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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Peter Bradshaw

Oscars 2020 predictions: who will win?

Who will take home the coveted prizes?
Who will take home the coveted prizes? Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images

Best picture

Will win: 1917

Should win: The Irishman

Shoulda been a contender: Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Best director

Will win: Bong Joon-ho for Parasite.

Should win: Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Shoulda been a contender: Greta Gerwig for Little Women

Best actor

Will win: Joaquin Phoenix for Joker

Should win: Adam Driver for Marriage Story

Shoulda been a contender: Eddie Murphy for Dolemite Is My Name

Best actress

Will win: Renée Zellweger for Judy

Should win: Saoirse Ronan for Little Women

Shoulda been a contender: Yong Mei for So Long, My Son

Saoirse Ronan in Little Women.
Saoirse Ronan in Little Women. Photograph: Wilson Webb/Sony

Best supporting actor

Will win: Brad Pitt for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Should win: Joe Pesci for The Irishman

Shoulda been a contender: Robert Pattinson for The Lighthouse

Best supporting actor

Will win: Kathy Bates for Richard Jewell

Should win: Laura Dern for Marriage Story

Shoulda been a contender: Tilda Swinton for The Souvenir

Best animated feature

Will win: Klaus

Should win: I Lost My Body

Shoulda been a contender: A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

Best adapted screenplay

Will win: Steven Zaillian for The Irishman

Should win: Greta Gerwig for Little Women

Shoulda been a contender: Edward Norton for Motherless Brooklyn

Dev Patel in The Personal History of David Copperfield.
Dev Patel in The Personal History of David Copperfield. Photograph: Lionsgate

Best original screenplay

Will win: Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won for Parasite

Should win: Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Shoulda been a contender: Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel and Katie Silberman for Booksmart

Best cinematography

Will win: Roger Deakins for 1917

Should win: Roger Deakins for 1917

Shoulda been a contender: Mike Gioulakis for Us

Best documentary

Will win: Honeyland

Should win: For Sama

Shoulda been a contender: The Great Hack

Hatidze Muratova in Honeyland.
Hatidze Muratova in Honeyland. Photograph: AP

Best international feature film

Will win: Parasite

Should win: Parasite

Shoulda been a contender: Beanpole

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