Sunday, March 4, 2018

Oscars 2018, A Power Ranking

My personal rankings of the nominees in each category. Movies I haven't seen are listed, unranked, at the end of each list. My predictions are marked on the ballot at the bottom as well.




Best Picture
1. Lady Bird
2. Dunkirk
3. Get Out
4. Phantom Thread
5. The Post
6. Call Me By Your Name
7. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
T8. Darkest Hour
T8. The Shape of Water

Directing
1. Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
2. Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
3. Jordan Peele, Get Out
4. Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
5. Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water

Actress in a Leading Role
1. Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
2. Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
3. Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
4. Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
5. Meryl Streep, The Post

Actor in a Leading Role
1. Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
2. Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
3. Daniel-Day Lewis, Phantom Thread
4. Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
5. Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Actress in a Supporting Role
1. Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
2. Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
3. Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
4. Allison Janney, I, Tonya
5. Mary J. Blige, Mudbound

Actor in a Supporting Role
1. Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
2. Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
4. Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World
5. Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Original Screenplay
1. Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
2. Jordan Peele, Get Out
3. Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick
4. Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor, The Shape of Water
5. Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Adapted Screenplay
1. James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name
2. Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green, Logan
3Molly's Game, Aaron Sorkin
4. Virgil Williams and Dee Rees, Mudbound
5. Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, The Disaster Artist

Documentary Feature
1. Faces Places
2. Strong Island
3. Icarus
4. Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
5. Last Men in Aleppo

Foreign-Language Film
1. A Fantastic Woman
2. The Square
3. On Body and Soul
4. The Insult
 Loveless

Original Score
1. Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
2. Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
3. Hans Zimmer, Dunkirk
4. John Williams, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
5. Carter Burwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Original Song
1."The Mystery of Love," Call Me By Your Name
2. "Remember Me," Coco
3. "This Is Me," The Greatest Showman
4. "Stand Up for Something," Marshall
5. "Mighty River," Mudbound

Sound Editing
1. Dunkirk
2. Baby Driver
3. The Shape of Water
4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
5. Blade Runner 2049

Sound Mixing
1. Dunkirk
2. Baby Driver
3. The Shape of Water
4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
5. Blade Runner 2049

Makeup and Hairstyling
1. Darkest Hour
 Victoria &Abdul
 Wonder

Costume Design
1. Phantom Thread
2. The Shape of Water
3. Darkest Hour
 Beauty and the Beast 
 Victoria & Abdul

Cinematography
1. Hoyte van Hoytema, Dunkirk
2. Roger A. Deakins, Blade Runner 2049
3. Dan Laustsen, The Shape of Water
4. Rachel Morrison, Mudbound
5. Bruno Delbonnel, Darkest Hour

Production Design
1. Dunkirk
2. The Shape of Water
3. Blade Runner 2049
4. Darkest Hour
 Beauty and the Beast

Film Editing
1. Lee Smith, Dunkirk
2. Paul Machliss & Jonathan Amos, Baby Driver
3. Tatiana S. Riegel, I, Tonya
4. Sidney Wolinsky, The Shape of Water
5. Jon Gregory, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Visual Effects
1. War for the Planet of the Apes
2. Blade Runner 2049
3. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
4. Kong: Skull Island
5. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2


I've not seen a single film in the following categories:

Animated Feature
Documentary Short Subject
Animated Short Subject
Live Action Short Film

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And my predictions: