Oscars 2026 Prediction

As per tradition, here are my predictions for the Oscars 2026!

WW: Will Win
DH: Dark Horse

Prediction Results: ??/24 (??/24 if including dark horses)

Best Picture

  • Bugonia
  • F1: The Movie
  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another – WW
  • Sentimental Value
  • Sinners – DH
  • Secret Agent, The
  • Train Dreams

Best International Feature

  • It Was Just an Accident (Iran)
  • Secret Agent, The (Brazil) – DH
  • Sentimental Value (Norway) – WW
  • Sirat (Spain)
  • Voice of Hind Rajab, The (Tunisia)

Best Animated Feature

  • Arco
  • Elio
  • KPop Demon Hunters – WW
  • Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
  • Zootopia 2 – DH

Best Documentary Feature

  • Alabama Solution, The – DH
  • Come See Me in the Good Light
  • Cutting Through Rocks
  • Mr. Nobody Against Putin
  • Perfect Neighbour, The – WW

Best Director

  • Chloe Zhao (Hamnet)
  • Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
  • Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
  • Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another) – WW
  • Ryan Coogler (Sinners) – DH

Best Leading Actor

  • Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
  • Michael B. Jordan (Sinners) – WW
  • Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
  • Timothee Chalamet (Marty Supreme) – DH
  • Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)

Best Leading Actress

  • Emma Stone (Bugonia)
  • Jessie Buckley (Hamnet) – WW
  • Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue)
  • Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value) – DH
  • Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)

Best Supporting Actor

  • Benicio Del Toro (One Battle After Another)
  • Delroy Lindo (Sinners)
  • Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
  • Sean Penn (One Battle After Another) – WW
  • Stellan Skarsgard (Sentimental Value) – DH

Best Supporting Actress

  • Amy Madigan (Weapons) – WW
  • Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)
  • Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another) – DH
  • Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)

Best Original Screenplay

  • Blue Moon
  • It Was Just an Accident
  • Marty Supreme
  • Sentimental Value – DH
  • Sinners – WW

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Bugonia
  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet – DH
  • One Battle After Another – WW
  • Train Dreams

Best Cinematography

  • Frankenstein
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another – WW
  • Sinners – DH
  • Train Dreams

Best Film Editing

  • F1: The Movie
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another – WW
  • Sentimental Value
  • Sinners – DH

Best Production Design

  • Frankenstein – WW
  • Hamnet – DH
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sinners

Best Costume Design

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash
  • Frankenstein – WW
  • Hamnet – DH
  • Marty Supreme
  • Sinners

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

  • Frankenstein – WW
  • Kokuho
  • Sinners – DH
  • Smashing Machine, The
  • Ugly Stepsister, The

Best Original Score

  • Bugonia
  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet
  • One Battle After Another – DH
  • Sinners – WW

Best Original Song

  • “Dear Me” (Diane Warren: Relentless)
  • “Golden” (KPop Demon Hunters) – WW
  • “I Lied to You” (Sinners) – DH
  • “Sweet Dreams of Joy” (Viva Verdi!)
  • “Train Dreams” (Train Dreams)

Best Sound

  • F1: The Movie – WW
  • Frankenstein
  • One Battle After Another
  • Sinners – DH
  • Sirat

Best Visual Effects

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash – WW
  • F1: The Movie – DH
  • Jurassic World: Rebirth
  • The Lost Bus
  • Sinners

Best Casting

  • Hamnet
  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another – DH
  • Secret Agent, The
  • Sinners – WW

Best Live Action Short

  • Butcher’s Stain
  • Friend of Dorothy, A
  • Jane Austen’s Period Drama
  • Singers, The – DH
  • Two People Exchanging Saliva – WW

Best Animated Short

  • Forevergreen
  • Girl Who Cried Pearls, The
  • Butterfly – WW
  • Retirement Plan – DH
  • Three Sisters, The

Best Documentary Short

  • All the Empty Rooms – WW
  • Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
  • Children No More: Were and Are Gone
  • Devil Is Busy, The – DH
  • Perfectly a Strangeness

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