Oscar 2020 predictions: from Joker to Tarantino

Oscar 2020 predictions: from Joker to Tarantino
It's the hottest ticket on the Hollywood calendar, the night the biggest movie stars on the planet come together to celebrate the best of the industry in the past year. But who will bring home these famous gold statuettes at the 92nd Academy Awards on February 9, 2020? Nominations won't be announced until January 13, but that doesn't mean we can't predict who will be in the running. We look at the shortlists for other big Hollywood awards (the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild Awards) and use the pre-Academy Awards buzz to determine who we think will be on awards night. Oscar. Will The Irishman Kill Netflix? Will Once Upon a Time in Hollywood give Quentin Tarantino his first win in the Best Picture category? Or will Avengers: Endgame or Joker become the first comic book movies to win the grand prize? We sift through the nominees to determine this year's potential Oscar nominations and predict who could deliver a victory speech overnight...

When are the Oscar nominations announced for 2020?

As mentioned above, the Oscar nominations will be announced on January 13. The awards will be held on Sunday, February 9. Short lists of some of the less attractive categories, such as visual effects, have been posted on the Academy's website.

Best Movie 2020 Oscar Predictions

After Martin Scorsese said he thinks Marvel movies aren't cinema, he's hoping one of the biggest pop culture debates of 2019 will continue on the top list of nightly Big Oscars. Scorsese's mob epic The Irishman is as close as it gets to a best picture award nomination, but he wouldn't be surprised to see it up against Avengers: Endgame at the Oscars party. Sci-fi and fantasy movies haven't traditionally been popular at the Academy, but history may be on the side of Iron Man, Captain America, and the like. After all, Black Panther opened the door to the MCU with numerous nominations last year; Endgame's predecessors as all-time box office champions Titanic and Avatar were shortlisted for best picture; and The Lord of the Rings waited for the last installment of him before the return of the king hit Oscar Paydirt. Elsewhere in this exceptional category (the nomination limit was raised to 10 in 2009): The critically adored wedding story seems best placed to challenge its Netflix tablemate The Irishman, while Joker could join The Avengers for show that comic book movies are a really big church. Other potential candidates include the Fox News biopic Bombshell, the World War I epic 1917, the unlikely Hitler comedy/drama Jojo Rabbit, a brilliant adaptation of Little Women, the ode to Quentin Tarantino. 1960 Hollywood and Cannes Palme d & # 39; O winner, Parasite. Who do we think will win? Given the talent involved and the technical success of the aging blockbuster Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci, it's hard to miss the Irishman. Who do we want to win? As the pinnacle of blockbuster cinema, and the culmination of a 22-film arc, it would be exciting to see Avengers: Endgame win the grand prize. But don't bet on your house.

The best director predictions at the Oscars

Once upon a time in Hollywood

(Image credit: Sony Pictures) Expect the Academy to challenge Greta Gerwig's Golden Globes by giving her a nomination, her second after Lady Bird in 2017. The competition will be stiff, though: Martin Scorsese and Sam Mendes (whose 1917 all-in-one war brings plenty of wow factor), both are vying for their second best director award, while Quentin Tarantino will be hungry for his first after his best-received film in years. And don't bet against Korean director Bong Joon-ho's work on Parasite. Who do we think he will win? A highly regarded film directed by a movie icon means Scorsese is the person to beat, assuming there's no anti-Netflix game, as has been the case in years past. Who do we want to win? Few directors have had such an impressive start to their careers as Greta Gerwig – surely it is time the Academy recognized an exciting newcomer.

Best Actor Prediction at the Oscars

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(Image credit: Warner Bros) Where would you find the Pope competing with Elton John? Jonathan Pryce garnered much attention for his convincing outing as Pope Francis (a role he was no doubt destined to play), while Pedro Almodóvar traditionally calls for a great performance by Antonio Banderas. However, after Joker pushed the boundaries of what a comic book movie can do, he would be a brave person to bet against Joaquin Phoenix after his 2005 win for Walk the Line. Who do we think he will win? It's a confrontation between equally charismatic Adam Driver, whether he's leading the galaxy or facing divorce in Marriage Story, or Joaquin Phoenix's terrifying performance in Joker. Who do we want to win? Could Elton John play for Taron Egerton what Freddie Mercury did for Rami Malek last year? The Kingsman star gives a tour de force on Rocketman, and does his own song.

Best Actress Oscar Predictions

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(Image credit: Netflix) One of the tougher categories to call due to the strength of the competition, as with Best Picture, this list could easily include twice as many nominees, and they all deserve their spot. What's most exciting is a mix of newcomers (Awkwafina, Cynthia Erivo), true A-listers (Scarlett Johansson) and Oscar contenders (Saoirse Ronan, Renée Zellweger), and this ignores Emma's past winners. Thompson (Late Night) and Charlize Theron (Bombshell). Let the battle begin! Who do we think will win? Zellweger's performance as Judy Garland seems like Hollywood's pick, but after Johansson's emotionally powerful performance in Marriage Story, it looks like it could be her year. Who do we want to win? It would be a fourth Oscar nomination for Saoirse Ronan at the age of 25; she probably won't win this year, but her time will surely come soon, as for Kate Winslet.

Best Supporting Actress Oscar Prediction

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(Image credit: Netflix) This category is traditionally a Lifetime Achievement Award for stealth, and this has never been truer than this year, when the former are all true Hollywood legends. In fact, the only one in our quintet who has his hands on a gold statue is Brad Pitt, and that may work in his favor... Who do we think he'll win? With The Irishman vote likely split between Al Pacino and Joe Pesci, and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and The Two Papas likely to be Oscar night outsiders, the stars 39, line-up for Brad Pitt. Who do we want to win? Pitt's laconic specialist was one of the best things about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and few people would blame him for an Academy Award for an impressive career.

Oscar for Best Supporting Actress

(Image credit: Wilson Webb) Unlike her male counterpart, our list includes only one Oscar winner (Kathy Bates). With a likely best actress nomination, Scarlett Johansson is unlikely to win here against wedding story co-star Laura Dern, though all contestants should keep an eye on Jennifer Lopez, whose performance in the crime drama Hustlers revived her in the Hollywood consciousness. Who do we think she will win? We probably wouldn't have thought she'd be in the running a year ago, but Jennifer Lopez revived her career in spectacular style with Hustlers, her best performance since Out of Sight 22 years ago. Who do we want to win? It's hard to believe that it's only been seven years since Margot Robbie burst onto the scene in Scorsese's Wall Street Wolf. After a string of memorable performances since then, her turn as a Fox News producer on Bombshell could propel her into the elite.

Oscar's Best Original Predictions

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(Image credit: Sony Pictures) This category may be the best chance to win for best picture contenders Wedding History and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but they won't get it as they please. High school comedy/drama Booksmart has made the "best of 2019" list for many critics, Rian Johnson's Knives Out is a wonderfully sharp drive, and after the Oscar-winning hit of Get Out, Jordan Peele is very on the academy radar. Who do we think he will win? Since Hollywood traditionally likes movies about itself, he hopes Quentin Tarantino wins his third writing Oscar, which should ease the blow of (probably) missing out on best picture and best director. Who do we want to win? Funny, moving, and brilliantly observed, Booksmart instantly established itself in the pantheon of classic high school movies. An honorable mention in Knives Out too.

Best screenplay adapted to the Oscars predictions.

(Image credit: Netflix) Another category that could have a large Netflix contingent, with The Two Popes (adapted by Anthony McCarten from his own play) likely against the Irish, Steven Zaillian's take on I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt. Expect stiff competition from Little Women, Toy Story 4 (surely one of the first "quartets" to compete for Oscars), and the racing biopic Ford vs. Ferrari. Who do we think will win? We have a feeling it's going to be Irish night, so we'd be surprised if it wasn't part of the blockbuster movie. Who do we want to win? Assuming Greta Gerwig doesn't win Best Director, that would be some welcome consolation. That said, we'd have no complaints if Toy Story 4 won the award almost a quarter of a decade after the original film won its own screenplay Oscar.

Best animated functionality

(Image credit: Disney) It's an unusual year when a Disney film doesn't win this award and with the box office destroying Toy Story 4 and Frozen II in the field, that's unlikely to change in 2020. Cementing his arrival as a major player in cinema, Netflix seems to fit the bill. with Christmas-themed Klaus and left field I Lost My Body, while Laika (the company behind Paranorman and the sublime Kubo and the Two Strings) is likely to go stop-motion with Missing Link. Who do we think will win? In a titanic clash for Disney, Toy Story 4 appears to have the edge over Frozen II and hold Pixar's record of winning the award, on average, every two years. Who do we want to win? While it would be nice to show some love to an offbeat newcomer like I Lost My Body, Toy Story 4 was such a perfect ending to a wonderful saga that the heart belongs to Woody and Buzz.

Oscar Best Score Predictions

(Image credit: Lucasfilm / Disney) Traditionally one of the hardest categories to call: yes, each Oscar category is subjective, but the success of a score is so dependent on personal taste that it's incredibly hard to guess which Oscar voters will pick. Still, the shortlist of 15 Academy films already released offers a few clues, and a composition fee is likely in the mix, sharing a staggering number of previous nominations between them. Who do we think will win? He has just completed the score for the ninth film in a saga that began in 1977 with the original Star Wars; don't be surprised if it becomes a lifetime award (and a fifth Oscar win) for John Williams, 87. Who do we want to win? Hildur Guðnadóttir is the only newcomer to the list, but his haunting, string-laden Joker score added to the haunting, dirty atmosphere of a haunting film.

The best predictions for the Oscars of international feature films

The fact that there is no requirement for Academy voters to have seen all foreign language films in the race probably has a bigger effect on this category than any other. Others: Most of the releases will not have received wide circulation in the United States, therefore they won & # 39; & # 39; Being in general awareness. This means that even with a slate of 10 pre-released movies to work with, the most famous and most talked about movies have a huge advantage. It will surely work in favor of Parasite, which should also be in the running for best picture. Who do we think will win? He has already won the Palme d & # 39; Or at Cannes, it got glowing reviews and could make the best movies list - you can't beat Parasite. Who do we want to win? The Parasite would be a worthy winner, but given that the brilliant and consistent Pedro Almodóvar won his only Oscar 20 years ago (for All About My Mother), it seems a second, for Pain & Glory, is in the offing. since a long time.

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