Oscar Predictions 2020: A Breakdown Of All 24 Academy Awards

The 92nd Academy Awards will take place Sunday to honor the best movies of 2019, capping off an extremely feverish awards season. Will Joaquin Phoenix, Renée Zellweger, Brad Pitt and Laura Dern win the night’s top acting prizes? Will “Joker” prevail with its 11 nominations? Or will foreign-language film “Parasite” steal the show to win Best Picture? We can hardly wait to find out.

In the meantime, we’ve compiled a breakdown of our own predictions. Take a look at Patch's Oscar winner predictions in all 24 categories:

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2020 Oscar Winner Predictions

Best Picture

Predicted Winner: "1917"

The Best Picture race has become quite a showdown between World War I epic “1917” and South Korean noir dramedy “Parasite,” given that the war drama won Best Picture at the Producers Guild Awards (PGA) and the noir film won Best Ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards. However, considering that PGA’s Best Picture award has predicted this Oscars category in all but two of the past 11 years, “1917” has an edge over “Parasite.”

Best Director

Predicted Winner: Sam Mendes, “1917”

This award is Sam Mendes' to lose, having won Best Director at the Directors Guild Awards (DGA). For the past 71 years, except in seven occasions, DGA’s top prize winner has gone on to win the Oscars’ Best Director award.

Best Actor

Predicted Winner: Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker”

It’s been a long time coming for the four-time Oscar-nominated Joaquin Phoenix to win an Academy Award. Having swept the best acting prize for an actor in a leading role across awards season — from the Golden Globes to the British Film Academy Awards (BAFTA) — Phoenix is heavily favored to win for his blistering performance as the titular antihero.

Best Actress

Predicted Winner: Renée Zellweger, “Judy”

Having won the best acting prize for an actress in a leading role across awards season, from the Golden Globes to the BAFTAs, Renée Zellweger is expected to score her second Oscar win for her compelling portrait of a fragile-yet-ferocious cinema icon — 16 years after her Best Supporting Actress win for “Cold Mountain.”

Best Supporting Actor

Predicted Winner: Brad Pitt, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”

This year, Brad Pitt has won Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globes, SAG Awards and BAFTAs, so his fourth-time acting Oscar nomination is ripe for a charming win.

Best Supporting Actress

Predicted Winner: Laura Dern, “Marriage Story”

For her magnificent portrayal of a fierce divorce lawyer in “Marriage Story,” Laura Dern is heavily favored to take home the Oscar after winning all precursor best supporting female lead prizes, including Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice, SAGs and BAFTAs. However, double-nominee Scarlett Johansson can still be a threat to win this category for her role of a caring mother in “Jojo Rabbit.”

Best Adapted Screenplay

Predicted Winner: Taika Waititi, “Jojo Rabbit”

This category is a showdown between Taika Waititi’s film adaptation of Christine Leunens’ 2004 novel, “Caging Skies,” and Greta Gerwig’s film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic, “Little Women.” However, Waititi’s BAFTA win for this category should seal his Oscar victory.

Best Original Screenplay

Predicted Winner: Bong Joon Ho, “Parasite”

Bong Joon Ho’s class satire is the absolute epitome of “Original” in this category. However, Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” is not far behind.

Best Animated Feature

Predicted Winner: “Toy Story 4”

Since Disney’s “Frozen 2” was snubbed in this race, we will have to go with the studio’s fourth film in the “Toy Story” franchise, which has scored respective wins at the PGAs and Critics’ Choice Awards.

Best Documentary Feature

Predicted Winner: “American Factory”

Having won top accolades at the Gotham Awards, DGAs and L.A. Film Critics, Netflix’s film about American-Chinese worker relations is heavily favored to take home the Oscar for this category.

Best International Feature

Predicted Winner: “Parasite”

Should we dare say more? After winning SAG’s Best Ensemble, “Parasite” has the edge over other nominees in this category.

Best Cinematography

Predicted Winner: “1917”

All the writing is on the wall for cinematographer Roger Deakins to win his second Oscar, three years after his Best Cinematography win for “Blade Runner 2049.”

Best Costume Design

Predicted Winner: “Little Women”

Like the Oscars’ previous winners in this category, the style of the costumes in “Little Women” simply radiates an aura of distinctiveness that deliciously resonates with movie fans. Just check out those gorgeous dresses.

Best Film Editing

Predicted Winner: “Ford v Ferrari”

The high-octane film has a resilient heart that beats as fast as 200 mph and an unshakable soul that revs up 7,000 rpms of pure entertainment delight.

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Predicted Winner: “Bombshell”

“Bombshell” has an ace in this category — makeup artist Kazuhiro Tsuji, who won this category for “Darkest Hour” in 2018. Check out his masterful makeup transformation of Charlize Theron into Megyn Kelly. It’s absolutely stunning beyond belief.

Best Original Score

Predicted Winner: “Joker”

Film composer Hildur Guðnadóttir’s respective wins at the BAFTAs, Golden Globes and Critics’ Choice should seal her first-ever Oscar win.

Best Original Song

Predicted Winner: “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again,” “Rocketman”

Simply put: Elton John and Bernie Taupin, the songwriters of the song from “Rocketman,” are legendary in the music world.

“Best Production Design”

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Predicted Winner: “1917”

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” had most of 1969 era re-created; “Parasite” had a sleek modern Seoul home practically built from scratch; and “1917” had the spellbinding war trenches. This is a tough one to call, but in the end, we’ll have to go with our Best Picture pick “1917.”

Best Sound Editing

Predicted Winner: “1917”

Of all the nominated films in this category, including “Ford v Ferrari” and “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker," the sonic effects of “1917” upped the ante the most for this coveted prize.

Best Sound Mixing

Predicted Winner: “1917”

The winner of “Best Sound Editing” usually wins “Best Sound Mixing,” so we’ll go with our Best Sound Editing pick “1917.”

Best Visual Effects

Predicted Winner: “1917”

This is a three-prong race: the de-aging technology employed in “The Irishman” versus the mesmerizing, single-shot take on “1917” versus the computer-generated imaging in “Lion King.” The Best Picture winner usually wins Best Visual Effects, so we’ll go with our Best Picture pick “1917.”

Best Animated Short

Predicted Winner: Hair Love

Featuring the voice of Issa Rae, the animated short is spellbinding from beginning to end.

Best Documentary Short

Predicted Winner: “Learning How to Skateboard in a Warzone”

This is a touching story of Afghan girls trying to cope with their lives in the war-torn city of Kabul. Skateboarding gives them hope, courage and solace to deal with their pain and suffering.

Best Live-Action Short

Predicted Winner: “The Neighbors’ Window”

Surprises abound in this short film about a middle-age woman whose life turns upside down when two free-spirited millennials move in across the street from her house.

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