June Oscar Predictions

Will Scorsese's Silence crash this year's Oscar race?

It appears that Scorsese's passion project Silence might be on the 2015 slate, so I've added it to my predictions across the board. Still, I've little confidence in some of these picks. I'm sure we're in for a surprise contender or two in a few months.

BEST PICTURE:

Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Danish Girl

The Hateful Eight

Inside Out
Joy
The Revenant
Silence

Suffragette
Youth

Changes: Replaced Brooklyn, Demolition and In the Heart of the Sea with Inside Out, Silence and Youth

BEST DIRECTOR:

Sarah Gavron, Suffragette
Todd Haynes, Carol

Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant

Martin Scorsese, Silence

Steven Spielberg, Bridge of Spies

Changes: Replaced Hooper and Russell with Gavron and Scorsese

BEST ACTOR:

Michael Caine, Youth
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs

Andrew Garfield, Silence
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Changes: Replaced Gyllenhaal and Hanks with Caine and Garfield

BEST ACTRESS:

Cate Blanchett, Carol

Jennifer Lawrence, Joy

Carey Mulligan, Suffragette

Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

Changes: None

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Robert De Niro, Joy

Tom Hardy, The Revenant

Harvey Keitel, Youth
Liam Neeson, Silence
Kurt Russell, The Hateful Eight

Changes: Replaced Elba and Law with Keitel and Neeson

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Helena Bonham Carter, Suffragette
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight

Rooney Mara, Carol

Ellen Page, Freeheld
Naomi Watts, Demolition

Changes: Replaced Ladd with Page

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Carol

The Danish Girl

The Revenant

Silence
Steve Jobs

Changes: Replaced Brooklyn with Silence

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Bridge of Spies

The Hateful Eight

Joy

Suffragette
Youth

Changes: Replaced Demolition with Youth

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

Bridge of Spies

Carol

Pan
Silence
Suffragette

Changes: Replaced Brooklyn and Cinderella with Silence and Suffragette

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Bridge of Spies
Carol

In the Heart of the Sea

The Revenant
Silence

Changes: Replaced The Hateful Eight and Sicario with Bridge of Spies and Silence

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

Carol

Far from the Madding Crowd
Macbeth

Pan
Suffragette

Changes: Replaced Brooklyn and Cinderella with Far from the Madding Crowd and Suffragette

BEST FILM EDITING:

Bridge of Spies

The Revenant

Silence
Spectre
Suffragette

Changes: Replaced In the Heart of the Sea and Joy with Silence and Suffragette

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

Bridge of Spies

Carol
Inside Out

Silence
Suffragette

Changes: Replaced Far from the Madding Crowd with Silence

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

Inside Out

Pan

Ricki and the Flash

Sing Street

Spectre

Changes: Replaced The Hateful Eight with Pan

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:

Cinderella

The Danish Girl

Pan

Changes: None

BEST SOUND MIXING:

In the Heart of the Sea
The Revenant

Silence
Spectre

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Changes: Replaced Tomorrowland with Silence

BEST SOUND EDITING:

Bridge of Spies
In the Heart of the Sea
The Martian

Spectre

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Changes: Replaced Tomorrowland with Bridge of Spies

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

Avengers: Age of Ultron
In the Heart of the Sea

Jurassic World

The Martian

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Changes: Replaced Tomorrowland with In the Heart of the Sea

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

The Good Dinosaur

Inside Out

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet

The Little Prince

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Changes: Replaced Minions with Shaun the Sheep Movie