OSCAR PREDICTIONS

I'm going to post 2 lists.  The first will be only based on what I have seen.  The second will me looking forward to the future and who I believe will actually be nominated and win based on what I have seen or what I am hearing about a possible nominee.  All categories are listed alphabetically.

BASED ON MY FAVORITES SO FAR

Best Picture
01. Argo
02. Beasts of the Southern Wild
03. The Dark Knight Rises
04. Django Unchained
05. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
06. Les Miserables
07. Life of Pi
08. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
09. Silver Linings Playbook
10. Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director
1. Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
2. Ben Affleck (Argo)
3. Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)
4. Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)
5. Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)


Best Actor
1. Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
2. Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
3. Denzel Washington (Flight)
4. Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables)
5. Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)


Best Actress
1. Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
2. Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
3. Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
4. Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
5. Rachel Weisz (The Deep Blue Sea)


Best Supporting Actor
1. Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
2. Leonardo DiCaprio (Django Unchained)
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
4. Robert DeNiro (Silver Linings Playbook)
5. Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)

Best Supporting Actress
1. Amy Adams (The Master)
2. Ann Dowd (Compliance)
3. Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
4. Judi Dench (Skyfall)
5. Sally Field (Lincoln)

Best Animated Feature Film
1. Frankenweenie
2. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
3. ParaNorman
4. Rise of the Guardians
5. Wreck-It Ralph



MY PREDICTIONS

Best Picture
1. Argo
2. Les Miserables
3. Life of Pi
4. Lincoln
5. The Sessions
6. Silver Linings Playbook
7. Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director
1. Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
2. Ben Affleck (Argo)
3. Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)
4. Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
5. Tom Hooper (Les Miserables)

Best Actor
1. Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
2. Denzel Washington (Flight)
3. Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables)
4. Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
5. John Hawkes (The Sessions)

Best Actress
1. Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
2. Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
3. Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
4. Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
5. Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Best Supporting Actor
1. Alan Arkin (Argo) 
2. Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
4. Robert DeNiro (Silver Linings Playbook)
5. Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)

Best Supporting Actress
1. Amy Adams (The Master)
2. Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)
3. Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
4. Maggie Smith (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel)
4. Sally Field (Lincoln)

Best Animated Feature Film
1. Brave
2. Frankenweenie
3. ParaNorman
4. Rise of the Guardians
5. Wreck-It Ralph