Oscars

Oscars

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

Last Updated: 09/17/17

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Picture
The Shape of Water
Dunkirk
Call Me by Your Name
Get Out
The Post
The Florida Project
Darkest Hour
Last Flag Flying

Alternates
Mudbound
Lady Bird
Downsizing
I, Tonya
Blade Runner 2049
Wonder Wheel
Coco
Wonderstruck

Dark Horses
3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Disaster Artist
Molly’s Game
The Big Sick

Falling Off
The Death of Stalin
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Film
Victoria and Abdul
The Killing of a Sacred Deer

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Director
Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water
Steven Spielberg – The Post
Luca Guadagnino – Call Me by Your Name
Joe Wright – Darkest Hour

Alternates
Sean Baker – The Florida Project
Dee Rees – Mudbound
Denis Villeneuve – Blade Runner 2049
Richard Linklater – Last Flag Flying
Jordan Peele – Get Out
Todd Haynes – Wonderstruck

Dark Horses
Woody Allen – Wonder Wheel
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
Paul Thomas Anderson – Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Film
Craig Gillespie – I, Tonya
James Franco – The Disaster Artist
Angela Robinson – Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
Kathryn Bigelow – Detroit
Ridley Scott – All the Money in the World
Rian Johnson – Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Falling Off
Martin McDonagh – 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Tomas Alfredson – The Snowman
Stephen Frears – Victoria and Abdul
Yorgos Lanthimos – The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Aaron Sorkin – Molly’s Game

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Lead Actor
Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
Timothee Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name
Tom Hanks – The Post
Bryan Cranston – Last Flag Flying
Daniel Day-Lewis – Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Film

Alternates
Jake Gyllenhaal – Stronger
Joaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really Here
James Franco – The Disaster Artist
Denzel Washington – Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Steve Carell – Battle of the Sexes
Matt Damon – Downsizing

Dark Horses
Donald Sutherland – The Leisure Seeker
Hugh Jackman – The Greatest Showman
Luke Evans – Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
Vince Vaughn – The Brawl in Cell Block 99
Michael Fassbender – The Snowman
Robert Pattinson – Good Time
Hugh Jackman – Logan
Andrew Garfield – Breathe

Falling Off
Domhnall Gleeson – Goodbye Christopher Robin
Chadwick Boseman – Marshall
Mark Wahlberg – All the Money in the World
Adam Sandler – The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Ben Stiller – Brad’s Status

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Lead Actress
Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
Meryl Streep – The Post
Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird
Frances McDormand – 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Daniela Vega – A Fantastic Woman

Alternates
Jessica Chastain – Molly’s Game
Annette Bening – Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
Margot Robbie – I, Tonya
Glenn Close – The Wife
Emma Stone – Battle of the Sexes
Judi Dench – Victoria and Abdul

Dark Horses
Michelle Williams – All the Money in the World
Cynthia Nixon – A Quiet Passion
Rachel Weisz – Disobedience
Jennifer Lawrence – mother!
Salma Hayek – Beatriz at Dinner
Gal Gadot – Wonder Woman
Diane Kruger – In the Fade

Falling Off
Elizabeth Olsen – Wind River
Helen Mirren – The Leisure Seeker
Halle Berry – Kings
Marion Cotillard – Ismael’s Ghost
Jessica Chastain – The Zookeeper’s Wife

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Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project
Michael Stuhlbarg – Call Me by Your Name
Michael Shannon – The Shape of Water
Jason Mitchell – Mudbound
Sam Rockwell – 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Alternates
Christoph Waltz – Downsizing
Laurence Fishburne – Last Flag Flying
Armie Hammer – Call Me by Your Name
Mark Rylance – Dunkirk
Steve Carell – Last Flag Flying
Richard Jenkins – The Shape of Water
Ben Mendelsohn – Darkest Hour

Dark Horses
Steve Buscemi – The Death of Stalin
Jim Belushi – Wonder Wheel
Jamie Bell – Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
Mark Hamill – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Will Poulter – Detroit
Woody Harrelson – 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Falling Off
Kevin Spacey – All the Money in the World
Sterling K. Brown – Marshall
Dustin Hoffman – The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Zac Efron – The Greatest Showman
Bill Skarsgard – It

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Supporting Actress
Hong Chau – Downsizing
Octavia Spencer – The Shape of Water
Melissa Leo – Novitiate
Holly Hunter – The Big Sick
Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird

Alternates
Allison Janney – I, Tonya
Mary J. Blige – Mudbound
Kirsten Dunst – The Beguiled
Kristin Scott Thomas – Darkest Hour
Juno Temple – Wonder Wheel

Dark Horses
Rebecca Hall – Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
Rachel McAdams – Disobedience
Claire Foy – Breathe
Nicole Kidman – The Beguiled
Nicole Kidman – The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Michelle Williams – The Greatest Showman
Millicent Simmonds – Wonderstruck
Catherine Keener – Get Out

Falling Off
Michelle Pfeiffer – mother!
Vicky Krieps – Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Film
Margot Robbie – Goodbye Christopher Robin
Tiffany Hadish – Girls Trip
Emma Thompson – The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

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Animated Feature
Coco
Cars 3
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Ferdinand
The Lego Batman Movie

Alternates
Loving Vincent
Despicable Me 3
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Mary and the Witch’s Flower
Animal Crackers
The Breadwinner

Dark Horses
The Boss Baby
My Little Pony: The Movie
The Emoji Movie
Big Bad Fox & Other Tales
Mune: Guardiana of the Moon

Falling Off
Leap!
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
The Star
The Girl Without Hands
Smurfs: The Lost Village

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Cinematography
Dunkirk – Hoyte van Hoytema
Blade Runner 2049 – Roger Deakins
The Shape of Water – Dan Laustsen
Darkest Hour – Bruno Delbonnel
Wonderstruck – Edward Lachman

Alternates
Call Me by Your Name – Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
The Post – Janusz Kaminski
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Steve Yedlin
The Greatest Showman – Seamus McGarvey

Dark Horses
The Snowman – Dion Beebe
The Lost City of Z – Darius Khondji
Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Film – Paul Thomas Anderson
Wonder Wheel – Vittorio Storaro
The Florida Project – Alexis Zabe
Mudbound – Rachel Morrison
Downsizing – Phedon Papamichael
mother! – Matthew Libatique
Breathe – Robert Richardson

Falling Off
Detroit – Barry Ackroyd
The Killing of a Sacred Deer – Thimilos Bakatuakis
Suburbicon – Robert Elswit
The Beguiled – Philippe Le Sourd
Wonder Woman – Matthew Jensen

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Costume Design
The Greatest Showman
Beauty and the Beast
The Shape of Water
Darkest Hour
Wonderstruck

Alternates
Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Film
Murder on the Orient Express
Victoria and Abdul
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Dunkirk
Blade Runner 2049

Dark Horses
The Beguiled
The Post
Novitiate
Roman Israel, Esq.
Tulip Fever
Wonder Wheel
The Current War

Falling Off
Battle of the Sexes
Call Me by Your Name
The Death of Stalin
Thor: Ragnarok
Goodbye Christopher Robin

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Documentary Feature
City of Ghosts
Visages, Villages
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Trophy
Dawson City: Frozen Time

Alternates
Chasing Coral
Last Men in Aleppo
I Called Him Morgan
Winnie
Step
Icarus
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992

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

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Film Editing
Dunkirk
The Post
The Shape of Water
Darkest Hour
The Florida Project

Alternates
Get Out
Call Me by Your Name
Downsizing
Wonderstruck
Detroit
Blade Runner 2049

Dark Horses
The Current War
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Baby Driver
The Greatest Showman
Molly’s Game
City of Ghosts

Falling Off
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Mudbound
War for the Planet of the Apes
Wonder Wheel
Suburbicon

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Foreign Feature (Coming Soon)

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Makeup and Hairstyling
Darkest Hour
The Greatest Showman
Blade Runner 2049

Alternates
Valerian and the City of 1000 Planets
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Murder on the Orient Express
The Shape of Water
Wonder Wheel
The Disaster Artist
The Current War

Dark Horses
Victoria and Abdul
Beauty and the Beast
Battle of the Sexes
mother!
Roman Israel, Esq.
Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Film
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Wonderstruck

Falling Off
Disobedience
Goodbye Christopher Robin
It
The Post
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

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Music (Original Score)
The Post – John Williams
The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat
Dunkirk – Hans Zimmer
Darkest Hour – Dario Marianelli
Wonderstruck – Carter Burwell

Alternates
Blade Runner 2049 – Johann Johannsson
Call Me by Your Name – Sufjan Stevens
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – John Williams
Coco – Michael Giacchino
Victoria and Abdul – Thomas Newman

Dark Horses
The Greatest Showman – John Debney
Murder on the Orient Express – Patrick Doyle
Downsizing – Rolfe Kent
mother! – Johann Johannsson
Detroit – James Newton Howard
Roman Israel, Esq. – James Newton Howard
Suburbicon – Alexandre Desplat

Falling Off
Phantom Thread – Johnny Greenwood
3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Carter Burwell
The Current War – Thomas Newman
Valerian and the City of 1000 Planets – Alexandre Desplat
Baby Driver – Steven Price

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Music (Original Song) (Coming Soon)

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

Alternates
Dunkirk
Murder on the Orient Express
The Post
Wonderstruck
Downsizing
Valerian and the City of 1000 Planets

Dark Horses
The Lost City of Z
Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Film
Beauty and the Beast
Victoria and Abdul
Wonder Woman
Wonder Wheel
The Current War

Falling Off
The Beguiled
Thor: Ragnarok
Mudbound
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Suburbicon

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Sound Editing
Dunkirk
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Blade Runner 2049
The Shape of Water
War for the Planet of the Apes

Alternates
Coco
Darkest Hour
Detroit
mother!
Baby Driver

Dark Horses
Wonder Woman
The Fate of the Furious
The Post
Transformers: The Last Knight
Valerian and the City of 1000 Planets
The Greatest Showman
Thor: Ragnarok
Alien: Covenant

Dark Horses
Logan
Logan Lucky
The Snowman
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
The Mountain Between Us

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Sound Mixing
Dunkirk
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Shape of Water
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour

Alternates
Baby Driver
Detroit
War for the Planet of the Apes
mother!
The Greatest Showman

Dark Horses
Transformers: The Last Knight
The Fate of the Furious
Valerian and the City of 1000 Planets
Coco
Wonder Woman
Alien: Covenant

Falling Off
Wonderstruck
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
The Current War
Thor: Ragnarok
Wind River

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

Alternates
Dunkirk
Thor: Ragnarok
Wonder Woman
Kong: Skull Island
Alien: Covenant
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Dark Horses
Transformers: The Last Knight
Spider-Man Homecoming
Downsizing
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Ghost in the Shell
Logan

Falling Off
Beauty and the Beast
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
mother!
It
The Fate of the Furious

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Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Call Me by Your Name
Last Flag Flying
The Death of Stalin
Molly’s Game
Mudbound

Alternates
Wonderstruck
The Beguiled
The Disaster Artist
Blade Runner 2049

Dark Horses
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
You Were Never Really Here
The Snowman
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Falling Off
Victoria and Abdul
The Leisure Seeker
Wonder
The Lost City of Z
War for the Planet of the Apes

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Writing (Original Screenplay)
The Post
The Shape of Water
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Florida Project

Alternates
Downsizing
Wonder Wheel
Darkest Hour
The Big Sick
3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Coco

Dark Horses
Dunkirk
Battle of the Sexes
Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Film
The Meyerowitz Stories

Falling Off
Detroit
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
A Ghost Story
mother!
Breathe