2013 Oscar Nomination Predictions

Awards season is officially upon us! With the Golden Globes right around the corner, it's almost time for us to find out the nominees for this year's Academy Awards. It's been a wonderful year for movies, and the difficulty that comes along with trying to predict who and what is going to be nominated reflects that -- especially since, unlike the past few years, it's much harder to pinpoint a clear frontrunner. Of course there are some sure-fire locks at this point; I would be shocked out of my mind if Argo, Lincoln, and Zero Dark Thirty don't all get nominated. But hey, you never know, right? So being the awards show nut that I am, I decided to put together my predictions of what films are going to be fighting for those coveted gold statues on February 24th:


Best Picture:

Argo
Lincoln
Life of Pi
Les Miserables
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director:

Ben Affleck - Argo
Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
Ang Lee - Life of Pi
Tom Hooper - Les Miserables
Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty

Best Actor:

Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
John Hawkes - The Sessions

Best Actress:

Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Marion Cotillard - Rust and Bone
Naomi Watts - The Impossible
Emmanuelle Riva - Amour

Best Supporting Actor:

Alan Arkin - Argo
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
Javier Bardem - Skyfall
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - The Master

Best Supporting Actress:

Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
Amy Adams - The Master
Helen Hunt - The Sessions
Sally Field - Lincoln
Helen Mirren - Hitchcock

Best Original Screenplay:

Zero Dark Thirty
Django Unchained
Moonrise Kingdom
The Master
Looper

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Argo
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Life of Pi