| BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY | Erik Anderson | Evan Kost | Nicole Latayan | James Narvey | Adam Norbury | Jason Osiason | Chris Pepper | Long Pham | Kenneth Polischuk | Jacqui Sutherland | TOTAL POINTS | RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spotlight | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 1 |
| Inside Out | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 2 |
| Bridge of Spies | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 3 |
| The Hateful Eight | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 4 | |
| Ex Machina | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| Joy | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||
| Sicario | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||
| Straight Outta Compton | 5 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| Son of Saul | ||||||||||||
| Trainwreck | ||||||||||||
| Youth |
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Here are my predictions:
Inside Out
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Joy
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