Oscar Predictions 2017: Patch's Picks For Best Picture, Best Director And More

The moment of truth is upon us! The nominations for the 89th annual Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at 5:18 a.m. PST/8:18 a.m. ET.

Listed below are our predictions for the nominees of the major categories, including Best Picture and Best Director, among others. By all means, they are not based on any statistical analysis. Like investment stocks, we believe that past performances of any particular film genre do not guarantee future results. Hence, we would like to offer our gut-feeling predictions.

BEST PICTURE

• “La La Land”
• “Moonlight”
• “Manchester by the Sea”
• “Arrival”
• “Lion”
• “Hidden Figures”
• “Hacksaw Ridge”
• “Hell or High Water”
• “Fences”

Wild Cards: “Sully,” “Loving,” “20th Century Women”

BEST DIRECTOR

• Damien Chazelle (“La La Land”)
• Barry Jenkins (“Moonlight”)
• Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester by the Sea”)
• Denis Villeneuve (“Arrival”)
• Jeff Nichols (“Loving”)

Wild Cards: Denzel Washington (“Fences”), Tom Ford (“Nocturnal Animals”), Martin Scorsese (“Silence”)

BEST ACTRESS

• Emma Stone (“La La Land”)
• Natalie Portman (“Jackie”)
• Amy Adams (“Arrival”)
• Isabelle Huppert (“Elle”)
• Meryl Streep (“Florence Foster Jenkins”)

Wild Cards: Annette Bening (“20th Century Women”), Ruth Negga (“Loving”), Emily Blunt (“The Girl on the Train”), Taraji P. Henson (“Hidden Figures”)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Viola Davis ("Fences”)
• Michelle Williams (“Manchester by the Sea”)
• Naomie Harris (“Moonlight”)
• Nicole Kidman (“Lion”)
• Octavia Spencer (“Hidden Figures”)

Wild Cards: Greta Gerwig (“20th Century Women”), Janelle Monae (“Hidden Figures”)

BEST ACTOR

• Casey Affleck (“Manchester by the Sea”)
• Denzel Washington (“Fences”)
• Ryan Gosling (“La La Land”)
• Andrew Garfield (“Hacksaw Ridge”)
• Viggo Mortensen (“Captain Fantastic”)

Wild Cards: Andrew Garfield (“Silence”), Jake Gyllenhaal (“Nocturnal Animals”), Joel Edgerton (“Loving”)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Mahershala Ali (“Moonlight”)
• Jeff Bridges (“Hell or High Water”)
• Dev Patel (“Lion”)
• Lucas Hedges (“Manchester by the Sea”)
• Aaron Taylor-Johnson (“Nocturnal Animals”)

Wild Cards: Hugh Grant (“Florence Foster Jenkins”), Ben Foster (“Hell or High Water”), Kevin Costner (“Hidden Figures”), Simon Helberg (“Florence Foster Jenkins”)

The 89th edition of the Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, Feb. 26, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on ABC.

See also: "The 13 Best Movies of 2016"