This page will be your hub throughout the Oscar season for predictions in all of the Academy’s various categories as we move through the twists and turns of the circuit. Click through on each to see a list of contenders per category with ranked assessments of the various races.
Just remember: An Oscar season is fluid. Things do change. We’ll be here to track the shifting and sliding as it happens.
Best Picture
“Fences” (Paramount Pictures)
“Florence Foster Jenkins” (Paramount Pictures)
“Hell or High Water” (CBS Films)
“Hidden Figures” (20th Century Fox)
“La La Land” (Lionsgate)
“Lion” (The Weinstein Co.)
“Loving” (Focus Features)
“Manchester by the Sea” (Amazon/Roadside Attractions)
“Moonlight” (A24)
“Silence” (Paramount Pictures)
Best Director
Denzel Washington (“Fences”)
Damien Chazelle (“La La Land”)
Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester by the Sea”)
Barry Jenkins (“Moonlight”)
Martin Scorsese (“Silence”)
Best Actor
Casey Affleck (“Manchester by the Sea”)
Andrew Garfield (“Hacksaw Ridge”)
Ryan Gosling (“La La Land”)
Tom Hanks (“Sully”)
Denzel Washington (“Fences”)
Best Actress
Annette Bening (“20th Century Women”)
Ruth Negga (“Loving”)
Natalie Portman (“Jackie”)
Emma Stone (“La La Land”)
Meryl Streep (“Florence Foster Jenkins”)
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali (“Moonlight”)
Jeff Bridges (“Hell or High Water”)
Kevin Costner (“Hidden Figures”)
Hugh Grant (“Florence Foster Jenkins”)
Mykelti Williamson (“Fences”)
Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis (“Fences”)
Greta Gerwig (“20th Century Women”)
Naomie Harris (“Moonlight”)
Nicole Kidman (“Lion”)
Michelle Williams (“Manchester by the Sea”)
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Arrival” (Eric Heisserer)
“Fences” (August Wilson)
“Hidden Figures” (Theodore Melfi, Allison Schroeder)
“Lion” (Luke Davies)
“Silence” (Jay Cocks)
Best Original Screenplay
“Hell or High Water” (Taylor Sheridan)
“La La Land” (Damien Chazelle)
“Manchester by the Sea” (Kenneth Lonergan)
“Moonlight” (Barry Jenkins, Tarell McCraney)
“20th Century Women” (Mike Mills)
Best Cinematography
“Jackie” (Stephane Fontaine)
“La La Land” (Linus Sandgren)
“Lion” (Greig Fraser)
“Live By Night” (Robert Richardson)
“Silence” (Rodrigo Prieto)
Best Costume Design
“Allied” (Joanna Johnston)
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” (Colleen Atwood)
“La La Land” (Mary Zophres)
“Live By Night” (Jacqueline West)
“Silence” (Sandy Powell)
Best Film Editing
“La La Land” (Tom Cross)
“Moonlight” (Joi McMillion, Nat Sanders)
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (Jabez Olsen)
“Silence” (Thelma Schoonmaker)
“Sully” (Blu Murray)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
“Hacksaw Ridge” (Shane Thomas)
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (TBD)
“Star Trek Beyond” (TBD)
Best Original Score
“The BFG” (John Williams)
“Florence Foster Jenkins” (Alexandre Desplat)
“The Jungle Book” (John Debney)
“La La Land” (Justin Hurwitz)
“Lion” (Hauschka, Dustin O’Halloran)
Best Original Song
“Runnin’” from “Hidden Figures”
“Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from “La La Land”
“City of Stars” from “La La Land”
“How Far I’ll Go” from “Moana”
“Faith” from “Sing”
Best Production Design
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” (Stuart Craig, James Hambige; Anna Pinnock)
“La La Land” (David Wasco; Sandy Reynolds-Wasco)
“Live By Night” (Jess Gonchor; Nancy Haigh)
“Rules Don’t Apply” (Jeannine Oppewall; Nancy Haigh)
“Silence” (Dante Ferretti; Francesca Lo Schiavo)
Best Sound Editing
“Deepwater Horizon” (Wylie Stateman)
“Hacksaw Ridge” (Robert Mackenzie, Andy Wright)
“Live By Night” (Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van Der Ryn)
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (TBD)
“Sully” (Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman)
Best Sound Mixing
“Hacksaw Ridge” (Peter Grace, Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie)
“The Jungle Book” (Christopher Boyes, Lora Hirschberg, Ronald Judkins)
“La La Land” (Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee, Steve A. Morrow)
“Live By Night” (Jose Antonio Garcia, John Reitz, Tom Ozanich)
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (TBD)
Best Visual Effects
“Doctor Strange” (Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Richard Bluff, Vince Cirelli)
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” (TBD)
“The Jungle Book” (Robert Legato, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez, Dan Lemmon)
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (TBD)
“Warcraft” (Bill Westenhofer, Jeff White, Jason Smith, Hal Hickel)