RBG” by Diane Warren, Jennifer Hudson
“The Place Where Lost Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns” by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
“When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch

Makeup and Hair:

*“Vice”

“Border”
“Mary Queen of Scots”

Costume Design:

*“The Favourite,” Sandy Powell

“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” Mary Zophres
“Black Panther,” Ruth E. Carter
“Mary Poppins Returns,” Sandy Powell
“Mary Queen of Scots,” Alexandra Byrne

Visual Effects:

*“Avengers: Infinity War”

“Christopher Robin”
“First Man”
“Ready Player One”
“Solo: A Star Wars Story”