We at Hive Mind have now seen every movie nominated for Best Picture and most of the movies featuring the acting nominees. We've recorded a podcast with our opinions on what should win, and our predictions for what will win during Sunday's Oscars Awards Ceremony.
You can also find our predictions listed below. Use those predictions to make yours, or completely ignore our predictions because we are rarely correct. Regardless, don't forget to fill out the ballot at the end of the page for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card ($50 for second place, and $25 for third).
Performance by an actor in a leading role nominees:
Antonio Banderas in PAIN AND GLORY
Leonardo DiCaprio in ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD
Adam Driver in MARRIAGE STORY
Joaquin Phoenix in JOKER
Jonathan Pryce in THE TWO POPES
Our predictions:
Eli: Joaquin Phoenix
Nick: Joaquin Phoenix
Meg: Joaquin Phoenix
Performance by an actor in a supporting role nominees:
Tom Hanks in A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Anthony Hopkins in THE TWO POPES
Al Pacino in THE IRISHMAN
Joe Pesci in THE IRISHMAN
Brad Pitt in ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD
Our predictions:
Eli: Brad Pitt
Nick: Brad Pitt
Meg: Brad Pitt
Performance by an actress in a leading role nominees:
Cynthia Erivo in HARRIET
Scarlett Johansson in MARRIAGE STORY
Saoirse Ronan in LITTLE WOMEN
Charlize Theron in BOMBSHELL
Renée Zellweger in JUDY
Our predictions:
Eli: Renee Zellweger (But my heart vote is Saoirse)
Nick: Scarlett Johansson
Meg: Renee Zellweger
Performance by an actress in a supporting role nominees:
Kathy Bates in RICHARD JEWELL
Laura Dern in MARRIAGE STORY
Scarlett Johansson in JOJO RABBIT
Florence Pugh in LITTLE WOMEN
Margot Robbie in BOMBSHELL
Our predictions:
Eli: Laura Dern
Nick: Laura Dern
Meg: Laura Dern
Best animated feature film of the year nominees:
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (Dean DeBlois, Bradford Lewis and Bonnie Arnold)
I LOST MY BODY (Jérémy Clapin and Marc du Pontavice)
KLAUS (Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh and Marisa Román)
MISSING LINK (Chris Butler, Arianne Sutner and Travis Knight)
TOY STORY 4 (Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen and Jonas Rivera)
Our predictions:
Eli: Toy Story 4
Nick: Missing Link
Meg: Toy Story 4
Achievement in cinematography nominees:
THE IRISHMAN (Rodrigo Prieto)
JOKER (Lawrence Sher)
THE LIGHTHOUSE (Jarin Blaschke)
1917 (Roger Deakins)
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD (Robert Richardson)
Our predictions:
Eli: 1917
Nick: 1917
Meg: 1917
Achievement in costume design nominees:
THE IRISHMAN (Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson)
JOJO RABBIT (Mayes C. Rubeo)
JOKER (Mark Bridges)
LITTLE WOMEN (Jacqueline Durran)
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD (Arianne Phillips)
Our predictions:
Eli: JoJo Rabbit
Nick: JoJo Rabbit
Meg: Little Women
Achievement in directing nominees:
THE IRISHMAN (Martin Scorsese)
JOKER (Todd Phillips)
1917 (Sam Mendes)
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD (Quentin Tarantino)
PARASITE (Bong Joon Ho)
Our predictions:
Eli: Sam Mendes
Nick: Bong Joon Ho
Meg: Sam Mendes
Best documentary feature nominees:
AMERICAN FACTORY (Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert and Jeff Reichert)
THE CAVE (Feras Fayyad, Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær)
THE EDGE OF DEMOCRACY (Petra Costa, Joanna Natasegara, Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan)
FOR SAMA (Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts)
HONEYLAND (Ljubo Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska and Atanas Georgiev)
Our predictions:
Eli: American Factory
Nick: Honeyland
Meg: Honeyland
Best documentary short subject nominees:
IN THE ABSENCE (Yi Seung-Jun and Gary Byung-Seok Kam)
LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL) (Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva)
LIFE OVERTAKES ME (John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson)
ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN (Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan)
WALK RUN CHA-CHA (Laura Nix and Colette Sandstedt)
Our predictions:
Eli: Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)
Nick: In the Absence
Meg: Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)
Achievement in film editing nominees:
FORD V FERRARI (Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland)
THE IRISHMAN (Thelma Schoonmaker)
JOJO RABBIT (Tom Eagles)
JOKER (Jeff Groth)
PARASITE (Yang Jinmo)
Our predictions:
Eli: Ford V Ferrari
Nick: The Irishman
Meg: Ford V Ferrari
Best international feature film of the year nominees:
CORPUS CHRISTI (Poland)
HONEYLAND (North Macedonia)
LES MISÉRABLES (France)
PAIN AND GLORY (Spain)
PARASITE (South Korea)
Our predictions:
Eli: Parasite
Nick: Parasite
Meg: Parasite
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling nominees:
BOMBSHELL (Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker)
JOKER (Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou)
JUDY (Jeremy Woodhead)
MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL (Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten and David White)
1917 (Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis and Rebecca Cole)
Our predictions:
Eli: Bombshell
Nick: Joker
Meg: Bombshell
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) nominees:
JOKER (Hildur Guðnadóttir)
LITTLE WOMEN (Alexandre Desplat)
MARRIAGE STORY (Randy Newman)
1917 (Thomas Newman)
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (John Williams)
Our predictions:
Eli: Hildur Guonadottir
Nick: Hildur Guonadottir
Meg: Thomas Newman
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) nominees:
"I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" from TOY STORY 4 (Music and Lyric by Randy Newman)
"(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" from ROCKETMAN (Music by Elton John, Lyric by Bernie Taupin)
"I'm Standing With You" from BREAKTHROUGH (Music and Lyric by Diane Warren)
"Into The Unknown" from FROZEN II (Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez)
"Stand Up" from HARRIET (Music and Lyric by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo)
Our predictions
Eli: "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again"
Nick: "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again"
Meg: "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again"
Achievement in production design nominees:
THE IRISHMAN (Production Design: Bob Shaw, Set Decoration: Regina Graves)
JOJO RABBIT (Production Design: Ra Vincent, Set Decoration: Nora Sopková)
1917 (Production Design: Dennis Gassner, Set Decoration: Lee Sandales)
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD (Production Design: Barbara Ling,Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh)
PARASITE (Production Design: Lee Ha Jun, Set Decoration: Cho Won Woo)
Our predictions:
Eli: 1917
Nick: Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
Meg: 1917
Best animated short film nominees:
DCERA (DAUGHTER) (Daria Kashcheeva)
HAIR LOVE (Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver)
KITBULL (Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson)
MEMORABLE (Bruno Collet and Jean-François Le Corre
SISTER (Siqi Song)
Our predictions:
Eli: Hair Love
Nick: Memorable
Meg: Hair Love
Best live action short film nominees:
BROTHERHOOD (Meryam Joobeur and Maria Gracia Turgeon)
NEFTA FOOTBALL CLUB (Yves Piat and Damien Megherbi)
THE NEIGHBORS’ WINDOW (Marshall Curry)
SARIA (Bryan Buckley and Matt Lefebvre)
A SISTER (Delphine Girard)
Our predictions:
Eli: Brotherhood
Nick: A Sister
Meg: Saria
Achievement in sound editing nominees:
FORD V FERRARI (Donald Sylvester)
JOKER (Alan Robert Murray)
1917 (Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate)
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD (Wylie Stateman)
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (Matthew Wood and David Acord)
Our predictions:
Eli: 1917
Nick: Ford V. Ferrari
Meg: 1917
Achievement in sound mixing nominees:
AD ASTRA (Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano)
FORD V FERRARI (Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow)
JOKER (Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland)
1917 (Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson)
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD (Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler and Mark Ulano)
Our predictions:
Eli: 1917
Nick: 1917
Meg: 1917
Achievement in visual effects nominees:
AVENGERS: ENDGAME (Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Matt Aitken and Dan Sudick)
THE IRISHMAN (Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser and Stephane Grabli)
THE LION KING (Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Elliot Newman)
1917 (Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy)
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach and Dominic Tuohy)
Our predictions:
Eli: The Lion King
Nick: Avengers Endgame
Meg: 1917
THE IRISHMAN (Screenplay by Steven Zaillian)
JOJO RABBIT (Screenplay by Taika Waititi)
JOKER (Written by Todd Phillips & Scott Silver)
LITTLE WOMEN (Written for the screen by Greta Gerwig)
THE TWO POPES (Written by Anthony McCarten)
Our predictions:
Eli: Little Women
Nick: The Irishman
Meg: Little Women
KNIVES OUT (Written by Rian Johnson)
MARRIAGE STORY (Written by Noah Baumbach)
1917 (Written by Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns)
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD (Written by Quentin Tarantino)
PARASITE (Screenplay by Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin Won, Story by Bong Joon Ho)
Our predictions:
Eli: Parasite
Nick: Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
Meg: Knives Out
Best motion picture of the year nominees:
FORD V FERRARI (Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and James Mangold, Producers)
THE IRISHMAN (Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers)
JOJO RABBIT (Carthew Neal, Taika Waititi and Chelsea Winstanley, Producers)
JOKER (Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers)
LITTLE WOMEN (Amy Pascal, Producer)
MARRIAGE STORY (Noah Baumbach and David Heyman, Producers)
1917 (Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren and Callum McDougall, Producers)
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD (David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh and Quentin Tarantino, Producers)
PARASITE (Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers)
Our predictions:
Eli: 1917 (My heart vote is Little Women or JoJo)
Nick: 1917
Meg: 1917
