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As is our Cinema Sight tradition, this month, we announce our first, super-early predictions for the Academy Award nominations this year. With less than half the year completed, there are a lot of question marks in the field and while we try our best to anticipate the fickle impressions of Academy voters, these predictions should be taken with a planet-sized grain of salt.

This is always a fun exercise and while we know we aren’t likely to be that accurate by year’s end, it will be interesting to see how things shape up based on the present landscape.

We start out slow with only the major categories.

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[New] = New Prediction
[Return] = Prior Prediction Returning
(O) = Original Prediction

Best Picture

  • Black Mass (WL O) (PP O)
  • Bridge of Spies (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
  • Brooklyn (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
  • By the Sea (WL O)
  • Carol (PP O)(TL O)
  • The Danish Girl (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
  • Demolition (TL O)
  • The Hateful Eight (WL O) (TB O) (TL O)
  • I Saw the Light (PP O)
  • In the Heart of the Sea (PP O)
  • Joy (WL O) (TB O) (TL O)
  • The Light Between Oceans (TB O)
  • The Martian (WL O)
  • Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (WL O)
  • Mr. Holmes (PP O)
  • The Revenant (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
  • Snowden (TB O)
  • Steve Jobs (TB O) (TL O)
  • Suffragette (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
  • Trumbo (WL O)


Best Director

  • Danny Boyle – Steve Jobs (TB O) (TL O)
  • Scott Cooper – Black Mass (WL O)
  • John Crowley – Brooklyn (PP O) (TB O)
  • Sarah Gavron – Suffragette (WL O) (TB O)
  • Todd Haynes – Carol (PP O)
  • Tom Hooper – The Danish Girl (TB O)
  • Ron Howard – In the Heart of the Sea (PP O)
  • Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu – The Revenant (PP O)(TL O)
  • David O. Russell – Joy (WL O)(TL O)
  • Steven Spielberg – Bridge of Spies (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
  • Quentin Tarantino – The Hateful Eight (WL O)(TL O)

Best Actor

  • Bradley Cooper – Joy (WL O)
  • Johnny Depp – Black Mass (WL O) (PP O) (TB O)
  • Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
  • Michael Fassbender – Macbeth\ (WL O)
  • Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs (TB O) (TL O)
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Snowden (TB O)
  • Jake Gyllenhaal – Demolition (TL O)
  • Tom Hanks – Bridge of Spies (WL O)(TL O)
  • Tom Hiddleston – I Saw the Light (PP O)
  • Ian McKellen – Mr. Holmes (PP O)
  • Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)

Best Actress

  • Cate Blanchett – Carol (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
  • Marion Cotillard – Macbeth (WL O) (TB O)
  • Jennifer Lawrence – Joy (WL O) (TB O) (TL O)
  • Rooney Mara – Carol (PP O)
  • Julianne Moore – Freeheld (WL O)
  • Carey Mulligan – Suffragette (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
  • Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
  • Meryl Streep – Ricki and the Flash (PP O)(TL O)

Best Supporting Actor

  • Alan Alda – Bridge of Spies (WL O) (PP O)
  • Emory Cohen – Brooklyn (PP O)
  • Benedict Cumberbatch – Black Mass (WL O)
  • Robert De Niro – Joy (WL O)(TL O)
  • Bruce Dern – The Hateful Eight (WL O)
  • Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation (TL O)
  • Domhnall Gleeson – Brooklyn (PP O)
  • Tom Hardy – The Revenant (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
  • Tom Holland – In the Heart of the Sea (PP O)
  • Samuel L. Jackson – The Hateful Eight (TL O)
  • Zachary Quinto – Snowden (TB O)
  • Seth Rogen – Steve Jobs (TB O) (TL O)
  • Matthias Schoenaerts – The Danish Girl (WL O)
  • Ken Watanabe – Sea of Trees (TB O)
  • Forest Whitaker – Southpaw (TB O)

Best Supporting Actress

  • Helena Bonham Carter – Suffragette (WL O) (TB O) (TL O)
  • Judi Dench – Tulip Fever (PP O)
  • Diane Ladd – Joy (TL O)
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight (TB O) (TL O)
  • Laura Linney – Mr. Holmes (PP O)
  • Rooney Mara – Carol (WL O)(TL O)
  • Helen Mirren – Trumbo (WL O) (PP O)
  • Elizabeth Olsen – I Saw the Light (PP O)
  • Ellen Page – Freeheld (WL O)
  • Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria (WL O) (TB O) (TL O)
  • Meryl Streep – Suffragette (TB O)
  • Julie Walters – Brooklyn (PP O)
  • Shailene Woodley – Snowden (TB O)


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