My Dream Oscar Ballot 2018

For the first time ever, I’d seen every nominee in all eight major categories by the time of awards ceremony. But as per usual, I was way behind on documentaries, foreign language films and animated features (not to mention shorts), so below, find my picks for everything else.

BEST PICTURE
The Big Sick
Call Me by Your Name
Dunkirk
The Florida Project
Get Out
Lady Bird
mother!
Mudbound
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water

BEST DIRECTOR
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Darren Aronofsky, mother!
Dee Rees, Mudbound
Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water

BEST ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Robert Pattinson, Good Time

BEST ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Vicky Krieps, Phantom Thread
Jennifer Lawrence, mother!
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Meryl Streep, The Post

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me by Your Name

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Carla Juri, Blade Runner 2049
Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Big Sick
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Call Me by Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Logan
Molly’s Game
Mudbound

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
mother!
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
I, Tonya
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Victoria & Abdul
Wonder Woman

BEST MAKE-UP & HAIRSTYLING
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
I, Tonya
Victoria & Abdul

BEST SOUND MIXING
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

BEST SOUND EDITING
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

BEST FILM EDITING
Baby Driver
Dunkirk
I, Tonya
mother!
The Shape of Water

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Lost City of Z
Mudbound
The Shape of Water

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Kong: Skull Island
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Dunkirk
Good Time
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Wonderstruck

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Mystery of Love” (Call Me by Your Name)
“The Pure and the Damned” (Good Time)
“This Is Me” (The Greatest Showman)
“Mighty River” (Mudbound)
“PBNJ” (Patti Cake$)

Nominations count:
Baby Driver (3)
The Big Sick (3)
Blade Runner 2049 (6)
Call Me by Your Name (5)
Darkest Hour (1)
The Disaster Artist (1)
Dunkirk (9)
The Florida Project (2)
Get Out (3)
Good Time (3)
The Greatest Showman (1)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (1)
I, Tonya (4)
Kong: Skull Island (1)
Lady Bird (3)
Logan (1)
The Lost City of Z (1)
Molly’s Game (1)
mother! (5)
Mudbound (5)
Patti Cake$ (1)
Phantom Thread (7)
The Post (1)
The Shape of Water (13)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (4)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (4)
Victoria & Abdul (2)
War for the Planet of the Apes (1)
Wonder Woman (1)
Wonderstruck (1)

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