87th Academy Award Nominations Predictions

Golden Globe Awards have wrapped up, the Guilds, BAFTA, Critics and other guilds have announced their nominees, but the most important of all, Oscars will be announcing under 48 hours from now.

Here are my predictions:

Best Picture:
1. "Boyhood"
2. "Birdman"
3. "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
4. "The Imitation Game"
5. "Selma"
6. "The Theory of Everything"
7. "Whiplash"
8. "Nightcrawler"
9. "American Sniper"
10. "Gone Girl"

ALTERNATES:
11. "Foxcatcher"
12. "Mr. Turner"

Best Director:
1. Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
2. Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Birdman"
3. Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
4. Damien Chazelle, "Whiplash"
5. David Fincher, "Gone Girl"

ALTERNATES:
6. Morten Tyldum, "The Imitation Game"
7. Ava DuVernay, "Selma"

Best Actress:
1. Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
2. Rosamund Pike, "Gone Girl"
3. Reese Witherspoon, "Wild"
4. Felicity Jones, "The Theory of Everything"
5. Jennifer Aniston, "Cake"

ALTERNATES:
6. Amy Adams, "Big Eyes"
7. Marion Cotillard, "Two Days One Night"

Best Actor:
1. Michael Keaton, "Birdman"
2. Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"
3. Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"
4. Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler"
5. Ralph Fiennes, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

ALTERNATES: 
6. Timothy Spall, "Mr. Turner"
7. David Oyelowo, "Selma"

Best Supporting Actress:
1. Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"
2. Keira Knightley, "The Imitation Game"
3. Meryl Streep, "Into The Woods"
4. Rene Russo, "Nightcrawler"
5. Emma Stone, "Birdman"

ALTERNATES: 
6. Jessica Chastain, "A Most Violent Year"
7. Tilda Swinton, "Snowpiercer"

Best Supporting Actor:
1. J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"
2. Edward Norton, "Birdman"
3. Ethan Hawke, "Boyhood"
4. Mark Ruffalo, "Foxcatcher"
5. Robert Duvall, "The Judge"

Best Original Screenplay:
1. Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
2. Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
3. Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo, "Birdman"
4. Dan Gilroy, "Nightcrawler"
5. Paul Webb, "Selma"

Best Adapted Screenplay:
1. Gillian Flynn, "Gone Girl"
2. Graham Moore, "The Imitation Game"
3. Damien Chazelle, "Whiplash"
4. Anthony McCarten, "The Theory of Everything"
5. Jason Hall, "American Sniper"

Best Foreign Language Film:
2. "Force Majeure" (Sweden)
1. "Ida" (Poland)
3. "Leviathan" (Russia)
4. "Tangerines" (Estonia)
5. "Wild Tales" (Argentina)

Best Documentary Feature:
1. "CITIZENFOUR"
2. "Life Itself"
3. "The Case Against 8"
4. "Keep On Keepin' On"
5. "Tales of the Grim Sleeper"

Best Animated Feature:
1. "The LEGO Movie"
2. "How To Train Your Dragon 2"
3. "Big Hero 6"
4. "The Boxtrolls"
5. "The Book of Life"

Best Cinematography:
1. Emmanuel Lubezki, "Birdman"
2. Robert D. Yeoman, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
3. Hoyte Van Hoytema, "Interstellar"
4. Dick Pope, "Mr. Turner"
5. Ryszard Lenczewski and Łukasz Żal, "Ida"

Best Film Editing:
1. Douglas Crise, "Birdman"
2. Sandra Adair, "Boyhood"
3. Tom Cross, "Whiplash"
4. Joel Cox & Gary Roach, "American Sniper"
5. Barney Pilling, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

Best Production Design:
1. Adam Stockhausen & Anna Pinnock, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
2. Kevin Thompson & George DeTitta Jr., "Birdman"
3. Dennis Gassner & Anna Pinnock, "Into The Woods"
4. Nathan Crowley, Garry Fettis & Paul Healy, "Interstellar"
5. Ondrej Nekvasil, "Snowpiercer"

Best Costume Design:
1. Milena Canonero, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
2. Sammy Sheldon Differ, "The Imitation Game"
3. Colleen Atwood, "Into The Woods"
4. Steven Noble, "The Theory of Everything"
5. Jacqueline Durran, "Mr. Turner"

Best Original Score:
1. Johann Johannsson, "The Theory of Everything"
2. Alexandre Desplat, "The Imitation Game"
3. Alexandre Desplat, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
4. Hans Zimmer, "Interstellar"
5. Mica Levi, "Under the Skin"

Best Original Song:
1. "Glory" ("Selma")
2. "Lost Stars" ("Begin Again")
3. "Mercy Is" ("Noah")
4. "Big Eyes" ("Big Eyes")
5. "Split The Difference" ("Boyhood")

Best Sound Mixing:
1. "Into The Woods"
2. "Birdman"
3. "Whiplash"
4. "American Sniper"
5. "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies"

Best Sound Editing:
1. "Godzilla"
2. "American Sniper"
3. "Fury"
4. "Interstellar"
5. "Unbroken"

Best Visual Effects:
1. "Guardians of the Galaxy"
2. "Godzilla"
3. "Interstellar"
4. "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes"
5. "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies"

Best Makeup & Hairstyling:
1. "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
2. "Guardians of the Galaxy"
3. "Foxcatcher"

TALLY:

Birdman - 10

The Grand Budapest Hotel - 10

Boyhood - 7

The Imitation Game - 7

The Theory of Everything - 6

Whiplash - 6

American Sniper - 5

Gone Girl - 4

Nightcrawler - 4

Selma - 3