Here are the major Oscar nominees (courtesy of Cinematical). My one major disagreement is the lack of Paul Dano in the best supporting category, he was fantastic. It was a pretty good year for movies so the fact that Breach, Zodiac, and Gone Baby Gone didn’t get a ton of love doesn’t bother me too much, although you could have replaced Juno with any of those films in the best picture nominees and I would have been happy. I bolded the ones I thought should win (I haven’t seen any of the foreign films so I didn’t bother there. Also, I apparently need to see The Savages).  The most difficult for me to pick was best original screenplay.  I gave it to Juno but really wouldn’t player hate if either Ratatouile or Michael Clayton won.

Best Picture

Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Best Director

Julian Schnabel — The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman — Juno
Tony Gilroy — Michael Clayton
Joel and Ethan Coen — No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson — There Will Be Blood

Best Leading Actor

George Clooney — Michael Clayton
Daniel Day Lewis — There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp — Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones – In the Valley of Elah
VIggo Mortensen — Eastern Promises

Best Leading Actress

Cate Blanchett — Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie — Away from Her
Marion Cotillard — La vie en rose
Laura Linney — The Savages
Ellen Page — Juno

Best Adapted Screenplay

Christopher Hampton — Atonement
Sarah Polley — Away From Her
Ronald Harwood — The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joel and Ethan Coen — No Country For Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson — There Will Be Blood

Best Original Screenplay

Diablo Cody — Juno
Nancy Oliver — Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy — Michael Clayton
Brad Bird, Jim Capobianco, Jan Pinkava — Ratatouille
Tamara Jenkins — The Savages

Best Supporting Actor

Casey Affleck — The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem — No Country for Old Men
Phillip Seymour Hoffman — Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook — Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson — Michael Clayton

Best Supporting Actress

Cate Blanchett — I’m Not There
Ruby Dee — American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan — Atonement
Amy Ryan — Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton — Michael Clayton

Best Animated Feature

Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf’s Up

Best Foreign Language Film

Beaufort
The Counterfeiters
Katyn
Mongol
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