2021 Oscars – Final Predictions for the Nominees

Oscars

The 93rd edition of the Oscars is upon us, so here are our predictions for the nominees.

 

Here we present the list for the main eight categories of the Oscars 2021, with nominees ordered in terms of their likelihood to get nominated. For Best Picture, we’ve included a list of ten films, even though it is very unlikely that ten movies will receive a nomination. Hence, if eight movies get nominated, we think that those eight will be the first eight titles on the list, and if nine movies get nominated, it’ll be the first nine titles. Additionally, each list has a runner-up candidate.

 

The nominations will be announced on Monday, March 15. Here are the lists:

 

Best Picture

Nomadland

Mank

Trial of the Chicago 7

Promising Young Woman

Minari

One Night in Miami

Judas and the Black Messiah

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Sound of Metal

The Father

Runner-up: Da 5 Bloods

 

Best Director

Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)

David Fincher (Mank)

Aaron Sorkin (Trial of the Chicago 7)

Lee Isaac-Young (Minari)

Regina King (One Night in Miami)

Runner-up: Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)

 

Best Actress

Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)

Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)

Frances McDormand (Nomadland)

Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)

Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday)

Runner-up: Zendaya (Malcolm and Marie)

 

Best Actor

Anthony Hopkins (The Father)

Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)

Gary Oldman (Mank)

Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)

Steven Yeun (Minari)

Runner-up: Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods)

 

Best Supporting Actress

Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Movie Film)

Olivia Colman (The Father)

Yuh-Jung Youn (Minari)

Amanda Seyfried (Mank)

Jodie Foster (The Mauritanian)

Runner-up: Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy)

 

Best Supporting Actor

Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah)

Sacha Baron Cohen (Trial of the Chicago 7)

Leslie Odom, Jr. (One Night in Miami)

Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)

Alan Kim (Minari)

Runner-up: Chadwick Boseman (Da 5 Bloods)

 

Best Adapted Screenplay

Nomadland (Chloé Zhao)

One Night in Miami (Kemp Powers)

The Father (Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller)

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Ruben Santiago-Hudson)

News of the World (Luke Davies, Paul Greengrass)

Runner-up: The Mauritanian (M.B. Traven, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani)

 

Best Original Screenplay

Trial of the Chicago 7 (Aaron Sorkin)

Promising Young Woman (Emerald Fennell)

Minari (Lee Isaac Chung)

Mank (Jack Fincher)

Judas and the Black Messiah (Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas, Kenneth Lucas)

Runner-up: Sound of Metal (Abraham Marder, Darius Marder, Derek Cianfrance)