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Go Oscar Bowling for 2018, Bowl the Perfect Oscar Score for the 90th Annual Academy Awards Betting Game

Are you sick of those ordinary Oscar office pools? Tired of only guessing the top 6 or 8 categories for the Academy Awards? Let your inner-movie geek shine with Bowl the Perfect Oscar Score (aka Oscar Bowling). Try to nail 300 points on the 2018 Academy Awards.

This is a confidence list.

There are 24 categories.

How to play

Pick your winners in all 24 categories. Then, give each winner a confidence score. Your most confident pick gets 24 points, second most confident gets 23 points, third most confident gets 22 points, and eventually your least confident pick gets 1 point.

This is perfect for Oscar parties, because the lead keeps changing. The winner is the one with the most points at the end. A perfect score is 300. If there is a tie (there never is a tie), then the winner is the one with the most points in these three categories combined (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress).

You’ll eventually be able to say things like … “Once, in 2024, I got a 297 Oscar score.” Or, “I know a guy who once hit 300 back in 2015.” Yeah, you’ll be saying these things. Trust me.

Previous Scores 2017 – 226 2016 – 246 2015 – 208 2014 – 271 2013 – 257 2012 – 256 2011 – 246

This year's picks ...

24 Animated - Coco

23 Actor - Gary Oldman

22 Director - Guillermo del Toro

21 Visual Effects - War for the Planet of the Apes

20 Writing (Adapted) - Call Me by Your Name

19 Music (original song) - Remember Me - Coco

18 Makeup & Hairstyling - Darkest Hour

17 Actress - Fances McDormand

16 Actor in a Supporting Role - Sam Rockwell

15 Sound Editing - Dunkirk

14 Sound Mixing - Dunkirk

13 Actress in a Supporting Role - Allison Janey

12 Production Design - The Shape of Water

11 Music (Original Score) - The Shape of Water

10 Costume Design - Phantom Thread

09 Cinematography - Blade Runner 2049

08 Foreign Language Film - A Fantastic Woman

07 Short Film (Animated) - Dear Basketball

06 Writing (Original) - Get Out

05 Film Editing - Baby Driver

04 Best Picture - The Shape of Water

03 Documentary Feature - Icarus

02 Documentary Short - Heaven is Traffic Jam on the 405

01 Short Film (Live Action) - DeKalb Elementary

 

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