2026 Oscar Nomination Predictions

Best Picture

1. One Battle After Another 
2. Hamnet
3. Sentimental Value 
4. Sinners
5. Marty Supreme
6. Frankenstein 
7. The Secret Agent
8. Train Dreams
9. Bugonia
10. Avatar: Fire and Ash

Surprise Nomination: It Was Just an Accident, Wicked: For Good

Best Director

1. Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
2. Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
3. Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
4. Chloe Zhao (Hamnet)
5. Guillermo Del Toro (Frankenstein)

SN: Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident), Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)

Best Actor

1. Timothee Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
2. Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
3. Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
4. Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)
5. Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)

SN: Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams), Jesse Plemons (Bugonia)

Best Actress

1. Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
2. Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)
3. Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You)
4. Emma Stone (Bugonia)
5. Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue)

SN: Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another), Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee)

Best Supporting Actor 

1. Stellan Skarsgard (Sentimental Value)
2. Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
3. Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
4. Benicio Del Toro (One Battle After Another)
5. Paul Mescal (Hamnet)

SN: Miles Caton (Sinners), Delroy Lindo (Sinners)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)
2. Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)
3. Amy Madigan (Weapons)
4. Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)
5. Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)

SN: Odessa A’zion (Marty Supreme), Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)

Best Adapted Screenplay 

1. One Battle After Another
2. Hamnet
3. Bugonia
4. Frankenstein 
5. Train Dreams

SN: No Other Choice, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery 

Best Original Screenplay 

1. Sinners
2. Sentimental Value 
3. Marty Supreme
4. It Was Just an Accident 
5. Sorry, Baby

SN: Is This Thing On?, Weapons

Best Animated Feature Film

1. KPop Demon Hunters
2. Zootopia 2
3. Elio
4. Arco 
5. Little Amelie or the Character of Rain

SN: In Your Dreams, Scarlet

Best International Feature Film 

1. Sentimental Value
2. It Was Just an Accident
3. The Secret Agent
4. No Other Choice
5. Sirat 

SN: Left-Handed Girl, The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best Casting

1. Sinners
2. One Battle After Another
3. Marty Supreme
4. Sentimental Value 
5. Hamnet

SN: Frankenstein, Weapons

Best Cinematography 

1. Sinners
2. One Battle After Another
3. Hamnet
4. Frankenstein 
5. Train Dreams

SN: F1, Marty Supreme

Best Film Editing 

1. One Battle After Another
2. Sinners
3. Marty Supreme
4. F1
5. Hamnet

SN: Bugonia, Frankenstein

Best Costume Design

1. Frankenstein 
2. Wicked: For Good
3. Hamnet
4. Sinners
5. Marty Supreme

SN: One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent

Best Makeup & Hairstyling 

1. Frankenstein 
2. Wicked: For Good 
3. The Smashing Machine 
4. Sinners
5. Marty Supreme

SN: One Battle After Another, The Ugly Stepsister 

Best Production Design 

1. Frankenstein 
2. Wicked: For Good
3. Hamnet
4. Marty Supreme
5. Sinners

SN: The Fantastic Four: First Steps, The Phoenician Scheme

Best Sound

1. Sinners
2. F1
3. Avatar: Fire and Ash
4. One Battle After Another
5. Sirat

SN: Frankenstein, Wicked: For Good

Best Visual Effects

1. Avatar: Fire and Ash
2. F1
3. Frankenstein 
4. Sinners
5. The Lost Bus

SN: TRON: Ares, Wicked: For Good

Best Original Score

1. One Battle After Another
2. Sinners
3. Hamnet
4. Frankenstein 
5. Marty Supreme

SN: F1, Sirāt

Best Original Song 

1. Golden (KPop Demon Hunters)
2. I Lied to You (Sinners)
3. Dear Me (Diane Warren: Relentless)
4. Last Time (I Seen the Sun) [Sinners]
5. Train Dreams (Train Dreams)

SN: The Girl in the Bubble (Wicked: For Good), No Place Like Home (Wicked: For Good)