What Will Get Nominated For the 2018 Oscars? Gaze Into Our Crystal Ball

Guillermo del Toro has blown up in the past decade and done lots of megabudget projects, but The Shape of Water has a closer feel to Pan's Labyrinth than anything else he's done in the intervening years. It's also the last movie for which he was nominated for an Oscar, so you know where I'm going: this could be his return. The dark fairy tale is a shoo-in for technical categories like best visual effects, production design, and makeup and hairstyling, but it could also have a chance at best director, best original screenplay, and best actress (for Sally Hawkins).

Awards update: The Shape of Water was the big name at the Critics' Choice awards with 14 nominations, a pretty big indicator that it'll also be in the Oscar running.