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2026 Oscar Predictions

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The 98th Academy Awards will be presented on March 15, 2026. Here are our ranked predictions for who will be nominated and which films will win. Check back in, as the list will be updated often.

Best PictureBest Director
1. One Battle After Another
2. Sinners
3. Hamnet
4. Marty Supreme
5. Frankenstein
6. Sentimental Value
7. F1
8. Train Dreams
9. The Secret Agent
10. Bugonia		1. Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”
2. Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
3. Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”
4. Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme”
5. Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”
Best Original ScreenplayBest Adapted Screenplay
1. Sinners
2. Sentimental Value
3. Marty Supreme
4. It Was Just an Accident
5. Blue Moon		1. One Battle After Another
2. Hamnet
3. Train Dreams
4. Frankenstein
5. Bugonia
Best ActressBest Actor
1. Jesse Buckley, “Hamnet”
2. Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
3. Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue”
4. Emma Stone, “Bugonia”
5. Renata Reinsve, “Sentimental Value“		1. Timothee Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”
2. Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”
3. Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent”
4. Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”
5. Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”
Best Supporting ActressBest Supporting Actor
1. Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”
2. Amy Madigan, “Weapons”
3. Wunmi Musaku, “Sinners”
4. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value“
5. Elle Fanning, “Sentimental Value”		1. Stellan Skarsgard, “Sentimental Value“
2. Benicio del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
3. Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”
4. Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
5. Delroy Lindo, “Sinners”
Best Animated FeatureBest Documentary Feature
1. KPop Demon Hunters
2. Zootopia 2
3. Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
4. Elio
5. Arco		1. The Perfect Neighbor
2. The Alabama Solution
3. Come See Me in the Good Light
4. Cutting Through Rocks
5. Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Best CinematographyBest Visual Effects
1.Frankenstein
2. Sinners
3. One Battle After Another
4. Marty Supreme
5. Train Dreams		1. Avatar: Fire and Ash
2. Sinners
3. F1
4. The Lost Bus
5. Jurassic World Rebirth
Best Film EditingBest Costume Design
1. One Battle After Another
2. Marty Supreme
3. Sentimental Value
4. F1
5. Sinners		1. Frankenstein
2. Sinners
3. Marty Supreme
4. Hamnet
5. Avatar: Fire and Ash
Best Original ScoreBest Sound
1. Sinners
2. One Battle After Another
3. Bugonia
4. Frankenstein
5. Hamnet		1. F1
2. One Battle After Another
3. Sinners
4. Frankenstein
5. Sirat
Best International FeatureBest Production Design
1. It Was Just an Accident
2. The Secret Agent
3. Sentimental Value
4. Sirat
5. The Voice of Hind Rajab		1. Frankenstein
2. Sinners
3. Hamnet
4. Marty Supreme
5. One Battle After Another
Best Original SongBest Makeup & Hairstyling
1. “Golden”, KPop Demon Hunters
2. “I Lied to You”, Sinners
3. “Train Dreams”, Train Dreams
4. “Sweet Dreams of Joy”, Viva Verdi!
5. “Dear Me”, Diane Warren: Relentless		1.Frankenstein
2. Kokuho
3. The Smashing Machine
4. The Ugly Stepsister
5. Sinners
Best CastingBest Animated Short
1. One Battle After Another
2. Hamnet
3. Marty Supreme
4. The Secret Agent
5. Sinners		1. Retirement Plan
2. Forevergreen
3. Butterfly
4. The Three Sisters
5. The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Best Live Action ShortBest Documentary Short
1. Two People Exchanging Saliva
2. Jane Austen’s Period Drama
3. A Friend of Dorothy
4. Butcher’s Stain
5. The Singers		1. All the Empty Rooms
2. Armed Only With a Camera
3. Children No More
4. Perfectly a Strangeness
5. The Devil is Busy