*Huge amounts of guess work and some wishful thinking involved
Best Picture
Boyhood
Birdman
American Sniper
Whiplash
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Best Director
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Best Actor
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Michael Keaton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Best Actress
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Night
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Best Supporting Actor
JK Simmons, Whiplash
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
Edward Norton, Birdman
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Foreign Language Film
Ida
Leviathan
Wild Tales
Tangerines
Timbuktu
Cinematography
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Emmanuel Lubezki
Ida, Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski
Unbroken, Roger Deakins
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Robert Yeoman
Mr. Turner, Dick Pope
Adapted Screenplay
Whiplash
American Sniper
Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Theory of Everything
Original Screenplay
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler
Animated Feature
Big Hero 6
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Boxtrolls
Song of the Sea
Visual Effects
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
X:Men: Days of Future Past
Captain America: The Winter Soldier