This page ranks the Oscar contenders. 2018 contenders are ranked by most likely to be nominated.

Last Updated: 04/09/18

Picture
If Beale Street Could Talk
Backseat
First Man
Roma
Black Klansman
Ad Astra
Widows
Peterloo
The Favourite

Alternates
Black Panther
Old Man and the Gun
On the Basis of Sex
Boy Erased
Share

Dark Horses
The Front Runner
A Star is Born
Mary Queen of Scots
Destroyer
Under the Silver Lake
Crazy Rich Asians

---

Director
Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
James Gray – Ad Astra
Alfonso Cuaron – Roma
Mike Leigh – Peterloo
Spike Lee – Black Klansman

Alternates
Damien Chazelle – First Man
Adam McKay – Backseat
Steve McQueen – Widows
Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite
Joel Edgerton – Boy Erased
Marielle Heller – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Dark Horses
Ryan Coogler – Black Panther
Mimi Leder – On the Basis of Sex
Pippa Bianco – Share
David Lowery – Old Man and the Gun
Richard Linklater – Where’d You Go, Bernadette?
Paolo Sorrentino – Loro
Jason Reitman – The Front Runner
Karyn Kusama – Destroyer

---

Lead Actor
Christian Bale – Backseat
Ryan Gosling – First Man
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
John David Washington – Black Klansman
Lucas Hedges – Boy Erased

Alternates
Robert Redford – Old Man and the Gun
Brad Pitt – Ad Astra
Steve Carell – Beautiful Boy
Hugh Jackman – The Front Runner

Dark Horses
Willem Dafoe – At Eternity’s Gate
Bradley Cooper – A Star is Born
Ben Foster – Leave No Trace
Andrew Garfield – Under the Silver Lake
Kevin Costner – The Highwaymen
Rory Kinnear – Peterloo

---

Lead Actress
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Renee Zellweger – Judy
Viola Davis – Widows
Saoirse Ronan – Mary Queen of Scots
Kiki Layne – If Beale Street Could Talk

Alternates
Felicity Jones – On the Basis of Sex
Glenn Close – The Wife
Nicole Kidman – Destroyer
Constance Wu – Crazy Rich Asians
Stefani Germanotta – A Star is Born
Emily Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns

Dark Horses
Toni Collette – Hereditary
Poorna Jagannathan – Share
Penelope Cruz – Everybody Knows
Keira Knightley – Colette
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
Emma Stone – The Favorite

---

Supporting Actor
Steve Carell – Backseat
Stephen James – If Beale Street Could Talk
Adam Driver – Black Klansman
Kyle Chandler – First Man
Timothee Chalamet – Beautiful Boy

Alternates
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Russell Crowe – Boy Erased
Rufus Sewell – Judy
Armie Hammer – On the Basis of Sex
Daniel Kaluuya – Widows
Tommy Lee Jones – Ad Astra

Dark Horses
Joel Edgerton – Boy Erased
Liam Neeson – Widows
Alexander Skarsgard – The Hummingbird Project
Sam Rockwell – Backseat
Oscar Isaac – At Eternity’s Gate
John C. Reilly – Stan & Ollie

---

Supporting Actress
Amy Adams – Backseat
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Claire Foy – First Man
Margot Robbie – Mary Queen of Scots
Meryl Streep – Mary Poppins Returns

Alternates
Nicole Kidman – Boy Erased
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Laura Dern – JT Leroy
Sissy Spacek – Old Man and the Gun
Katherine Waterston – Mid ’90s

Dark Horses
Vera Farmiga – The Front Runner
Annette Bening – Georgetown
Carey Mulligan – Wildlife
Michelle Yeoh – Crazy Rich Asians
Tilda Swinton – Suspiria
Salma Hayek – The Hummingbird Project

---

Writing – Original Screenplay
The Favourite
Backseat
Ad Astra
On the Basis of Sex
Roma

Alternates
Isle of Dogs
Mid 90s
Under the Silver Lake
Destroyer

Dark Horses
Hereditary
The Hummingbird Project
Everybody Knows
Tully

---

Writing – Adapted Screenplay
If Beale Street Could Talk
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
First Man
Widows
Where’d You Go, Bernadette?

Alternates
Black Klansman
Boy Erased
The Front Runner
Old Man and the Gun

Dark Horses
Crazy Rich Asians
Mary Queen of Scots
The Incredibles 2
Wildlife
A Star is Born
Beautiful Boy