Gurus O'Gold

Gurus O’ Gold: Best Picture & Unlikely Underdogs

By Ray Pride

Rank Last Chart Best Picture AdamsBahrEllwoodHowellJohnsonKargerMoralesPattersonPolandPondRogersSneiderStone Votes Total
1 2 Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood
 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 11 129
2 1 The Irishman
 2 2 4 4 2 1 2 4 2 3 5 11 112
3 3 Parasite
 4 3 3 2 4 2 3 5 4 2 4 11 107
4 4 Marriage Story
 3 5 6 6 5 4 5 6 5 6 3 11 89
5 5 1917
 5 4 2 3 3 5 4 1 3 5 2 11 84
6 8 Little Women
 6 7 5 8 8 6 10 7 6 8 8 11 64
7 7 Joker
 7 9 8 7 7 7 7 10 8 4 6 11 63
8 6 Jojo Rabbit
 6 7 5 6 9 6 3 7 7 7 10 47
9 9 Ford v Ferrari
 10 9 9 10 11 8 8 9 9 11 10 36
10 Knives Out
 9 11 11 12 12 12 10 10 8 17
t-10 Bombshell
 11 10 9 11 11 10 6 16
t-10 The Two Popes
 10 9 9 11 11 5 15
The Farewell
 8 8 10 12 12 12 9 7 6
Uncut Gems
 10 12 12 12 4 6
Rocketman
 12 11 2 3

0 0
One Vote Wonders
Dolemite Is My Name
 8 1 5
Rank Last Chart Underdogs 2019 AdamsBahrEllwoodHowellJohnsonKargerMoralesPattersonPolandPondRogersSneiderStone Votes Total
The Farewell
 * * * 3 3
Adam Sandler
Uncut Gems 		* * 2 2
Christian Bale
Ford v Ferrari 		* * 2 2
Tracy Letts
Ford v Ferrari 		* * 2 2
Hustlers
 * * 2 2
Greta Gerwig
Director, Little Women 		* * 2 2
Zhao Shuzhen
The Farewell 		* * 2 2
Taylor Russell
Waves 		* * 2 2
One Vote Wonders
Kevin Garnett
Uncut Gems 		* 1 1
Uncut Gems
 * 1 1
Jonathan Pryce
The Two Popes 		* 1 1
Julie Hagerty
 * 1 1
Bill Camp
Dark Waters 		* 1 1
Avengers: Endgame
 * 1 1
Hidden Life
 * 1 1
Almodóvar
Director, Pain & Glory 		* 1 1
John Lithgow
Bombshell 		* 1 1
Terminator: Dark Fate
FX 		* 1 1
Paul Walter Hauser
RIchard Jewell 		* 1 1
Todd Phillips
Joker 		* 1 1
Jessie Buckley
Wild Rose 		* 1 1
Ad Astra
 * 1 1
A Beautiful Day
 * 1 1
Pain & Glory
 * 1 1
Uncut Gems
Film Editing 		* 1 1
Honeyboy
 * 1 1
Harriet
 * 1 1
The Safdies
Uncut Gems 		* 1 1
I Lost My Body
Score 		* 1 1
Rocketman
Production Design 		* 1 1
Willem Dafoe
The Lighthouse 		* 1 1
Song Kang-ho
Parasite 		* 1 1
Julia Butters
Once Upon A Time ... 		* 1 1
Nahéma Ricci
Antigone 		* 1 1
The Peanut Butter Falcon
 * 1 1
Daniel Craig
Knives Out 		* 1 1
Florence Pugh
Midsommar 		* 1 1
Camila Morrone
Mickey and the Bear 		* 1 1
Sienna Miller
American Woman 		* 1 1
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
 * 1 1
Annette Bening
The Report 		* 1 1
Taika Waititi
Jojo Rabbit 		* 1 1
Just Mercy
 * 1 1
Timothée Chalamet
Little Women 		* 1 1

The Gurus, At Your Service

Thelma Adams: Author, Critic, Oscar Expert @thelmadams
Robyn Bahr: Freelance (Hollywood Reporter, Vanity Fair, Guardian) @RobynBahr
Gregory Ellwood: The Playlist @TheGregoryE
Peter Howell: Toronto Star @peterhowellfilm
Mark Johnson: Awards Circuit
Dave Karger: TCM, IMDb
Wilson Morales: BlackFilm.com
Michael Patterson: Michael’s Telluride Film Blog; Twitter; Facebook
David Poland @DavidPoland
Steve Pond: The Wrap
NathanielR: The Film Experience
Sasha Stone: Awards Daily @AwardsDaily
Jeff Sneider: Collider @TheInSneider

3 Responses to “Gurus O’ Gold: Best Picture & Unlikely Underdogs”

  1. Bradley Laing says:
    January 8, 2020 at 2:51 pm

    —is there a possibility that the animated short film “Le Mans 1955” will be nominated.

  2. Terry says:
    January 8, 2020 at 11:15 pm

    Please excuse my ignorance, but what does ‘Underdogs 2019’ represent?

  3. Ray Pride says:
    January 9, 2020 at 6:15 pm

    The Gurus predict what the Academy would do. The “underdogs” are personal preferences that are unlikely to make the cut on Monday.

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