My Dream Oscar Ballot 2014

I’ll stick with the Academy’s format for this, which means I have to refrain from listing Best Animated Feature, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Documentary Feature. I simply didn’t see enough films to fill up those categories. I’m skipping the shorts as well. Also, I’ll be sticking with what was campaigned for (supporting vs. lead and original vs. adapted) and eligibility rules. That means I’ll be leaving out Upstream Color, despite it deserving many commendations. (If you’re curious, it should be nominated for Best Picture, Director, Actress, Film Editing, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, Score and Cinematography.)

BEST PICTURE
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
About Time
Before Midnight
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Her
The Kings of Summer
Monsters University
The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Spike Jonze, Her
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Joaquin Phoenix, Her

BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Julie Delpy, Before Midnight
Rooney Mara, Side Effects
Shailene Woodley, The Spectacular Now

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Moises Arias, The Kings of Summer
Daniel Brühl, Rush
Kyle Chandler, The Spectacular Now
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Margot Robbie, The Wolf of Wall Street
Octavia Spencer, Fruitvale Station
Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels’ The Butler

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
About Time
Her
The Kings of Summer
The Way, Way Back
The World’s End

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
12 Years a Slave
Before Midnight
Captain Phillips
The Spectacular Now
The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Her
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Elysium
Gravity
Her

BEST MAKE-UP & HAIRSTYLING
American Hustle
Dallas Buyers Club
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
12 Years a Slave
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Post Tenebras Lux
Prisoners

BEST FILM EDITING
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Rush

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
Pacific Rim
Star Trek into Darkness

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Her

Monsters University
Pacific Rim

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Happy,” Despicable Me 2
“The Moon Song,” Her
“Atlas,” The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
“Ordinary Love,” Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
“Here it Comes,” Trance

BEST SOUND MIXING
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Monsters University
Pacific Rim
Rush

BEST SOUND EDITING
Captain Phillips
Elysium
Gravity

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Pacific Rim

Abstain: Animated Feature, Documentary Feature, Foreign Language Film, Live-Action Short, Animated Short, Documentary Short

Not seen: Blue Jasmine, Inside Llewyn Davis, Frozen, Nebraska, Philomena

Nominations count:
12 Years a Slave (9)
About Time (2)
American Hustle (8)
Before Midnight (3)
Captain Phillips (10)
Dallas Buyers Club (2)
Despicable Me 2 (1)
Elysium (2)
Fruitvale Station (1)
Gravity (10)
Her (8)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (3)
Iron Man 3 (1)
The Kings of Summer (3)
Lee Daniels’ The Butler (1)
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (1)
Monsters University (3)
Pacific Rim (4)
Post Tenebras Lux (1)
Prisoners (1)
Rush (3)
Side Effects (1)
The Spectacular Now (3)
Star Trek into Darkness (1)
Trance (1)
The Way, Way Back (1)
The Wolf of Wall Street (6)
The World’s End (1)

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