The nominations for the 92nd annual Oscars on February 9th that will be held at the Dolby theater in Los angeles california were released on January 13th 2020.
 
Best Picture 
“Ford v Ferrari” 
“The Irishman” 
“Jojo Rabbit” 
“Joker”
“1917”
“Marriage Story” 
“Parasite” 
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”

Prediction:Marriage Story
Marriage Story is a movie that is the most normal and grounded compared to its contenders like “1917” and “Jojo Rabbit” and is a story people can relate to. Noah Baumbach’s screenplay and directing allow the screen to flood with emotion and makes this movie an easy choice for Best picture.
 
Best Actor in a leading role 
Adam Driver “ Marriage story”
Antonio Banderas “Pain and Glory” 
Leonardo Dicaprio, “Once upon a time’
Joaquin Phoenix “Joker”
Jonathan Pryce “ Two Popes”

Prediction: Joaquin Phoenix 
 Adam Driver gives a great performance in “Marriage Story” but it would be a robbery if Joaquin Phoenix did not get an academy award for his role in “Joker”.Joaquin gives a powerful performance full of emotion throughout Jokers entire runtime and justifies himself this academy award.
 
Best Actress in a Lead role 
Cynthia Erivo “ Harriet”
Scarlett Johansson “ Marriage Story
Charlize Theron “Bombshell”
Renée Zellweger “Judy”
Saoirse Ronan “Little Women”

Prediction:Renée Zellwegger
While Cynthia Erivo & Scarlett Johansson gave great performances respectively the actress that really stands out in this category is Renée Zellwegger in “Judy” scarlett gives an excellent performance and helps give “Judy” legs as a film which the other nominees just don’t do.
Best Actress in a Supporting  role 
Kathy bates “Richard Jewell”
Laura dern “ Marriage Story”
Scarlett johansson “Jojo Rabbit”
Margot robbie “Bombshell”
Florence pugh “ Little Women”

Prediction:Scarlett johansson 
Scarlett Johansson, Scarlett Johansson deserves this oscar because she plays a mother who really helps elevate the performance of Roman Griffin Davis in Jojo Rabbit as does her contemporary Kathy Bates who i could also see getting this
Best Actor in a supporting role 
Tom Hanks “ A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
Anthony Hopkins “ The Two popes 
Al Pacino “ The irishman”
Joe Pesci “ The irishman”
Brad Pitt “ Once upon a time in Hollywood”

Prediction:Tom Hanks 
Tom Hanks really deserves and earns this Oscar because of his performance in “ A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” he really gives this movie life and does such a excellent job playing as Mr.Rogers its almost 1 to 1 as good as he plays this character so it would only be fitting hanks got this Academy award. 
 
Directing 
Martin Scorsese “ The Irishman”
Todd phillips “ Joker” 
Sam Mendes “1917”
Quinten Tarantino “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
Bong Joon Ho  “Parasite”

Prediction:Parasite
Bong Joon Ho immaculately directs parasite, practically every scene and shot is shown in a way that only gives the viewer nothing less than a visual feast along with Joon Hos character blocking this definitely earns itself for a best directed academy award. A honorable mention that would be hard to miss is “1917” this is also a amazingly shot film fit to look like one shot this movie alone is a cinematic feat that being said Sam mendes also earns himself a best directed award very easily 
 
Best Original Screenplay
Rian Johnson “ Knives out”
Noah Baumbach “Marriage Story”
Sam mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns “1917”
Quinten Tarantino “ Once Upon a time in Hollywood”
Bong Joon Ho & Han Jin Won “ Parasite”

Prediction: Marriage Story 
At the very foundation of every movie is its writing and time  comes everything else and in “Marriage Story” this statement is seen to be true in Baumbach’s writing which allows for great performances across the board from Laura Dern, Adam driver and Scarlett johansson. Some honorable mentions in this category surely go to parasites tension filling yet comedic dialogue  and Knives out witty humor that comes at lightning speeds.