My November Ranking of the 2016 Oscar Contenders

PICTURE
1.  La La Land
2.  Manchester By the Sea
3.  Fences
4.  Moonlight
5.  Loving
6.  Silence

7.  Arrival
8.  Lion
9.  Jackie

DIRECTOR
1.  Damien Chazelle, La La Land
2.  Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By the Sea
3.  Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
4.  Denzel Washington, Fences
5.  Martin Scorcese, Silence

6.  Pablo Lorrain, Jackie
7.  Jeff Nichols, Loving
8.  Ang Lee, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
9.  Garth Davis. Lion

ACTRESS
1.  Emma Stone, La La Land
2.  Natalie Portman, Jackie
3.  Ruth Negga, Loving
4.  Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
5.  Amy Adams, Arrival

6.  Jessica Chastain, Miss Stone
7.  Taraji P. Henson, Hidden Figures
8.  Isabelle Huppert, Elle
9.  Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

ACTOR
1.  Casey Affleck, Manchester By the Sea
2.  Denzel Washington, Fences
3.  Ryan Gosling, La La Land
4.  Joel Edgerton, Loving
5.  Tom Hanks, Sully

6.  Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
7.  Viggo Mortenson, Captain Fantastic
8.  Michael Keaton, The Founder

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1.  Viola Davis, Fences
2.  Michelle Williams, Manchester By the Sea
3.  Naomie Harris, Moonlight
4.  Nicole Kidman, Lion
5.  Greta Gerwig, 20th Century Women

6.  Felicity Jones, A Monster Calls
7.  Janelle Monae, Hidden Figures
8.  Aja Naomi King, The Birth of a Nation

SUPPORTING ACTOR
1.  Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
2.  Lucas Hedges, Manchester By the Sea
3.  Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
4.  Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
5.  Dev Patel, Lion

6.  Liam Neeson, Silence
7.  Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
8.  Stephen Henderson, Fences
9.  Timothy Spall, Denial
10. Jovan Adepo, Fences
11. Steve Martin, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1.  Fences
2.  Arrival
3.  Silence
4.  Lion
5.  Nocturnal Animals

6.  Hidden Figures
7.  A Monster Calls
8.  Hacksaw Ridge

ORGINAL SCREENPLAY
1.  Manchester By the Sea
2.  Moonlight
3.  La La Land
4.  Jackie
5.  Loving

6.  20th Century Women
7.  Hell or High Water

CINEMATOGRAPHY
1.  La La Land
2.  Arrival
3.  Silence
4.  Jackie
5.  Moonlight

6.  Nocturnal Animals
7.  The Jungle Book
8.  Lion
9.  Live By Night
10. Hail, Caesar!

COSTUME DESIGN
1.  Jackie
2.  La La Land
3.  Silence
4.  Florence Foster Jenkins
5.  Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them

6.  Live By Night
7.  Rules Don't Apply
8.  Allied

FILM EDITING
1.  La La Land
2.  Silence
3.  Jackie
4.  Hacksaw Ridge
5.  Moonlight

6.  Arrival
7.  The Jungle Book
8.  Hidden Figures
9.  Nocturnal Animals

MAKEUP AND HAIR (3 nominees)
1.  Jackie
2.  Silence
3.  Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them

4.  Florence Foster Jenkins
5.  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
6.  Deadpool
7.  Loving

PRODUCTION DESIGN
1.  La La Land
2.  Silence
3.  Jackie
4.  Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
5.  Rules Don't Apply

6.  The Jungle Book
7.  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
8.  Hidden Figures
9.  Live By Night

SCORE
1.  La La Land
2.  Jackie
3.  Silence
4.  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
5.  Lion

6.  Arrival
7.  Hidden Figures
8.  The Jungle Book

SOUND EDITING
1.  Hacksaw Ridge
2.  Rogue One: A Star Wars Movie
3.  La La Land
4.  The Jungle Book
5.  Deepwater Horizon

6.  Silence

SOUND MIXING
1.  La La Land
2.  Hacksaw Ridge
3.  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
4.  Silence
5.  The Jungle Book

VISUAL EFFECTS
1.  Doctor Strange
2.  The Jungle Book
3.  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
4.  Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
5.  Arrival

6.  Captain America: Civil War
7.  Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

ANIMATED FEATURE
1.  Zootopia
2.  Kubo and the Two Strings
3.  Moana
4.  Finding Dory
5.  The Red Turtle

6.  Sing
7.  Sausage Party
8.  The Little Prince