Not that I'm really particularly invested in who wins this year anyway

✔ = want to win

☆ = won

• Best Picture
  • American Sniper
  • The Imitation Game
  • ☆Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • ✔Selma
  • Boyhood
  • The Theory of Everything
  • The grand Budapest Hotel
  • Whiplash
• Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • Steve Carrell
  • Michael Keaton
  • ☆ Eddie Redmayne
  • Bradley Cooper
  • ✔Benedict Cumberbatch
• Best Actress in a Leading Role
  • Marion Cotillard
  • ✔Rosamund Pike
  • Reese Witherspoon
  • Felicity Jones
  • ☆✔Julianne Moore
• Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Robert Duvall
  • Mark Ruffalo
  • Ethan Hawke
  • ☆✔J.K. Simmons
  • Edward Norton
• Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  • ☆Patricia Arquette
  • ✔Emma Stone
  • Laura Dern
  • Meryl Streep
  • Keira Knightley
• Best Animated Feature Film
  • ☆Big Hero Six
  • Song of the Sea
  • The Boxtrolls
  • ✔The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2
• Best Directing
  • ☆✔Alejandro G. Iñárritu
  • Richard Linklater
  • Bennett Miller
  • Wes Anderson
  • Morten Tyldum