The Oscars 2014

Best Picture Nominees

12 Years a Slave ★★★★½ (Predicted Winner)

American Hustle ★★★½

Captain Phillips

Dallas Buyers Club ★★★★

Gravity ★★★★½ 

Her ★★★★★ (Personal Pick)

Nebraska

Philomena ★★★★

The Wolf of Wall Street ★★★★½

Best Picture Snubs

Blue Jasmine ★★★★

Inside Llewyn Davis

Mud ★★★★½

Rush

Worthy of Best Picture Nomination

Adore ★★★★½

August: Osage County ★★★★½

Francis Ha ★★★★★ (My Favourite of 2013)

The Hunt ★★★★½

The Past ★★★★½

Prisoners ★★★★½

The Spectacular Now ★★★★½

Upstream Colour ★★★★½

Best Director Nominees

Alexander Payne - Nebraska

Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity ★★★★½ (My Personal Pick)

David O. Russell - American Hustle ★★★½

Martin Scorsese - The Wolf of Wall Street ★★★★½

Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave ★★★★½ (Predicted Winner)

Best Actor

Bruce Dern - Nebraska

Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave ★★★★½

Christian Bale - American Hustle ★★★½

Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street ★★★★

Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club ★★★★½ (Predicted Winner + Personal Fav)

Best Actor Snubs

Mads Mikkelsen - The Hunt ★★★★★ (My favourite of 2013)

Idris Elba - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Joaquin Phoenix - Her ★★★★½

Oscar Isaac - Inside Llewyn Davis

Robert Redford - All Is Lost

Tom Hanks - Captain Phillips

Worthy of Best Actor Nomination

Hugh Jackman - Prisoners ★★★★

Miles Teller - The Spectacular Now ★★★★

Best Actress
Amy Adams - American Hustle ★★★★

Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine (Predicted Winner + My Favourite of 2013) ★★★★★
Judi Dench - Philomena ★★★★★

Meryl Streep - August: Osage Country ★★★★½
Sandra Bullock - Gravity ★★★★

Best Actress Snubs

Berenice Bejo - The Past ★★★★★
Emma Thompson - Saving Mr. Banks

Greta Gerwig - Francis Ha ★★★★★
Naomi Watts - Adore (My Favourite) ★★★★★

Shailene Woodley - The Spectacular Now ★★★★½

Best Supporting Actor 
Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper - American Hustle ★★★★
Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club ★★★★★ (Predicted Winner + My Favourite to Win)
Jonah Hill - The Wolf of Wall Street ★★★★½
Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave ★★★★★

Supporting Actor Snubs
Ali Mosaffa - The Past ★★★★½
Daniel Bruhl - Rush
Jacob Lofland - Mud ★★★★
Matthew McConaughey - Mud ★★★★½
Nick Offerman - The King's of Summer (My Favourite of 2013) ★★★★★
Steve Coogan - Philomena ★★★★

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle (Predicted Winner) ★★★½

Julia Roberts - August: Osage Country ★★★★½
June Squibb - Nebraska
Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave (My Personal Pick) ★★★★★
Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine ★★★★★

Supporting Actress Snubs

Deborah Mailman - The Sapphires ★★★★

Jennifer Garner - Dallas Buyers Club ★★★½

Nicole Kidman - Stoker ★★★★

Robin Wright - Adore ★★★★★ (My Favourite of 2013)

Scarlett Johansson - Don Jon ★★★½

The Hunt (Jagten)

Best Foreign Language Film
The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Hunt (Denmark) ★★★★½ (My Favourite of 2013)
The Missing Picture (Cambodia)
Omar (Palestine)

Blue is the Warmest Colour

Foreign Language Film Snubs
Blue is the Warmest Colour (France)
The Past ★★★★½ (Iran)
The Rocket (Australia)
The Wind Rises (Japan)

The Wind Rises

Best Animated Feature Film
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest and Celestine
Frozen (Predicted Winner)
The Wind Rises

Animated Film Snubs
Monsters University - Dan Scanlon ★★★½

Her

Best Original Screenplay 

American Hustle  ★★★½
Blue Jasmine ★★★★★
Dallas Buyers Club ★★★★
Her ★★★★★ (Predicted Winner and Personal Pick)
Nebraska

Upstream Colour

Original Screenplay Snubs
Gravity  ★★★★
Frances Ha ★★★★★ (Favourite of 2013)
The Past ★★★★½
Upstream Colour ★★★★★

12 Years a Slave

Best Adapted Screenplay

12 Years a Slave ★★★★½ (Predicted Winner and Personal Pick)
Before Midnight
Captain Phillips
Philomena ★★★★½
The Wolf of Wall Street ★★★★½

August: Osage County

Adapted Screenplay Snubs

August: Osage County ★★★★½ (My Favourite of 2013) 

Mud ★★★★½

Best Cinematography

The Grandmaster

Gravity ★★★★★  (Predicted Winner)
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Prisoners ★★★★★ (Personal Pick)

Adore

Cinematography Snubs

12 Years a Slave ★★★★★

Adore ★★★★★ (My Favourite of 2013)

Francis Ha ★★★★½

The Great Gatsby★★★★
Her ★★★★★

The Kings of Summer ★★★★½

Mud ★★★★½

American Hustle ★★★★

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ★★★★½

Gravity

Best Visual Effects
Gravity ★★★★★ (Predicted Winner, My Favourite of 2013)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ★★★★½
Iron Man 3
The Long Ranger
Star Trek: Into Darkness

Visual Effects Snubs
Oz the Great and Powerful ★★★★★
Elysium ★★★★
The Great Gatsby ★★★

The Act of Killing

Best Documentary Feature
20 Feet From Stardom
The Act of Killing ★★★★½ (Personal Pick and My Favourite)
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square

Documentary Feature Snubs!!!
Blackfish ★★★★★ (My Favourite of 2013)

The Great Gatsby

Best Costume Design
12 Years a Slave ★★★★
American Hustle ★★★★ (Predicted Winner)
The Grandmaster
The Great Gatsby ★★★★½ (Personal Pick)
The Invisible Woman

Costume Design Snubs
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ★★★★★
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ★★★★★ (My Favourite of 2013)
Oz the Great and Powerful ★★★★★

Biggest Snub of 2013

Best Original Song
Alone Yet Not Alone - Alone Yet Not Alone
Happy - Despicable Me 2
Let It Go - Frozen ★★★★ (Predicted Winner)
The Moon Song - Her ★★★★ (Personal Pick)
Ordinary Love - Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom

Original Song Snubs!!!
Young and Beautiful - The Great Gatsby (My Favourite)

12 Years a Slave

Best Original Score

The Book Thief - John Williams ★★★½
Gravity - Steven Price ★★★★ (Predicted Winner)
Her - Arcade Fire ★★★★★ (My Favourite of 2013)
Philomena - Alexandre Desplat ★★★★★
Saving Mr. Banks - Thomas Newman ★★★

Original Score Snubs
12 Years a Slave - Hans Zimmer ★★★★ (Personal Pick)
Mud - David Wingo ★★★★
August: Osage County - Gustavo Santaolalla ★★★★
The Kings of Summer - Ryan Miller ★★★★★ 

Thanks for Reading! What are your picks?