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93rd Oscars. Predicted Nominees of 2020 (2021 Ceremony)- For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes only discuss on the blog

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The Father Dir Florian Zeller (Sony Pictures Classics) Dec 31st / Feb 26th, 2021 Nominees: David Parfitt (2/1), Jean-Louis Livi (1/0), Philippe Carcassone (1/0) wins: BIFA noms: Globes	Judas and the Black Messiah Dir Shaka King (Warner Bros) February 2021 Nominees: Shaka King (2/0), Charles D King (1/0), Ryan Coogler (1/0) wins: AFI (Top Ten) noms: --	Mank David Fincher (Netflix) Dec 4th Nominees: Eric Roth (6/1), Ceán Chaffin (3/0), Douglas Urbanski (2/0) wins: AFI (Top Ten) noms: Globes , Critics Choice	Minari Lee Isaac Chung (A24/Apple) Dec 11th / Feb 12th, 2021 Nominee: Christina Oh (1/0) wins: AFI (Top Ten), Sundance, Gold List, + 3 more regional critics groups noms: Spirit, SAG (Cast), OFCS, Globes (Foreign), , Critics Choice	Nomadland Chloe Zhao (Searchlight) Dec 4th / Feb 19th, 2021 Nominees: Frances McDormand (7/2), Peter Spears (2/0), Mollye Asher (1/0), Dan Javey (2/0), Chloé Zhao (4/0) wins: AFI (Top Ten), OFCS, TIFF, Gotham, Chicago, NSFC, Boston, San Francisco, AWFJ, London, Toronto, Kansas, + 7 more regional critics groups noms: Globes, Spirit, BIFA (intl), OFCS , Critics Choice
			How'd I do on my predictions? 7/8 I had Sound of Medal at 9 What was left out? One Night in Miami and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom were the most surprising omissions but judging on nominations maybe News of the World, Soul were just as likely. Who will win? We think Nomadland's spiritual heft will carry it down this road. Who should win? That's up to you in the reader's poll -- see below. You can vote daily
Promising Young Woman Emeral Fennell (Focus) Dec 25th Nominees: Ben Browning (1/0), Ashley Fox (1/0), Emerald Fennell (3/0), Josey McNamara (1/0) wins: Kansas + 1 regional critics group noms: Globes, OFCS , Critics Choice	Sound of Metal Darius Marder (Amazon) Nominees: Bert Hamelinck (1/0), Sacha Ben Harroche (1/0) wins: Gold List, AFI (Top Ten), noms: OFCS nom, Critics Choice	Trial of the Chicago 7 Aaron Sorkin (Netflix) Oct 16th Nominees: Marc Platt (3/0), Stuart M Besser (1/0) wins: AFI (Top Ten) + 2 more regional critics group noms: Globes, SAG (Cast), OFCS , Critics Choice


Ranked in serious and silly ways...

Ranked by Running Time (Shortest to Longest)	Ranked by RT / Metacritic Scores	Do they pass the Bechdel Test?	MPAA Ratings	Ranked by Nathaniel's preference
1 The Father (97 min) 2 Nomadland (107 min) 3 Promising (113 min) 4 Minari (115 min) 5 Sound of Medal 120 min 6 Judas (126 min) 7 Chicago 7 129 min 8 Mank (131 min)	1 Nomadland 94/93 2 Father 99/87 3 Minari 98/88 4 Judas 96/85 5 Sound of 96/82 6 Chicago 90/77 7 Mank 83/79 8 Promising 90/72	PASS Nomadland Promising DO THEY PASS? Father Minari FAIL Chicago 7 Judas Mank Sound	R Judas (violence, language) Promising (strong violence, sexual assault, language, sexual material, drug use) Chicago 7 (language, violence, drug use) Sound of (language, brief nudity) Mank (language) Nomadland (nudity) PG-13 Father (strong language and thematic material) Minari (thematic elements and rude gesture)	1 Nomadand masterpiece 2 Minari so beautiful 3 Sound of excellent 4 The Father excellent 5 Promising strong 6 Mank impressive but unfulfilling 7 Judas and solid but not much more 8 Chicago 7 aggressively standard

Ranked by Horniness (characters, mood, or film)	Most likely to become a Broadway musical
1 Promising 2 Chicago 7 3 Judas 4 Minari 5 Mank 6 Promising 7 Nomadland 8 The Father	1 Chicago 7 2 Mank 3 Minari 4 Promising 5 Judas and 6 The Father 7 Nomadland 8 Sound of Metal