| Oscar PredictionsThe Big Chart | Top 8 Categories | |||||||
| Picture | Director | Actor | Actress | S. Actor | S. Actress | O. Screenplay | ||
| AwardsDaily’s Most Likely | Birdman | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| General Consensus | Birdman | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Sasha Stone (2/17)Awards Daily | Boyhood | Linklater | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Whiplash | Birdman |
| Thelma Adams, (1/27)ZEALync | Birdman | Linklater | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Matt Atchity, (1/27)Rotten Tomatoes | Birdman | Inarritu | Keaton | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Jason Bailey, (2/20)Flavorwire | Boyhood | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Scott Beggs, (2/18)Film School Rejects | Birdman | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| James Berardinelli, (2/14)ReelViews | Boyhood | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Brad Brevet, (2/19)Rope of Silicon | Birdman | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Birdman |
| Richard Brody,The New Yorker | Birdman | Linklater | Keaton | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Kyle Buchanan, (2/17)Vulture | Birdman | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Whiplash | Budapest |
| Cara Buckley, (2/19)The Carpetbagger (NYT) | Birdman | Linklater | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Whiplash | Budapest |
| Ty Burr, (2/14)Boston Globe | Boyhood | Linklater | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Birdman |
| Mike Cidoni, (2/12)Associated Press | Boyhood | Linklater | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Richard Corliss, (2/20)Time Magazine | Birdman | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Budapest | |
| Ed Douglas, (2/16)Coming Soon | Birdman | Linklater | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Birdman |
| A.A. Dowd, (2/19)A.V. Club | Birdman | Linklater | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Gregory Ellwood, (2/19)HitFix | Boyhood | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Scott Feinberg, (2/18)The Hollywood Reporter | Birdman | Linklater | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Whiplash | Budapest |
| Marshall Flores,Awards Daily | ||||||||
| Tim Gray, (2/17)Variety | Birdman | Inarritu | Keaton | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Thom Grier, (2/19)Culture Sauce | Boyhood | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Whiplash | Birdman |
| Rafer Guzman, (2/19)Newsday | Boyhood | Linklater | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Birdman |
| Pete Hammond, (2/18)Deadline Hollywood | Birdman | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Picture | Director | Actor | Actress | S. Actor | S. Actress | A. Screenplay | O. Screenplay | |
| Aisha Harris, (2/20)Slate | Boyhood | Inarritu | Keaton | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Mark Harris, (2/16)Grantland | Birdman | Linklater | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Whiplash | Budapest |
| Michael Hogan, (2/14)Vanity Fair | Boyhood | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Whiplash | Budapest |
| Peter Howell, (2/19)Toronto Star | Boyhood | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Whiplash | Budapest |
| Dave Karger, (2/05)Fandango | Boyhood | Linklater | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Whiplash | Budapest |
| Craig Kennedy,Living in Cinema | ||||||||
| Tariq Khan, (2/09)Fox News | Birdman | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Whiplash | Budapest |
| Dan Kois, (2/20)Slate | Boyhood | Inarritu | Keaton | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Sniper | Budapest |
| Peter Knegt, (2/17)indieWIRE | Boyhood | Linklater | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Whiplash | Budapest |
| Guy Lodge, (2/20)HitFix/In content2ion | ||||||||
| Oliver Lyttelton, (2/18)The Playlist | Birdman | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Whiplash | Budapest |
| Scott Mantz, (2/16)Access Hollywood | Boyhood | Inarritu | Keaton | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Sean P. Means, (2/17)Salt Lake Tribune | Birdman | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Whiplash | Birdman |
| Mary Milliken, (2/09)Reuters | Birdman | Inarritu | Keaton | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Birdman |
| Michael Musto, (2/06)Out.com | Birdman | Inarritu | Keaton | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Birdman |
| Joe Neumaier, (2/19)New York Daily News | Birdman | Inarritu | Keaton | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Theory | Budapest |
| Mark Olsen, (2/18)LA Times | Boyhood | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Sniper | Budapest |
| Tom O’Neil, (2/17)Gold Derby | Birdman | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Whiplash | Budapest |
| Christopher Orr, (2/20)The Atlantic | Birdman | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Steve Persall, (2/20)Tampa Bay Times | Birdman | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Birdman |
| Janice Page, (2/14)Boston Globe | Birdman | Inarritu | Keaton | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| David Poland, (2/18)Movie City News | Birdman | Inarritu | Cooper | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Whiplash | Birdman |
| Picture | Director | Actor | Actress | S. Actor | S. Actress | A. Screenplay | O. Screenplay | |
| Kevin Polowy, (2/19)Yahoo! | Boyhood | Inarritu | Keaton | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Steve Pond, (2/18)The Wrap | Birdman | Linklater | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Claudia Puig, (2/07)USA Today | Boyhood | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Jenelle Riley, (1/26)Variety | Birdman | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Richard Roeper, (2/15)Chicago Sun-Times | Boyhood | Linklater | Keaton | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Nathaniel Rogers, (2/18)The Film Experience | Boyhood | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Christopher Rosen, (2/18)Huffington Post | Birdman | Linklater | Cooper | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Ramin Setoodeh (2/17)Variety | Boyhood | Linklater | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Sniper | Birdman |
| Paul Sheehan, (2/15)Gold Derby | Birdman | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Whiplash | Budapest |
| Keith Simanton, (2/18)IMDb.com | Birdman | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Birdman |
| Slant MagazineStaff Picks | Birdman | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Whiplash | Budapest |
| Nicole Sperling, (2/13)Entertainment Weekly | Boyhood | Inarritu | Keaton | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Kris Tapley, (2/22)HitFix/In content2ion | Birdman | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Birdman |
| Anne Thompson, (2/18)indieWIRE | Boyhood | Inarritu | Keaton | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Peter Travers, (2/10)Rolling Stone | Boyhood | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Vanity Fair, (2/20)Staff Picks | Birdman | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Whiplash | Budapest |
| Adam B. Vary, (2/18)BuzzFeed | Birdman | Inarritu | Cooper | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Jeffrey Wells, (2/17)Hollywood Elsewhere | Birdman | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Whiplash | Budapest |
| Glenn Whipp (2/20)The Envelope (LA Times) | Birdman | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Brian Whisenant, (2/21)AwardsWiz | ||||||||
| Susan Wloszczyna, (2/18)RogerEbert.com | Boyhood | Inarritu | Redmayne | Moore | Simmons | Arquette | Imitation | Budapest |
| Picture | Director | Actor | Actress | S. Actor | S. Actress | A. Screenplay | O. Screenplay | |
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