2017 Oscar Predictions: The "Goodbye 'Billy Lynn' Edition"

I usually update these every few weeks or whenever something happens, such as last week's disappointing NYFF screening of Ang Lee's "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk." (HERE) Also Scorsese's "Silence" actually being confirmed for release has it now as a contender (HERE). I took off "Patriot's Day" after the "America rah rah" trailer premiered last week (HERE).




10.20.16

Best Picture
1) "La La Land"
2) "Manchester By The Sea"
3) "Fences"

4) "Silence"

5) "Sully"

6) "Lion"

7) "Loving"

8) "Jackie"
9) "Arrival"

10) "Moonlight"

Best Actor

1) Casey Affleck, "Manchester By the Sea"

2) Tom Hanks, "Sully"

3) Denzel Washington, "Fences"

4) Ryan Gosling "La La Land"

5) Joel Edgerton, "Loving"
6) Viggo Mortensen, "Captain Fantastic"

7) Andrew Garfield, "Silence"

8) Dev Patel, "Lion"
9) Miles Teller, "Bleed For This"

10) Michael Keaton, "The Founder"

Best Actress

1) Emma Stone, "La La Land"

2) Natalie Portman, "Jackie"

3) Amy Adams, "Arrival"

4) Viola Davis, "Fences" 

5) Ruth Negga, "Loving"

6) Isabelle Huppert, "Elle"

7) Meryl Streep "Florence Foster Jenkins"

8) Jessica Chastain, "Miss Sloane"

9) Marillon Cotillard, "Allied"

10) Annette Benning, "20th Century Women"

Best Supporting Actor 

1) Mahershala Ali, "Moonlight" 

2) Michael Shannon, "Nocturnal Animals" 

3) Jeff Bridges, "Hell or High Water"

4) Lucas Hedges, "Manchester By the Sea"

5) Liam Neeson, "Silence"

6) Ben Foster, "Hell or High Water"

7) Hugh Grant, "Florence Foster Jenkins"

8) Aaron Eckhart, "Bleed For This"

9) Stephen Mckinley Henderson, "Fences"

10) Timothy Spaal, "Denial"

Best Supporting Actress

1) Naomie Harris, "Moonlight"

2) Nicole Kidman, "Lion"

3) Octavia Spencer, "Hidden Figures"

4) Felicity Jones "A Monster Calls"

5) Michelle Williams, "Manchester By the Sea"

6) Margo Martindale, "The Hollars"

7) Molly Shannon, "Other People"

8) Greta Gerwig, "20th Century Women"

9) Helen Mirren, "Eye in the Sky"

10) Lupita Nyong'o, "Queen of Katwe"

Best Director

1) Damien Chazelle, "La La Land"

2) Ang Lee, "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk"

3) Kenneth Lonergan, "Manchester By the Sea'

4) Denzel Washington, "Fences"

5) Martin Scorsese, "Silence"

6) Pablo Larrain, "Jackie"

7) Barry Jenkins, "Moonlight"

8) Paul Verhoeven, "Elle"

9) Clint Eastwood, "Sully"

10) Jeff Nichols, "Loving"

Best Foreign Language Film
"Elle"
"Toni Erdmann"
"Neruda"
"The Salesman"
"Under the Shadow"
"From Afar"
"Fire At Sea"
"The Age of Shadows"
"Julieta"
"Land of Mine"

Best Animated Film
"Zootopia"
"Kubo and the Two Strings"
"Finding Dory"
"Moana"
"The Red Turtle"
"Sing"

Best Documentary Feature
"OJ: Made in America"
"The 13th"
"Lo and Behold"
"Before the Flood"
"Weiner"
"Gleason"
"Cameraperson"
"Jim: The James Foley Story"
"Amanda Knox"
"Zero Days"