My Final Oscar Predictions!

Best Picture

Avatar
Bright Star
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
Precious: Based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire
Up
Up in the Air

JUST MISSED THE CUT: A Serious Man

Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
James Cameron - Avatar
Lee Daniels - Precious: Based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

JUST MISSED THE CUT: Clint Eastwood - Invictus

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Morgan Freeman - Invictus
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker

JUST MISSED THE CUT: Viggo Mortensen - The Road

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
Abbie Cornish - Bright Star
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

JUST MISSED THE CUT: Helen Mirren - The Last Station

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Alfred Molina - An Education
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

JUST MISSED THE CUT: Anthony Mackie - The Hurt Locker

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Marion Cotillard - Nine
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Mo'Nique - Precious: Based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire
Julianne Moore - A Single Man

JUST MISSED THE CUT: Penélope Cruz - Nine

Best Adapted Screenplay

District 9
An Education
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Precious: Based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire
Up in the Air

JUST MISSED THE CUT: In the Loop

Best Original Screenplay

(500) Days of Summer
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up

JUST MISSED THE CUT: Bright Star

Best Animated Film

Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ponyo
The Princess and the Frog
Up

JUST MISSED THE CUT: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Best Art Direction

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Inglourious Basterds
The Lovely Bones
Nine
Sherlock Holmes

JUST MISSED THE CUT: Avatar

Best Cinematography

Bright Star
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Lovely Bones
Nine

JUST MISSED THE CUT: Avatar

Best Costume Design

Bright Star
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria

JUST MISSED THE CUT: Coco avant Chanel

Best Documentary Feature

Burma VJ
The Cove
Every Little Step
Food, Inc.
Valentino: The Last Emperor

Best Film Editing

Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire
Up in the Air

JUST MISSED THE CUT: District 9

Best Foreign Film

A Prophet (France)
Samson & Delilah (Australia)
The Secret of Her Eyes (Argentina)
The White Ribbon (Germany)
Winter in Wartime (Netherlands)

Best Makeup

District 9
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
The Road

JUST MISSED THE CUT: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Best Original Score

Avatar
Coco avant Chanel
The Informant!
Sherlock Holmes
Up

JUST MISSED THE CUT: A Single Man

Best Original Song

"The Weary Kind" - Crazy Heart
"Cinema Italiano" - Nine
"Take it All" - Nine
"I Can See in Colour" - Precious: Based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire
"Almost There" - The Princess and the Frog

JUST MISSED THE CUT: "Down in New Orleans" - The Princess and the Frog

Best Sound Editing

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District 9
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek
Up

JUST MISSED THE CUT: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Best Sound Mixing

Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek
Up

JUST MISSED THE CUT: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Best Visual Effects

Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

JUST MISSED THE CUT: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

*I have not included my thoughts on the Doc Shorts and Animated Shorts because I have no idea what I'm talking about when it comes to those categories. And no just missed the cuts for Foreign Film and Documentary Feature because of the same reason