Congrats to this year's winner, Charles Robinson, with a score of 94!
For anyone who is not yet aware, the Oscars will be announced this coming Sunday night, March 4th, starting at 8:00 pm EST, but until then, you get a chance to win $300 bucks courtesy of JoBlo.com (as well as 'bragging rights', of course) if you are the person who ends up predicting the Oscars the best. This will be our 18th ANNUAL OSCAR PREDICTION CONTEST on JoBlo.com, which is now running directly on the Golden Schmoes section of our website.
All you need to do is enter your name or username, as well as a valid email address (if you put a phony one, we won't be able to email you if you win – we don't do anything else with 'em), and then choose your picks from a list. The highest score that you can attain is 100, you can see the list of nominees and their point values below, along with the basic contest guidelines. Once you SUBMIT your picks, you will be able to PRINT them for yourself afterwards. Good luck!!
RULES OF THE CONTEST:
1) Your guesses should be for those movies/people who you think WILL win the Oscar, not who you think should win! A very clear difference.
2) Points will be allotted to each category as specified below. Whoever ends up with the most points….well, wins!
3) In case of a tie, the winner will be selected at random and others in the tie will receive $50 each.
4) If you haven't included a valid email address with your picks, we won't be able to email you if you win, hence, you automatically forfeit the prize to the next person on the list.
5) The contest begins on February 28th and ends on March 4th at 6 pm (EST). The Oscars will be handed out on March 4th beginning at 8:00 pm (EST).
You can check out the full list of nominations below (as well as their assigned points for the contest)!
BEST PICTURE (10 points)
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
THE DARKEST HOUR
DUNKIRK
GET OUT
LADY BIRD
THE PHANTOM THREAD
THE POST
THE SHAPE OF WATER
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
BEST ACTOR (8 points)
Timothee Chalamet – CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
Daniel Day-Lewis – PHANTOM THREAD
Daniel Kaluuya – GET OUT
Gary Oldman – THE DARKEST HOUR
Denzel Washington – ROMAN J. ISRAEL
BEST ACTRESS (8 points)
Sally Hawkins – THE SHAPE OF WATER
Frances McDormand – THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Margot Robbie – I, TONYA
Saoirse Ronan – LADY BIRD
Meryl Streep – THE POST
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (6 points)
Willem Dafoe – THE FLORIDA PROJECT
Woody Harrelson – THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Richard Jenkins – THE SHAPE WATER
Christopher Plummer – ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD
Sam Rockwell – THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (6 points)
Mary J. Blige – MUDBOUND
Allison Janney – I, TONYA
Lesley Manville- PHANTOM THREAD
Laurie Metcalf – LADY BIRD
Octavia Spencer- THE SHAPE OF WATER
BEST DIRECTOR (8 points)
Christopher Nolan – DUNKIRK
Jordan Peele – GET OUT
Greta Gerwig – LADY BIRD
Paul Thomas Anderson – PHANTOM THREAD
Guillermo del Toro – THE SHAPE OF WATER
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (6 points)
THE BIG SICK – Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
GET OUT – Jordan Peele
LADY BIRD – Greta Gerwig
THE SHAPE OF WATER – Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI – Martin McDonagh
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (6 points)
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME – James Ivory
THE DISASTER ARTIST – Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
LOGAN (!!) – Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green; Story by James Mangold
MOLLY'S GAME – Aaron Sorkin
MUDBOUND – Dee Rees & Virgil Williams
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (5 points)
BLADE RUNNER 2049 – Roger Deakins
THE DARKEST HOUR – Bruno Delbonnel
DUNKIRK – Hoyte van Hoytema
MUDBOUND – Rachel Morrison
THE SHAPE OF WATER – Dan Laustsen
BEST COSTUME DESIGN (3 points)
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – Jacqueline Durran
THE DARKEST HOUR – Jacqueline Durran
PHANTOM THREAD – Mark Bridges
THE SHAPE OF WATER – Luis Sequeira
VICTORIA AND ABDUL – Consolata Boyle
BEST SOUND MIXING (2 points)
BABY DRIVER
BLADE RUNNER 2049
DUNKIRK
THE SHAPE OF WATER
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
BEST SOUND EDITING (2 points)
BABY DRIVER
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
DUNKIRK
BLADE RUNNER 2049
THE SHAPE OF WATER
BEST FILM EDITING (2 points)
BABY DRIVER
DUNKIRK
I, TONYA
THE SHAPE OF WATER
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE, EBBING MISSOURI
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS (3 points)
BLADE RUNNER 2049
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2
KONG: SKULL ISLAND
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING (2 points)
THE DARKEST HOUR
VICTORIA AND ABDUL
WONDER
BEST ORIGINAL SONG (3 points)
Mystery of Love – CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
Remember Me – COCO
Stand Up for Something – MARSHALL
Mighty River – MUDBOUND
This is Me – THE GREATEST SHOWMAN
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (3 points)
DUNKIRK – Hans Zimmer
PHANTOM THREAD – Johnny Greenwood
THE SHAPE OF WATER – Alexandre Desplat
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI – John Williams
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI – Carter Burwell
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM (3 points)
THE BOSS BABY
THE BREADWINNER
COCO
FERDINAND
LOVING VINCENT
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM (1 point)
DEAR BASKETBALL
GARDEN PARTY
LOU
NEGATIVE SPACE
REVOLTING RHYMES
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM (1 point)
DEKALB ELEMENTARY
THE ELEVEN O'CLOCK
MY NEPHEW EMMET
THE SILENT CHILD
WATU WOTE/ALL OF US
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT (1 point)
EDITH+EDDIE
HEAVEN IS A TRAFFIC JAM ON THE 405
HEROIN(E)
KNIFE SKILLS
TRAFFIC STOP
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE (2 points)
FACES PLACES
ICARUS
LAST MEN IN ALEPPO
STRONG ISLAND
ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM (4 points)
A FANTASTIC WOMAN, Chile
THE INSULT, Lebanon
LOVELESS, Russia
ON BODY AND SOUL, Hungary
THE SQUARE, Sweden
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN (2 points)
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
BLADE RUNNER 2049
THE DARKEST HOUR
DUNKIRK
THE SHAPE OF WATER