The nominations for the 2021 Academy Awards have been released this morning, and you can see the full list below along with our picks to win. There’s been some criticism from a lack of female director nominees in the past, but this year that has definitely changed. Some great choices this time around, and it’s clear this past year was a good year for films…. who would you pick to win? Noticeable omissions in the Best Picture category include ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI and of course MA’S RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM, both of which got Best Acting noms. Will MANK sweep? Maybe MINARI or THE FATHER? Will Chadwick Boseman finally get his well-deserved Oscar, posthumously?? ABC will broadcast the show live on Sunday, April 25, 2021.

I always note, for what it’s worth, the picks defined below of what we think will win are not necessarily what we think should win, rather what we expect will win…

Best Picture:
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland – our pick to WIN!
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Director
Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round
David Fincher – Mank
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Chloe Zhao – Nomadland – our pick to WIN!
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman

Best Actor
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – our pick to WIN!
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Gary Oldman – Mank
Steven Yeun – Minari

Best Actress
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman – our pick to WIN!

Best Supporting Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah – our pick to WIN!
Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
LaKeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – our pick to WIN!
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman – The Father
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari

Best Original Screenplay
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – our pick to WIN!

Best Adapted Screenplay
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father
Nomadland – our pick to WIN!
One Night in Miami
The White Tiger

Best Animated Film
Onward
Over the Moon
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul – our pick to WIN!
Wolfwalkers

Best Documentary
Collective
Crip Camp – our pick to WIN!
The Mole Agent
My Octopus Teacher
Time

Best International Feature Film
Another Round – our pick to WIN!
Better Days
Collective
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Quo Vadis Aida?

Best Editing
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal – our pick to WIN!
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Cinematography
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank – our pick to WIN!
News of the World
Nomadland
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Visual Effects
Love and Monsters
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Tenet – our pick to WIN!

Best Costume Design
Emma
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – our pick to WIN!
Mank
Mulan
Pinocchio

Best Production Design
The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – our pick to WIN!
Mank
News of the World
Tenet

Best Score
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Soul – our pick to WIN!

Best Original Song
“Fight for You” – Judas and the Black Messiah
“Hear My Voice” – The Trial of the Chicago 7
“Husavik” – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
“Io Si (Seen)” – The Life Ahead
“Speak Now” – One Night in Miami – our pick to WIN!

Best Make-Up and Hairstyling
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – our pick to WIN!
Mank
Pinocchio

Best Sound
Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
Sound of Metal – our pick to WIN!

Best Animated Short
Burrow – our pick to WIN!
Genius Loci
If Anything Happens I Love You
Opera
Yes-People

Best Documentary Short Subject
Colette – our pick to WIN!
A Concerto is a Conversation
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha

Best Live-Action Short Film
Feeling Through
The Letter Room
The Present
Two Distant Strangers
White Eye – our pick to WIN!

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