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

If you don’t fully understand the rules, here are my Oscar predictions below.

Oscar Bowling 2016

24 - Score - La La Land

23 - Director - Damien Chazelle - La La Land

22 - Supporting Actress - Viola Davis - Fences

21 - Production Design - La La Land

20 - Makeup and Hairstyling - Star Trek Beyond

19 - Cinematography - La La Land

18 - Film Editing - La La Land

17 - Original Screenplay - Manchester by the Sea

16 - Adapted Screenplay - Moonlight

15 - Animated Feature - Zootopia

14 - Documentary Feature - O.J. Made in America

13 - Picture - La La Land

12 - Actress - Emma Stone - La La Land

11 - Supporting Actor - Mahershala Ali - Moonlight

10 - Song - City of Stars - La La Land

09 - Visual Effects - The Jungle Book

08 - Sound Editing - La La Land

07 - Sound Mixing - La La Land

06 - Foreign Language Film - The Salesman

05 - Costume Design - Jackie

04 - Actor - Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea

03 - Animated Short - Blind Vaysha

02 - Documentary Short - Joe’s Violin

01 - Live Action Short - Sing