Скотт Файнберг опубликовал свой оскаровский прогноз от 11 декабря. Итак, вот кого он видит в числе номинантов:

Best Picture
1. Spotlight
2. The Martian
3. The Revenant
4. Brooklyn
5. The Big Short
6. Bridge of Spies
7. Room
8. Straight Outta Compton
9. Carol
10. The Danish Girl

Best Director
1. Ridley Scott, 'The Martian'
2. AG Innaritu, 'The Revenant'
3. Thomas McCarthy, 'Spotlight'
4. Steven Spielberg, 'Bridge of Spies'
5. Todd Haynes, 'Carol'

Best Actor
1. Leonardo DiCaprio, 'The Revenant'
2. Eddie Redmayne, 'The Danish Girl'
3. Matt Damon, 'The Martian'
4. Will Smith, 'Concussion'
5. Michael Fassbender, 'Steve Jobs'

Best Actress
1. Brie Larson, 'Room'
2. Saoirse Ronan, 'Brooklyn'
3. Cate Blanchett, 'Carol'
4. Jennifer Lawrence, 'Joy'
5. Charlotte Rampling, '45 Years'

Best Supporting Actor
1. Sylvester Stallone, 'Creed'
2. Christian Bale, 'The Big Short'
3. Mark Rylance, 'Bridge of Spies'
4. Idris Elba, 'Beasts of No Nation'
5. Michael Keaton, 'Spotlight'

Best Supporting Actress
1. Alicia Vikander, 'The Danish Girl'
2. Rooney Mara, 'Carol'
3. Kate Winslet, 'Steve Jobs'
4. Helen Mirren, 'Trumbo'
5. Rachel McAdams, 'Spotlight'

Best Original Screenplay
1. Spotlight
2. Inside Out
3. The Hateful Eight
4. Bridge of Spies
5. Ex Machina

Best Adapted Screenplay
1. The Martian
2. The Revenant
3. Brooklyn
4. Room
5. Steve Jobs

Best Animated Feature
1. Inside Out
2. Anomalisa
3. The Good Dinosaur
4. Shaun the Sheep Movie
5. The Peanuts Movie

Best Foreign Film
1. Son of Saul
2. Mustang
3. The Brand New Testament
4. Labyrinth of Lies
5. The Second Mother

Best Original Score
1. The Danish Girl
2. The Hateful Eight
3. Carol
4. Spotlight
5. Star Wars

Best Original Song
1. 'See You Again' (Furious 7)
2. 'Till It Happens To You' (The Hunting Ground)
3. 'One Kind of Love' (Love and Mercy)
4. 'Simple Song #3' (Youth
5. 'Flashlight' (Pitch Perfect 2)

Best Visual Effects
1. Star Wars
2. jurassic World
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. The Walk
5. The Martian

Лучшие ленты года по версии Mark Kermode (Observer):

Top-10:
Головоломка (Inside Out), реж. Пит Доктер, Роналдо Дель Кармен 
Девушка возвращается одна ночью домой (A Girl Walk Home Alone at Night), реж. Ана Лили Амирпур
Девичество (Bande de filles), реж. Селин Скьямма
Кэрол (Carol), реж. Тодд Хейнс
Падение (The Falling), реж. Кэрол Морли
Песнь моря (Song of the Sea), реж. Томм Мур
Бруклин (Brooklyn), реж. Джон Краули
Песнь заката (Sunset Song), реж. Теренс Дэвис
Экстаз Вилко Джонсона (The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson), реж. Джульен Темпл
Сказание о принцессе Кагуя (Kaguyahime no monogatari), реж. Исао Такахата

Лучшие ленты года по версии Kenneth Turan:

1. Brooklyn

In alphabetical order:
“Amy”
“The Big Short”
“Bridge of Spies”
“Carol”
“45 Years”
“Inside Out”
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
“The Martian”
“Room”
“Son of Saul”
“Spotlight”
“Steve Jobs”
“Testament of Youth”

Best Picture: Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Animated Feature: Inside Out
Best Film Not in the English Language: The Assassin (Taiwan)
Best Documentary: The Look of Silence
Best Director: George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Best Actor: Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett (Carol)
Best Supporting Actor: Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina)
Best Supporting Actress: Rooney Mara (Carol)
Best Original Screenplay: Spotlight (Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Carol (Phyllis Nagy)
Best Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road (Margaret Sixel)
Best Cinematography: Mad Max: Fury Road (John Seale)

Best Picture: “Spotlight”
Best Director: George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Best Original Screenplay: “Love & Mercy”
Best Adapted Screenplay: “Brooklyn”
Best Actor: Paul Dano, “Love & Mercy”
Best Actress: Saoirse Ronan, “Brooklyn”
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Shannon, “99 Homes”
Best Supporting Actress: Mya Taylor, “Tangerine”
Best Animated Feature: “Anomalisa”
Best Foreign Language Film: “Son of Saul”
Best Documentary: “Listen to Me Marlon”
Best Cinematography: John Seale, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Best Production Design: Judy Becker; Heather Loeffler, “Carol”
Best Film Editing: Margaret Sixel, “Mad Max: Fury Road”