September Oscar Predictions

Could Spotlight be this year's Argo?

Since last month's predictions, there has been great early word on Spotlight and Brooklyn, so I've added them in major categories. Also, Oliver Stone's Snowden has moved to 2016, but I wasn't predicting it anyways. If I had to predict a winner, I'd go with Spotlight, though I wonder if the next Best Picture is even in my predicted top 10.

BEST PICTURE:

Beasts of No Nation
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Carol
The Danish Girl

Inside Out

Joy
The Revenant
Spotlight
Steve Jobs

Changes: Replaced Suffragette and Youth with Brooklyn and Spotlight

BEST DIRECTOR:

Danny Boyle, Steve Jobs
Todd Haynes, Carol
Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
Thomas McCarthy, Spotlight
Steven Spielberg, Bridge of Spies

Changes: Replaced Gavron and Russell with Boyle and McCarthy

BEST ACTOR:

Michael Caine, Youth
Johnny Depp, Black Mass
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs

Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Changes: Replaced Hiddleston with Depp

BEST ACTRESS:

Cate Blanchett, Carol

Jennifer Lawrence, Joy

Carey Mulligan, Suffragette

Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

Changes: None

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Benicio Del Toro, Sicario

Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Tom Hardy, The Revenant

Michael Keaton, Spotlight
Harvey Keitel, Youth

Changes: Replaced De Niro with Keaton

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Jane Fonda, Youth
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight

Rooney Mara, Carol

Ellen Page, Freeheld
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Changes: Replaced Bonham Carter with Fonda

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Beasts of No Nation
Brooklyn
Carol

The Danish Girl

Steve Jobs

Changes: Replaced The Revenant with Brooklyn

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Bridge of Spies

Inside Out

Joy
Spotlight

Youth

Changes: Replaced Suffragette with Spotlight

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

Bridge of Spies

Brooklyn
Carol
Cinderella

Pan

Changes: Replaced Suffragette with Brooklyn

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Beasts of No Nation
Carol

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Revenant
Sicario

Changes: None

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

Brooklyn
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl

Far from the Madding Crowd

Changes: Replaced Macbeth, Pan, and Suffragette with Brooklyn, Cinderella, and The Danish Girl

BEST FILM EDITING:

Bridge of Spies

Mad Max: Fury Road

Sicario
Spotlight
Steve Jobs

Changes: Replaced Beasts of No Nation, Joy, Spectre, and Suffragette with Mad Max: Fury Road, Sicario, Spotlight, and Steve Jobs

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

Bridge of Spies

Carol
The Danish Girl
Far from the Madding Crowd
Inside Out

Changes: Replaced Suffragette with The Danish Girl

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

"Cold One" from Ricki and the Flash
"Phenomenal" from Southpaw

"Story to Tell" from He Named Me Malala
"Till It Happens to You" from The Hunting Ground
"Writing's on the Wall" from Spectre

Changes: Replaced Pan and Sing Street with He Named Me Malala and The Hunting Ground

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:

Cinderella

The Danish Girl

Pan

Changes: None

BEST SOUND MIXING:

In the Heart of the Sea
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spectre

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Changes: None

BEST SOUND EDITING:

In the Heart of the Sea
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian

Spectre

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Changes: None

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Jurassic World

Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Changes: None

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

The Good Dinosaur

Inside Out

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet

The Little Prince

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Changes: None