2018 Oscar Predictions

It's no fun watching the Oscars when you know, or have a pretty good idea, of what'll win. This year, it's a different story. There is no clear frontrunner for Best Picture. There are a handful of films that have a legitimate shot at winning the big prize - including The Shape of Water, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri, Get Out, Dunkirk, and Lady Bird. Let's just be thankful that Paul Thomas Anderson is in presence - and that Kobe Bryant will (likely) be an Academy Award winner.

Call Me by Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

Will Win: The Shape of Water
Should Win: Phantom Thread
If I picked my favorite of the year: Phantom Thread

Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water

Will Win: Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Should Win: Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
If I picked my favorite of the year: Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread

Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Will Win: Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Should Win: Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
If I picked my favorite of the year: Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread

Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Francis McDormand, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Marogt Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Meryl Streep, The Post

Will Win: Francis McDormand, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Should Win: Francis McDormand, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
If I picked my favorite of the year: Haley Lu Richardson, Columbus

Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

Will Win: Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Should Win: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
If I picked my favorite of the year: Barry Keoghan, The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water

Will Win: Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Should Win: Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
If I picked my favorite of the year: Vicky Krieps, Phantom Thread

The Big Sick
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

Will Win: Get Out
Should Win: Get Out
If I picked my favorite of the year: Phantom Thread

Call Me by Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Logan
Molly's Game
Mudbound

Will Win: Call Me by Your Name
Should Win: Call Me by Your Name
If I picked my favorite of the year: Call Me by Your Name

Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Mudbound
The Shape of Water

Will Win: Blade Runner 2049
Should Win: Blade Runner 2049
If I picked my favorite of the year: A Ghost Story

Baby Driver
Dunkirk
I, Tonya
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

Will Win: Dunkirk
Should Win: Dunkirk
If I picked my favorite of the year: Dunkirk

Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water

Will Win: The Shape of Water
Should Win: Blade Runner 2049
If I picked my favorite of the year: Phantom Thread

Blade Runner 2049
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Kong: Skull Island
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes

Will Win: War for the Planet of the Apes
Should Win: Blade Runner 2049
If I picked my favorite of the year: Blade Runner 2049

Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

Will Win: The Shape of Water
Should Win: Phantom Thread
If I picked my favorite of the year: A Ghost Story