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Best Picture

Year	Movie	Odds
2025	Anora	-200
2024	Oppenheimer	-9000
2023	Everything Everywhere all at Once	-2000
2022	CODA	-125
2021	Nomadland	-550
2020	Parasite	+173
2019	Green Book	+210
2018	The Shape of Water	+167
2017	Moonlight	+430
2016	Spotlight	+350
2015	Birdman	-225
2014	12 Years a Slave	-500
2013	Argo	-833
2012	The Artist	-1200
2011	The Kings Speech	-600
2010	The Hurt Locker	-135
2009	Slumdog Millionaire	-200
2008	No Country For Old Men	-300
2006	Crash	+200
2005	Million Dollar Baby	+200
2004	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	-800
2003	Chicago	-167
2001	Gladiator	-400
1999	Saving Private Ryan	-200
1998	Titanic	-500
1997	The English Patient	-200
1996	Braveheart	+600
1995	Forrest Gump	-167
1994	Schindler's List	-300
1993	Unforgiven	+100
1992	The Silence of the Lambs	+150
1991	Dances With Wolves	-400
1990	Driving Miss Daisy	+120
1989	Rain Man	+120
1988	The Last Emperor	+120
1987	Platoon	+100
1986	Out of Africa	+140
1985	Amadeus	+120
1984	Terms of Endearment	+150
1983	Ghandi	+120
1981	Ordinary People	+140
1978	Annie Hall	+300
1976	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	+100
1975	The Godfather Part II	+300
1974	The Sting	+160

Best Director

Year	Name	Movie	Odds
2025	Sean Baker	Anora	-240
2024	Christopher Nolan	Oppenheimer	-6000
2023	Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert	Everything Everywhere All at Once	-2000
2022	Jane Campion	The Power of the Dog	-5000
2021	Chloe Zhao	Nomadland	-2000
2020	Bong Joon Ho	Parasite	+310
2019	Alfonso Cuaron	Roma	-220
2018	Guillermo Del Toro	The Shape of Water	-890
2017	Damien Chazelle	La La Land	-1000
2016	Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu	The Revenant	-660
2015	Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu	Birdman	-200
2014	Alfonso Cuaran	Gravity	-3333
2013	Ang Lee	Life of Pi	+250
2012	Michel Hazanavicius	The Artist	-700
2011	Tom Hooper	The King's Speech	+100
2010	Kathryn Bigelow	The Hurt Locker	-475
2009	Danny Boyle	Slumdog Millionaire	-200
2006	Ang Lee	Brokeback Mountain	-400
2004	Peter Jackson	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	-200
2000	Sam Mendes	American Beauty	-500
1987	Platoon	Oliver Stone	+100
1986	Out of Africa	Sydney Pollack	+140
1985	Amadeus	Milos Forman	+160
1981	Ordinay People	Robert Redford	+200
1978	Annie Hall	Woody Allen	+250
1976	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Milos Forman	+150
1974	The Sting	George Roy Hill	+300

Best Actor

Year	Name	Movie	Odds
2025	Adrien Brody	The Brutalist	-250
2024	Cillian Murphy	Oppenheimer	-1900
2023	Brendan Fraser	The Whale	-278
2022	Will Smith	King Richard	-1000
2021	Anthony Hopkins	The Father	+600
2020	Joaquin Phoenix	Joker	-4150
2019	Rami Malek	Bohemian Rhapsody	-680
2018	Gary Oldman	Darkest Hour	-1950
2017	Casey Affleck	Manchester by the Sea	-108
2016	Leonardo DiCaprio	The Revenant	-4900
2015	Eddie Redmayne	The Theory of Everything	-350
2014	Matthew McConaughey	Dallas Buyers Club	-667
2013	Daniel Day-Lewis	Lincoln	-10000
2012	Jean Dujardin	The Artist	-140
2011	Colin Firth	The King's Speech	-5000
2010	Jeff Bridges	Crazy Heart	-850
2009	Sean Penn	Milk	+200
2006	Philip Seymour Hoffman	Capote	-200
2004	Sean Penn	Mystic River	+160
2003	Adrien Brody	The Pianist	+800
2001	Russell Crowe	Gladiator	-150
2000	Kevin Spacey	American Beauty	-160
1999	Roberto Benigni	Life is Beautiful	+250
1998	Jack Nicholson	As Good as it Gets	-200
1997	Geoffrey Rush	Shine	-200
1996	Nicolas Cage	Leaving Las Vegas	-300
1995	Tom Hanks	Forrest Gump	-500
1994	Tom Hanks	Philadelphia	+100
1993	Scent of a Woman	Al Pacino	-167
1992	The Silence of the Lambs	Anthony Hopkins	+250
1991	Reversal of Fortune	Jeremy Irons	+250
1990	My Left Foot	Daniel Day-Lewis	+200
1989	Rain Man	Dustin Hoffman	-200
1988	Wall Street	Michael Douglas	-140
1987	The Color of Money	Paul Newman	+100
1986	Kiss of the Spider Woman	William Hurt	+140
1985	Amadeus	F. Murray Abraham	+120
1984	Tender Mercies	Robert Duvall	+150
1983	Ghandi	Ben Kingsley	+120
1981	Raging Bull	Robert DeNiro	+120
1978	Goodbye Girl	Richard Dreyfuss	+200
1976	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Jack Nicholson	+100
1975	Harry and Tonto	Art Carney	+200
1974	Save the Tiger	Jack Lemmon	+200

Best Actress

Year	Name	Movie	Odds
2025	Mikey Madison	Anora	+200
2024	Emma Stone	Poor Things	+105
2023	Michelle Yeoh	Everything Everywhere All at Once	-250
2022	Jessica Chastain	The Eyes of Tammy Faye	-175
2021	Frances McDormand	Nomadland	+350
2020	Renee Zelweger	Judy	-1175
2019	Olivia Colman	The Favourite	+650
2018	Frances McDormand	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	-1150
2017	Emma Stone	La La Land	-485
2016	Brie Larson	Room	-3800
2015	Julianne Moore	Still Alice	-4000
2014	Cate Blanchett	Blue Jasmine	-10000
2013	Jennifer Lawrence	Silver Linings Playbook	-200
2012	Meryl Streep	The Iron Lady	+125
2011	Natalie Portman	Black Swan	-1500
2010	Sandra Bullock	The Blind Side	-260
2009	Kate Winslet	The Reader	+120
2006	Reese Witherspoon	Walk the Line	-167
2004	Charlize Theron	Monster	-200
2003	Nicole Kidman	The Hours	+120
2001	Julia Roberts	Erin Brockovich	-25000
2001	Laura Linney	You Can Count On Me	+2000
2000	Hilary Swank	Boys Don't Cray	-120
1999	Gwyneth Paltrow	Shakespeare in Love	-300
1998	Helen Hunt	As Good as it Gets	+100
1997	Frances McDormand	Fargo	+150
1996	Susan Sarandon	Dead Man Walking	+800
1995	Jessica Lange	Blue Sky	+120
1994	Holly Hunter	The Piano	-500
1993	Howards End	Emma Thompson	-250
1992	The Silence of the Lambs	Jodie Foster	-167
1991	Misery	Kathy Bates	+500
1990	Driving Miss Daisy	Jessica Tandy	-167
1989	The Accused	Jodie Foster	+250
1988	Moonstruck	Cher	+150
1987	Children of a Lesser God	Marlee Matlin	+120
1986	The Trip to Bountiful	Geraldine Page	+120
1985	Places in the Heart	Sally Field	+160
1984	Terms of Endearment	Shirley McLaine	+300
1983	Sophie's Choice	Meryl Streep	+120
1981	Coal Miner's Daughter	Sissy Spacek	+140
1978	Annie Hall	Diane Keaton	+200
1976	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Louise Fletcher	+200
1975	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Ellen Burstyn	+700
1974	A Touch of Class	Glenda Jackson	+800

Best Supporting Actor

Year	Name	Movie	Odds
2025	Kieran Culkin	A Real Pain	-3500
2024	Robert Downey Jr.	Oppenheimer	-3500
2023	Ke Huy Quan	Everything Everywhere All at Once	-10000
2022	Troy Kotsur	CODA	-750
2021	Daniel Kaluuya	Judas and the Black Messiah	-3000
2020	Brad Pitt	Once Upon a Time in...Hollywood	-4250
2019	Mahershala Ali	Green Book	-990
2018	Sam Rockwell	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	-730
2017	Mahershala Ali	Moonlight	-550
2016	Mark Rylance	Bridge of Spies	+450
2015	JK Simmons	Whiplash	-4500
2014	Jared Leto	Dallas Buyers Club	-2000
2013	Christoph Waltz	Django Unchained	+125
2012	Christopher Plummer	Beginners	-10000
2011	Christian Bale	The Fighter	-700
2010	Christopher Waltz	Inglorious Basterds	-3333
2009	Heath Ledger	The Dark Knight	-1000
2008	Javier Bardem	No Country For Old Men	-800
2006	George Clooney	Syriana	+200
2004	Tim Robbins	Mystic River	-200
2003	Chris Cooper	Adaptation	-400
2000	Michael Caine	The Cider House Rules	+140
1991	Goodfellas	Joe Pesci	+200
1987	Hannah and Her Sisters	Michael Caine	+120
1986	Cocoon	Don Ameche	+120
1985	The Killing Fields	Haing S. Ngor	+120
1984	Terms of Endearment	Jack Nicholson	+600
1983	An Officer and a Gentleman	Louis Gosset Jr	+300
1981	Ordinay People	Timothy Hutton	+200
1978	Julia	Jason Robards	+140
1976	The Sunshine Boys	George Burns	-500
1975	The Godfather Part II	Robert De Niro	+300
1974	The Paper Chase	John Houseman	+160

Best Supporting Actress

Year	Name	Movie	Odds
2025	Zoe Saldana	Emilia Perez	-2500
2024	Da'Vine Joy Randolph	The Holdovers	-3500
2023	Jamie Lee Curtis	Everything Everywhere All at Once	+110
2022	Ariana DeBose	West Side Story	-2000
2021	Youn Yuh-Jung	Minari	-650
2020	Laura Dern	Marriage Story	-1650
2019	Regina King	If Beale Street Could Talk	-275
2018	Allison Janney	I Tonya	-570
2017	Viola Davis	Fences	-4000
2016	Alicia Vikander	The Danish Girl	-365
2015	Patricia Arquette	Boyhood	-4500
2014	Lupita Nyongo	12 Years a Slave	-167
2013	Anne Hathaway	Les Miserables	-10000
2012	Octavia Spencer	The Help	-1500
2011	Melissa Leo	The Fighter	-200
2010	Mo'Nique	Precious	-1667
2009	Penelope Cruz	Vicky Cristina Barcelona	-125
2008	Tilda Swinton	Michael Clayton	+1500
2006	Rachel Weisz	The Constant Gardener	+140
2004	Renee Zellwegger	Cold Mountain	-300
2003	Catherine Zeta-Jones	Chicago	+400
2000	Angelina Jolie	Girl, Interrupted	-200
1991	Ghost	Whoopi Goldberg	-120
1987	Hannah and Her Sisters	Dianne Wiest	+120
1986	Prizzi's Honor	Anjelica Huston	+120
1985	A Passage to India	Peggy Ashcroft	+120
1984	Year of Living Dangerously	Linda Hunt	+450
1983	Tootsie	Jessica Lange	+500
1981	Melvin and Howard	Mary Steenburgen	+300
1978	Julia	Vanessa Redgrave	+160
1976	Shampoo	Lee Grant	+200
1975	Murder on the Orient Express	Ingrid Bergman	+250
1974	Paper Moon	Tatum O'Neal	+250