My Predictions for the 92nd Academy Awards

Dave Wheelroute
Saoirse Ronan Deserves an Oscar
3 min readFeb 7, 2020

Here we go, Little Women.

I unfortunately am unable to give my full thoughts on each category. There is only so much time in this world! But I couldn’t not post my Oscar predictions, right? After all, if I guess perfectly, I need a record to exist of that. But if you are interested in hearing more about the predicted winners, I did a podcast with two dear friends of mine!

Best Visual Effects

Will Win: Avengers: Endgame

Should Win: Avengers: Endgame

Second Choice: 1917

Best Film Editing

Will Win: Ford v. Ferrari

Should Win: The Irishman

Second Choice: Parasite

Best Costume Design

Will Win: Little Women

Should Win: Little Women

Second Choice: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Will Win: Bombshell

Should Win: 1917

Second Choice: Judy

Best Cinematography

Will Win: 1917

Should Win: 1917

Second Choice: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Production Design

Will Win: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Should Win: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Second Choice: Parasite

Best Sound Mixing

Will Win: 1917

Should Win: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Second Choice: Ford v. Ferrari

Best Sound Editing

Will Win: 1917

Should Win: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Second Choice: Ford v. Ferrari

Best Original Song

Will Win: “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from Rocketman

Should Win: “Into the Unknown” from Frozen II

Second Choice: “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” from Toy Story 4

Best Original Score

Will Win: Joker

Should Win: Little Women

Second Choice: Little Women

Best Animated Short Film

Will Win: Kitbull

Should Win: Kitbull

Second Choice: Hair Love

Best Live Action Short Film

Will Win: Brotherhood

Should Win: (the shrug emoji)

Second Choice: Nefta Football Club

Best Documentary Short Subject

Will Win: Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)

Should Win: (the “Who knows?” emoji)

Second Choice: St. Louis Superman

Best Documentary Feature

Will Win: Honeyland

Should Win: (the stop sign emoji)

Second Choice: American Factory

Best International Feature Film

Will Win: Parasite

Should Win: Parasite

Second Choice: Pain and Glory

Best Animated Feature Film

Will Win: Toy Story 4

Should Win: Toy Story 4

Second Choice: Klaus

Best Adapted Screenplay

Will Win: Little Women

Should Win: Little Women

Second Choice: Jojo Rabbit

Best Original Screenplay

Will Win: Parasite

Should Win: Knives Out

Second Choice: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Supporting Actress

Will Win: Laura Dern (Marriage Story)

Should Win: Florence Pugh (Little Women)

Second Choice: Florence Pugh (Little Women)

Best Supporting Actor

Will Win: Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

Should Win: Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

Second Choice: Joe Pesci (The Irishman)

Best Actress

Will Win: Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)

Should Win: Saoirse Ronan (Little Women)

Second Choice: Renee Zellweger (Judy)

Best Actor

Will Win: Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)

Should Win: Adam Driver (Marriage Story)

Second Choice: Adam Driver (Marriage Story)

Best Director

Will Win: Sam Mendes (1917)

Should Win: Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

Second Choice: Bong Joon-ho (Parasite)

Greta Gerwig: Greta Gerwig (Little Women)

Best Picture

Will Win: Parasite

Should Win: Little Women

Second Choice: 1917

I hope everyone has a fun time watching the ceremony this Sunday and remember not to take them too seriously!

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Dave Wheelroute
Saoirse Ronan Deserves an Oscar

Writer of Saoirse Ronan Deserves an Oscar & The Television Project: 100 Favorite Shows. I also wrote a book entitled Paradigms as a Second Language!