Oscar: 2015 Oscar Predictions post-TIFF

Now that the Toronto International Film Festival comes to a close, we have to all look back and reconstruct our Oscar predictions. The next big festival is the New York Film Festival where mysterious Paul Thomas Anderson film “Inherent Vice” will premiere.

We’re still quite early into doing all of this. But contenders are starting to fill out in various categories. Next Oscar update will include Original Song, Foreign Film, and Documentary as well.

So here is where we stand with our current predictions. Click on the category to see our full list of ranked predictions with alternatives and dark horses. Contenders are listed here alphabetically. You can see all of our full predictions here.

Picture
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
Interstellar
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Unbroken

Director
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
Angelina Jolie, Unbroken
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher

Lead Actor
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Lead Actress
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Tom Wilkinson, Selma

Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Carmen Ejogo, Selma
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman

Adapted Screenplay
Gillian Flynn – Gone Girl
Graham Moore – The Imitation Game
Paul Thomas Anderson – Inherent Vice
Anthony McCarten – The Theory of Everything
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Ricahrd LaGravenese – Unbroken

Original Screenplay
Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicholas Giabone – Birdman
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman – Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, Hugh Guinness – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ava DuVernay, Paul Webb – Selma

Production Design
Exodus: Gods and Kings
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Unbroken

Film Editing
Birdman
Boyhood
Fury
Interstellar
Unbroken

Original Score
Antonio Sanchez – Birdman
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – Gone Girl
Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game
Hans Zimmer – Interstellar
Alexandre Desplat – Unbroken

Costume Design
Exodus: Gods and Kings
The Imitation Game
Into the Woods
Selma
Unbroken

Makeup and Hairstyling
Foxcatcher
Into the Woods
Selma

Visual Effects
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Godzilla
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar

Sound Editing
Fury
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Unbroken

Sound Mixing
Fury
Gone Girl
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Unbroken

Animated Film
Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie

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