2018 Academy Awards – Who Will and Should Win
It’s Oscar night! The most prestigious night in Hollywood, when a who’s-who of famous people come together to be awarded for their work for the previous year. This year’s Oscar race is particularly interesting, as there is no clear-cut Best Picture frontrunner, and there are a few categories that could offer up some surprises. Here are my predictions for will win and my choices for who should win the 2018 Academy Awards.
BEST PICTURE:
Call Me by Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
WILL WIN – THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
SHOULD WIN – GET OUT
BEST ACTOR:
Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington – Roman J. Israel, Esq.
WILL WIN – GARY OLDMAN – DARKEST HOUR
SHOULD WIN – TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET – CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
BEST 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
WILL/SHOULD WIN – FRANCIS MCDORMAND – THREE BILLBOARDS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins – The Shape of Water
Christopher Plummer – All the Money in the World
Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
WILL/SHOULD WIN – SAM ROCKWELL – THREE BILLBOARDS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Mary J. Blige – Mudbound
Allison Janney – I, Tonya
Lesley Manville – Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer – The Shape of Water
WILL/SHOULD WIN – ALLISON JANNEY – I, TONYA
BEST DIRECTOR:
Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
Jordan Peele – Get Out
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
Paul Thomas Anderson – Phantom Thread
Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water
WILL WIN – GUILLERMO DEL TORO – THE SHAPE OF WATER
SHOULD WIN – CHRISTOPHER NOLAN – DUNKIRK
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent
WILL/SHOULD WIN – COCO
BEST ANIMATED SHORT:
Dear Basketball
Garden Party
Lou
Negative Space
Revolting Rhymes
WILL/SHOULD WIN – DEAR BASKETBALL
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY :
Call Me by Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Logan
Molly’s Game
Mudbound
WILL WIN – CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
SHOULD WIN – MOLLY’S GAME
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
The Big Sick
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
WILL/SHOULD WIN – GET OUT
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Mudbound
The Shape of Water
WILL/SHOULD WIN – BLADE RUNNER 2049
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
Edith+Eddie
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Heroin(e)
Knife Skills
Traffic Stop
WILL/SHOULD WIN – HEROIN(E)
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT:
DeKalb Elementary
The Eleven O’Clock
My Nephew Emmett
The Silent Child
Watu Wote/All of Us
WILL WIN – DEKALB ELEMENTARY
SHOULD WIN – THE ELEVEN O’CLOCK
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
The Insult (Lebanon)
Loveless (Russia)
On Body and Soul (Hungary)
The Square (Sweden)
WILL WIN – A FANTASTIC WOMAN
SHOULD WIN – THE SQUARE
BEST FILM EDITING:
Baby Driver
Dunkirk
I, Tonya
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
WILL/SHOULD WIN – DUNKIRK
BEST SOUND EDITING:
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
WILL/SHOULD WIN – DUNKIRK
BEST SOUND MIXING:
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
WILL WIN – DUNKIRK
SHOULD WIN – BABY DRIVER
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
WILL/SHOULD WIN – THE SHAPE OF WATER
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriWILL WIN – THE SHAPE OF WATER SHOULD WIN – PHANTOM THREAD
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
“Mighty River” from Mudbound
“Mystery of Love” from Call Me by Your Name
“Remember Me” from Coco
“Stand Up for Something” from Marshall
“This Is Me” from The Greatest Showman
WILL/SHOULD WIN – “REMEMBER ME” from COCO
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR:
Darkest Hour
Victoria and Abdul
Wonder
WILL/SHOULD WIN – DARKEST HOUR
BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Victoria and Abdul
WILL/SHOULD WIN – PHANTOM THREAD
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: