Awards Season 2020: Final Oscars Nomination Prediction – January 2020

Today is the day where we finally see what the Academy are going to choose to support in the 2020 Oscars. There are a lot of categories that seem to have three to four locks and one outlier ready to steal a final spot, so today’s results should be interesting. Here are my final nominations for the 2020 Academy Awards.

Best Picture
1917
Ford v Ferrari
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite

Tenth Spot: The Farewell

Best Director
Sam Mendes, 1917
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Bong Joon Ho, Parasite

Best Actress
Charlize Theron, Bombshell
Renée Zellweger, Judy
Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Lupita Nyong’o, Us

Best Actor
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Taron Egerton, Rocketman

Best Supporting Actress
Margot Robbie, Bombshell
Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell
Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Florence Pugh, Little Women
Laura Dern, Marriage Story

Best Supporting Actor
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes

Best Adapted Screenplay
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women

Best Original Screenplay
The Farewell
Knives Out
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite

Best Cinematography
1917
The Irishman
Joker
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Best Costume Design
Dolemite is My Name
Jojo Rabbit
Little Women
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Rocketman

Best Editing
Ford v Ferrari
The Irishman
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite

Best Makeup and Hair
Bombshell
Dolemite is My Name
Joker
Judy
Rocketman

Best Production Design
1917
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite

Best Score
1917
Joker
Little Women
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Us

Best Song
Into the Unknown, Frozen II
Stand Up, Harriet
Spirit, The Lion King
(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again, Rocketman
Glasgow (No Place Like Home), Wild Rose

Best Sound Editing
1917
Ford v Ferrari
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Rocketman
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Best Sound Mixing
1917
Ford v Ferrari
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Rocketman
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Best Visual Effects
1917
Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman
The Lion King
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Best Animated Feature
Frozen II
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
I Lost My Body
Missing Link
Toy Story 4

Best Documentary
American Factory
Apollo 11
Honeyland
For Sama
One Child Nation

Best International Film
Atlantics
Beanpole
Les Miserables
Pain and Glory
Parasite

Best Animated Short
Dcera
Hair Love
Kitbull
The Physics of Sorrow
Sister

Best Documentary Short
After Maria
Fire in Paradise
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone
Stay Close
Walk Run Cha-Cha

Best Live-Action Short
Brotherhood
Miller and Son
Nefta Football Club
The Neighbors’ Window
Refugee

What do you make of my picks? Do you also think that The Irishman and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood will walk out with the most nominations? Let me know your thoughts in the comments section and let’s have a discussion whilst we wait for the important results.