Disclaimer: These are the films that I personally believe should win in each category, not my prediction of who I believe The Academy will choose. Also, I did not see Border, Cold War, Hale County This Morning, This Evening, Mary Queen of Scots, Mirai, Never Look Away, or Of Fathers and Sons
Best Picture – 1st Pick: Roma, 2nd Pick: A Star Is Born (but Green Book will win if Roma doesn't)
Best Director – 1st Pick: Alfonso Cuaron, 2nd Pick: Spike Lee
Best Actor – 1st Pick: Bradley Cooper, 2nd Pick: Rami Malek (will win)
Best Actress – 1st Pick: Glenn Close, 2nd Pick, Lady Gaga
Best Supporting Actor – 1st Pick: Mahershala Ali, 2nd Pick: Richard E. Grant
Best Supporting Actress – 1st Pick: Rachel Weisz, 2nd Pick: Emma Stone (but Regina King will win)
Cinematography – 1st Pick: Roma, 2nd Pick: A Star Is Born
Film Editing – 1st Pick: Bohemian Rhapsody, 2nd Pick: Green Book
Original Screenplay – 1st Pick: Green Book, 2nd Pick: Roma
Adapted Screenplay – 1st Pick: A Star Is Born, 2nd Pick: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (but BlacKkKlansman will win)
Production Design – 1st Pick: First Man, 2nd Pick: The Favourite (but Black Panther will win)
Costume Design – 1st Pick: Black Panther, 2nd Pick: The Favourite
Makeup and Hairstyling – 1st Pick: Vice, 2nd Pick: Mary Queen of Scots
Best Animated Feature – 1st Pick: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, 2nd Pick: Incredibles 2
Best Animated Short – 1st Pick: Bao
Documentary Feature – 1st Pick: Free Solo, 2nd Pick: RBG
Foreign Language Film – 1st Pick: Roma, 2nd Pick: Cold War
Best Original Score – 1st Pick: Alexandre Desplat (Isle of Dogs), 2nd Pick: Marc Shaiman (Mary Poppins Returns)
Best Original Song – 1st Pick: Shallow (A Star Is Born), 2nd Pick: The Place Where Lost Things Go (Mary Poppins Returns)
Visual Effects – 1st Pick: Ready Player One, 2nd Pick: First Man (will win)
Sound Editing – 1st Pick: A Quiet Place, 2nd Pick: First Man
Sound Mixing – 1st Pick: A Star Is Born, 2nd Pick: First Man
Best Original Song – 1st Pick: Shallow (A Star Is Born), 2nd Pick: The Place Where Lost Things Go (Mary Poppins Returns)
Visual Effects – 1st Pick: Ready Player One, 2nd Pick: First Man (will win)
Sound Editing – 1st Pick: A Quiet Place, 2nd Pick: First Man
Sound Mixing – 1st Pick: A Star Is Born, 2nd Pick: First Man
Movie Reviews for 2019 Oscar Nominees
