Final Oscar Nominees Predictions!

Hi! I've put down my own predictions for this year. They are a bit braver, than you might expect, but who knows? I hope I get at least one upset right (because I have them among my predictions more). The films are written in the order of what I think is the probability of their nomination. Enjoy!

best picture:
Boyhood
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
American Sniper
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Gone Girl
Foxcatcher
alt.: Selma, Nightcrawler

directing:
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Alejandro Gonzáles Iňárritu – Birdman
Morten Tyldum – The Imitation Game
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Clint Eastwood – American Sniper
alt.: Ava DuVernay – Selma, David Fincher – Gone Girl

original screenplay:
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Birdman
Boyhood
Selma
Foxcatcher
alt.: Nightcrawler

adapted screenplay:
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
Whiplash
American Sniper
The Theory of Everything
alt.: Wild

leading actor:
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Bradley Cooper – American Sniper
alt.: Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler, David Oyelowo – Selma

leading actress:
Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
Amy Adams – Big Eyes
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
Reese Witherspoon - Wild
alt.: Jennifer Aniston - Cake

supporting actor:
J.K. Simmons – Whiplash
Edward Norton – Birdman
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
alt.: Robert Duvall – The Judge, Tom Wilkinson – Selma

supporting actress:
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Meryl Streep – Into the Woods
Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
Emma Stone – Birdman
Naomi Watts - St. Vincent (or Birdman)
alt.: Tilda Swinton - Snowpiercer, Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year

cinematography:
Birdman
Unbroken
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Mr. Turner
alt.: Insterstellar, Gone Girl

art direction:
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Into the Woods
Big Eyes
Snowpiercer
alt.: Interstellar, Mr. Turner, unbroken

costume design:
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Into the Woods
Big Eyes
Maleficent
Mr. Turner
alt.: The Theory of Everything, Birdman

makeup:
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
alt.: The Theory of Everything

sound mixing:
American Sniper
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Birdman
Unbroken
alt.: Guardians of the Galaxy, Get On Up

sound editing:
American Sniper
Interstellar
Unbroken
Guardians of the Galaxy
Godzilla
alt.: Fury, The Lego Movie, Into the Woods

film editing:
Birdman
Boyhood
Whiplash
The Imitation Game
Gone Girl
alt.: American Sniper, The Grand Budapest Hotel

original song:
Selma – Glory
The Lego Movie – Everything Is Awesome
Begin Again – Lost Stars
Big Eyes – Big Eyes
The song from Glen Campbell documentary
alt.: Noah – Mercy Is, Annie – Opportunity

original score:
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything
Gone Girl
Interstellar
Big Eyes
alt.: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Snowpiercer

visual effects:
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Interstellar
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit no. 3
Godzilla
alt.: Captain America 2, Transformers 4, or 5?