Here’s the full list of this year’s Academy Award nominees vying to take home those coveted Oscar statues on Sunday, April 25th, 2021 (or the early hours of Monday 26th if you’re on the other side of the planet like me).
You can download my PDF ballot sheet here that can be completed digitally or printed and written on. Have a go at predicting the winners or challenge your friends and family to do the same. I usually like to score 2pts for every correct first choice, and 1pt for every second choice winner.
Below, I’ve put who the predicted winners are thought to be, as well as my runner up choices with an outside chance of taking it and in some cases those I’d personally like to see win.
A few things to watch out for:
- Potentially the first time all acting winners are people of colour, including a posthumous win for Chadwick Boseman.
- Mank, despite having the most nominations may go home empty-handed, Citizen Kane only won one Academy Award itself.
- It could be the second year in a row that the Best Picture is primarily in Korean if Minari manages a surprise win thanks to preferential balloting.
- Despite Hamilton not being deemed eligible, Leslie Odom Jr. will likely win an Oscar for his song Speak Now, or if not, it could be Diane Warren’s year to finally win after 12 nominations!
Best Picture
- The Father – VOD
- Judas and the Black Messiah – VOD
- Mank – Netflix
- Minari – VOD – SECOND CHOICE
- Nomadland – HULU / Disney+ – PREDICTED WINNER
- Promising Young Woman – VOD
- Sound of Metal – Amazon Prime Video
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Netflix
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
- Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – PREDICTED WINNER
- Anthony Hopkins – The Father – SECOND CHOICE
- Gary Oldman – Mank
- Steven Yeun – Minari
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – PREDICTED WINNER (though I’d say it’s close)
- Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
- Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
- Frances McDormand – Nomadland
- Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman – SECOND CHOICE (this is very hard to call)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 – SECOND CHOICE
- Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah – PREDICTED WINNER
- Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami…
- Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
- Lakeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – SECOND CHOICE
- Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
- Olivia Colman – The Father
- Amanda Seyfried – Mank
- Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari – PREDICTED WINNER
Best Director
- Lee Isaac Chung – Minari – SECOND CHOICE
- Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
- David Fincher – Mank
- Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round
- Chloé Zhao – Nomadland – PREDICTED WINNER
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit One Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
- The Father – SECOND CHOICE
- Nomadland – PREDICTED WINNER
- One Night in Miami…
- The White Tiger
Best Original Screenplay
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- Minari
- Promising Young Woman – PREDICTED WINNER
- Sound of Metal
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 – SECOND CHOICE
Best International Feature Film
- Another Round – Denmark – PREDICTED WINNER
- Better Days – Hong Kong
- Collective – Romania
- The Man Who Sold His Skin – Tunisia
- Quo Vadis, Aida? – Bosnia and Herzegovina – SECOND CHOICE
Best Original Song
- Fight For You – Judas and the Black Messiah
- Hear My Voice – The Trial of the Chicago 7
- Huskavik – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – SECOND CHOICE & MY PREFERENCE
- Io Si (Seen) – The Life Ahead
- Speak Now – One Night in Miami… – PREDICTED WINNER
Best Original Score
- Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard
- Mank – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
- Minari – Emile Mosseri
- News of the World – James Newton Howard – SECOND CHOICE
- Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste – PREDICTED WINNER
Best Animated Feature
- Onward
- Over the Moon
- A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
- Soul – PREDICTED WINNER
- Wolfwalkers – SECOND CHOICE
Best Documentary Feature
- Collective – MY PREFERENCE
- Crip Camp – SECOND CHOICE
- The Mole Agent
- My Octopus Teacher – PREDICTED WINNER
- Time – (Don’t rule this out, it was an early frontrunner for months)
Best Cinematography
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- Mank – SECOND CHOICE
- News of the World
- Nomadland – PREDICTED WINNER
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Costume Design
- Emma. – Alexandra Byrne – SECOND CHOICE
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ann Roth – PREDICTED WINNER
- Mank – Trish Summerville
- Mulan – Bina Daigeler
- Pinocchio – Massimo Cantini Parrini
Best Make-Up and Hairstyling
- Emma.
- Hillbilly Elegy
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – PREDICTED WINNER
- Mank
- Pinocchio – SECOND CHOICE
Best Production Design
- The Father
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – SECOND CHOICE
- Mank – PREDICTED WINNER
- News of the World
- Tenet
Best Visual Effects
- Love and Monsters
- The Midnight Sky – SECOND CHOICE
- Mulan
- The One and Only Ivan
- Tenet – PREDICTED WINNER
Best Film Editing
- The Father
- Nomadland
- Promising Young Woman
- Sound of Metal – SECOND CHOICE
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 – PREDICTED WINNER
Best Sound
- Greyhound
- Mank
- News of the World
- Soul – SECOND CHOICE
- Sound of Metal – PREDICTED WINNER
Best Animated Short
- Burrow – SECOND CHOICE
- Genius Loci
- If Anything Happens I Love You – PREDICTED WINNER
- Opera
- Yes-People
Best Live Action Short
- Feeling Through
- The Letter Room – SECOND CHOICE
- The Present
- Two Distant Strangers – PREDICTED WINNER
- White Eye
Best Documentary Short
- Colette
- A Concerto is a Conversation – PREDICTED WINNER
- Do Not Split
- Hunger Ward
- A Love Song for Latasha – SECOND CHOICE
