First Winner Predictions

[MaxWilder]

1917 will win best picture. As long as best foreign/international film exists as a consolation prize, I can't see a foreign-language film winning best picture. Bong could very likely win best director, however. (Basically, a Roma repeat.) Fairly or unfairly, I think many look at 1917 as Roger Deakins's achievement, not Sam Mendes's.

[Reza]

Best Picture: Parasite
Best Director: Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Best Actress: Renée Zellweger, Judy
Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
Best Supporting Actress: Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Best Original Screenplay: Parasite
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Irishman
Best Original Score: Joker
Best Original Song: “I’m Gonna Love Me Again” (Rocketman)
Best International Feature Film: Parasite
Best Animated Film: Missing Link
Best Documentary Film: For Sama
Best Cinematography: 1917
Best Film Editing: Parasite
Best Production Design: The Irishman
Best Costume Design: Little Women
Best Makeup: Bombshell
Best Sound Mixing: 1917
Best Sound Editing: 1917
Best Visual Effects: Avengers Endgame

[rolotomasi99]

Best Picture: 1917
Director: Parasite
O. Screenplay: Parasite
A. Screenplay: Little Women
L. Actress: Renee Zellweger
S. Actress: Laura Dern
L. Actor: Joaquin Phoenix
S. Actor: Brad Pitt
Editing: Parasite
Cinematography: 1917
Set: Parasite
Costume: Little Women
Score: 1917
Sound Mixing: 1917
Sound Editing: 1917
Visual Effects: 1917
Make-Up: Bombshell
Foreign Film: Parasite
Song: Harriet

The rest I have no idea so I would just be picking randomly.

[Sabin]

Comments when applicable:

Best Picture: Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood
(Too early to tell but despite an editing nomination, it seems like the front-runner at this point. No point in going out on a limb for The Irishman, Parasite, or 1917 when it's OUATIH is probably the most front-runner to win the PGA, DGA, SAG, and BAFTA)

Best Director: Sam Mendes, 1917
(Impossible to say at this moment. Four of the nominees could win, discounting Phillips. 5/7 past Oscars split this award. Scorsese's front-runner status feels like Spielberg for Lincoln. I could see Bong, Mendes, or Tarantino winning for different reasons but 1917 *feels* the most like a victory a la Gravity and The Revenant)

Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Best Actress: Renee Zellweger, Judy
Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Supporting Actress: Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Best Original Screenplay: Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood
Best Adapted Screenplay: Jojo Rabbit
(I think it's going to be close between Jojo Rabbit and Little Women. Ironically, Gerwig might have a better chance of winning an Oscar for Little Women than she ever did for Lady Bird.)

Best Original Score: Joker
(One of the tightest categories of the night. Could be 1917)

Best Original Song: “I’m Gonna Love Me Again” (Rocketman)
Best Foreign-Language Film: Parasite
Best Animated Film: Toy Story 4
Best Documentary Film: For Sama
Best Cinematography: 1917

Best Film Editing: Ford v Ferrari
(Most editing wins. Could be Parasite.)

Best Production Design: Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood
(Such a weird choice.)

Best Costume Design: Little Women
(I suppose it could be Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood as well)

Best Makeup: Bombshell
Best Sound Mixing: 1917
Best Sound Editing: 1917
Best Visual Effects: The Lion King
(A fourway race between 1917, Avengers: Endgame, The Irishman, and The Lion King)