This page ranks the Oscar contenders. 2020 contenders are ranked by most likely to be nominated.
Our ranking system is based on our Oscar Tiers page, which is based on the rankings of “Award blogs” throughout the web.
Last Update: 03/19/19
Picture (03/19/19)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Jojo Rabbit
The French Dispatch
The Irishman
Us
Harriet
Fair and Balanced
Waves
Dry Run
Alternates
Little Women
Ford v. Ferrari
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Cats
The Personal History of David Copperfield
The Laundromat
Ad Astra
Lucy in the Sky
Rocketman
Dark Horses
The Farewell
Just Mercy
The Woman in the Window
1917
Uncut Gems
The Goldfinch
Knives Out
Motherless Brooklyn
The Report
The Last Thing He Wanted
Director (03/19/19)
Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Taika Waititi – Jojo Rabbit
Wes Anderson – The French Dispatch
Martin Scorsese – The Irishman
Jordan Peele – Us
Alternates
Trey Edward Shults – Waves
Greta Gerwig – Little Women
Marielle Heller – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Sam Mendes – 1917
Tom Hooper – Cats
Steven Soderbergh – The Laundromat
James Gray – Ad Astra
Pedro Almodovar – Pain and Glory
Dark Horses
Chloe Zhao – Nomadland
Todd Haynes – Dry Run
Ang Lee – Gemini Man
Armando Iannucci – The Personal History of David Copperfield
Dee Rees – The Last Thing He Wanted
John Crowley – The Goldfinch
Kasi Lemmons – Harriet
Jay Roach – Fair and Balanced
Lead Actor (03/19/19)
Robert de Niro – The Irishman
Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Dev Patel – The Personal History of David Copperfield
Jonathan Pryce – The Pope
Taron Egerton – Rocketman
Alternates
Michael B. Jordan – Just Mercy
Matthew Rhys – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Christian Bale – Ford v. Ferrari
Adam Driver – The Report
Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems
Daniel Kaluuya – Queen & Slim
Mark Ruffalo – Dry Run
Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Dark Horses
Joaquin Phoenix – Joker
Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory
Edward Norton – Motherless Brooklyn
Timothee Chalamet – The King
Lucas Hedges – Waves
Brad Pitt – Ad Astra
Lead Actress (03/19/19)
Cynthia Erivo – Harriet
Charlize Theron – Fair and Balanced
Saoirse Ronan – Little Women
Amy Adams – The Woman in the Window
Renee Zellweger – Judy
Alternates
Awkwafina – The Farewell
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie – Jojo Rabbit
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Lupita Nyong’o – Us
Natalie Portman – Lucy in the Sky
Anne Hathaway – The Last Thing He Wanted
Kristen Stewart – Against All Enemies
Dark Horses
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Downhill
Julianne Moore – Gloria
Rosamund Pike – Radioactive
Kate Winslet – Ammonite
Alfre Woodard – Ammonite
Lesley Manville – Normal People
Supporting Actor (03/20/19)
Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Taika Waititi – Jojo Rabbit
Al Pacino – The Irishman
John Lithgow – Fair and Balanced
Alternates
Willem Dafoe – The Last Thing He Wanted
Sterling K. Brown – Waves
Timothee Chalamet – The French Dispatch
Jamie Foxx – Waves
Ian McKellen – Cats
Anthony Hopkins – The Pope
Dark Horses
Lakeith Stanfield – Uncut Gems
Joe Pesci – The Irishman
Timothee Chalamet – Little Women
Gary Oldman – The Woman in the Window
Peter Capaldi – The Personal History of David Copperfield
Jeffrey Wright – The Goldfinch
Bruce Dern – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Benicio Del Toro – The French Dispatch
Supporting Actress (02/20/19)
Margot Robbie – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Meryl Streep – The Laundromat
Janelle Monae – Harriet
Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey
Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit
Alternates
Annette Bening – The Report
Laura Dern – Little Women
Anna Paquin – The Irishman
Tilda Swinton – The Personal History of David Copperfield
Judi Dench – Cats
Penelop Cruz – Pain and Glory
Dark Horses
Octavia Spencer – Luce
Frances McDormand – The French Dispatch
Nicole Kidman – Fair and Balanced
Anne Hathaway – Dry Run
Kate Winslet – Blackbird
Brie Larson – Just Mercy
Jamie Lee Curtis – Knivest Out
Writing – Original Screenplay (02/20/19)
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Writing – Adapted Screenplay (02/20/19)
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Animated Feature Film (02/20/19)
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Cinematography (02/20/19)
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Costume Design (02/20/19)
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Film Editing (02/20/19)
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Makeup & Hairstyling (02/20/19)
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Original Score (02/20/19)
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Original Song (02/20/19)
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Production Design (02/20/19)
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Sound Editing (02/20/19)
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Sound Mixing (02/20/19)
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Visual Effects (02/20/19)
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Documentary Feature (02/20/19)
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Foreign Feature (02/20/19)
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Are u going to update the rest of the categories?
I’m working on it. I had a catalog of potential 2016 contenders and details about them that I spent hours on, it unfortunately got deleted. That’s life. Expect the remaining categories in the next few days.
I think that it will at least get one for the score and the production design, might not win as per usual but I think it could be competition
It’s very possible. Right now there are so many potentially good films out there that edge it out, but the field will narrow more and more as time goes on.
Have some of my comments been deleted?
I see them. However, since this is a page and not a post. Comments get deleted each year. But yeah, I still have all yours showing.
This website is the only award website which still hasn’t recognised Fantastic beasts and where to find them. Every website predicts at least 2-3 except in here it is not considered? thoughts?