This page contains  Oscar predictions and will be updated throughout the year. 

BEST PICTURE

Les Miserables

The Master

Argo

Silver Linings Playbook

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Django Unchained

Lincoln

Zero Dark Thirty

BEST ACTOR

Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)

John Hawkes (The Sessions)

Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)

Anthony Hopkins (Hitchcock)

Richard Gere (Arbitrage)

BEST ACTRESS

Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)

Keira Knightley (Anna Karenina)

Helen Mirren (Hitchcock)

Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Leonardo DiCaprio (Django Unchained)

Dwight Henry (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Matthew McConaughey (Magic Mike)

William H. Macy (The Sessions)

Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)

Amy Adams (The Master)

Sally Field (Lincoln)

Helen Hunt (The Sessions)

Samantha Banks (Les Miserables)

BEST DIRECTOR

Tom Hooper (Les Miserables)

Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)

Ben Affleck (Argo)

David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)

Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Master

Moonrise Kingdom

Zero Dark Thirty

Django Unchained

Amour

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Les Miserables

Silver Linings Playbook

Lincoln

Argo

Cloud Atlas

BEST FOREIGN FILM

Amour (Austria)

A Royal Affair (Denmark)

Intouchables (France)

Barbara (Germany)

Beyond the Hills (Romania)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Frankenweenie

Paranorman

Brave

The Secret World of Arrietty

Wreck-it Ralph

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Detropia

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

The Queen of Versailles

VISUAL AWARDS

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Master

Les Miserables

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Life of Pi

Cloud Atlas

BEST FILM EDITING

Les Miserables

The Master

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Argo

Lincoln

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN (ART DIRECTION)

Les Miserables

The Master

Cloud Atlas

Anna Karenina

Lincoln

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Cloud Atlas

The Avengers

Life of Pi

The Dark Knight Rises

The Hobbit

BEST COSTUME

Anna Karenina

Les Miserables

Lawless

Lincoln

Mirror Mirror

BEST MAKEUP

Cloud Atlas

Lincoln

The Hobbit

SOUND CATEGORIES

BEST SCORE

Lincoln

Moonrise Kingdom

Argo

The Master

Prometheus

BEST SOUND EDITING

Les Miserables

The Dark Knight Rises

The Avengers

Prometheus

The Hobbit

BEST SOUND MIXING

Les Miserables

The Dark Knight Rises

The Avengers

Prometheus

Life of Pi

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Touch the Sky (Brave)

Suddenly (Les Miserables)

Midnight Run (Lawless)

Into the Open Air (Brave)

Celebrate (Sparkle)

Tally:

Les Miserables – 12 Nominations, 8 Wins

Lincoln – 10 Nominations, 1 Win

The Master – 9 Nominations, 3 Wins

Beasts of the Southern Wild – 6 Nominations, 1 Win

Cloud Atlas – 5 Nominations, 2 Wins

Argo, Silver Linings Playbook  - 5 Nominations, 0 Wins

Last Updated: 09.24.12