Oscars
This page ranks the Oscar contenders. 2020 contenders are ranked by most likely to be nominated.
Last Update: 06/09/20
Best Picture (06/09/20)
The French Dispatch
Tenet
Minari
Mank
News of the World
Da 5 Bloods
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Ammonite
Hillbilly Elegy
Dune
Alternates
The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Annette
West Side Story
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Nomadland
Stillwater
Dark Horses
On the Rocks
Respect
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
The Midnight Sky
I’m Your Woman
The Invisible Man
A Quiet Place II
Director (06/09/20)
Wes Anderson – The French Dispatch
Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods
David Fincher – Mank
Denis Villeneuve – Dune
Paul Greengrass – News of the World
Alternates
Christopher Nolan – Tenet
Ron Howard – Hillbilly Elegy
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
George C. Wolfe – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Chloe Zhao – Nomadland
Tom McCarthy – Stillwater
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Dark Horses
Charlie Kaufman – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Sofia Coppola – On the Rocks
George Clooney – The Midnight Sky
Francis Lee – Ammonite
Leos Carax – Annette
Florian Zeller – The Father
Liesl Tommy – Respect
Leigh Whannell – The Invisible Man
Lead Actor (06/09/20)
Gary Oldman – Mank
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Tom Hanks – News of the World
Adam Driver – Annette
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Alternates
Matt Damon – Stillwater
Ansel Elgort – West Side Story
Jesse Plemons – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Bill Murray – On the Rocks
John David Washington – Tenet
Dark Horses
Ben Affleck – The Way Back
Timothee Chalamet – Dune
Pete Davidson – The King of Staten Island
George Clooney – The Midnight Sky
Gabriel Basso – Hillbilly Elegy
Andrew Garfield – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Lead Actress (06/09/20)
Amy Adams – Hillbilly Elegy
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Kate Winslet – Ammonite
Jennifer Hudson – Respect
Rachel Zegler – West Side Story
Alternates
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Marion Cotillard – Annette
Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Sidney Flannigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Rashida Jones – On the Rocks
Jessie Buckley – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Dark Horses
Meryl Streep – The Prom
Julia Garner – The Assistant
Melissa McCarthy – The Starling
Emily Blunt – Wild Mountain Thyme
Claire Dunne – Herself
Supporting Actor (06/09/20)
Steven Yeun – Minari
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
Tom Pelphrey – Mank
Mark Rylance – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Alternates
Charles Dance – Mank
Benicio Del Toro – The French Dispatch
Eddie Redmayne – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Robert Pattinson – Tenet
David Thewlis – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Dark Horses
Richard E. Grant – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
David Strathairn – Nomadland
Timothee Chalamet – The French Dispatch
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
David Alvarez – West Side Story
Forest Whitaker – Respect
Javier Bardem – Dune
Supporting Actress (06/09/20)
Saoirse Ronan – Ammonite
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman – The Father
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Helena Zengel – News of the World
Alternates
Toni Collette – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari
Frances McDormand – The French Dispatch
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Mary J. Blige – Respect
Audra Macdonald – Respect
Dark Horses
Rita Moreno – West Side Story
Felicity Jones – The Midnight Sky
Abigail Breslin – Stillwater
Marisa Tomei – The King of Staten Island
Rebecca Ferguson – Dune
Jodi Foster – Prisoner 760
Writing – Adapted Screenplay (06/09/20)
Hillbilly Elegy
The Father
News of the World
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Alternates
Dune
Nomadland
The Midnight Sky
Dark Horses
West Side Story
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
A Quiet Place II
Prisoner 760
Wild Mountain Thyme
Writing – Original Screenplay (06/09/20)
The French Dispatch
Mank
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Da 5 Bloods
Minari
Alternates
Soul
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Ammonite
The King of Staten Island
On the Rocks
Tenet
Dark Horses
Stillwater
Annette
Respect
I’m Your Woman
Animated Feature (05/14/20)
Soul
Raya and the Last Dragon
Onward
Where is Anne Frank?
Connected
Alternates
Trolls World Tour
No. 7 Cherry Lane
The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Primal Part 2
Wolfwalkers
Dark Horses
Wish Dragon
Bob’s Burgers: The Movie
The Croods 2
The Willoughbys
Minions: The Rise of Gru
The Crossing
SCOOB!
Cinematography (05/14/20)
The French Dispatch
Tenet
Mank
West Side Story
News of the World
Alternates
No Time to Die
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Da 5 Bloods
The Last Duel
Green Knight
Mulan
Black Widow
Annette
The Invisible Man
Dark Horses
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Top Gun: Maverick
Ammonite
Blonde
Respect
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
The New Mutants
Stillwater
Hillbilly Elegy
Deep Water
Red, White, Water
Wonder Woman 1984
Godzilla vs. Kong
Next Goal Wins
A Quiet Place Part II
First Cow
Free Guy
The Father
Candyman
Are u going to update the rest of the categories?
I’m working on it. I had a catalog of potential 2016 contenders and details about them that I spent hours on, it unfortunately got deleted. That’s life. Expect the remaining categories in the next few days.
I think that it will at least get one for the score and the production design, might not win as per usual but I think it could be competition
It’s very possible. Right now there are so many potentially good films out there that edge it out, but the field will narrow more and more as time goes on.
Have some of my comments been deleted?
I see them. However, since this is a page and not a post. Comments get deleted each year. But yeah, I still have all yours showing.
This website is the only award website which still hasn’t recognised Fantastic beasts and where to find them. Every website predicts at least 2-3 except in here it is not considered? thoughts?
I recommend replacing “Where is Anne Frank?” with “Wolfwalkers” in Animated Feature, the latter has far more credentials behind it (made by two times previous nominee Tomm Moore) and is being pushed by Apple, Inc. (because it’s going to be an Apple TV+ Original)