2019 Oscars Final Predictions

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Capernaum
  • Cold War
  • Never Look Away
  • Shoplifters
  • Roma

Roma has this category on lock. There's an outside chance Cold War takes it if voters want to spread the love.

Will win: Roma
Could win: Cold War
Should win: Roma or Shoplifters

Best Original Song

A Star is Born Golden Globes
  • “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
  • “All the Stars” from Black Panther
  • “The Place Where Lost Things Go” from Mary Poppins Returns
  • “Shallow” from A Star is Born
  • “I'll Fight” from RBG

We're in the shallow now.

Will win: “Shallow” from A Star is Born
Could win: “All the Stars” from Black Panther
Should win: “Shallow” from A Star is Born

Best Sound Mixing

  • Black Panther
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • First Man
  • Roma
  • A Star is Born

Bohemian Rhapsody won the guild and musicals always do well here. This is a slam dunk.

Will win: Bohemian Rhapsody
Could win: A Star is Born
Should win: Roma
Should've been nominated: Hereditary

Best Sound Editing

Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Black Panther
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • First Man
  • Roma
  • A Quiet Place

Bohemian Rhapsody won two awards from the guild while A Quiet Place won one. On the other hand, First Man is a classic winner in this category. Unfortunately, I think Bohemian wins here too.

Will win: Bohemian Rhapsody
Could win: First Man
Should win: A Quiet Place
Should've been nominated: Annihilation



Hey, I'm Karl, founder and film critic at Smash Cut. I started Smash Cut in 2014 to share my love of movies and give a perspective I haven't yet seen represented. I'm also an editor at The New York Times, a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, and a member of the Online Film Critics Society.