Tomorrow the Broadcast Film Critics (BFCA) will announce their nominations. “Silence,” “Passengers,” and “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” are the only three films which we can expect to not see tomorrow as they did not screen in time, while everything else is fair game. Expect this to be a major Oscar predictor in many key areas. Some categories have 5 predicted nominees where others have 6. While we don’t know ultimately how many nominees will end up in each category tomorrow, we are going by how many were nominated last year for our predictions this year. We have also chosen to not predict many of the “genre” categories as our focus is primarily aimed at the corresponding Oscar categories. Our full predictions can be found after clicking below. Please feel free to let us know what yours are and anything you hope to see included tomorrow as well as any potential shocking snubs.
BEST PICTURE PREDICTIONS
| Matt ​1. La La Land 2. Moonlight 3. Manchester By The Sea 4. Fences 5. Arrival 6. Jackie 7. Hell Or High Water 8. Lion 9. Patriot’s Day 10. A Monster Calls | Will 1. La La Land 2. Moonlight ​3. Manchester by the Sea 4. Jackie 5. Arrival 6. Fences 7. Hell or High Water 8. Lion 9. Loving ​10. A Monster Calls | Mike 1. La La Land 2. Manchester By The Sea 3. Moonlight 4. Arrival 5. Fences 6. Lion 7. Hell Or High Water 8. Loving 9. Jackie 10. Live By Night | Kristen 1. La La Land 2. Fences 3. Moonlight 4. Manchester By the Sea 5. Lion 6. Jackie 7. Hell Or High Water 8. Arrival 9. Loving 10. Sully |
BEST ACTOR PREDICTIONS
| Matt 1. Casey Affleck – Manchester By The Sea 2. Denzel Washington – Fences 3. Tom Hanks – Sully 4. Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic 5. Ryan Gosling – La La Land 6. Michael Keaton – The Founder | Will 1. Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea 2. Denzel Washington – Fences 3. Ryan Gosling – La La Land 4. Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic 5. Tom Hanks – Sully 6. Michael Keaton – The Founder | Mike 1. Casey Affleck – Manchester By The Sea 2. Denzel Washington – Fences 3. Ryan Gosling – La La aLand 4. Tom Hanks – Sully 5. Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic 6. Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge | Kristen 1. Denzel Washington – Fences 2. Casey Affleck – Manchester By The Sea 3. Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic 4. Ryan Gosling – La La Land 5. Chris Pine – Hell or High Water 6. Tom Hanks – Sully |
BEST ACTRESS PREDICTIONS
| Matt 1. Emma Stone – La La Land 2. Annette Bening – 20th Century Women 3. Natalie Portman – Jackie 4. Jessica Chastain – Miss Sloane 5. Isabelle Huppert – Elle 6. Amy Adams – Arrival | Will 1. Natalie Portman – Jackie 2. Emma Stone – La La Land 3. Annette Bening – 20th Century Women 4. Ruth Nega – Loving 5. Isabelle Huppert – Elle ​6. Amy Adams – Arrival | Mike 1. Emma Stone – La La Land 2. Natalie Portman – Jackie 3. Annette Bening – 20th Century Women 4. Amy Adams – Arrival 5. Ruth Negga – Lovng 6. Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins | Kristen 1. Emma Stone – La La Land 2. Annette Bening – 20th Century Women 3. Natalie Portman – Jackie 4. Isabelle Huppert – Elle 5. Ruth Negga – Loving 6. Amy Adams – Arrival |
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR PREDICTIONS
| Matt 1. Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins 2. Mahershala Ali – Moonlight 3. Lucas Hedges – Manchester By The Sea 4. Dev Patel – Lion 5. Jeff Bridges – Hell Or High Water 6. Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals | Will 1. Mahershala Ali – Moonlight 2. Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins 3. Dev Patel – Lion 4. Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea 5. Jeff Bridges – Hell or Hightwater 6. Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals | Mike 1. Jeff Bridges – Hell Or High Water 2. Dev Patel – Lion 3. Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins 4. Mahershala Ali – Moonlight 5. Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals 6. Lucas Hedges – Manchester By The Sea | Kristen 1. Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins 2. Mahershala Ali – Moonlight 3. Dev Patel – Lion 4. Mykelti Williamson – Fences 5. Jeff Bridges – Hell Or High Water 6. Lucas Hedges – Manchester By the Sea |
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS PREDICTIONS
| Matt 1. Viola Davis – Fences 2. Michelle Williams – Manchester By The Sea 3. Naomie Harris – Moonlight 4. Nicole Kidman – Lion 5. Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women 6. Felicity Jones – A Monster Calls | Will 1. Viola Davis – Fences 2. Naomi Harris – Moonlight 3. Michelle Williams – Manchester By The Sea 4. Nicole Kidman – Lion 5. Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women 6. Janelle Monae – Hidden Figures | Mike 1. Viola Davis – Fences 2. Michelle Williams – Manchester By The Sea 3. Naomie Harris – Moonlight 4. Nicole Kidman – Lion 5. Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women 6. Molly Shannon – Other People | Kristen 1. Viola Davis – Fences 2. Michelle Williams – Manchester By The Sea 3. Naomie Harris – Moonlight 4. Nicole Kidman – Lion 5. Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women 6. Molly Shannon – Other People |
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
| Matt 1. Fences 2. Moonlight 3. Manchester By The Sea 4. Patriot’s Day 5. Nocturnal Animals | Will 1. Fences 2. Moonlight 3. Jackie 4. Manchester by the Sea 5. Hell or High Water | Mike 1. Fences 2. Moonlight 3. Manchester By The Sea 4. La La Land 5. Patriots Day | Kristen 1. Fences 2. Moonlight 3. Manchester By The Sea 4. Lion 5. La La Land |
BEST DIRECTOR
| Matt 1. Damien Chazelle – La La Land 2. Barry Jenkins – Moonlight 3. Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester By The Sea 4. Denis Villeneuve – Arrival 5. Pablo Larrain – Jackie 6. Peter Berg – Patriot’s Day | Will 1. Damien Chazelle – La La Land 2. Barry Jenkins – Moonlight 3. Pablo Larrain – Jackie 4. Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea 5. Denis Villeneuve – Arrival 6. Denzel Washington – Fences | Mike 1. Damien Chazelle – La La Land 2. Pablo Larrain – Jackie 3. Barry Jenkins – Moonlight 4. Denis Villeniueve – Arrival 5. Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester By The Sea 6. Denzel Washington – Fences | Kristen 1. Damien Chazelle – La La Land 2. Barry Jenkins – Moonlight 3. Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester By The Sea 4. Garth Davis – Lion 5. Pablo Larrain – Jackie 6. Denis Villenueve – Arrival |
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
| Matt 1. Manchester By The Sea 2. Moonlight 3. 20th Century Women 4. La La Land 5. Hell Or High Water | Will 1. Moonlight 2. Manchester by the Sea 3. La La Land 4. Jackie 5. Hell or High Water | Mike 1. La La Land 2. Manchester By The Sea 3. Moonlight 4. Hell Or High Water 5. 20th Century Women | Kristen 1. Manchester By The Sea 2. Moonlight 3. 20th Century Women 4. La La Land 5. The Lobster |
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
| Matt 1. Fences 2. Arrival 3. Lion 4. Nocturnal Animals 5. Hidden Figures | Will 1. Fences 2. Arrival 3. Lion 4. Hidden Figures 5. Sully | Mike 1. Fences 2. Lion 3. Live By Night 4. Arrival 5. Nocturnal Animals | Kristen 1. Fences 2. Arrival 3. Lion 4. Nocturnal Animals 5. Hidden Figures |
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
| Matt 1. La La Land 2. Moonlight 3. Arrival 4. Jackie 5. Live By Night 6. Rules Don’t Apply | Will 1. La La Land 2. Arrival 3. Jackie 4. Live By Night 5. Moonlight 6. Rules Don’t Apply | Mike 1. Live By Night 2. Jackie 3. La La Land 4. Arrival 5. Nocturnal Animals 6. Moonlight | Kristen 1. La La Land 2. Moonlight 3. Arrival 4. Jackie 5. Hail, Caesar 6. Lion |
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
| Matt 1. Live By Night 2. La La Land 3. Arrival 4. A Monster Calls 5. Allied 6. Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them | Will 1. La La Land 2. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 3. Live By Night 4. Allied 5. Arrival 6. Hail, Caesar! | Mike 1. Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them 2. Live By Night 3. La La Land 4. Florence Foster Jenkins 5. Arrival 6. Hail, Caesar! | Kristen 1. Live By Night 2. La La Land 3. Arrival 4. Jackie 5. Love & Friendship 6. Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them |
BEST EDITING
| Matt 1. La La Land 2. Live By Night 3. Patriot’s Day 4. Jackie 5. Arrival | Will 1. La La Land 2. Lion 3. Jackie 4. Arrival 5. Hell or High Water | Mike 1. Moonlight 2. La La Land 3. Manchester By The Sea 4. Arrival 5. Jackie | Kristen 1. La La Land 2. Lion 3. Fences 4. Jackie 5. Arrival |
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
| Matt 1. La La Land 2. Live By Night 3. Rules Don’t Apply 4. Jackie 5. Florence Foster Jenkins | Will 1. Jackie 2. Florence Foster Jenkins 3. Allied 4. Love & Friendship 5. Rules Don’t Apply | Mike 1. Allied 2. Florence Foster Jenkins 3. La La Land 4. Live By Night 5. Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them | Kristen 1. La La land 2. Live By Night 3. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 4. Jackie 5. Allied |
BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
| Matt 1. Hacksaw Ridge 2. Jackie 3. Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them 4. Florence Foster Jenkins 5. Star Trek Beyond 6. Doctor Strange | Will 1. Jackie 2. Hacksaw Ridge 3. Hidden Figures 4. Deadpool 5. Florence Foster Jenkins 6. Doctor Strange | Mike 1. Star Trek Beyond 2. Doctor Strange 3. Jackie 4. Hacksaw Ridge 5. Florence Foster Jenkins 6. Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them | Kristen 1. Hacksaw Ridge 2. Jackie 3. Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them 4. Florence Foster Jenkins 5. Nocturnal Animals 6. Suicide Squad |
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
| Matt 1. The Jungle Book 2. Doctor Strange 3. Arrival 4. Captain America: Civil War 5. Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them 6. A Monster Calls | Will 1. The Jungle Book 2. Doctor Strange 3. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 4. Arrival 5. Captain America: Civil War 6. A Monster Calls | Mike 1. Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them 2. The Jungle Book 3. Doctor Strange 4. Star Trek Beyond 5. The BFG 6. Captain America: Civil War | Kristen 1. The Jungle Book 2. Allied 3. Arrival 4. Rogue One 5. Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them 6. A Monster Calls |
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
| Matt 1. Zootopia 2. Moana 3. Kubo & The Two Strings 4. Finding Dory 5. Sausage Party | Will 1. Zootopia 2. Moana 3. Kubo and the Two Strings 4. Sausage Party 5. The Red Turtle | Mike 1. Zootopia 2. Moana 3. Kubo and The Two String 4. Finding Dory 5. The Red Turtle | Kristen 1. Zootopia 2. Moana 3. Kubo & The Two Strings 4. The Red Turtle 5. Trolls |
BEST SONG
| Matt 1. Audition – La La Land 2. We Know The Way – Moana 3. City Of Stars – La La Land 4. How Far Ill Go – Moana 5. The Great Beyond – Sausage Party 6. Never Give Up – Lion | Will 1. City of Stars – La La Land 2. We Know the Way – Moana 3.Audition – La La Land 4. The Great Beyond – Sausage Party 5. Never Give Up – Lion 6. I See Victory – Hidden Figures | Mike 1. City Of Stars – La La Land 2. Drive It Like You Stole It – Sing Street 3. Audition – La La Land 4. How Far I’ll Go – Moana 5. We Know The Way – Moana 6. I See Victory – Hidden Figures | Kristen 1. Audition – La La Land 2. We Know The Way – Moana 3. Can’t Stop the Feeling – Trolls 4. How Far Ill Go – Moana 5. I See Victory – Hidden Figures 6. City of Stars – La La Land |
BEST SCORE
| Matt 1. Arrival 2. Jackie 3. Patriot’s Day 4. La La Land 5. Moonlight | Will 1. Jackie 2. Arrival 3. Moana 4. La La Land 5. The Jungle Book | Mike 1. Florence Foster Jenkins 2. Jackie 3. La La Land 4. Arrival 5. The BFG | Kristen 1. Arrival 2. Jackie 3. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 4. La La Land 5. Moonlight |
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