2018 Oscar Predictions by Stars & Popcorn

Oscar predictionsBest Documentary Short Subject:

  • Edith+Eddie, Laura Checkoway and Thomas Lee Wright
  • Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405, Frank Stiefel
  • Heroin(e), Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon
  • Knife Skills, Thomas Lennon
  • Traffic Stop, Kate Davis and David Heilbroner

Oscar Predictions: Heroin(e), Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon

What Should Win: Knife Skills, Thomas Lennon


Oscar predictionsAnimated Short:

  • Dear Basketball, Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant
  • Garden Party, Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon
  • Lou, Dave Mullins and Dana Murray
  • Negative Space, Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata
  • Revolting Rhymes, Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer

Oscar Predictions: Lou, Dave Mullins and Dana Murray

What Should Win: Revolting Rhymes, Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer


Oscar predictionsBest Documentary Feature:

  • Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, Steve James, Mark Mitten, and Julie Goldman
  • Faces Places, JR, Agnès Varda and Rosalie Varda
  • Icarus, Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan
  • Last Men in Aleppo, Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed, and Soren Steen Jepersen
  • Strong Island, Yance Ford and Joslyn Barnes

Oscar Predictions: Icarus, Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan

What Should Win: Icarus, Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan


Oscar predictionsBest Foreign Language Film:

  • A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
  • The Insult (Lebanon)
  • Loveless (Russia)
  • On Body and Soul (Hungary)
  • The Square (Sweden)

Oscar Predictions: A Fantastic Woman (Chile)

What Should Win: The Square (Sweden)


Oscar predictionsAnimated Feature:

  • The Boss Baby, Tom McGrath and Ramsey Ann Naito
  • The Breadwinner, Nora Twomey and Anthony Leo
  • Coco, Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson
  • Ferdinand, Carlos Saldanha
  • Loving Vincent, Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Sean Bobbitt, Ivan Mactaggart, and Hugh Welchman

Oscar Predictions: Coco, Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson

What Should Win: Coco, Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson


Oscar predictionsSupporting Actor:

  • 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

Oscar Predictions: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project

Who Should Win: Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World


Oscar predictionsSupporting Actress:

  • Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
  • Allison Janney, I, Tonya
  • Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
  • Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
  • Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water

Oscar Predictions: Allison Janney, I, Tonya

Who Should Win: Allison Janney, I, Tonya


Oscar predictionsLead Actor:

  • Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
  • Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
  • Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
  • Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
  • Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Oscar Predictions: Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

Who Should Win: Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour


Oscar predictionsLead Actress:

  • 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

Oscar Predictions: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Who Should Win: Margot Robbie, I, Tonya


Oscar predictionsDirector:

  • Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan
  • Get Out, Jordan Peele
  • Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig
  • Phantom Thread, Paul Thomas Anderson
  • The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro

Oscar Predictions: The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro

Who Should Win: Get Out, Jordan Peele


Oscar predictionsBest Picture:

Oscar Predictions: The Shape of Water

What Should Win: Get Out


There is plenty of room for upsets this year though and there’s no telling when you might get a curveball thrown at you during the ceremony. Make sure you follow Stars & Popcorn on Twitter since there will be live tweeting during the Academy Awards. Be sure to comment below what you think of the Oscar predictions for this year, and make sure you share some of your own predictions as well!