My fearless 2017 Oscar Nomination Predictions

Expect "The Shape of Water" to claim the most Oscar nominations.

Nomination will be announced on Jan. 23; These are just guesses.

Best Picture
Call Me By Your Name
Dunkirk
Get Out
I, Tonya
Lady Bird
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Director
Guillermo del Toro, "The Shape of Water"
Luca Guadagnino, "Call Me By Your Name"
Martin McDonagh, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Christopher Nolan, "Dunkirk"
Jordan Peele, "Get Out"

Best Actor
Timothee Chalamet "Call Me By Your Name"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "Phantom Thread"
James Franco, "The Disaster Artist"
Daniel Kaluuya, "Get Out"
Gary Oldman, "Darkest Hour"

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, "Molly's Game"
Sally Hawkins, "The Shape of Water"
Frances McDormand, "Three Billboards Ouside Ebbing, Missouri"
Margot Robbie, "I, Tonya"
Saoirse Ronan, "Lady Bird"


Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe, "The Florida Project"
Armie Hammer, "Call Me By Your Name"
Woody Harrelson, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Richard Jenkins, "The Shape of Water"
Sam Rockwell, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Best Supporting Actress
Allison Janney, "I, Tonya"
Lesley Manville, "Phantom Thread"
Laurie Metcalf, "Lady Bird"
Kristin Scott Thomas, "Darkest Hour"
Octavia Spencer, "The Shape of Water"

Best Original Screenplay
Get Out
I, Tonya
Lady Bird
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Adapted Screenplay
Call Me By Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Molly's Game
Mudbound
Wonder

Best Animated Feature Film
Birdboy
Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco
Loving Vincent

Best Foreign Language Film
A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
Foxtrot (Israel)
In the Fade (Germany)
Loveless (Russia)
The Square (Sweden)

Best Documentary Feature
Ex Libris- The New York Public Library
Faces Places
Human Flow
Jane
LA 92

Best Cinematography
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Mudbound
The Shape of Water

Best Costume Design
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
I, Tonya
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water

Best Editing
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Darkest Hour
I, Tonya
Wonder

Best Original Score
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

Best Original Song
"Mighty River" from "Mudbound"
"Mystery of Love" from "Call Me By Your Name"
"Prayers for this World" from "Cries from Syria"
"Remember Me" from "Coco"
"This is Me" from "The Greatest Showman"
"Visions of Gideon," Call Me By Your Name (added on Jan. 19 over "Mystery of Love")

Best Production Design
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water

Best Sound
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Best Sound Editing
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Wonder Woman

Best Visual Effects
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes

Predicted number of nominations per film:
The Shape of Water- 13
Dunkirk- 9
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri- 8
Blade Runner 2049- 7
Call Me By Your Name, Darkest Hour and I, Tonya- 6