My Oscar Nomination Predictions (2013 Films)

It's a tough process, but here are my predictions for this year's Oscar nominations (films released in 2013) with wildcards only in the major categories:

Best Picture

12 Years a Slave

American Hustle

Blue Jasmine

Captain Phillips

Dallas Buyer’s Club

Gravity

Inside Llewyn Davis

Nebraska

Saving Mr. Banks

The Wolf of Wall Street

Wildcard – Fruitvale Station

Best Director

Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)

Steven McQueen (12 Years a Slave)

David O. Russell (American Hustle)

Alexander Payne (Nebraska)

Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips)

Wildcard – Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Best Actor

Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)

Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyer’s Club)

Robert Redford (All is Lost)

Bruce Dern (Nebraska)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Wildcard - Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

Judi Dench (Philomena)

Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)

Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)

Wildcard - Amy Adams (American Hustle)

Best Supporting Actor

Jared Leto (Dallas Buyer’s Club)

Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)

Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)

Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)

Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Wildcard – Daniel Bruhl (Rush)

Best Supporting Actress

Oprah Winfrey (The Butler)

Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

Lupita Nyongo (12 Years a Slave)

Octavia Spencer (Fruitvale Station)

Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)

Wildcard –June Squibb (Nebraska)

Best Original Screenplay

Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell (American Hustle)

Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine)

Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack (Dallas Buyers Club)

Bob Nelson (Nebraska)

Spike Jonze (Her)

Wildcard – Joel and Ethan Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis)

Best Adapted Screenplay

John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater, Before Midnight
Terence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street
Billy Ray, Captain Phillips
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, Philomena

Wildcard – Peter Berg (Lone Survivor)

Best Animated Film

Frozen

The Wind Rises

Ernest and Celestine

Monsters University

Despicable Me 2

Wildcard –The Croods

Best Foreign Film

Denmark, The Hunt, Thomas Vinterberg, director
Italy, The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino, director
Belgium, The Broken Circle Breakdown, Felix van Groeningen, director
Hong Kong, The Grandmaster, Wong Kar-wai, director
Palestine, Omar, Hany Abu-Assad, director

Best Documentary Feature

Stories We Tell

The Act of Killing

20 Feet From Stardom

Blackfish

The Square

Best Production Design

12 Years a Slave

Gravity

The Great Gatsby

Saving Mr. Banks

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Best Cinematography

Gravity

Prisoners

Captain Phillips

Inside Llewyn Davis

12 Years a Slave

Best Costume Design

12 Years a Slave

The Book Thief

The Great Gatsby

American Hustle

The Invisible Woman

Best Editing

The Wolf of Wall Street

12 Years a Slave

Rush

Gravity

American Hustle

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

The Great Gatsby

American Hustle

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Best Score

Gravity

Saving Mr. Banks

The Book Thief

All is Lost

12 Years a Slave

Best Song

"Ordinary Love" (Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom)

"So You Know What It's Like" (Short Term 12)
“The Moon Song” (Her)

“Let It Go” (Frozen)

"Young and Beautiful" (The Great Gatsby)

Best Sound Editing

All is Lost

Oblivion

Rush

12 Years a Slave

Gravity

Best Sound Mixing

Gravity

Captain Phillips

Rush

Oblivion

Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Visual Effects

World War Z

Gravity

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Pacific Rim
Iron Man 3