Final Complete Oscar Predictions

Best Picture:
1. The Social Network
2. The King’s Speech
3. Black Swan
4. The Fighter
5. Inception
6. Toy Story 3
7. True Grit
8. The Kids Are All Right
9. Winter’s Bone
10. 127 Hours
Alternate: The Town
Should Be Nominated: Blue Valentine

Best Director:
1. David Fincher, The Social Network
2. Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
3. Christopher Nolan, Inception
4. Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
5. David O. Russell, The Fighter
Alternate: Danny Boyle, 127 Hours
Should Be Nominated: Lisa Cholodenko, The Kids Are All Right

Best Lead Actor:
1. Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
2. James Franco, 127 Hours
3. Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
4. Jeff Bridges, True Grit
5. Robert Duvall, Get Low
Alternate: Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Should Be Nominated: Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine

Best Lead Actress:
1. Natalie Portman, Black Swan
2. Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
3. Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
4. Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
5. Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right
Alternate: Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Should Be Nominated: Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

Best Supporting Actor:
1. Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
1. Christian Bale, The Fighter
3. Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
3. Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
5. Sam Rockwell, Conviction
Alternate: Jeremy Renner, The Town
Should Be Nominated: Jack McGee, The Fighter

Best Supporting Actress:
1. Amy Adams, The Fighter
2. Melissa Leo, The Fighter
3. Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
4. Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
5. Lesley Manville, Another Year
Alternate: Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Should Be Nominated: Olivia Williams, The Ghost Writer

Best Original Screenplay:
1. The King’s Speech
2. The Kids Are All Right
3. Inception
4. Black Swan
5. The Fighter
Alternate: Another Year
Should Be Nominated: Blue Valentine

Best Adapted Screenplay:
1. The Social Network
2. Toy Story 3
3. Winter’s Bone
4. True Grit
5. The Ghost Writer
Alternate: 127 Hours
Should Be Nominated: How to Train Your Dragon

Best Animated Feature:
1. Toy Story 3
2. How to Train Your Dragon
3. Despicable Me
Alternate: The Illusionist/Tangled

Best Foreign Language Film:
1. Denmark, In a Better World
2. South Africa, Life Above All
3. Canada, Incendies
4. Sweden, Simple Simon
5. Mexico, Biutiful
Alternate: Algeria, Outside the Law

Best Art Direction:
1. Inception
2. The King’s Speech
3. Alice in Wonderland
4. True Grit
5. The Social Network
Alternates: Shutter Island/Black Swan/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Best Cinematography:
1. Inception
2. True Grit
3. Black Swan
4. The Social Network
5. 127 Hours
Alternates: The King’s Speech/Shutter Island/The Way Back

Best Costume Design:
1. The King’s Speech
2. Alice in Wonderland
3. Black Swan
4. True Grit
5. The Tempest
Alternates: Made in Dagenham/Burlesque/Get Low

Best Film Editing:
1. The Social Network
2. Inception
3. The Fighter
4. Black Swan
5. 127 Hours
Alternates: The King’s Speech/True Grit/Toy Story 3

Best Makeup:
1. Alice in Wonderland
2. The Wolfman
3. True Grit
Alternate: The Fighter/The Way Back/Barney’s Version/Jonah Hex

Best Original Score:
1. The King’s Speech
2. Inception
3. How to Train Your Dragon
4. The Social Network
5. The Ghost Writer
Alternates: Never Let Me Go/127 Hours/TRON: Legacy

Best Original Song:
1. “I See the Light,” Tangled
2. “Shine,” Waiting for “Superman”
3. “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me,” Burlesque
4. “If I Rise,” 127 Hours
5. “We Belong Together,” Toy Story 3
Alternates: “Bound to You,” Burlesque/“Coming Home,” Country Strong/“Sticks & Stones,” How to Train Your Dragon

Best Sound Mixing:
1. Inception
2. The Social Network
3. Toy Story 3
4. TRON: Legacy
5. 127 Hours
Alternates: Salt/Unstoppable/Black Swan/True Grit

Best Sound Editing:
1. Inception
2. Toy Story 3
3. TRON: Legacy
4. 127 Hours
5. Black Swan
Alternates: True Grit/Salt/Unstoppable/Iron Man 2

Best Visual Effects:
1. Inception
2. TRON: Legacy
3. Alice in Wonderland
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
5. Iron Man 2
Alternates: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World/Hereafter

Best Documentary Feature:
1. Inside Job
2. Waiting for “Superman”
3. Waste Land
4. The Tillman Story
5. Exit Through the Gift Shop
Alternates: Restrepo/Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer/Gasland

Best Documentary Short:
1. Strangers No More
2. The Warriors of Qiugang
3. Living for 32
4. Killing in the Name
5. Poster Girl
Alternates: One Thousand Pictures: RFK’s Last Journey/Sun Come Up/Born Sweet

Best Animated Short:
1. Day & Night
2. Coyote Falls
3. Urs
4. The Lost Thing
5. The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger
Alternates: Madagascar, a Journey Diary/Sensology/The Gruffalo/The Silence Beneath the Bark/Let’s Pollute

Best Live Action Short:
1. The Six Dollar Fifty Man
2. Na Wewe
3. Wish 143
4. The Crush
5. Shoe
Alternates: Seeds of the Fall/Little Children, Big Words/The Confession/God of Love/Ana’s Playground