Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Oscar Nomination Predictions 2026

Oscar nomination predictions 2026

Best Picture
“Bugonia”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“It Was Just an Accident”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
“Train Dreams” 
Alternates - “F1”, “No Other Choice”

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”
Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
Guillermo del Toro, “Frankenstein”
Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme”
Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”
Alternates - Jafar Panahi, “It Was Just an Accident”; Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”

Best Actor
Timothee Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”
Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”
Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent”
Jesse Plemons, “Bugonia”
Alternates - Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”; Joel Edgerton, “Train Dreams”

Best Actress
Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”
Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Chase Infiniti, “One Battle After Another”
Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”
Emma Stone, “Bugonia”
Alternates - Amanda Seyfried, “The Testament of Ann Lee”; Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue”

Best Supporting Actor
Benicio del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”
Paul Mescal, “Hamnet”
Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
Stellan Skarsgard, “Sentimental Value”
Alternates - Delroy Lindo, “Sinners”; Adam Sandler, “Jay Kelly”

Best Supporting Actress
Ariana Grande, “Wicked: For Good”
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value”
Amy Madigan, “Weapons”
Wunmi Mosaku, “Sinners”
Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”
Alternates - Odessa A’zion, “Marty Supreme”; Elle Fanning, “Sentimental Value”

Best Adapted Screenplay
“Bugonia”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“One Battle After Another”
“Train Dreams”
Alternates – No Other Choice, Wake Up Dead Man

Best Original Screenplay
“It Was Just an Accident”
“Marty Supreme”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
Alternates - “Blue Moon”; “Sorry, Baby”

Best Casting
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
Alternates - “The Secret Agent”; “Frankenstein”

Best Cinematography
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Train Dreams”
Alternates – “Marty Supreme”; “Nouvelle Vague”

Best Costume Design
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Sinners”
“Wicked: For Good”
Alternates - “Hedda”; “The Testament of Anne Lee”

Best Film Editing
“F1”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
Alternates - “Frankenstein”; “A House of Dynamite”

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
“Frankenstein”
“Kohuko”
“Sinners”
“The Smashing Machine”
“Wicked: For Good”
Alternates - “Marty Supreme”; “The Ugly Stepsister”

Best Production Design
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Sinners”
“Wicked: For Good”
Alternates - “Avatar: Fire & Ash”; “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”

Best Score
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
Alternates - “Sirât”; “F1”

Best Song
“Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless”
“The Girl in the Bubble” from “Wicked: For Good”
“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters”
“I Lied to You” from “Sinners”
“Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams”
Alternates - “Last Time I Seen the Sun” from “Sinners”; “No Place Like Home” from “Wicked: For Good”

Best Sound
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“F1”
“One Battle After Another”
“Sinners”
“Sirât”
Alternates - “Wicked: For Good”; “Frankenstein”

Best Visual Effects
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Sinners”
“Superman”
Alternates - “Sinners”; “The Lost Bus”

Best Animated Feature
“Arco”
“Elio”
“KPop Demon Hunters”
“Little Amelie or the Character of Rain”
“Zootopia 2”
Alternates - “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle”; “Scarlet”

Best Documentary Feature
“The Alabama Solution”
“Apocalypse in the Tropics”
“Cover-Up”
“The Perfect Neighbor”
“2000 Meters to Andriivka”
Alternates - “My Undesirable Friends”; “Mr. Nobody Against Putin”

Best International Feature Film
Brazil, “The Secret Agent”
France, “It Was Just an Accident”
Norway, “Sentimental Value”
Spain, “Sirât”
Tunisia, “The Voice of Hind Rajab”
Alternates – South Korea, “No Other Choice”; Taiwan, “Left Handed Girl”

Best Animated Short
“Autokar”
“Butterfly (Papillon)”
“Eiru”
“Forevergreen”
“Snow Bear”
Alternates - “The Girl Who Cried Pearls”; “Playing God”

Best Documentary Short
“All the Empty Rooms”
“All the Walls Came Down”
“Armed Only with a Camera”
“Cashing Out”
“The Devil is Busy”
Alternates - “Classroom 4”; “Rovina’s Choice”


Best Live Action Short
“Ado”
“Amarela”
“Beyond Silence”
“The Boy with White Skin”
“A Friend of Dorothy”
Alternates - “Rock Paper Scissors”; “Two People Exchanging Saliva” 

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