It’s our first year of Oscar predictions at You Gotta Get a Critic! We’ve taken a crack at guessing, with a few risky choices along the way. Could James Gandolfini and Amy Adams really sneak in?

Note that Best Picture could be anywhere from 5 to 10 nominees, and there were 9 the last two years. Dallas Buyers Club is on the bubble, but we think it will make the cut.

Best Picture

12 Years a Slave

American Hustle

Captain Phillips

Dallas Buyers Club

Gravity

Her

Nebraska

Saving Mr. Banks

The Wolf of Wall Street

 

Best Director

Alfonso Cuarón

Steve McQueen

Alexander Payne

David O. Russell

Martin Scorsese

 

Best Actress

Amy Adams

Cate Blanchett

Sandra Bullock

Judi Dench

Emma Thompson

 

Best Actor

Bruce Dern

Leonardo DiCaprio

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Matthew McConaughey

Robert Redford

 

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Lawrence

Lupita Nyong’o

Julia Roberts

June Squibb

Oprah Winfrey

 

Best Supporting Actor

Barkhad Abdi

Bradley Cooper

Michael Fassbender

James Gandolfini

Jared Leto