As you read yesterday, our editor Ryan McQuade wrote about the current Best Picture race for the Academy Awards. Well, who says he has to have all the fun? Below are some of the Chasing the Gold staff member’s current predictions for the Oscar’s top honor. With two titles seemingly dominating the early predictions, it will be interesting to see if these hold up when its all said and done in April 2021.
Amy Smith
- Nomadland
- The Trial of the Chicago Seven
- Mank
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- One Night in Miami
- News of the World
- Soul
- Dune
- Hillbilly Elegy
- Judas and the Black Messiah
Bradley Weir
- The Trial of the Chicago Seven
- Mank
- Nomadland
- News of the World
- C’mon C’mon
- Dune
- Tenet
- Hillbilly Elegy
- One Night in Miami
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Brett Doze
- The Trial of the Chicago Seven
- Mank
- Nomadland
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- News of the World
- Ammonite
- The Father
- Soul
- One Night in Miami
- Hillbilly Elegy
Daniel Brilliant
- Nomadland
- The Trial of the Chicago Seven
- Mank
- Dune
- Soul
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- One Night in Miami
- The Father
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Hillbilly Elegy
Daryl MacDonald
- Nomadland
- The Trial of the Chicago Seven
- Dune
- The French Dispatch
- Hillbilly Elegy
- Mank
- The Father
- Greyhound
- Ammonite
- Next Goal Wins
Karim Ahmed
- The Trial of the Chicago Seven
- Mank
- Nomadland
- One Night in Miami
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- The Father
- Minari
- Dune
- News of the World
- Hillbilly Elegy.
Sarah Cortinaz
- Nomadland
- The Trial of the Chicago Seven
- Mank
- Da 5 Bloods
- News of the World
- West Side Story
- Hillbilly Elegy
- The French Dispatch
- One Night in Miami
- Dune
Shadan Larki
- Mank
- The Trial of the Chicago Seven
- Nomadland
- News of the World
- Hilbilly Elegy
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Da 5 Bloods
- One Night in Miami
- West Side Story
- The Father
Zita Short
- Nomadland
- Da 5 Bloods
- The Trial of the Chicago Seven
- Mank
- West Side Story
- The Father
- Dune
- French Exit
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- On the Rocks.