2014 Oscar Nominees

Last year was the first year that The Boyfriend and I decided to watch all the Oscar Nominated Films, make our own predictions, and then watch the Oscars live to see how well we do. The 2014 Oscar Nominees were announced last Thursday, and this year we actually have seen most of the films. A full list of the nominees can be found on the Official Site. Here are the nominees in the categories we are considering:

Best Picture

American Hustle (Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, and Jonathan Gordon, Producers) 
Captain Phillips (Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers) 
Dallas Buyers Club (Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers) 
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers) 
Her (Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers) 
Nebraska (Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers) 
Philomena (Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, Producers) 
12 Years a Slave (Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers) 
The Wolf of Wall Street (Nominees to be determined)

Actor in a Leading Role

Christian Bale American Hustle 

Bruce Dern Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club

Actress in a Leading Role

Amy Adams American Hustle  

Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock Gravity
Judi Dench Philomena
Meryl Streep August: Osage County

Actor in a Supporting Role

Barkhad Abdi Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper American Hustle 
Michael Fassbender 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill The Wolf of Wall Street 
Jared Leto Dallas Buyers Club

Actress in a Supporting Role

Sally Hawkins Blue Jasmine 
Jennifer Lawrence American Hustle 
Lupita Nyong'o 12 Years a Slave 
Julia Roberts August: Osage County 
June Squibb Nebraska

Directing

American Hustle David O. Russell 
Gravity Alfonso Cuarón 
Nebraska Alexander Payne 
12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen 
The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese

Writing - Adapted Screenplay 

Before Midnight  (Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke)  

Captain Phillips (Screenplay by Billy Ray) 
Philomena (Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope)

12 Years a Slave (Screenplay by John Ridley)

The Wolf of Wall Street (Screenplay by Terence Winter)

Writing - Original Screenplay

American Hustle (Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell)
Blue Jasmine (Written by Woody Allen)
Dallas Buyers Club (Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack)
Her (Written by Spike Jonze)
Nebraska (Written by Bob Nelson)

 

We have seen everything on this list already. In fact, when the nominations were released, the only one he had not seen at the time was Wolf of Wall Street. We are probably going to add the animated, foreign, and documentary categories to the above list, however I'm pretty sure that I will not be getting through those categories.