FINAL OSCAR PREDICTIONS!

Title speaks for itself. Listed in order of who I think will win to who I think is least likely to win.

BEST PICTURE

1. Spotlight
2. The Revenant
3. The Martian
4. The Big Short 
5. Mad Max: Fury Road 
6. Brooklyn
7. Room
8. Bridge of Spies

BEST DIRECTOR*

1. Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
2. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - The Revenant
3. George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Adam McKay - The Big Short
5. Lenny Abrahamson - Room

* = Right now McCarthy and Inarritu are tied to win this. It could honestly go to either. 

BEST ACTOR

1. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
2. Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
3. Matt Damon - The Martian
4. Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl
5. Bryan Cranston - Trumbo

BEST ACTRESS

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Sylvester Stallone - Creed
2. Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
3. Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight
4. Christian Bale - The Big Short
5. Tom Hardy - The Revenant

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs
2. Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
3. Rooney Mara - Carol
4. Rachel McAdams - Spotlight
5. Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. Spotlight
2. Inside Out
3. Bridge of Spies
4. Ex Machina
5. Straight Outta Compton

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. The Big Short
2. Room
3. Carol
4. The Martian
5. Brooklyn

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Bridge of Spies
3. The Martian
4. The Danish Girl
5. The Revenant

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. The Revenant
3. Sicario
4. Carol
5. The Hateful Eight

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Cinderella
3. The Danish Girl
4. Carol
5. The Revenant

BEST FILM EDITING

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. The Revenant
3. Spotlight
4. The Big Short
5. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. The Revenant 
3. The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

BEST SOUND EDITING

1. The Martian
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
4. The Revenant
5. Sicario

BEST SOUND MIXING

1. The Martian
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
4. The Revenant
5. Bridge of Spies

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. The Martian
3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
4. Ex Machina
5. The Revenant

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

1. The Hateful Eight
2. Carol
3. Sicario
4. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
5. Bridge of Spies

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

1. "Till It Happens to You" - The Hunting Ground
2. "Writing's on the Wall" - Spectre
3. "Simple Song #3" - Youth
4. "Manta Ray" - Racing Extinction
5. "Earned It" - Fifty Shades of Grey

BEST ANIMATED FILM

1. Inside Out
2. Anomalisa
3. Shaun the Sheep Movie
4. Boy & the World
5. When Marnie Was There 

BONUS PREDICTIONS:
Documentary: Amy
Foreign Film: Son of Saul