2020 Oscar Predictions – November

We’re coming to the end of the 2019 movie year and almost all films with awards hopes have screened.  The only real mysteries left at this point are Sam Mendes’ war epic 1917, Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell, Tom Hooper’s Cats, and JJ Abrams Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker.  Greta Gerwig’s hotly anticipated Little Women and the Safdie Brothers Uncut Gems, starring Adam Sandler, have started screening and movies likes Knives Out and Queen & Slim are getting wide releases at the end of the month, hoping to build up some hype.  Not much in my predictions has changed since October, but the race is only going to get tighter and wilder over the next month.

 

 

 

 

BEST PICTURE

1. THE IRISHMAM
2. ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
3. MARRIAGE STORY
4. PARASITE
5. FORD V. FERRARI
6. JOKER
7. 1917
8. JOJO RABBIT
9. LITTLE WOMEN 
10. A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD 

 

 

BEST DIRECTOR

1. MARTIN SCORSESE, THE IRISHMAN
2. JOON-HO BONG, PARASITE
3. NOAH BAUMBACH, MARRIAGE STORY
4. QUENTIN TARANTINO, ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
5. SAM MENDES, 1917

 

 

BEST ACTOR

1. ADAM DRIVER, MARRIAGE STORY
2. JOAQUIN PHOENIX, JOKER
3. ANTONIO BANDERAS, PAIN & GLORY
4. ROBERT DE NIRO, THE IRISHMAN 
5. LEONARDO DICAPRIO, ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD

 

 

BEST ACTRESS

1. RENEE ZELLWEGER, JUDY
2. SCARLETT JOHANSSON, MARRIAGE STORY 
3. CHARLIZE THERON, BOMBSHELL 
4. SAOIRSE RONAN, LITTLE WOMEN
5. ALFRE WOODARD, CLEMENCY 

 

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. BRAD PITT, ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD
2. AL PACINO, THE IRISHMAN
3. TOM HANKS, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
4. ANTHONY HOPKINS, THE TWO POPES
5. JOE PESCI, THE IRISHMAN 

 

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. JENNIFER LOPEZ, HUSTLERS
2. LAURA DERN, MARRIAGE STORY
3. MARGOT ROBBIE, BOMBSHELL 
4. ZHAO SHUZHEN, THE FAREWELL
5. FLORENCE PUGH, LITTLE WOMEN 

 

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. MARRIAGE STORY
2. ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD 
3. PARASITE
4. THE FAREWELL
5. BOMBSHELL

 

 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. THE IRISHMAN
2. LITTLE WOMEN
3. JOJO RABBIT
4. JOKER
5. A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

 

 

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

1. TOY STORY 4
2. FROZEN II
3. MISSING LINK
4. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD
5. ABOMINABLE

 

 

OTHER PREDICTIONS

 

PRODUCTION DESIGN – ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD

CINEMATOGRAPHY – 1917

COSTUME DESIGN – LITTLE WOMEN

EDITING – THE IRISHMAN

MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING – ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD 

VISUAL EFFECTS  – AVENGERS: ENDGAME

SOUND MIXING – FORD V. FERRARI

SOUND EDITING – FORD V. FERRARI

ORIGINAL SCORE – STAR WARS: EPISODE IX – THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

ORIGINAL SONG – “INTO THE UNKNOWN” – FROZEN II 

INTERNATIONAL FILM – PARASITE

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE – APOLLO 11

ANIMATED SHORT – TBD

DOCUMENTARY SHORT – TBD

LIVE-ACTION SHORT – TBD

 

 

 

 

 

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