The Script Lab’s 2015 Oscar Predictions

The Oscars are this Sunday and it's time to lock in those predictions. 

As with every year, there are locks (cough, cough Julianne Moore and J.K. Simmons) and there are toss-ups. The battle between Best Adapted Screenplay (The Imitation Game vs. Whiplash) will be a hell of a moment. 

Our predicted winners are bolded; and remember to tweet us with your predictions @TheScriptLab. 

Best Picture

American Sniper

Boyhood 

Birdman

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Selma 

The Theory of Everything

Whiplash

Best Director

Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman

Richard Linklater, Boyhood

Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher

Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Morten Tydlum, The Imitation Game

Best Actor

Steve Carell, Foxcatcher

Bradley Cooper, American Sniper

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game

Michael Keaton, Birdman

Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best Actress

Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night

Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything

Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Best Supporting Actor

Robert Duvall, The Judge

Ethan Hawke, Boyhood

Edward Norton, Birdman

Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher

J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Laura Dern, Wild

Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game

Emma Stone, Birdman

Meryl Streep, Into the Woods

Best Original Screenplay

Birdman, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo (possible dark horse)

Boyhood, Richard Linklater

Foxcatcher, E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman

The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness

Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy

Best Adapted Screenplay

American Sniper, Jason Hall

The Imitation Game, Graham Moore

Inherent Vice, Paul Thomas Anderson

The Theory of Everything, Anthony McCarten

Whiplash, Damien Chazelle (serious dark horse)

Best Film Editing

American Sniper

Boyhood

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Whiplash

Best Animated Feature

Big Hero 6

The Boxtrolls

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Song of the Sea

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Best Foreign Language Film

Ida

Leviathan

Tangerines

Timbuktu

Wild Tales

Best Documentary

Citizenfour

Finding Vivian Maier

Last Days in Vietnam

Virunga

The Salt of the Earth

Best Cinematography

Birdman, Emmanuel Lubezki

The Grand Budapest Hotel, Robert Yeoman

Ida, Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski

Mr. Turner, Dick Pope

Unbroken, Roger Deakins

Best Production Design

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Interstellar

Into the Woods

Mr. Turner

Best Original Score

The Grand Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat

The Imitation Game, Alexandre Desplat

Interstellar, Hans Zimmer

Mr. Turner, Gary Yershon

The Theory of Everything, Jóhann Jóhannsson

Best Original Song

"Everything Is Awesome" from The Lego Movie; Music and Lyrics by Shawn Patterson

"Glory" from Selma; Music and Lyrics by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn

"Grateful" from Beyond the Lights; Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren

"I’m Not Gonna Miss You" from Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me; Music and Lyrics by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond

"Lost Stars" from Begin Again; Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois

Best Costume Design

The Grand Budapest Hotel, Milena Canonero

Inherent Vice, Mark Bridges

Into the Woods, Colleen Atwood

Maleficent, Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive

Mr. Turner, Jacqueline Durran

Best Visual Effects

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Guardians of the Galaxy

Interstellar

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Best Sound Mixing

American Sniper

Birdman

Interstellar

Unbroken

Whiplash

Best Sound Editing

American Sniper

Birdman

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Interstellar

Unbroken

Best Makeup

Foxcatcher

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Guardians of the Galaxy