Oscars 2020: Predicting The Winners In Every Category

By Jack Pooley / February 7, 2020

8. Best Original Screenplay

WINNER

Parasite

NOMINEES

Knives Out

Marriage Story

1917

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

This is an extremely difficult one to call. Parasite tellingly won the WGA award, though it's also worth mentioning that fellow frontrunner Once Upon a Time in Hollywood wasn't eligible due to Quentin Tarantino not being a WGA member.

Nevertheless, it's also tough to ignore Parasite's BAFTA win for Original Screenplay, perhaps suggesting that the tide has indeed shifted away from Tarantino this time.

It'd certainly be great to see Bong Joon-ho and co-writer Han Jin-won rewarded in such a major category, especially given the difficulty Parasite may have cracking the Big Two awards.