| Picture | Director | Actor | Actress | S. Actor | S. Actress | A. Screenplay | O. Screenplay | |
| AwardsDaily’s Most Likely | Three Billboards | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Three Billboards |
| Sasha Stone [AD] | Three Billboards | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Ryan Adams [AD] | Shape of Water | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Jazz Tangcay [AD] | Shape of Water | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Joey Moser [AD] | Get Out | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Brian Whisenant (AwardsWhiz) | Three Billboards | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Jalal Haddad [AD] | Shape of Water | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Glenn Whipp (LAT) | Three Billboards | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Three Billboards |
| Kris Tapley (Variety) | Shape of Water | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Scott Feinberg (Hollywood Rep) | Shape of Water | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Mike Hogan (Vanity Fair) | Get Out | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Pete Hammond (Deadline) | Shape of Water | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Ed Douglas | Get Out | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Three Billboards |
| Krista Smith | Get Out | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Jeff Wells | Three Billboards | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Kyle Buchanan (Vulture) | Three Billboards | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Three Billboards |
| Jack Matthews | Shape of Water | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Metcalf | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Brian Truitt | Three Billboards | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Adnan Virk | Three Billboards | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Three Billboards |
| Peter Travers | Three Billboards | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Three Billboards |
| Kevin Polowy | Get Out | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Dafoe | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Anne Thompson (Indiewire) | Shape of Water | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Metcalf | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Susan Wloszczyna | Shape of Water | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Erik Davis | Get Out | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | Mudbound | Get Out |
| Andrea Mandell | Shape of Water | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Dafoe | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Tom O’Neil | Three Billboards | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Three Billboards |
| Tariq Kahn | Three Billboards | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Three Billboards |
| Matthew Jacobs | Get Out | Del Toro | Chalamet | McDormand | Rockwell | Metcalf | CMBYN | Three Billboards |
| Tim Gray | Shape of Water | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Metcalf | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Joyce Eng | Shape of Water | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Michael Musto | Three Billboards | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Metcalf | CMBYN | Three Billboards |
| Sara Vilkomerson | Shape of Water | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Metcalf | CMBYN | Lady Bird |
| Bonnie Fuller | Three Billboards | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Three Billboards |
| Christopher Rosen | Lady Bird | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Grae Drake | Shape of Water | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Three Billboards |
| Thelma Adams | Three Billboards | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| David Poland | Three Billboards | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Mark Olson | Shape of Water | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Greg Ellwood | Shape of Water | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Steve Pond (The Wrap) | Shape of Water | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Three Billboards |
| Nathaniel Rogers (TFE) | Three Billboards | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Dave Karger | Get Out | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Three Billboards |
| Pete Howell | Shape of Water | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Brian Whisenant | Three Billboards | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Scott Mantz | Three Billboards | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Get Out |
| Keith Simanton | Three Billboards | Del Toro | Oldman | McDormand | Rockwell | Janney | CMBYN | Three Billboards |
