The InSneider's Annual Last-Minute Oscar Nomination Predictions

It has become an annual tradition here at The InSneider, so this should sound familiar: T-minus 4 hours, yada yada yada. It's now or never, baby! I'd better get these on the record, pronto! 

I haven't played The Alternate Game the last few years so I decided against it again this year, despite the temptation with such a wide-open Best Picture field. There are 3-5 acting slots that are really tough to call this year and yet the trickiest question remains, as always, not which films will be nominated for Best Picture, but how many?

Thanks to all the bloggers I've enjoyed reading this awards season, including but certainly not limited to: Scott Feinberg, Kris Tapley, Jeff Wells, Kyle Buchanan, Gregory Ellwood, Anne Thompson, David Poland, Tom O'Neil, Pete Hammond and Peter Bart. I'd call this a work-in-progress but fortunately, we've run out of time and these will have to do. Good luck to all the contenders! And now, on to Phase Two...

BEST PICTURE

1. La La Land

2. Moonlight

3. Manchester by the Sea

4. Arrival

5. Hidden Figures
6. Hell or High Water

7. Lion

8. Fences

9. O.J.: Made in America

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Damien Chazelle, La La Land

2. Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

3. Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

4. Denis Villeneuve, Arrival

5. David Mackenzie, Hell or High Water

BEST ACTOR

1. Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea

2. Denzel Washington, Fences

3. Ryan Gosling, La La Land

4. Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic

5. Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge

BEST ACTRESS

1. Emma Stone, La La Land

2. Natalie Portman, Jackie

3. Amy Adams, Arrival

4. Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

5. Taraji P. Henson, Hidden Figures

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water

2. Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

3. Dev Patel, Lion

4. Kevin Costner, Hidden Figures

5. Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Viola Davis, Fences

2. Naomie Harris, Moonlight

3. Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

4. Nicole Kidman, Lion

5. Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

2. Damien Chazelle, La La Land

3. Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water

4. Jared Bush & Phil Johnston, Zootopia

5. Matt Ross, Captain Fantastic

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 

1. Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

2. Eric Heisserer, Arrival

3. Luke Davies, Lion

4. Allison Schroeder & Ted Melfi, Hidden Figures

5. August Wilson, Fences