Next> 2017 Oscar Predictions for Best Director
| BEST PICTURE | Erik Anderson | Bryan Bonafede | Chris Pepper | Evan Kost | James Narvey | Kenneth Polishchuk | Júlia Albuquerque | Monika Nikolić | Richard Anthony | Robert Schirmer | TOTAL POINTS |
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| 1 | La La Land (Summit/Lionsgate) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
| 2 | Moonlight (A24) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 89 |
| 3 | Manchester by the Sea (Amazon Studios) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 81 |
| 4 | Arrival (Paramount) | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 64 |
| 5 | Lion (The Weinstein Company) | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 57 |
| 6 | Hell or High Water (CBS Films) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 54 |
| 7 | Hidden Figures (20th Century Fox) | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 36 |
| 8 | Fences (Paramount) | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 35 |
| 9 | Hacksaw Ridge (Lionsgate) | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| 10 | Silence (Paramount) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | |||||
| 11 | Nocturnal Animals (Focus Features) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | ||||||
| OTHER CONTENDERS | ||||||||||||
| Captain Fantastic (Bleecker Street Media) | ||||||||||||
| Deadpool (20th Century Fox) | ||||||||||||
| Jackie (Fox Searchlight) | ||||||||||||
| Sully (Warner Bros) |
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