Oscar Predictions

Best Picture

Brokeback Mountain
Munich
Walk the Line
Good Night and, Good Luck
Cinderella Man

Just Missed: Capote

Wild Card: Match Point


Best Actor

Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line)
Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain)
David Strathairn (Good Night and, Good Luck)
Russell Crowe (Cinderella Man)

Just Missed: Eric Bana (Munich)

Wild Card: George Clooney (Syriana)


Best Actress

Joan Allen (The Upside of Anger)
Felicity Huffman (Transamerica)
Judi Dench (Mrs. Henderson Presents)
Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line)
Charlize Theron (North Country)

Just Missed: Ziyi Zhang (Memoirs of a Geisha)

Wild Card: Kiera Knightly (Pride and Prejudice)


Best Director

Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
Steven Spielberg (Munich)
George Clooney (Good Night and, Good Luck)
James Mangold (Walk the Line)
Woody Allen (Match Point)

Just Missed: David Cronenberg (A History of Violence)

Wild Card: Bennett Miller (Capote)


Best Supporting Actor

Terrence Howard (Crash)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain)
Bob Hoskins (Mrs. Henderson Presents)
Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man)
Geoffrey Rush (Munich)

Just Missed: Matt Dillon (Crash)

Wild Card: Clifton Collins (Capote)


Best Supporting Actress

Scarlett Johansson (Match Point)
Gong Li (Memoirs of a Geisha)
Diane Keaton (The Family Stone)
Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain)
Thandie Newton (Crash)

Just Missed: Maria Bello (A History of Violence)

Wild Card: Amy Adams (Junebug)


Best Original Screenplay

Crash
Good Night and, Good Luck
Match Point
The Squid and The Whale
Cinderella Man

Just Missed: Mrs. Henderson Presents

Wild Card: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada


Best Adapted Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Munich
Walk the Line
A History of Violence

Just Missed: Pride and Prejudice

Wild Card: The Producers


Best Animated Feature

Madagascar
Corpse Bride
Chicken Little
The Wallace and Gromit Movie
Howl’s Moving Castle