2019 Stars & Popcorn List of Oscar Predictions (and Winners)

Oscar Predictions by Film Geeks for Film Geeks!

The Academy Awards are nearly upon us, which means it’s time for Stars & Popcorn to once again bring you, my adoring fans, my 2019 Oscar predictions! 2018 might have been a pretty big year, but it’s going nothing on 2019 as one of the biggest movies of the years, Black Panther battles for a place in history against some truly incredible films. Which means I’m in a particularly tight spot where I have to decide whether to make picks with my head or my heart. So, just like last year, I’m going to be offering up picks for who I think will win each category as well as who I want to win. That’s why you’ll see below each category that there’s a prediction of who the winner will be along with a place for who the winner should be. So, after weeks of analysis and throwing some darts randomly at a board, here are Stars & Popcorn’s 2018 Oscar Predictions!*

Now updated to include the winners as well!

*Stars & Popcorn is not responsible for any losses you incur in your Oscar betting pool. I’m a film geek, not a profit. Plus I have no idea what the Academy is thinking half the time either.

Original Score:

Oscar Predictions: Black Panther 
What Should Win:  Black Panther
Winner: Black Panther

Original Song:

  • All The Stars, Black Panther
  • I’ll Fight, RBG
  • The Place Where Lost Things Go, Mary Poppins Returns
  • Shallow, A Star Is Born
  • When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Oscar Predictions: Shallow
What Should Win: All The Stars
Winner: Shallow

Cinematography:

Oscar Predictions: Roma
What Should Win: The Favourite
Winner: Roma

Film Editing:

Oscar Predictions: The Favourite
What Should Win: BlacKkKlansman
Winner: Bohemian Rhapsody

Sound Editing:

  • Black Panther
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • A Quiet Place
  • Roma
Oscar Predictions: First Man
What Should Win: A Quiet Place
Winner: Bohemian Rhapsody

Sound Mixing:

  • Black Panther
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • First Man
  • Roma
  • A Star Is Born
Oscar Predictions: Black Panther
What Should Win: Black Panther
Winner: Bohemian Rhapsody

Production Design:

  • The Favourite
  • Black Panther
  • First Man
  • Mary Poppins Returns
  • Roma
Oscar Predictions: Black Panther
What Should Win: Black Panther
Winner: Black Panther

Makeup and Hair:

Oscar Predictions: Vice
What Should Win: Vice
Winner: Vice

Costume Design:

  • The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
  • Black Panther
  • The Favourite
  • Mary Poppins Returns
  • Mary Queen of Scots
Oscar Predictions: The Favourite
What Should Win: Black Panther
Winner: Black Panther

Visual Effects:

Oscar Predictions: First Man
What Should Win: Avengers: Infinity War  
Winner: First Man

Adapted Screenplay:

  • The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
  • BlacKkKlansman
  • Can You Ever Forgive Me?
  • If Beale Street Could Talk
  • A Star Is Born
Oscar Predictions: BlacKkKlansman
What Should Win: If Beale Street Could Talk
Winner: BlacKkKlansman

Original Screenplay:

  • The Favourite
  • First Reformed
  • Green Book
  • Roma
  • Vice
Oscar Predictions: First Reformed  
What Should Win: Green Book
Winner: Green Book

Best Live Action Short Film:

  • Detainment
  • Fauve
  • Marguerite
  • Mother
  • Skin
Oscar Predictions: Detainment
What Should Win: Detainment
Winner: Skin