| Oscar Predictions The Big Chart |
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| Cinematography | Costumes | Editing | Makeup | Production Design |
VFX | Score | Sound | |
| Awards Daily’s Most Likely |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Sasha Stone, (4/23) Awards Daily |
Mank | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Ryan Adams, Awards Daily |
Mank | Ma Rainey’s | PYW | |||||
| Clarence Moye, (4/22) Awards Daily |
Mank | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Marshall Flores, (4/23) Awards Daily |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Mark Johnson, (4/22) Awards Daily |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Jalal Haddad, (4/22) Awards Daily |
Mank | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| David Phillips, Awards Daily |
Nomadland | Chicago 7 | ||||||
| Megan McLachlan, Awards Daily |
Mank | Chicago 7 | ||||||
| Joey Moser, (4/22) Awards Daily |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Shadan Larki, Awards Daily | Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Jordan Walker, Awards Daily | Nomadland | Chicago 7 | ||||||
| Ben Morris, Awards Daily | Nomadland | Nomadland | ||||||
| Thelma Adams, (4/19) Gold Derby |
Mank | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Erik Anderson, AwardsWatch |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Kyle Buchanan, (4/21) NY Times |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Clayton Davis, (4/21) Variety |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Erik Davis, (4/20) Fandango |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Debbie Day, (4/17) Rotten Tomatoes |
Nomadland | Mank | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Ed Douglas, (4/20) Below the Line |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Midnight Sky | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| A.A. Dowd, (4/22) A.V. Club |
Mank | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Grae Drake, (4/22) Moviefone |
Nomadland | Mank | Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Shawn Edwards, (4/9) WDAF-TV Fox |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Gregory Ellwood, (4/23) The Playlist |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Joyce Eng, (4/19) Gold Derby |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Entertainment Weekly, (4/23) Staff Picks |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| David Fear, (4/21) Rolling Stone |
Mank | Emma | Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Mank | Sound of Metal |
| Scott Feinberg, (4/9) The Hollywood Reporter |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Midnight Sky | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Tim Gray, (4/23) Variety |
Mank | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Pete Hammond, (4/22) Deadline Hollywood |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Cinematography | Costumes | Editing | Makeup | Production Design |
VFX | Score | Sound | |
| Peter Howell, (4/21) Toronto Star |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Matthew Jacobs, (4/19) Huffington Post |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Dave Karger, (4/23) TCM |
Mank | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Tariq Khan, (4/19) Fox News |
Nomadland | Mank | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Susan King, (4/21) Gold Derby |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Tomris Laffly, (4/23) RogerEbert.com |
Mank | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Zach Laws, (4/19) Gold Derby |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Joey Madgison, (4/23) Awards Radar |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Andrea Mandell, (4/2) USA Today |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Mank | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Scott Mantz, (4/21) Collider |
Mank | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Will Mavity, (4/23) Next Best Picture |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Daniel Montgomery, (4/22) Gold Derby |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Wilson Morales, (4/7) BlackFilm |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Midnight Sky | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Michael Musto, (4/18) Queerty |
Mank | Emma | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Matt Neglia, (4/23) Next Best Picture |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Perri Nemiroff, (4/19) Collider |
Mank | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Midnight Sky | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Nikki Novak, (4/23) Fandango |
Mank | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Tom O’Neil, (4/20) Gold Derby |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Michael Patterson, (4/23) Michael’s Telluride Festival Blog |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| David Poland, (4/23) Movie City News |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Hillbilly Elegy | Mank | Tenet | Minari | Sound of Metal |
| Cinematography | Costumes | Editing | Makeup | Production Design |
VFX | Score | Sound | |
| Kevin Polowy, (4/23) Yahoo! |
Nomadland | Emma | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Steve Pond, (4/22) The Wrap |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Claudia Puig, (4/20) KPCC |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Richard Roeper, (4/12) Chicago Sun-Times |
Mank | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Nathaniel Rogers, (4/23) The Film Experience |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Christopher Rosen, (4/18) Gold Derby |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Rotten Tomatoes, (4/22) Staff Picks |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Paul Sheehan, (4/14) Gold Derby |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Keith Simanton, (4/23) IMDb.com |
Mank | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Slant Magazine, (4/19) Staff Picks |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Jeff Sneider, (4/21) Collider |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Jazz Tangcay, (4/21) Variety |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Anne Thompson, (4/16) indieWIRE |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Midnight Sky | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Peter Travers, (4/21) ABC |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Brian Truitt, (4/23) USA Today |
Mank | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Hillbilly Elegy | Mank | Midnight Sky | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Vanity Fair, (4/22) Staff Picks |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Jeffrey Wells, Hollywood Elsewhere |
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| Cathy Whaley, (4/23) The Maven Manifesto |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Sound of Metal | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Glenn Whipp, (4/23) LA Times |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Brian Whisenant, (4/23) AwardsWiz |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Susan Wloszczyna, (4/17) Gold Derby |
Nomadland | Ma Rainey’s | Chicago 7 | Ma Rainey’s | Mank | Tenet | Soul | Sound of Metal |
| Cinematography | Costumes | Editing | Makeup | Production Design |
VFX | Score | Sound | |
