While we’re quite a bit delayed from when we had expected to have these posted, here are our first post-Oscar Nominations predictions. We give you a primary choice and a runner-up in each category. We did not share commentary this time as we’ll get deeply into that with our annual Rundown series, which begins next week.

Looking at our predictions, it’s surprising how easily we align on many categories, mostly in the above-the-line categories. Even below, we have several unanimous picks, but looking at our runners-up is where the true diversity lies.

KEY:

Best Picture

• American Sniper
• Birdman
• Boyhood (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New] (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Selma
• The Theory of Everything
• Whiplash

Runner Up

• The Grand Budapest Hotel (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New](TL O) [New]
• The Imitation Game (TB O) [New]

Best Animated Feature

• Big Hero 6 (TB O) [New]
• The Boxtrolls (PP O) [New]
• Song of the Sea
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
• How to Train Your Dragon 2 (WL O) [New](TL O) [New]

Runner Up

• Big Hero 6 (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New](TL O) [New]
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (TB O) [New]

Best Director

• Birdman – Alejandro G. Inarritu
• Foxcatcher – Bennett Miller
• The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson
• The Imitation Game – Morten Tyldum
• Boyhood – Richard Linklater (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New] (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]

Runner Up

• The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New](TL O) [New]
• The Imitation Game – Morten Tyldum (TB O) [New]

Best Actor

• Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
• Bradley Cooper – American Sniper
• Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
• Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything (TB O) [New]
• Michael Keaton – Birdman (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New](TL O) [New]

Runner Up

• Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New](TL O) [New]
• Michael Keaton – Birdman (TB O) [New]

Best Actress

• Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night
• Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
• Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
• Reese Witherspoon – Wild
• Julianne Moore – Still Alice (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New] (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]

Runner Up

• Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New]
• Reese Witherspoon – Wild (TB O) [New]
• Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything (TL O) [New]

Best Supporting Actor

• Robert Duvall – The Judge
• Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
• Edward Norton – Birdman
• Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
• J.K. Simmons – Whiplash (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New] (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]

Runner Up

• Edward Norton – Birdman (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New](TL O) [New]
• Robert Duvall – The Judge (TB O) [New]

Best Supporting Actress

• Laura Dern – Wild
• Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
• Emma Stone – Birdman
• Meryl Streep – Into the Woods
• Patricia Arquette – Boyhood (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New] (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]

Runner Up

• Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game (WL O) [New]
• Emma Stone – Birdman (PP O) [New] (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]

Best Original Screenplay

• Boyhood (PP O) [New]
• Foxcatcher
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Nightcrawler
• Birdman (WL O) [New] (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]

Runner Up

• The Grand Budapest Hotel (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New] (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]

Best Adapted Screenplay

• American Sniper
• Inherent Vice
• The Theory of Everything
• Whiplash (TB O) [New]
• The Imitation Game (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New](TL O) [New]

Runner Up

• American Sniper (WL O) [New](TL O) [New]
• Whiplash (PP O) [New]
• The Imitation Game (TB O) [New]

Best Original Score

• The Grand Budapest Hotel (PP O) [New]
• Interstellar
• Mr. Turner
• The Theory of Everything (TL O) [New]
• The Imitation Game (WL O) [New] (TB O) [New]

Runner Up

• The Grand Budapest Hotel (WL O) [New]
• The Imitation Game (PP O) [New](TL O) [New]
• The Theory of Everything (TB O) [New]

Best Original Song

• Lost Stars – Begin Again
• Grateful – Beyond the Lights
• I’m Not Gonna Miss You – Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me
• Everything Is Awesome – The Lego Movie
• Glory – Selma (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New] (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]

Runner Up

• Everything Is Awesome – The Lego Movie (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New]
• I’m Not Gonna Miss You – Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me (TB O) [New]
• Lost Stars – Begin Again (TL O) [New]

Best Film Editing

• Boyhood (PP O) [New] (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Whiplash
• American Sniper (WL O) [New]

Runner Up

• Whiplash (WL O) [New]
• The Grand Budapest Hotel (PP O) [New]
• American Sniper (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]

Best Cinematography

• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Ida
• Mr. Turner
• Unbroken (TB O) [New]
• Birdman (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New](TL O) [New]

Runner Up

• The Grand Budapest Hotel (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New]
• Birdman (TB O) [New]
• Mr. Turner (TL O) [New]

Best Production Design

• The Imitation Game
• Interstellar
• Into the Woods
• Mr. Turner
• The Grand Budapest Hotel (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New] (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]

Runner Up

• Into the Woods (WL O) [New] (TB O) [New]
• The Imitation Game (PP O) [New]
• Interstellar (TL O) [New]

Best Costume Design

• The Grand Budapest Hotel (PP O) [New]
• Inherent Vice
• Maleficent
• Mr. Turner
• Into the Woods (WL O) [New] (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]

Runner Up

• The Grand Budapest Hotel (WL O) [New] (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]
• Into the Woods (PP O) [New]

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

• Guardians of the Galaxy (WL O) [New] (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]
• Foxcatcher
• The Grand Budapest Hotel (PP O) [New]

Runner Up

• The Grand Budapest Hotel (WL O) [New] (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]
• Guardians of the Galaxy (PP O) [New]

Best Sound Mixing

• Interstellar (WL O) [New]
• American Sniper (PP O) [New] (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]
• Birdman
• Unbroken
• Whiplash

Runner Up

• American Sniper (WL O) [New]
• Whiplash (PP O) [New] (TB O) [New]
• Interstellar (TL O) [New]

Best Sound Editing

• Interstellar (WL O) [New] (TB O) [New]
• American Sniper (PP O) [New](TL O) [New]
• Birdman
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• Unbroken

Runner Up

• American Sniper (WL O) [New] (TB O) [New]
• Unbroken (PP O) [New]
• Interstellar (TL O) [New]

Best Visual Effects

• Interstellar (WL O) [New] (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (PP O) [New]
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• X-Men: Days of Future Past

Runner Up

• Guardians of the Galaxy (WL O) [New]
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier (PP O) [New]
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]

Best Foreign Language Film

• Ida (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New](TL O) [New]
• Leviathan (TB O) [New]
• Tangerines
• Timbuktu
• Wild Tales

Runner Up

• Leviathan (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New](TL O) [New]
• Ida (TB O) [New]

Best Documentary Feature

• Citizenfour (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New] (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]
• Finding Vivian Maier
• Last Days in Vietnam
• The Salt of the Earth
• Virunga

Runner Up

• Virunga (WL O) [New](TL O) [New]
• The Salt of the Earth (PP O) [New]
• Last Days in Vietnam (TB O) [New]

Best Documentary Short Subject

• Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 (WL O) [New] (PP O) [New] (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]
• Joanna
• Our Curse
• The Reaper
• White Earth

Runner Up

• Joanna (WL O) [New]
• The Reaper (PP O) [New]
• Our Curse (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]

Best Animated Short Film

• Feast (WL O) [New](TL O) [New]
• The Bigger Picture (PP O) [New] (TB O) [New]
• Dam Keeper
• Me and My Moulton
• A Single Life

Runner Up

• The Bigger Picture (WL O) [New]
• The Dam Keeper (PP O) [New]
• Me and My Moulton (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]

Best Live-Action Short Film

• The Phone Call (WL O) [New] (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]
• Aya (PP O) [New]
• Boogaloo and Graham
• Butter Lamp
• Parvaneh

Runner Up

• Aya (WL O) [New] (TB O) [New] (TL O) [New]
• The Phone Call (PP O) [New]