2017 Oscar Nominations Predictions (December)

Changes from last month’s predictions reflected in parenthesis_

PICTURE
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Florida Project
Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
(no changes from last month)


DIRECTOR
Guillermo Del Toro, The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Steven Spielberg, The Post
(Greta Gerwig replaced Joe Wright)

ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie, I Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Meryl Streep, The Post
(Margot Robbie replaced Jessica Chastain)

ACTOR
Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Jake Gyllenhaal, Stronger
Tom Hanks, The Post
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
(no changes from last month)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mary J. Blige (Mudbound)
Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
(Mary J. Blige replaced Melissa Leo)

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me By Your Name
(no changes from last month)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Call Me By Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Last Flag Flying
Molly’s Game
Mudbound
(no changes from last month)


ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
(no changes from last month)


CINEMATOGRAPHY
Blade Runner 2049
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
(no changes from last month)


COSTUME DESIGN
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
The Greatest Showman
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
(no changes from last month)


FILM EDITING
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
The Shape of Water
(no changes from last month)


MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLING
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
The Greatest Showman
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2
The Shape of Water
(no changes from last month)


PRODUCTION DESIGN
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
(didn’t predict this category last month)


SCORE
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water
(didn’t predict this category last month)


SONG
"Evermore," Beauty and the Beast
"The Mystery of Love," Call Me By Your Name
"Remember Me," Coco
"Stand Up for Something," Marshall
"This Is Me," The Greatest Showman
(didn’t predict this category last month)

SOUND EDITING
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars, The Last Jedi
(didn’t predict this category last month)


SOUND MIXING
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars, the Last Jedi
(didn’t predict this category last month)


VISUAL EFFECTS
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars, the Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes
(didn’t predict this category last month)


ANIMATED FEATURE
The Breadwinner
Coco
Ferdinand
The Lego Batman Movie
Loving Vincent

(didn’t predict this category last month)