Sunday, March 15, 2026

Oscar Predictions 2026

Winner predictions in bold and highlighted

 Best picture

  • Bugonia

  • F1

  • Frankenstein

  • Hamnet

  • Marty Supreme

  • One Battle After Another

  • The Secret Agent

  • Sentimental Value

  • Sinners

  • Train Dreams


Best Actress


  • Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

  • Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

  • Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value

  • Emma Stone, Bugonia

  • Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue

Best Actor


  • Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme

  • Leonardo DiCaprio, OBAAr

  • Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon

  • Michael B. Jordan, Sinners

  • Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Best Supporting Actress


  • Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value

  • Inga Ibsdotter LilIeaas, Sentimental Value

  • Amy Madigan, Weapons

  • Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners

  • Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another


Best Supporting Actor


  • Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein

  • Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

  • Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

  • Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another

  • Delroy Lindo, Sinners

Director


  • Paul Thomas Anderson, “OBAA”

  • Ryan Coogler, Sinners

  • Chloé Zhao, Hamnet

  • Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

  • Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value


Original Song


  • Golden from Kpop Demon Hunters

  • Train Dreams from Train Dreams

  • Dear Me from Diane Warren: Relentless

  • I Lied To You from Sinners

  • Sweet Dreams Of Joy from Viva Verdi!


Original Score


  • Bugonia, Jerskin Fendrix

  • Frankenstein, Alexandre Desplate

  • Hamnet, Max Richter

  • One Battle After Another, Jonny Greenwood

  • Sinners, Ludwig Göransson


Animated Film


  • Arco

  • Elio

  • KPop Demon Hunters

  • Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

  • Zootopia 2

International Film


  • The Secret Agent, Brazil

  • It Was Just an Accident, France

  • Sentimental Value, Norway

  • Sirât, Spain

  • The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia

Documentary Feature


  • The Perfect Neighbor

  • The Alabama Solution

  • Come See Me in the Good Light

  • Cutting Through Rocks

  • Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Casting


  • Hamnet

  • Marty Supreme

  • One Battle After Another

  • The Secret Agent

  • Sinners

Best Sound


  • F1

  • Frankenstein

  • One Battle after Another

  • Sinners

  • Sirāt

Cinematography


  • Frankenstein

  • Marty Supreme

  • One Battle After Another

  • Sinners

  • Train Dreams


Film Editing


  • F1

  • Marty Supreme

  • One Battle After Another

  • Sentimental Value

  • Sinners

  • Original Screenplay

  • Blue Moon, Robert Kaplow

  • It Was Just an Accident, Jafar Panahi, with script collaborators Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian

  • Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie

  • Sentimental Value, Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier

  • Sinners, Ryan Coogler


Adapted Screenplay


  • Bugonia; Will Tracy

  • Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro

  • Hamnet, Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell

  • One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson

  • Train Dreams, Clint Bailey and Greg Kwedar


Live Action Short Film


  • Butcher's Stain

  • A Friend of Dorothy

  • Jane Austen's Period Drama

  • The Singers

  • Two People Exchanging Saliva


Animated Short Film


  • Butterfly

  • Forevergreen

  • The Girl Who Cried Pearls

  • Retirement Plan

  • The Three Sisters


Documentary Short Film


  • All the Empty Rooms

  • Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud

  • Children No More: Were and Are Gone

  • The Devil Is Busy

  • Perfectly a Strangeness


Visual Effects


  • Avatar: Fire and Ash

  • F1

  • Jurassic World Rebirth

  • The Lost Bus

  • Sinners


Production Design


  • Frankenstein

  • Hamnet

  • Marty Supreme

  • One Battle After Another

  • Sinners

Makeup and Hairstyling


  • Frankenstein

  • Kokuho

  • Sinners

  • The Smashing Machine

  • The Ugly Stepsister

Costume Design


  • Avatar: Fire and Ash

  • Frankenstein

  • Hamnet

  • Marty Supreme

  • Sinners