Next Best Picture Votes On The 93rd Academy Awards

By Cody Dericks 

One of the more frustrating aspects of covering the Oscar race as a mere observer is the fact that we can’t actually cast a vote for the biggest award in film. So, in keeping with tradition, the Next Best Picture team filled out our annual “if I voted for the Oscars” fantasy ballot, and the results can be found below. For a true blast from the past, check out our choices for the 2018 and 2019 Oscars. We will be revealing the community selected winners later this week.

The votes were tabulated in the same manner as the actual Academy Awards – Best Picture was decided using a ranked preferential ballot and all other categories went to the nominee with the most total number of votes. Now, onto our winners…

BEST PICTURE
The Father
Judas And The Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman (WINNER)
Sound of Metal
The Trial Of The Chicago 7

BEST DIRECTOR
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
David Fincher – Mank
Thomas Vinterberg – ​Another Round
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (WINNER)

BEST ACTRESS
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces Of A Woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman (WINNER)

BEST ACTOR
Riz Ahmed – Sound Of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins – The Father (WINNER)
Gary Oldman – Mank
Steven Yeun – Minari

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman – The Father
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari (WINNER)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial Of The Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas And The Black Messiah (TIE)
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night In Miami
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal (TIE)
LaKeith Stanfield –  Judas And The Black Messiah

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Judas And The Black Messiah
Minari
Promising Young Woman (WINNER)
Sound Of Metal
The Trial Of The Chicago 7

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father (WINNER)
Nomadland
One Night In Miami
The White Tiger

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Onward
Over the Moon
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
​Soul
Wolfwalkers (WINNER)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Collective (TIE)
Crip Camp
The Mole Agent
My Octopus Teacher (TIE)
Time

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Another Round (TIE)
Better Days
Collective
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Quo Vadis, Aida? (TIE)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Judas And The Black Messiah
Mank
News of the World
Nomadland (WINNER)
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Emma. (WINNER)
Mank
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mulan
Pinocchio

BEST FILM EDITING
The Father (WINNER)
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound Of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Emma.
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Pinocchio (WINNER)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank (WINNER)
News of the World
Tenet

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari (WINNER)
News of the World
Soul

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – “Husavik (My Hometown)” (WINNER)
Judas and the Black Messiah – “Fight for You”
The Life Ahead – “Seen”
​One Night in Miami – “Speak Now”
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – “Hear My Voice”

BEST SOUND
Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
Sound of Metal (WINNER)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Love And Monsters
Mulan
The Midnight Sky
The One And Only Ivan
Tenet (WINNER)

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Burrow
Genius Loci
If Anything Happens I Love You (WINNER)
Opera
Yes-People

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Colette
A Concerto is a Conversation (TIE)
Do Not Split (TIE)
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Feeling Through (TIE)
The Letter Room (TIE)
The Present
Two Distant Strangers
White Eye

What do you think of our winners? Do you think any of these will or will not translate to the actual Oscar winners come this Sunday? Stay tuned for your own winners, which will be revealed later this week. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below or our Twitter account and be sure to check out our predictions for the winners here (or you can listen to them in podcast form here).

You can follow Cody and hear more of his thoughts on the Oscars and Film on Twitter at @codymonster91