2017 Oscar Nominations Predictions (Part 1)

I feel confident that La La Land will lead the nominations, followed by Moonlight and Manchester By The Sea. I also suspect Hidden Figures may do better than expected. (The predictions are in alphabetical order, not order of likeliness.)

BEST PICTURE

Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hidden Figures
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

BEST DIRECTOR

Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)
Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge)
Damien Chazelle (La La Land)
Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)
Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

BEST ACTOR

Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge)
Ryan Gosling (La La Land)
Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic)
Denzel Washington (Fences)

BEST ACTRESS

Amy Adams (Arrival)
Taraji P. Henson (Hidden Figures)
Natalie Portman (Jackie)
Emma Stone (La La Land)
Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)
Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water)
Kevin Costner (Hidden Figures)
Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea)
Dev Patel (Lion)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Viola Davis (Fences)
Naomie Harris (Moonlight)
Nicole Kidman (Lion)
Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures)
Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Arrival
Deadpool
Fences
Hidden Figures
Moonlight

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Hell or High Water
La La Land
The Lobster
Manchester by the Sea
Zootopia

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Kubo and the Two Strings
My Life as a Zucchini
Moana
The Red Turtle
Zootopia

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Land of Mine (Denmark)
Toni Erdmann (Germany)
The Salesman (Iran)
Paradise (Russia)
A Man Called Ove (Sweden)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

The Eagle Huntress
Gleason
OJ: Made in America
13th
Weiner