2021 Academy Awards Nomination Prediction

BEST PICTURE
1. Nomadland
2. Minari
3. The Trial of the Chicago 7
4. Promising Young Woman
5. Mank
6. One Night in Miami...
7. Sound of Metal
8. Judas and the Black Messiah
Alternates: The Father, News of the World
No Gut, No Glory!: Another Round

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2. Anthony Hopkins, The Father
3. Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
4. Gary Oldman, Mank
5. Steven Yeun, Minari
Alternates: Tahar Rahim, The Mauritanian, Mads Mikkelsen, Another Round
No Gut, No Glory!: Kingsley Ben-Adir, One Night in Miami...

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
2. Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
3. Frances McDormand, Nomadland
4. Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
5. Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Alternates: Amy Adams, Hillbilly Elegy, Sophia Loren, The Life Ahead
No Gut, No Glory!: Meryl Streep, The Prom

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
2. Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami...
3. Alan Kim, Minari
4. Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
5. Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Alternates: Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods, Jared Leto, The Little Things
No Gut, No Glory!: Bo Burnham, Promising Young Woman

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Yuh-jung Youn, Minari
2. Olivia Colman, The Father
3. Helena Zengel, News of the World
4. Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
5. Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Alternates: Jodie Foster, The Mauritanian, Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
No Gut, No Glory!: Talia Ryder, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
1. Soul
2. Wolfwalkers
3. Onward
4. The Croods: A New Age
5. Over the Moon
Alternates: Earwig and the Witch, Demon Slayer: The Movie: Mugen Train
No Gut, No Glory!: No. 7 Cherry Lane

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Mank
2. Nomadland
3. News of the World
4. Judas and the Black Messiah
5. Da 5 Bloods
Alternates: Tenet, The Trial of the Chicago 7
No Gut, No Glory!: I'm Thinking of Ending Things

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Mank
2. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
3. Mulan
4. Emma.
5. Pinocchio
Alternates: One Night in Miami..., News of the World
No Gut, No Glory!: Promising Young Woman

BEST DIRECTING
1. Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
2. Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
3. Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
4. David Fincher, Mank
5. Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Alternates: Regina King, One Night in Miami..., Shaka King, Judas and the Black Messiah
No Gut, No Glory!: Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round

BEST DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
1. Time
2. Collective
3. Welcome to Chechnya
4. The Painter and the Thief
5. Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
Alternates: The Truffle Hunters, My Octopus Teacher
No Gut, No Glory!: The Mole Agent

BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
1. Abortion Helpline, This Is Lisa
2. A Love Song for Latasha
3. Hysterical Girl
4. A Concerto Is a Conversation
5. Do Not Split
Alternates: Colette, Hunger Ward
No Gut, No Glory!: What Would Sophia Loren Do?

BEST FILM EDITING
1. Sound of Metal
2. The Trial of the Chicago 7
3. News of the World
4. One Night in Miami...
5. Nomadland
Alternates: The Father, Mank
No Gut, No Glory!: Judas and the Black Messiah

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
1. Another Round (Denmark)
2. Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
3. La Llorona (Guatemala)
4. Two of Us (France)
5. The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia)
Alternates: Collective (Romania), Night of the Kings (Côte d'Ivoire)
No Gut, No Glory!: A Sun (Taiwan)

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
1. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2. Mank
3. Hillbilly Elegy
4. Pinocchio
5. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Alternates: One Night in Miami..., Emma.
No Gut, No Glory!: The Glorias

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
1. Soul
2. Minari
3. Mank
4. News of the World
5. The Midnight Sky
Alternates: Tenet, The Trial of the Chicago 7
No Gut, No Glory!: Blizzard of Souls

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
1. "lo Sì (Seen)", The Life Ahead
2. "Rain Song", Minari
3. "Hear My Voice", The Trial of the Chicago 7
4. "Speak Now", One Night in Miami...
5. "Fight for You", Judas and the Black Messiah
Alternates: "Húsavík", Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, "Turntables", All In: The Fight for Democracy
No Gut, No Glory!: "Green", Sound of Metal

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Mank
2. News of the World
3. Mulan
4. The Trial of the Chicago 7
5. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Alternates: Tenet, Emma.
No Gut, No Glory!: Greyhound

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
1. If Anything Happens I Love You
2. The Snail and the Whale
3. Kapaemahu
4. Out
5. Burrow
Alternates: Opera, Yes-People
No Gut, No Glory!: Traces

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
1. The Human Voice
2. Two Distant Strangers
3. The Letter Room
4. Feeling Through
5. The Kicksled Choir
Alternates: White Eye, Bittu
No Gut, No Glory!: The Present


BEST SOUND
1. Sound of Metal
2. Mank
3. Nomadland
4. Greyhound
5. News of the World
Alternates: The Midnight Sky, Tenet
No Gut, No Glory!: The Prom

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Tenet
2. Soul
3. Mulan
4. Welcome to Chechnya
5. The One and Only Ivan
Alternates: Mank, The Midnight Sky
No Gut, No Glory!: Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

BEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
1. Nomadland
2. One Night in Miami...
3. The Father
4. News of the World
5. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Alternates: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, The Mauritanian
No Gut, No Glory!: The United States vs. Billie Holiday

BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
1. The Trial of the Chicago 7
2. Promising Young Woman
3. Minari
4. Sound of Metal
5. Judas and the Black Messiah
Alternates: Mank, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
No Gut, No Glory!: The Forty-Year-Old Version