Oscar predictions: Best Picture and Best Director.

Birdman or Boyhood? Linklater or Iñárritu? See Our Predictions—And Make Your Own.

Birdman or Boyhood? Linklater or Iñárritu? See Our Predictions—And Make Your Own.

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Feb. 20 2015 8:32 AM

Slate’s Oscar Predictions: Best Picture and Best Director

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Boyhood or Birdman? Linklater or Iñárritu? Our final predictions.

Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Getty Images & Reuters, posters courtesy Paramount Pictures, IFC Films, Fox Searchlight Pictures.

For the past week, Slate’s Dan Kois and Aisha Harris have been predicting the winners in every Oscar category. But if you’d rather trust the wisdom of the crowds than the so-called experts, Slate’s got you covered: Make your own predictions in our ranking widget, and when you click “cast your vote” (or share the list), we’ll count your predictions as part of our all-Slate-reader ballot.

Today: The big enchiladas. Birdman or Boyhood? Linklater or Iñárritu? See our predictions—and make your own.

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Aisha Harris is a Slate culture writer and host of the Slate podcast Represent.

Dan Kois edits and writes for Slate’s human interest and culture departments. He’s the co-author, with Isaac Butler, of The World Only Spins Forward, a history of Angels in America, and is writing a book called How to Be a Family.