Forum Oscar Poll Results – FINAL Oscar Winner Predictions: La La Land with 11

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Collectively the AwardsWatch forums are predicting La La Land to win 11 of its 14 nominations. Best Actor is still proving to be a very close race with Original Screenplay and Costume Design also in play.

Here are the FINAL winner predictions for the 2017 Oscars from the AwardsWatch forum Oscar polls.

BEST PICTURE

• Fences 0%
• Hacksaw Ridge 0%
• Hell or High Water 0%
• Hidden Figures 0%
• La La Land 96.59%
• Lion 0%
• Manchester by the Sea 0%
• Moonlight 3.41%

BEST DIRECTOR

• Denis Villeneuve, Arrival 0%
• Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge 0%
• Damien Chazelle, La La Land 98.20%
• Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea 0%
• Barry Jenkins, Moonlight 1.80%

BEST ACTOR

• Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea 50.21%
• Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge 0.43%
• Ryan Gosling, La La Land 2.55%
• Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic 0%
• Denzel Washington, Fences 46.81%

BEST ACTRESS

• Isabelle Huppert, Elle 21.13%
• Ruth Negga, Loving 0.38%
• Natalie Portman, Jackie 4.91%
• Emma Stone, La La Land 73.58%
• Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins 0%

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Mahershala Ali, Moonlight 82.16%
• Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water 1.62%
• Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea 1.62%
• Dev Patel, Lion 11.89%
• Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals 2.70%

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Viola Davis, Fences 94.35%
• Naomie Harris, Moonlight 1.13%
• Nicole Kidman, Lion 2.26%
• Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures 0.56%
• Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea 1.69%

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Arrival 5.30%
• Fences 0%
• Hidden Figures 4.55%
• Lion 1.52%
• Moonlight 88.64%

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Hell or High Water 1.47%
• La La Land 53.68%
• The Lobster 1.47%
• Manchester by the Sea 41.91%
• 20th Century Women 1.47%

BEST FILM EDITING

• Arrival 3.57%
• Hacksaw Ridge 3.57%
• Hell or High Water 0%
• La La Land 92.86%
• Moonlight 0%

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Arrival 1.35%
• La La Land 86.49%
• Lion 6.76%
• Moonlight 1.35%
• Silence 4.05%

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Allied 0%
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 0.87%
• Florence Foster Jenkins 4.35%
• Jackie 44.35%
• La La Land 50.43%

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Arrival 1.54%
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 1.54%
• Hail, Caesar! 0%
• La La Land 96.92%
• Passengers 0%

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Jackie 0%
• La La Land 98.72%
• Lion 0%
• Moonlight 1.28%
• Passengers 0%

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from La La Land 5.88%
• “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” from Trolls 1.18%
• “City of Stars” from La La Land 87.06%
• “The Empty Chair” from Jim: The James Foley Story 0%
• “How Far I’ll Go” from Moana 5.88%

BEST SOUND EDITING

• Arrival 24.14%
• Deepwater Horizon 0%
• Hacksaw Ridge 58.62%
• La La Land 15.52%
• Sully 0%

BEST SOUND MIXING

• Arrival 0%
• Hacksaw Ridge 5.17%
• La La Land 94.83%
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 1.72%
• 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 0%

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

• A Man Called Ove 17.91%
• Star Trek Beyond 74.63%
• Suicide Squad 7.46%

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Kubo and the Two Strings 7.79%
• Moana 0%
• My Life as a Courgette 1.30%
• The Red Turtle 0%
• Zootopia 90.91%

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• Fire at Sea 0%
• I Am Not Your Negro 12.66%
• Life, Animated 0%
• O.J.: Made in America 79.75%
• 13TH 7.59%

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Land of Mine (Denmark) 4.95%
• A Man Called Ove (Sweden) 5.94%
• The Salesman (Iran) 58.42%
• Tanna (Australia) 0.99%
• Toni Erdmann (Germany) 29.70%

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Deepwater Horizon 1.82%
• Doctor Strange 3.64%
• The Jungle Book 78.18%
• Kubo and the Two Strings 7.27%
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 9.09%

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