Oscars

**This page ranks the Oscar contenders. 2018 Contenders are ranked from most likely to be nominated.

Last Updated: 07/18/17

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Picture
Dunkirk
Mother!
The Florida Project
The Papers
Detroit
Call Me by Your Name
Darkest Hour
Get Out
Last Flag Flying
Wonderstruck

Alternates
Suburbicon
The Shape Water
Downsizing
The Current War
3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Blade Runner 2049
The Beguiled
Coco
Phantom Thread

Dark Horses
Breathe
The Death of Stalin
The Greatest Showman
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Wonder Wheel
The Disaster Artist
Mudbound

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Director
Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
Darren Aronofsky – Mother!
Steven Spielberg – The Papers
Kathryn Bigelow – Detroit
Luca Guadagnino – Call Me by Your Name

Alternates
Sean Baker – The Florida Project
Joe Wright – Darkest Hour
Denis Villeneuve – Blade Runner 2049
Paul Thomas Anderson – Phantom Thread
Todd Haynes – Wonderstruck
Richard Linklater – Last Flag Flying
Guillermo Del Toro – The Shape of Water
Alexander Payne – Downsizing

Dark Horses
George Clooney – Suburbicon
Dan Gilroy – Inner City
Martin McDonagh – 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Yorgos Lanthimos – The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Armando Iannuci – The Death of Stalin
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon – The Current War

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Lead Actor
Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
Timothee Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread
Andrew Garfield – Breathe
Tom Hanks – The Papers

Alternates
Hugh Jackman – The Greatest Showman
Bryan Cranston – Last Flag Flying
John Boyega – Detroit
Denzel Washington – Inner City
Matt Damon – Downsizing
Joaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really Here

Dark Horses
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Current War
James Franco – The Disaster Artist
Matt Damon – Suburbicon
Chadwick Boseman – Marshall
Steve Carell – Battle of the Sexes
Robert Pattinson – Good Times
Colin Firth – The Mercy
Adam Sandler – The Meyerowitz Stories
Colin Farrell – The Killing of a Sacred Deer

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Lead Actress
Meryl Streep – The Papers
Jennifer Lawrence – Mother!
Frances McDormand – 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Claire Foy – Breathe
Emma Stone – Battle of the Sexes

Alternates
Kate Winslet – Wonder Wheel
Daniela Vega – A Fantastic Woman
Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
Judi Dench – Victoria and Abdul
Rooney Mara – Mary Magdalene
Jessica Chastain – Molly’s Game
Julianne Moore – Suburbicon

Dark Horses
Salma Hayek – Beatriz at Dinner
Natalie Portman – Annihilation
Margot Robbie – I, Tonya
Brie Larson – The Glass Castle
Saoirse Ronan – On Chesil Beach
Annette Bening – Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
Tilda Swinton – Okja
Helen Mirren – The Leisure Seeker

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Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project
Michael Stuhlbarg – Call Me by Your Name
Javier Bardem – Mother!
Laurence Fishburne – Last Flag Flying
Will Poulter – Detroit

Alternates
Mark Rylance – Dunkirk
Ben Mendelsohn – Darkest Hour
Colin Farrell – Inner City
Steve Buscemi – Lean on Pete
Michael Shannon – The Current War
Jason Mitchell – Mudbound
Harry Styles – Dunkirk

Dark Horses
Idris Elba – Molly’s Game
Sam Rockwell – 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Armie Hammer – Call Me by Your Name
Sterling K. Brown – Marshall
Ed Harris – Mother!
Christoph Waltz – Downsizing
Anthony Mackie – Detroit

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Supporting Actress
Michelle Pfeiffer – Mother!
Melissa Leo – Novitiate
Kirsten Dunst – The Beguiled
Kristin Scott Thomas – Darkest Hour
Bria Vinaite – The Florida Project

Alternates
Hong Chau – Downsizing
Michelle Williams – The Greatest Showman
Nicole Kidman – The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Allison Janney – I, Tonya
Mary J. Blige – Mudbound
Octavia Spencer – The Shape of Water
Katherine Waterston – The Current War

Dark Horses
Michelle Pfeiffer – Murder on the Orient Express
Nicole Kidman – The Beguiled
Gina Rodriguez – Annihilation
Juno Temple – Wonder Wheel
Jennifer Jason Leigh – Annihilation
Margot Robbie – Goodbye Christopher Robin
Naomi Watts – The Glass Castle
Millicent Simmonds – Wonderstruck
Julianne Moore – Wonderstruck

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Animated Feature
Coco
Mary and the Witch’s Flower
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
The Lego Batman Movie
Ferdinand

Alternates
Cars 3
The Breadwinner
The Lego Ninjago Movie
The Girl Without Hands
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Despicable Me 3
The Emoji Movie

Dark Horses
The Star
Ancien and the Magic Tablet
Paddington 2
My Little Pony: The Movie
Animal Crackers
The Boss Baby
Rock Dog

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Cinematography
Blade Runner 2049 – Roger Deakins
Dunkirk – Hoyte Van Hoytema
Darkest Hour – Bruno Delbonnel
Wonderstruck – Edward Lachman
Mother! – Matthew Libatique

Alternates
Detroit – Barry Ackroyd
Breathe – Robert Richardson
The Shape of Water – Dan Laustsen
The Greatest Showman – Seamus McGarvey
Call Me by Your Name – Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
The Florida Project – Alexis Zabe
The Papers – Janusz Kaminski
Annihilation – Rob Hardy
Suburbicon – Robert Elswit
The Lost City of Z – Darius Khondji

Dark Horses
Mary Magdalene – Greig Fraser
Inner City – Robert Elswit
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Steve Yedlin
The Current War – Chung-hoon Chung
Phantom Thread – Paul Thomas Anderson

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Costume Design
The Greatest Showman
The Shape of Water
Darkest Hour
Beauty and the Beast
Murder on the Orient Express

Alternates
The Current War
Breathe
Wonder Woman
The Lost City of Z
Valerian and the City of 1000 Planets
Phantom Thread
Blade Runner 2049

Dark Horses
Dunkirk
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Wonderstruck
The Death of Stalin
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Mary Magdalene
Suburbicon
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

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Documentary Feature
City of Ghosts
Visages, Villages
Chasing Coral
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Trophy

Alternates
Dawson City: Frozen Time
Last Men in Aleppo
I Called Him Morgan
Winnie
Step
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992

Dark Horses
I Am Another You
Nobody Speak: Trials of a Free Press
Icarus
Night School
I Am Heath Ledger
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

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Film Editing
Dunkirk
Blade Runner 2049
Detroit
The Papers
Mother!

Alternates
Baby Driver
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Darkest Hour
The Florida Project
Call Me by Your Name
Annihilation
Inner City
The Current War

Dark Horses
The Shape of Water
Phantom Thread
The Greatest Showman
Suburbicon
Molly’s Game
Downsizing
Get Out

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Foreign Feature (Coming Soon)

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Makeup and Hairstyling
Darkest Hour
The Greatest Showman
Valerian and the City of 1000 Planets

Alternates
Murder on the Orient Express
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Shape of Water
Blade Runner 2049
Inner City
The Current War
The Death of Stalin

Dark Horses
Beauty and the Beast
Mary Magdalene
The Disaster Artist
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Okja
Victoria and Abdul
Suburbicon
Wonderstruck
Phantom Thread
Wonder Woman

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Music (Original Score)
Wonderstruck – Carter Burwell
Dunkirk – Hans Zimmer
Coco – John Powell
The Papers – John Williams
Mother! – Johann Johannsson

Alternates
Detroit – James Newton Howard
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – John Williams
The Greatest Showman – John Debney, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul
Call Me by Your Name – Sufjan Stevens
Blade Runner 2049 – Johann Johannsson
The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat
Darkest Hour – Dario Marianelli
Suburbicon – Alexandre Desplat
Annihilation – Geoff Barrow, Ben Salisbury

Dark Horses
Phantom Thread – Johnny Greenwood
3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Carter Burwell
Murder on the Orient Express – Patrick Doyle
Valerian and the City of 1000 Planets – Alexandre Desplat
The Current War – TBD
Inner City – James Newton Howard
Baby Driver – Steven Price

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Music (Original Song) (Coming Soon)

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Production Design
Blade Runner 2049
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Darkest Hour
The Shape of Water
Dunkirk

Alternates
The Greatest Showman
Valerian and the City of 1000 Planets
Dunkirk
Wonderstruck
Beauty and the Beast
The Current War
Wonder Woman
The Papers
Murder on the Orient Express

Dark Horses
The Lost City of Z
Annihilation
Suburbicon
Phantom Thread
The Death of Stalin
Downsizing
Mother!

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Sound Editing
Dunkirk
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Blade Runner 2049
Detroit
Baby Driver

Alternates
Valerian and the City of 1000 Planets
Wonder Woman
Transformers: The Last Knight
The Shape of Water
War for the Planet of the Apes

Dark Horses
Kong: Skull Island
The Greatest Showman
Darkest Hour
Coco
Logan Lucky
Annihilation
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Alien: Covenant
Mother!
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

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Sound Mixing
Dunkirk
Blade Runner 2049
Detroit
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Baby Driver

Alternates
Wonder Woman
Valerian and the City of 1000 Planets
Logan Lucky
Darkest Hour
War for the Planet of the Apes
The Greatest Showman
Transformers: The Last Knight

Dark Horses
The Fate of the Furious
Annihilation
The Shape of Water
Mother!
Alien: Covenant
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Inner City
The Snowman
The Dark Tower

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Visual Effects
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes
Blade Runner 2049
Wonder Woman
Valerian and the City of 1000 Planets

Alternates
The Shape of Water
Ghost in the Shell
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Dunkirk
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Transformers: The Last Knight
Kong: Skull Island

Dark Horses
The Dark Tower
Logan
Thor: Ragnarok
Alien: Covenant
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Beauty and the Beast
Baby Driver
Downsizing

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Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Call Me by Your Name
Last Flag Flying
The Beguiled
Wonderstruck
The Death of Stalin

Alternates
Annihilation
Molly’s Game
Mudbound
Blade Runner 2049
You Were Never Really Here
The Disaster Artist
The Glass Castle

Dark Horses
Lean on Pete
Victoria and Abdul
The Lost City of Z
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Snowman
The Leisure Seeker
Disobedience
Logan

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Writing (Original Screenplay)
The Papers
The Florida Project
Get Out
Detroit
Dunkirk

Alternates
Darkest Hour
3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Downsizing
Coco
Mother!
The Big Sick
The Current War
Suburbicon
Wonder Wheel
Phantom Thread
Breathe

Dark Horses
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
The Meyerowitz Stories
A Ghost Story
Battle of the Sexes