Oscars 2018 Predictions: Best Picture, Best Director And More

On Jan. 23 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will unveil its nominations for the 90th annual Academy Awards, otherwise known as the 2018 Oscars. And, as always, we are dying to find out which actors, actresses, directors and films are up for awards this year.

Will Meryl Streep earn her 21st Oscar nod, breaking her own record for most acting nominations? Will there be big surprises and snubs in any of the major categories? There's only one way to find out: mark your calendars and set your reminders to watch the Oscar nominees announcement, which will be live-streamed here at 5:22 a.m. PST/8:22 a.m. EST.

In the meantime, we've pulled together a list of our predictions for nominees in all the major categories, including Best Picture, Best Director and more. Check them out below:

BEST PICTURE

• “The Big Sick”
• “Call Me by Your Name”
• “Darkest Hour”
• “Dunkirk”
• “The Florida Project”
• “Get Out”
• “Lady Bird”
• “The Post”
• “The Shape of Water”
• “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

Wild Cards: “Mudbound,” “I,Tonya”

BEST DIRECTOR

• Christopher Nolan (“Dunkirk”)
• Sean Baker (“The Florida Project”)
• Greta Gerwig (“Lady Bird”)
• Guillermo del Toro (“The Shape of Water”)
• Martin McDonagh (“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”)

Wild cards: Jordan Peele (“Get Out”), Luca Guadagnino (“Call Me by Your Name”), Steven Spielberg (“The Post”)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• Timothée Chalamet (“Call Me by Your Name”)
• Daniel Day-Lewis (“Phantom Thread”)
• James Franco (“The Disaster Artist”)
• Daniel Kaluuya (“Get Out”)
• Gary Oldman (“Darkest Hour”)

Wild Cards: Denzel Washington (“Roman J. Israel, Esq.”)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• Sally Hawkins (“The Shape of Water”)
• Frances McDormand (“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”)
• Margot Robbie (“I, Tonya”)
• Saoirse Ronan (“Lady Bird”)
• Meryl Streep (“The Post”)

Wild Cards: Judy Dench (“Victoria & Abdul”), Jessica Chastain (“Molly’s Game”), Michelle Williams (“All The Money In The World”)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Willem Dafoe (“The Florida Project”)
• Woody Harrelson (“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”)
• Richard Jenkins (“The Shape of Water”)
• Christopher Plummer (“All the Money in the World”)
• Sam Rockwell (“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”)

Wild Cards: Armie Hammer (“Call Me by Your Name”), Michael Stulhburg (“Call Me by Your Name”)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Mary J. Blige (“Mudbound”)
• Hong Chau (“Downsizing”)
• Holly Hunter (“The Big Sick”)
• Allison Janney (“I, Tonya”)
• Laurie Metcalf (“Lady Bird”)

Wild Cards: Octavia Spencer (“The Shape of Water”), Kristin Scott Thomas (“Darkest Hour”), Lesley Manville (“Phantom Thread”)

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Top Photo: Sally Hawkins in "The Shape Of Water" (FOX)