Offered without commentary, here’s how tomorrow’s Academy Award nominations should go (in alphabetical order):

Best Picture

1. Arrival

2. Fences

3. Hell or High Water 

4. La La Land 

5. Lion

6. Manchester By The Sea 

7. Moonlight

8. Nocturnal Animals 

9. Silence

Best Actor

1. Casey Affleck – Manchester By The Sea 

2. Andrew Garfield – Silence

3. Ryan Gosling – La La Land 

4. Jake Gyllenhaal – Nocturnal Animals 

5. Denzel Washington – Fences

Best Actress

1. Amy Adams – Arrival

2. Natalie Portman – Jackie

3. Emma Stone – La La Land 

4. Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins 

5. Alicia Vikander – The Light Between Oceans 

Best Supporting Actor 

1. Mahershala Ali – Moonlight 

2. Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water 

3. Dev Patel – Lion

4. Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals 

5. Mykelti Williamson – Fences

Best Supporting Actress 

1. Viola Davis – Fences

2. Naomie Harris – Moonlight 

3. Nicole Kidman – Lion

4. Rachel Weisz – The Light Between Oceans 

5. Michelle Williams – Manchester By The Sea 

Best Director

1. Damien Chazelle – La La Land 

2. Barry Jenkins – Moonlight 

3. David Mackenzie – Hell or High Water 

4. Martin Scorsese – Silence

5. Denis Villeneuve – Arrival