Oscars 2018: Our final predictions in the major categories

The Oscar gods have bestowed a nail-biter upon us for the 90th Academy Awards. Not since the 1999 face-off between Shakespeare in Love and Saving Private Ryan has the Best Picture race felt this close. Whether The Shape of Water or Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri will rise victorious is anybody’s guess — but we’ve got you covered with our fearless final predictions in all the major categories. If your office Oscar pool is still stressing you out, though, we suggest you put all your money on and and then chill out and enjoy what’s sure to be a ceremony for the ages on March 4.

The Nominees:
Call Me By You Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Predicted Winner: Egads. When was the last time the biggest award of the night became the hardest to predict? (We’re still thinking about it.) Can we have a tie? That’s how close things seem between the modern fairy tale The Shape of Water and the fast and furious Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which have split the guild prizes and have left people who like to engage in guesses, guessing. But since we don’t think the Academy will be handing out two statues, we’ll go with The Shape of Water.