2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (June)

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As in Best Director this month, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk has closed the gap between itself and Silence, which has been at #1 since our 2017 Oscar predictions began. That teaser trailer for Billy Lynn last month really did wonders as last month’s 15-point spread is now down to just two. Expect a new #1 next month.

The next three films remain in nearly the same positions; breaking their #3 tie last month The Birth of a Nation gains two points while Loving drops a big 10 spots and Manchester by the Sea adds four to its tally. Fences‘ strength in the Best Picture race keeps growing – it’s still at #6 but with a healthy 7-point increase. Sully moves up two spots and Story of Your Life sees a 5-point jump. Moonlight takes a hit and falls to #9 and we have one new entry this month with Wilson at #15.

Here are the June Oscar predictions for Best Picture from The Gold Rush Gang:

OTHER CONTENDERS
Café Society
Deepwater Horizon
The Founder
The Girl on the Train
Hidden Figures
HHhH
LBJ
The Light Between Oceans
The Lobster
Nocturnal Animals
The Zookeeper’s Wife

Follow the updated Gold Rush Gang predictions in other Oscar categories here:

BEST PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BEST FILM EDITING
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
SOUND EDITING
SOUND MIXING
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

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Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

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