Ranking the 85th Oscar Nominees

Lincoln has 12 noms, but would I give it any wins?

This year I've managed to see most Oscar-nominated films, except for 2 feature documentaries, 4 foreign language films, and the documentary short nominees. Since the ceremony is just hours away, I thought I'd share my rankings of each category (the films I haven't seen notwithstanding). These are my personal preferences, but my final predictions can be found here.

Best Picture:

1. Amour
2. Les Misérables
3. Django Unchained
4. Zero Dark Thirty
5. Argo
6. Lincoln
7. Silver Linings Playbook
8. Life of Pi
9. Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Director:

1. Michael Haneke, Amour
2. Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
3. Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
4. Ang Lee, Life of Pi
5. David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook

Best Actor:

1. Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
2. Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
3. Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
4. Denzel Washington, Flight
5. Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables

Best Actress:

1. Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
2. Naomi Watts, The Impossible
3. Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
4. Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
5. Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Best Supporting Actor:

1. Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
2. Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
3. Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
4. Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
5. Alan Arkin, Argo

Best Supporting Actress:

1. Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
2. Helen Hunt, The Sessions
3. Amy Adams, The Master
4. Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
5. Sally Field, Lincoln

Best Adapted Screenplay:

1. Silver Linings Playbook
2. Argo
3. Lincoln
4. Beasts of the Southern Wild
5. Life of Pi

Best Original Screenplay:

1. Amour
2. Moonrise Kingdom
3. Django Unchained
4. Zero Dark Thirty
5. Flight

Best Production Design:

1. Les Misérables
2. Anna Karenina
3. Lincoln
4. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
5. Life of Pi

Best Cinematography:

1. Skyfall
2. Django Unchained
3. Anna Karenina
4. Lincoln
5. Life of Pi

Best Costume Design:

1. Anna Karenina
2. Les Misérables
3. Mirror Mirror
4. Lincoln
5. Snow White and the Huntsman

Best Film Editing:

1. Zero Dark Thirty
2. Argo
3. Silver Linings Playbook
4. Lincoln
5. Life of Pi

Best Original Score:

1. Argo
2. Anna Karenina
3. Lincoln
4. Skyfall
5. Life of Pi

Best Original Song:

1. "Skyfall" - Skyfall
2. "Suddenly" - Les Misérables
3. "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" - Ted
4. "Pi's Lullaby" - Life of Pi
5. "Before My Time" - Chasing Ice (Not seen)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

1. Les Misérables
2. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
3. Hitchcock

Best Sound Mixing:

1. Skyfall
2. Les Misérables
3. Life of Pi
4. Argo
5. Lincoln

Best Sound Editing:

1. Zero Dark Thirty
2. Skyfall
3. Life of Pi
4. Django Unchained
5. Argo

Best Visual Effects:

1. Life of Pi
2. Prometheus
3. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
4. The Avengers
5. Snow White and the Huntsman

Best Animated Feature Film:

1. Wreck-It Ralph
2. Brave
3. ParaNorman
4. The Pirates! Band of Misfits
5. Frankenweenie

Best Documentary Feature Film:

1. How to Survive a Plague
2. Searching for Sugar Man
3. 5 Broken Cameras
4. The Invisible War
5. The Gatekeepers (Not seen)

Best Foreign Language Film:

Amour
(Not seen any of the other nominees.)

Best Live Action Short Film:

1. Death of a Shadow
2. Curfew
3. Asad
4. Henry
5. Buzkashi Boys

Best Animated Short Film:

1. Paperman
2. Head over Heels
3. Adam and Dog
4. Fresh Guacamole
5. Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"

Best Documentary Short Film:
Not seen any of the nominees.

Enjoy the Oscars tonight!