2015 Academy Awards Nomination Prediction

BEST PICTURE
1. Boyhood
2. Birdman
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. The Imitation Game
5. The Theory of Everything
6. Nightcrawler
7. American Sniper
8. Whiplash
9. Gone Girl
Alternates: Selma, Foxcatcher
No Gut, No Glory!: Snowpiercer

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Michael Keaton, Birdman
2. Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
3. Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
4. Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
5. Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Alternates: David Oyelowo, Selma, Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
No Gut, No Glory!: Ellar Coltrane, Boyhood

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Julianne Moore, Still Alice
2. Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
3. Reese Witherspoon, Wild
4. Jennifer Aniston, Cake
5. Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Alternates: Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night, Amy Adams, Big Eyes
No Gut, No Glory!: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Beyond the Lights

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
2. Edward Norton, Birdman
3. Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
4. Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
5. Robert Duvall, The Judge
Alternates: Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice, Christoph Waltz, Big Eyes
No Gut, No Glory!: Chris Pine, Into the Woods

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
2. Emma Stone, Birdman
3. Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
4. Rene Russo, Nightcrawler
5. Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Alternates: Naomi Watts, St. Vincent, Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
No Gut, No Glory!: Lorelei Linklater, Boyhood

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
1. The Lego Movie
2. How to Train Your Dragon 2
3. Big Hero 6
4. The Boxtrolls
5. Song of the Sea
Alternates: The Tale of Princess Kaguya, Rocks in My Pocket
No Gut, No Glory!: Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Birdman
2. Mr. Turner
3. Unbroken
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel
5. Interstellar
Alternates: American Sniper, Selma
No Gut, No Glory!: Gone Girl

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Into the Woods
2. Mr. Turner
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. The Imitation Game
5. The Theory of Everything
Alternates: Selma, Maleficent
No Gut, No Glory!: Snowpiercer

BEST DIRECTING
1. Richard Linklater, Boyhood
2. Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
3. Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Ava DuVernay, Selma
5. Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Alternates: Clint Eastwood, American Sniper, Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
No Gut, No Glory!: Christopher Nolan, Interstellar

BEST DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
1. Citizenfour
2. Life Itself
3. Virunga
4. Finding Vivian Maier
5. The Case Against 8
Alternates: The Overnighters, Keep On Keepin' On
No Gut, No Glory!: The Kill Team

BEST FILM EDITING
1. Boyhood
2. Birdman
3. The Imitation Game
4. Gone Girl
5. Whiplash
Alternates: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Nightcrawler
No Gut, No Glory!: Foxcatcher

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1. Ida (Poland)
2. Leviathan (Russia)
3. Wild Tales (Argentina)
4. Force Majeure (Sweden)
5. Tangerines (Estonia)
Alternates: Timbuktu (Mauritania), Accused (Netherlands)
No Gut, No Glory!: The Liberator (Venezuela)

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
1. The Theory of Everything
2. Guardians of the Galaxy
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alternates: Maleficent, Foxcatcher
No Gut, No Glory!: Noah

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
1. The Theory of Everything
2. The Imitation Game
3. Interstellar
4. Gone Girl
5. Unbroken
Alternates: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Big Eyes
No Gut, No Glory!: Big Hero 6

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
1. "Not Gonna Miss You", Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
2. "Glory", Selma
3. "Lost Stars", Begin Again
4. "Everything Is Awesome", The Lego Movie
5. "America for Me", A Most Violent Year
Alternates: "Split the Difference", Boyhood, "Mercy Is", Noah
No Gut, No Glory!: "Immortals", Big Hero 6

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Into the Woods
3. Maleficent
4. Interstellar
5. Mr. Turner
Alternates: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Snowpiercer
No Gut, No Glory!: The Theory of Everything

BEST SOUND EDITING
1. American Sniper
2. Guardians of the Galaxy
3. Fury
4. Unbroken
5. Interstellar
Alternates: Godzilla, Transformers: Age of Extinction
No Gut, No Glory!: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

BEST SOUND MIXING
1. Unbroken
2. Into the Woods
3. American Sniper
4. Guardians of Galaxy
5. Transformers: Age of Extinction
Alternates: Interstellar, Birdman
No Gut, No Glory!: Exodus: Gods and Kings

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Guardians of the Galaxy
2. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
3. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
4. Maleficent
5. Interstellar
Alternates: Godzilla, Transformers: Age of Extinction
No Gut, No Glory!: X-Men: Days of Future Past

BEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
1. Gone Girl
2. The Imitation Game
3. The Theory of Everything
4. Whiplash
5. American Sniper
Alternates: Wild, Inherent Vice
No Gut, No Glory!: Guardians of the Galaxy

BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
1. Birdman
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
3. Boyhood
4. Nightcrawler
5. Selma
Alternates: Foxcatcher, The Lego Movie
No Gut, No Glory!: Dear White People