Academy Awards 2014 Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay nominees predictions: 2nd ROUND

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. Her - Spike Jonze

2. American Hustle - Eric Singer and David O. Russell

3. Inside Llewyn Davis - Ethan Coen and Joel Coen

4. Nebraska - Bob Nelson

5. Blue Jasmine - Woody Allen

6. Dallas Buyers Club - Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack

7. Fruitvale Station - Ryan Coogler

8. Enough Said - Nicole Holocefner

9. Gravity - Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. 12 Years a Slave - John Ridley, based on the book "Twelve Years a Slave" by Solomon Northup

2. Before Midnight - Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, based on the movies "Before Sunrise" and "Before Sunset"

3. The Wolf of Wall Street - Terence Winter, based on the book of the same name by Jordan Belfort

4. Philomena - Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, based on the book "The Lost Child of Philomena Lee" by Martin Sixsmith

5. Captain Phillips - Billy Ray, based upon the book "A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea" by Richard Phillips and Stephan Talty

6. Blue Is The Warmest Color - Abdellatif Kechiche and Ghalia Lacroix, based on the comic book "Le Bleu est une couleur chaude" by Julie Maroh

7. August: Osage County - Tracy Letts, based on the play of the same name by Tracy Letts

8. Labor Day - Jason Reitman, based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Maynard

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