2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions

Old habits die hard, let’s see how this goes…

Best Picture
Being the Ricardos
Belfast
CODA
Don’t Look Up
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog
Tick, Tick… Boom!
West Side Story

Director
Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)
Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car)
Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)
Denis Villeneuve (Dune)

Actor in Leading Role
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Don’t Look Up)
Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick… Boom!)
Will Smith (King Richard)
Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)

Actress in a Leading Role
Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)
Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza)
Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)
Emilia Jones (CODA)
Lady Gaga (House of Gucci)

Actor in a Supporting Role
Ben Affleck (The Tender Bar)
Ciaran Hinds (Belfast)
Troy Kotsur (CODA)
Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)

Actress in a Supporting Role
Catriona Balfe (Belfast)
Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)
Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)
Ruth Negga (Passing)

Original Screenplay
Being the Ricardos
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
Licorice Pizza

Adapted Screenplay
CODA
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

Animated Feature
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon

Documentary Feature
Attica
Flee
Procession
The Rescue
Summer of Soul

International Feature
Drive My Car (Japan)
Flee (Denmark)
The Hand of God (Italy)
A Hero (Iran)
The Worst Person in the World (Norway)

Cinematography
Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

Production Design
Dune
The French Dispatch
Nightmare Alley
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

Costume Design
Cruella
Dune
House of Gucci
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story

Editing
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Dune
Licorice Pizza
No Time to Die

Original Score
Don’t Look Up
Dune
Encanto
The French Dispatch
The Power of the Dog

Original Song
“Be Alive” (King Richard)
“Dos Oruguitas” (Encanto)
“Down to Joy” (Belfast)
“Just Look Up” (Don’t Look Up)
“No Time to Die” (No Time to Die)

Sound
Belfast
Dune
No Time to Die
Tick, Tick… Boom!
West Side Story

Makeup and Hair
Coming 2 America
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci

Visual Effects
Dune
Godzilla vs. Kong
The Matrix Resurrections
No Time to Die
Spider-Man: No Way Home