Final Oscar Predictions

Will Leo sneak into the Best Actor category?

I wanted to do something special for my 500th post, but anything Oscar-related works for me. Here are my final predictions for Shane's Oscar contest at Film Actually.

Note: I included alternates, which don't apply to the contest.

Best Picture:
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

Alt: Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Director:

Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

Alt: Spike Jonze, Her

Best Actor:

Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

Alt: Christian Bale, American Hustle

Best Actress:

Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks

Alt: Amy Adams, American Hustle

Best Supporting Actor:

Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Daniel Brühl, Rush
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Alt: James Gandolfini, Enough Said

Best Supporting Actress:

Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska
Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels' The Butler

Alt: Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Before Midnight
Captain Phillips
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

Alt: August: Osage County

Best Original Screenplay:

American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska

Alt: Gravity

Best Production Design:

Gravity
The Great Gatsby
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave

Alt: Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Cinematography:

The Grandmaster
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Prisoners
12 Years a Slave

Alt: Nebraska

Best Costume Design:

American Hustle
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave

Alt: Oz the Great and Powerful

Best Film Editing:

American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

Alt: Rush

Best Original Score:

The Book Thief
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave

Alt: Rush

Best Original Song:
"In the Middle of the Night" from Lee Daniels' The Butler
"Let It Go" from Frozen
"The Moon Song" from Her
"So You Know What It's Like" from Short Term 12
"Young and Beautiful" from The Great Gatsby

Alt: "Ordinary Love" from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

American Hustle
The Great Gatsby
The Lone Ranger

Alt: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Best Sound Mixing:
All is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Rush
12 Years a Slave

Alt: Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Sound Editing:

All is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Lone Survivor
Rush

Alt: Iron Man 3

Best Visual Effects:

Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
Pacific Rim
Star Trek Into Darkness

Alt: Oblivion

Best Animated Feature Film: 
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
Frozen
Monsters University
The Wind Rises

Alt: The Croods

Best Documentary Feature Film: 

The Act of Killing

Blackfish

Stories We Tell

Tim's Vermeer

20 Feet from Stardom

Alt: The Square

Best Foreign Language Film:

The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Hunt (Denmark)
The Notebook (Hungary)
Two Lives (Germany)

Alt: The Grandmaster (Hong Kong)