PREDICTIONS: Academy Awards

Here are my predictions. I have seen many of these movies. The only real shots in the dark are in the short subject categories, which I haven't seen at all. I'll try to see the ones that get nominated.

After my predicted five, I've decided to put an alternative nominee, just for fun.

Please feel free to comment and share your thoughts!

Best Picture

* The Big Short

* Bridge of Spies

* Carol

* Mad Max: Fury Road

* The Martian

* The Revenant

* Room

* Spotlight

If 9 or 10 I'd add the following two movies:

* Inside Out

* Straight Outta Compton

Best Director

* The Big Short -- Adam McKay

* Mad Max: Fury Road -- George Miller

* The Martian -- Ridley Scott

* The Revenant -- Alejandro G. Iñárritu

* Spotlight -- Tom McCarthy

Alt: Carol -- Todd Haynes

Best Actor in a Leading Role

* Steve Carrell -- The Big Short

* Matt Damon -- The Martian

* Leonardo DiCaprio -- The Revenant

* Michael Fassbender -- Steve Jobs

* Eddie Redmayne -- The Danish Girl

Alt: Bryan Cranston -- Trumbo

Best Actress in a Leading Role

* Cate Blanchett -- Carol

* Brie Larson -- Room

* Jennifer Lawrence -- Joy

* Charlotte Rampling -- 45 Years

* Saiorse Ronan -- Brooklyn

Alt: Alicia Vikander -- The Danish Girl

Best Actor in a Supporting role

* Christian Bale -- The Big Short

* Idris Elba -- Beasts of No Nation

* Mark Ruffalo -- Spotlight

* Mark Rylance -- Bridge of Spies

* Jacob Tremblay -- Room

Alt: Sylvester Stallone -- Creed

Best Actress in a Supporting role

* Jane Fonda -- Youth

* Jennifer Jason Leigh -- The Hateful Eight

* Rooney Mara -- Carol

* Alicia Vikander -- The Danish Girl

* Kate Winslet -- Steve Jobs

Alt: Kristen Stewart -- Clouds of Sils Maria

Best Adapted Screenplay

* The Big Short -- Adam McKay and Charles Randolph

* Brooklyn -- Nick Hornby

* Carol -- Phyllis Nagy

* Room -- Emma Donoghue

* Steve Jobs -- Aaron Sorkin

Alt: The Martian

Best Original Screenplay

* Bridge of Spies -- Matt Charman, Ethan Coel and Joel Cohen

* The Hateful Eight -- Quentin Tarantino

* Inside Out -- Josh Cooley, Pete Docter and Meg LeFauve

* Spotlight -- Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer

* Straight Outta Compton -- Andrea Berloff, Jonathan Herman, S.Leigh Savidge and Alan Wenkus

Alt: Ex Machina

Best Foreign Language Film

* Embrace of the Serpent -- Colombia

* Labyrinth of Lies -- Germany

* Mustang -- France

* Son of Saul -- Hungary

* Theeb -- Jordan

Alt: The Brand New Testament -- Belgium

Best Animated Feature Film

* Anomalisa

* The Good Dinosaur

* Inside Out

* The Peanuts Movie

* Shaun the Sheep 

Alt: Minions

Best Cinematography

* Carol

* Mad Max: Fury Road

* The Martian

* The Revenant

* Sicario

Alt: The Hateful Eight

Best Costume Design

* Brooklyn

* Carol

* Cinderella

* The Danish Girl

* Mad Max: Fury Road

Alt: The Revenant

Best Film Editing

* The Big Short

* Bridge of Spies

* Mad Max: Fury Road

* The Martian

* The Revenant

Alt: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

* Mad Max: Fury Road

* Mr. Holmes

* The Revenant

Alt: Black Mass

Best Production Design

* Bridge of Spies

* Carol

* Crimson Peak

* The Danish Girl

* The Martian

Alt: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Original Score

* Bridge of Spies

* Carol

* The Danish Girl

* The Hateful Eight

* Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Alt: Sicario

Best Original Song

* "Feels Like Summer" from Shaun the Sheep
* "I'll See You In My Dreams" from I'll See You In My Dreams

* "See You Again" from Furious 7
* "Simple Song #3" from Youth

* "Til' It Happens to You" from The Hunting Ground

Alt: "Love Me Like You Do" from Fifty Shades of Grey

Best Sound Editing

* Jurassic World

* Mad Max: Fury Road

* The Martian

* Sicario

* Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Alt: The Revenant

Best Sound Mixing

* Mad Max: Fury Road
* The Revenant

* Sicario

* Star Wars: The Force Awakens

* Straight Outta Compton

Alt: Bridge of Spies

Best Visual Effects

* Ex Machina

* Jurassic World

* Mad Max: Fury Road

* The Martian

* Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Alt: The Revenant

Best Documentary Feature

* Amy
* He Names Me Malala
*The Hunting Ground
* Listen To Me Marlon
*The Look of Silence

Alt: Where to Invade Next

Best Documentary Short

* Body Team 12
* Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
* Last Day of Freedom
* Minerita
* My Enemy, my Brother

Alt: Starting Point

Best Animated Short Film

* Bear Story (Historia de un oso)

* If I was God

* An Object at Rest

* Sanjay's Super Team

* We Can't Live Without Cosmos

Alt: My Home (Chez moi)

Best Live Action Short Film

* Ave Maria
* Bad Hunter
* Day One
* Shok
* Stutterer

Alt: Bis Gleich (Till Then)

TOTAL COUNT

Mad Max: Fury Road > 9
Carol & The Martian > 8
The Revenant > 7
The Big Short, Bridge of Spies & The Danish Girl > 6

Room, Spotlight & Star Wars: The Force Awakens > 4

Brooklyn, The Hateful Eight, Inside Out, Sicario, Steve Jobs & Straight Outta Compton > 3

The Hunting Ground, Jurassic World & Shaun the Sheep > 2

All other movies would get one nomination each.