Pre-Oscar Choices

Before being influenced by Academy voters, here are my favorites for Oscars this year. An updated post will appear once the nominations are out and maybe after I’ve seen a couple more of the designated films.

Best Picture
Drive My Car
Belfast
A Hero
I’m Your Man
Hand of God
Power of the Dog
The Lost Daughter
Don’t Look Up

Best Actor
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Amir Jadidi
Benedict Cumberbatch
Will Smith
Cooper Hoffman

Best Actress
Emilia Jones
Olivia Colman
Caitriona Balfe
Lady Gaga
Penelope Cruz

Supporting Actor
Troy Kotsur
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Dae-Young Jin
Mark Rylance
Jared Leto

Supporting Actress
Jennifer Lawrence
Toko Miura
Jessie Buckley
Luisa Ranieri
Ruth Negga

Director
Todd Haynes
Jane Campion
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Asghar Farhadi
Joel Coen