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 2019 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 

2018 — 260
2017 — 226
2016 — 246
2015 — 208
2014 — 271
2013 — 257
2012 — 256
2011 — 246

This year’s picks…

24 - Song - Shallow

23 - Foreign Language Film - Roma

22 - Director - Alfonso Cuaron

21 - Makeup and Hairstyling - Vice

20 - Cinematography - Roma

19 - Supporting Actor - Mahershala Ali

18 - Supporting Actress - Regina King 

17 - Visual Effects - Avengers: Infinity War

16 - Actress - Glenn Close 

15 - Adapted Screenplay - BlacKkKlansman

14 -  Picture - Roma

13 - Film Editing - Vice

12 - Animated Feature - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

11 - Documentary Feature - Free Solo

10 - Original Screenplay - The Favourite 

09 - Production Design - The Favourite

08 - Costume Design - The Favourite

07 - Score - Black Panther

06 - Sound Mixing - First Man

05 - Sound Editing - First Man

04 - Actor - Christian Bale

03 - Live Action Short - Skin

02 - Documentary Short - Black Sheep

01 - Animated Short - Weekends