Final Oscar Nominations Predictions: Best Picture

Best Picture (Predicted 5)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

It has been one of those Oscar frontrunners for a long time now, but has mostly survived its hype, unlike other frontrunners from the past. People seem to actually like this one.

The Dark Knight

It's still a bit of a toss up, but something tells me that the Academy may finally be ready to embrace this film. Everyone is rooting for this movie to succeed here, and I think their voices will be heard (and $530 million in box office is a lot of voices), ending a great campaign for this film.

Frost/Nixon

Has shown up at all the guilds and still has a lot of support. The acclaim for the actors and other aspects should push it into the top 5.

Milk

A very politically relevant film in an area that is extremely sympathetic to the cause. The themes, plus strong support from precursers, will ensure it makes the cut.

Slumdog Millionaire

At this point, the only thing this film has to worry about is will it really be called a Best Picture Oscar winner.

Alt.

WALL*E

This animated film has been left out of many of the guilds because it was ineligible. Why that is I don't know. But that isn't so with the Oscars, and the campaign for this film is very strong. However, the last animated movie nominated for Best Picture was Beauty and the Beast in 1991, ten years before the Best Animated Feature Oscar was introduced, making an animated feature nominated for the biggest prize very difficult. WALL*E could make the distance and possibly surpass The Dark Knight. I, however, am not counting on it.