2011 Academy Award Nomination Predictions

Best Picture

127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

Alternates: Blue Valentine & The Town

Best Director

Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan
Danny Boyle - 127 Hours
David Fincher - The Social Network
Tom Hooper - The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan - Inception

Alternates: Ethan & Joel Coen - True Grit & David O. Russell - The Fighter

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Robert Duvall - Get Low
Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
Colin Firth - The King's Speech
James Franco - 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling - Blue Valentine

Alternates: Jeff Bridges - True Grit & Mark Wahlberg - The Fighter

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman - Black Swan
Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine

Alternates: Julianne Moore - The Kids Are All Right & Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Christian Bale - The Fighter
Andrew Garfield - The Social Network
Sam Rockwell - Conviction
Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech

Alternates: John Hawkes - Winter's Bone & Jeremy Renner - The Town

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams - The Fighter
Helena Bonham-Carter - The King's Speech
Melissa Leo - The Fighter
Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom
Dianne Wiest - Rabbit Hole

Alternates: Barbara Hershey - Black Swan & Lesley Manville - Another Year

Best Animated Film

How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3

Alternates: Despicable Me & Tangled

Best Art Direction

Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Inception
The King's Speech

Alternates: Shutter Island & True Grit

Best Cinematography

Enrique Chediak & Anthony Dod Mantle - 127 Hours
Matthew Libatique - Black Swan
Eduardo Serra - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Wally Pfister - Inception
Roger Deakins - True Grit

Alternates: Robert Richardson - Shutter Island & Jeff Cronenworth - The Social Network

Best Costume Design

Colleen Atwood - Alice in Wonderland
Amy Westcott - Black Swan
Julie Weiss - Get Low
Jenny Beavan - The King's Speech
Mary Zophres - True Grit

Alternates: Mark Bridges - The Fighter & Louise Stjernsward - Made in Dagenham

Best Documentary Feature

Exit Through the Gift Shop
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waiting for Superman
Waste Land

Alternates: Client 9 - The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer & Precious Life

Best Film Editing

Andrew Weisblum - Black Swan
Pamela Martin - The Fighter
Lee Smith - Inception
Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall - The Social Network
Roderick Jaynes (Ethan & Joel Coen) - True Grit

Alternates: Jon Harris - 127 Hours & Tariq Anwar - The King's Speech

Best Makeup

Alice in Wonderland
True Grit
The Way Back

Alternates: The Fighter & The Wolfman

Best Original Score

John Powell - How to Train Your Dragon
Hans Zimmer - Inception
Alexandre Desplat - The King's Speech
Rachel Portman - Never Let Me Go
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - The Social Network

Alternates: A.R. Rahman - 127 Hours & Alexandre Desplat - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Best Original Song

"If I Rise" - 127 Hours
"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" - Burlesque
"I See the Light" - Tangled
"We Belong Together" - Toy Story 3
"Shine" - Waiting for Superman

Alternates: "Bound to You" - Burlesque & "Coming Home" - Country Strong

Best Sound Editing

127 Hours
Black Swan
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
True Grit

Alternates: Shutter Island & The Social Network

Best Sound Mixing

127 Hours
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
The Social Network
True Grit

Alternates: Black Swan & Shutter Island

Best Adapted Screenplay

David Lindsay-Abaire - Rabbit Hole
Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network
Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich - Toy Story 3
Ethan & Joel Coen - True Grit
Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini - Winter's Bone

Alternates: Simon Beaufoy & Danny Boyle - 127 Hours & Robert Harris & Roman Polanski - The Ghost Writer

Best Original Screenplay

Derek Cianfrance, Joey Curtis & Cami Delavigne - Blue Valentine
Eric Johnson, Scott Silver & Paul Tamasy - The Fighter
Christopher Nolan - Inception
Stuart Blumberg & Lisa Cholodenko - The Kids Are All Right
David Seidler - The King's Speech

Alternates: Mike Leigh - Another Year & Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz & John McLaughlin - Black Swan

Best Visual Effects

Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Hereafter
Inception
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Alternates: Iron Man 2 & Tron: Legacy

Best Foreign Language Film

Biutiful (Mexico)
Dogtooth (Greece)
Even the Rain (Spain)
In a Better World (Denmark)
Incendies (Canada)

Alternates: Confessions (Japan) & Life Above All (South Africa)