My Final Oscar Winner Predictions

I have sorted the Oscar nominations in order of their likelihood of winning tonight. Last year, my predictions were 100% accurate,  but this year is harder to predict. You'll notice that I didn't predict Foreign Film, Documentary, or any of the Short Subject categories. I don't know or care about the nominations in those categories. I have seen at least one nomination in every category listed below. Now I feel ready for a fun night of honoring great cinema.

Best Picture

1^st Boyhood

2^nd Birdman

3^rd The Grand Budapest Hotel

4^th American Sniper

5^th The Imitation Game

6^th Whiplash

7^th Selma

8^th The Theory of Everything

Best Director

1^st Birdman

2^nd Boyhood

3^rd The Grand Budapest Hotel

4^th The Imitation Game

5^th Foxcatcher

Best Actor

1^st The Theory of Everything (Eddie Redmayne)

2^nd Birdman (Michael Keaton)

3^rd American Sniper (Bradley Cooper)

4^th The Imitation Game (Benedict Cumberbatch)

5^th Foxcatcher (Steve Carrell)

Best Actress

1^st Still Alice (Julianne Moore)

2^nd Gone Girl (Rosamond Pike)

3^rd Wild (Reese Witherspoon)

4^th The Theory of Everything (Felicity Jones)

5^th Two Days, One Night Marion Cotillard)

Best Supporting Actor

1^st Whiplash (J.K. Simmonds)

2^nd Birdman (Edward Norton)

3^rd Boyhood (Ethan Hawke)

4^th Foxcatcher (Mark Ruffalo)

5^th The Judge (Robert Duvall)

Best Supporting Actress

1^st Boyhood (Patricia Arquette)

2^nd Birdman (Emma Stone)

3^rd The Imitation Game (Keira Knightly)

4^th Into the Woods (Meryl Streep)

5^th Wild (Laura Dern)

Best Animated Feature

1^st How to Train Your Dragon 2

2^nd Big Hero 6

3^rd The Tale of the Princess Kagunya

4^th The Boxtrolls

5^th Song of the Sea

Best Original Screenplay

1^st The Grand Budapest Hotel

2^nd Birdman

3^rd Boyhood

4^th Nightcrawler

5^th Foxcatcher

Best Adapted Screenplay

1^st The Imitation Game

2^nd Whiplash

3^rd The Theory of Everything

4^th American Sniper

5^th Inherent Vice

Best Original Song

1^st Selma (“Glory”)

2^nd The Lego Movie (“Everything is Awesome”)

3^rd Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me (“Not Gonna Miss Me”)

4^th Begin Again (“Lost Stars”)

5^th Beyond the Lights (“Grateful”)

Best Original Score

1^st The Theory of Everything

2^nd The Grand Budapest Hotel

3^rd Interstellar

4^th The Imitation Game

5^th Mr. Turner

Best Production Design

1^st The Grand Budapest Hotel

2^nd Into the Woods

3^rd Interstellar

4^th The Imitation Game

5^th Mr. Turner

Best Film Editing

1^st Boyhood

2^nd Whiplash

3^rd The Grand Budapest Hotel

4^th American Sniper

5^th The Imitation Games

Best Cinematography

1^st Birdman

2^nd The Grand Budapest Hotel

3^rd Unbroken

4^th Ida

5^th Mr. Turner

Best Costume Design

1^st The Grand Budapest Hotel

2^nd Into the Woods

3^rd Maleficent

4^th Mr. Turner

5^th Inherent Vice

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

1^st The Grand Budapest Hotel

2^nd Guardians of the Galaxy

3^rd Foxcatcher

Best Sound Mixing

1^st Whiplash

2^nd American Sniper

3^rd Birdman

4^th Interstellar

5^th Unbroken

Best Sound Editing

1^st American Sniper

2^nd Interstellar

3^rd Birdman

4^th Unbroken

5^th The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Best Visual Effects

1^st Interstellar

2^nd Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

3^rd Guardians of the Galaxy

4^th X-Men: Days of Future Past

5^th Captain America: The Winter Soldier