--- title: 2019 Oscar Predictions: Here's Who Will Win description: TIME predicts the winners of the 91st Academy Awards, from "Roma" and "A Star Is Born" to "BlackKklansman" and "The Favourite." canonical: https://time.com/5528004/2019-oscars-predictions/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-02-21T14:34:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:57:16.341Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Here's Who Will Win at the 2019 Oscars og:description: Will Green Book or Roma prevail? 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Feb 21, 2019 2:34 PM UTC On Feb. 24, the [91st Academy Awards](http://time.com/5517545/everything-to-know-2019-oscars/) will cap off a strange and [contentious season](http://time.com/5530295/2019-oscars-ceremony-mess/), during which [squabbles about the ceremony](http://time.com/5528531/oscars-cut-categories/) itself at times distracted from the movies, performers and craftspeople actually up for awards. As the 2019 Oscars approach, it’s time to make final predictions as to who will take home the trophies. Could Marvel make a play for Best Picture with [_Black Panther_](http://time.com/black-panther/)? Does Glenn Close, after leaving [six previous Oscars ceremonies empty-handed](http://time.com/3669168/oscar-snubs/), finally have one in the bag? As 2017’s [historic _Moonlight_ win](http://time.com/4683998/oscars-2017-moonlight-la-la-land-mix-up/) proved, nothing’s sealed until the credits roll, but that doesn’t stop us from placing our bets. Here are TIME’s predictions for top categories at the 2019 Oscars. ## Best Picture  Yalitza Aparicio, Roma Netflix _Black Panther_ _BlacKkKlansman_ _Bohemian Rhapsody_ _The Favourite_ _Green Book_ **_Roma_**_A Star Is Born_ _Vice_ If you look at the movies recognized by the various professional guilds in Hollywood—_Black Panther_ (Screen Actors Guild), _Green Book_ (Producers Guild), _Roma_ (Directors Guild), _Bohemian Rhapsody_ (dramatic) and _The Favourite_ (comedic)(American Cinema Editors)—it’s pretty clear that there’s no consensus pick for Best Picture this year. (The Writers Guild winners, _Eighth Grade_ for Original Screenplay and _Can You Ever Forgive Me?_ for Adapted, aren’t even present in this year’s field of nominees.) But of the two movies that have risen to the top, _Green Book_ and _Roma_, we’re betting on Alfonso Cuarón’s personal story over Peter Farrelly’s feel-good but [contentious](http://time.com/5527806/green-book-movie-controversy/) dramedy. It would be really something for a black-and-white, Spanish-language Netflix movie to take home Best Picture, but this one has the momentum to do it. **Read More:** [The Real History Behind the Movie _Roma_](http://time.com/5478382/roma-movie-mexican-history/) ## Actress in a Leading Role  Jonathan Pryce, who plays Close’s famous novelist spouse in The Wife, says the actor “scared the bejesus out of me in Fatal Attraction” Graeme Hunter Pictures Yalitza Aparicio, _Roma_ **Glenn Close,** **_The Wife_**Olivia Colman, _The Favourite_Lady Gaga, _A Star Is Born_ Melissa McCarthy, _Can You Ever Forgive Me?_ There was a time, back in October, when it looked like this one might belong to Gaga. And then, when Olivia Colman charmed the audience at the Golden Globes and again, more recently, at the BAFTAs, it seemed like the British actor might finally get her long overdue international recognition. But no one is more overdue than Glenn Close, who has been nominated for six Academy Awards before this go-around and never won. Close set her now unstoppable train in motion with a heartfelt Golden Globes speech that compared her mother’s unsung story to that of her character in _The Wife_, and it’s highly probable that Academy voters want to see her onstage Sunday night to put the finishing touches on this narrative. **Read More:** [Glenn Close Is One Step Closer to an Oscar With _The Wife_](http://time.com/5368855/glenn-close-the-wife/) ## Actor in a Leading Role  L-R: Joe Mazzello (John Deacon), Ben Hardy (Roger Taylor), Rami Malek (Freddie Mercury), and Gwilym Lee (Brian May) star in Twentieth Century Fox’s Bohemian Rhapsody Twentieth Century Fox Christian Bale, _Vice_ Bradley Cooper, _A Star Is Born_ Willem Dafoe, _At Eternity’s Gate_ **Rami Malek,** **_Bohemian Rhapsody_**Viggo Mortenesen, _Green Book_ Rami Malek has taken home a Golden Globe, a SAG award and a BAFTA for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury. In the meantime, Bradley Cooper’s awards season momentum has all but come to a halt, Viggo Mortensen [put his foot in his mouth](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/viggo-mortensen-says-sorry-using-n-word-q-a-1159813) and Christian Bale never really picked up steam after winning the Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical. (Willem Dafoe, though a happy surprise in this category, has never been a frontrunner.) Especially after Malek finally addressed the [Bryan Singer controversy](http://time.com/5495937/bohemian-rhapsody-bryan-singer-controversy/)—about which the _Bohemian Rhapsody_ team’s silence was beginning to become deafening—Malek is poised to win. **Read More:** [Rami Malek Rises Above _Bohemian Rhapsody_‘s Messy Excess](http://time.com/5435386/bohemian-rhapsody-review/) ## Actress in a Supporting Role  King shines as Tish’s mother, who is dedicated to helping the couple Annapurna Pictures Amy Adams, _Vice_ Marina De Tavira, _Roma_ **Regina King,** **_If Beale Street Could Talk_**Emma Stone, _The Favourite_ Rachel Weisz, _The Favourite_ Supporting Actress is an interesting category this year: This marks Amy Adams’ sixth nomination ([#JusticeforAmyAdams](https://twitter.com/hashtag/justiceforamyadams) is a sentiment shared by many on Twitter). _Roma_‘s Marina de Tavira was one of the biggest surprises the day the nominations were announced. Weisz got a boost when she won a BAFTA earlier this month. And Regina King was shut out of the SAGs entirely. But King, who started the season with the majority of critics associations’ awards and took home the Globe, still feels like a lock for her portrayal of a fiercely loving mother in Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of James Baldwin’s _Beale Street_. Her win is also a nice way for the Academy to recognize the film, which didn’t make the cut in the Best Picture field despite being an acclaimed and moving follow-up to Jenkins’ 2017 Best Picture winner _Moonlight_. **Read More:** [Barry Jenkins Wants You to Read James Baldwin](http://time.com/5472338/barry-jenkins-james-baldwin/) ## Actor in a Supporting Role  Viggo Mortensen as Tony Vallelonga and Mahershala Ali as Donald Shirley in Green Book, directed by Peter Farrelly. Universal Pictures **Mahershala Ali,** **_Green Book_**Adam Driver, _BlacKkKlansman_ Sam Elliott, _A Star Is Born_ Richard E. Grant, _Can You Ever Forgive Me?_ Sam Rockwell, _Vice_ If there’s anyone who could pull out a surprise win for Supporting Actor, it’s Richard E. Grant, who has proven as [charming](https://twitter.com/RichardEGrant/status/1094771313577783296) [throughout](https://twitter.com/RichardEGrant/status/1090256751520145408) awards season as his character in _Can You Ever Forgive Me?_ is (minus the ethically dubious hustling). Although his performance has been almost universally lauded, Mahershala Ali has been relatively quiet on the Oscars campaign trail, in the face of [conversations about _Green Book_‘s authenticity](http://time.com/5527806/green-book-movie-controversy/) and criticism of its attitude toward racism. But it looks like Ali is going to win his second Oscar in the space of three years, a repeat victory that would be the fastest since Tom Hanks won [back-to-back Best Actor Oscars](https://www.goldderby.com/article/2019/mahershala-ali-green-book-oscar-predictions-best-supporting-actor-news-735180246/) for _Philadelphia_ and _Forrest Gump_ in the mid-1990s. **Read More:** [The Movie _Green Book_ Is Named for a Real Guide to Travel in a Segregated World. Its Real History Offers a Key Lesson for Today](http://time.com/5457827/green-book-history/) ## Directing Spike Lee, _BlacKkKlansman_ [Pawel Pawlikowski](http://time.com/5273921/cannes-review-cold-war-pawlikowski/), _Cold War_ Yorgos Lanthimos, _The Favourite_ **Alfonso Cuarón,** [**_Roma_**](http://time.com/5378254/venice-review-alfonso-cuaron-roma/)Adam McKay, _Vice_ If you are putting money on this category, the oddsmakers will tell you to put it on Alfonso Cuarón, who won the award five years ago for _Gravity_. Cuarón won Best Director for _Roma_ at the Golden Globes and the Directors Guild of America awards, and the film is a frontrunner in several categories. But don’t discount the possibility of a surprise upset by Spike Lee, who’s nominated in this category for the first time ever and for whom a win would be, to many, a kind of vindication. **Read More:** [Spike Lee Wants _BlacKkKlansman_ to Wake American Up](http://time.com/longform/blackkklansman-spike-lee/) ## Writing (Adapted Screenplay)  Adam Driver stars as Flip Zimmerman and John David Washington as Ron Stallworth in Spike Lee’s BlacKkKLansman, a Focus Features release. David Lee—Focus Features _The Ballad of Buster Scruggs_ **_BlacKkKlansman_**_Can You Ever Forgive Me?_ _If Beale Street Could Talk_ _A Star Is Born_ But if you’d prefer not to hold your breath for Lee in the Best Director field, look for him and his co-writers in the Adapted Screenplay category instead. Though _Can You Ever Forgive Me?_ took home top honors in this category from the Writers Guild of America, the entire Academy votes on awards (not just specific branches), and Lee’s adaptation of Ron Stallworth’s memoir about infiltrating a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado in 1979 appears to have more weight behind it as the final deadline for voting arrives. **Read More:** [Cannes Review: Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman Is the Movie We Need Now—And It’s Funny, Too](http://time.com/5277624/blackkklansman-review-spike-lee-cannes/) ## Writing (Original Screenplay)  Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman in The Favourite. Twentieth Century Fox **_The Favourite_**_First Reformed_ _Green Book_ _Roma_ _Vice_ It’s quite possible that _Green Book_‘s more easygoing, crowd-pleasing (to a point) sensibility will win over voters here. But we’ll bet on _The Favourite_‘s acerbic, witty take on the power dynamic between Queen Anne and the two companions jockeying for her favor. All three actors were nominated for Oscars but it’s more likely we’ll see the award go to the writers who put the words in their mouths. **Read More:** [_The Favourite_ Is a Wicket Delight Filled With Marvelous Performances](http://time.com/5382740/the-favourite-review/) ## Animated Feature Film  Miles Morales is voiced by Shameik Moore in "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" Sony _Incredibles 2_ _Isle of Dogs_ _Mirai_ _Ralph Breaks the Internet_ **_Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse_** Pixar has a very good, if not spotless, track record in this category, which was first handed out in 2002\. But the animation studio is unlikely to follow up _The Incredibles_‘ 2005 win with one for its sequel. Instead, look for some fresh energy inserted into the field when _Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse_ takes home a little gold man for bringing something new not just to the well-worn Spidey suit, but to animation itself. **Read More:** [Why We’ll Never Stop Getting More Spider-Man Movies](http://time.com/5472316/new-spider-man-movies/) ## Cinematography _Cold War_ _The Favourite_ _Never Look Away_ **_Roma_**_A Star Is Born_ There’s more attention on the Oscar for Best Cinematography this year than there has been in some time, thanks largely to the now-reversed decision to hand out the award during a commercial break. It’s also an unusually international year for the field, with three foreign-language films in the mix. But expect this one to go to Cuarón, who tapped himself as director of photography for _Roma_ when his usual collaborator, Emmanuel Lubezki, was unavailable. **Read More:** [Venice Review: Alfonso Cuarón’s _Roma_ Is Glorious, Tender Filmmaking](http://time.com/5378254/venice-review-alfonso-cuaron-roma/) ## Documentary (Feature)  RBG, one of this summer’s knockout documentaries, chronicles the adventures of another kind of superhero: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Magnolia Pictures _Free Solo_ _Hale County This Morning, This Evening_ _Minding the Gap_ _Of Fathers and Sons_ **_RBG_** Expect this one to be a toss-up between the free-climbing nail-biter _Free Solo_ and Ruth Bader Ginsburg picture _RBG._ Though it’s a more conventional documentary, _RBG_ might just eke out a win, thanks to the statement it allows Academy voters to make following a tumultuous few months for the Supreme Court. **Read More:** [3 Things We Learned from the New Ruth Bader Ginsburg Documentary](http://time.com/5247283/ruth-bader-ginsburg-rbg/)  Behind the scenes of ROMA by director Alfonso Cuarón. Carlos Somonte—Netflix ## Foreign Language Film _Capernaum_ _Cold War_ _Never Look Away_ **_Roma_**_Shoplifters_ The only scenario in which _Roma_ doesn’t win this award is the one in which voters feel they’ve given it enough love for its directing, cinematography and overall achievement in the Best Picture field and make some room for the much lauded _Cold War_. But it’s hard to imagine a film that’s nominated in 10 categories not winning the one which, in less inclusive years past, might have been its only shot. ## Music (Original Score)  Layne and James light up If Beale Street Could Talk with a love that’s tested by society’s ills Annapurna Pictures _Black Panther_ _BlacKkKlansman_ **_If Beale Street Could Talk_** _Isle of Dogs_ _Mary Poppins Returns_ Nicholas Britell’s gorgeous, emotional soundtrack to _If Beale Street Could Talk_ is central to the film’s ability to communicate its story of a pure and resilient love. It’s even been, according to one Twitter user, the soundtrack to one baby’s entrance into the world. The biggest threat is probably _Black Panther_, but look for Britell, who was also nominated in 2017 for _Moonlight_, to take home his first Oscar. > [](https://twitter.com/BarryJenkins/status/1082327286320263168) ## Music (Original Song)  Clay Enos—Warner Bros. “All the Stars” — _Black Panther_ “I’ll Fight” — _RBG_ “The Place Where Lost Things Go” — _Mary Poppins Returns_ **“Shallow” —** **_A Star Is Born_**“When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” — _The Ballad of Buster Scruggs_ Early in the season, prognosticators thought _A Star Is Born_ might sweep Oscar Sunday as easily as Jackson Maine swept Ally out of a drag bar and onto the big stage. But the only category in which it’s likely to win—and extremely likely, at that—is this one. A win for Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt and Benjamin Rice might be the surest bet of the night—even though “[Always Remember Us This Way](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Voo86mlxZvA)” is the movie’s true unsung hit. **Read More:** [How _A Star Is Born_‘s Music Hit the Sweet Spot](http://time.com/5498917/a-star-is-born-music/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5528004/2019-oscars-predictions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5528004/2019-oscars-predictions/"},"headline":"Here's Who Will Win at the 2019 Oscars","datePublished":"2019-02-21T14:34:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:57:16.341Z","description":"Will 'Green Book' or 'Roma' prevail? 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