FINAL 2026 Oscar Nomination Predictions in All 24 Categories
Seemingly predicting the impossible with five films receiving 10+ nominations: Sinners (14), One Battle After Another (13), Frankenstein (11), Marty Supreme (11) and Hamnet (10). That’s not going to happen, right? Sinners will either tie or break the record, I’m leaning to tying but anything is possible and its nomination track record so far has been stellar. But someone is going to underperform.
The fate of It Was Just an Accident, The Secret Agent and Sentimental Value is up in the air until tomorrow. Will the shorts be the deciding factor in overall accuracy once again? Will F1 be the make or break for Best Picture predictions?
Some changes from ‘final’ individual category predictions (click on each category for more detail). Anyway, let’s do this.
BEST PICTURE
| 1. One Battle After Another (Warner Bros) |
| 2. Hamnet (Focus Features) |
| 3. Sinners (Warner Bros) |
| 4. Sentimental Value (NEON) |
| 5. Marty Supreme (A24) |
| 6. Frankenstein (Netflix) |
| 7. Bugonia (Focus Features) |
| 8. The Secret Agent (NEON) |
| 9. Train Dreams (Netflix) |
| 10. It Was Just an Accident (NEON) |
Spoiler: F1 (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros)
BEST DIRECTOR
| 1. Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros) |
| 2. Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value (NEON) |
| 3. Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros) |
| 4. Chloé Zhao – Hamnet (Focus Features) |
| 5. Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24) |
Spoiler: Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein (Netflix)
BEST ACTOR
| 1. Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (A24) |
| 2. Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros) |
| 3. Michael B. Jordan – Sinners (Warner Bros) |
| 4. Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent (NEON) |
| 5. Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics) |
Spoiler: Jesse Plemons – Bugonia (Focus Features)
BEST ACTRESS
| 1. Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (Focus Features) |
| 2. Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value (NEON) |
| 3. Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24) |
| 4. Emma Stone – Bugonia (Focus Features) |
| 5. Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros) |
Spoiler: Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue (Focus Features)
SUPPORTING ACTOR
| 1. Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value (NEON) |
| 2. Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros) |
| 3. Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Netflix) |
| 4. Paul Mescal – Hamnet (Focus Features) |
| 5. Sean Penn – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros) |
Spoiler: Miles Caton – Sinners (Warner Bros)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
| 1. Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros) |
| 2. Amy Madigan – Weapons (Warner Bros/New Line) |
| 3. Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners (Warner Bros) |
| 4. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (NEON) |
| 5. Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme (A24) |
Spoiler: Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
CASTING
| 1. Sinners – Francine Maisler (Warner Bros) |
| 2. One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis (Warner Bros) |
| 3. Hamnet – Nina Gold (Focus Features) |
| 4. Marty Supreme – Jennifer Venditti (A24) |
| 5. Frankenstein – Robin D. Cook (Netflix) |
Spoiler: Weapons – Allison Jones (Warner Bros/New Line)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
| 1. One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson (Warner Bros) |
| 2. Hamnet – Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell (Focus Features) |
| 3. Bugonia – Will Tracy (Focus Features) |
| 4. Train Dreams – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar (Netflix) |
| 5. Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro (Netflix) |
Spoiler: No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi and Jahye Lee (NEON)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
| 1. Sinners – Ryan Coogler (Warner Bros) |
| 2. Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt (NEON) |
| 3. It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi (NEON) |
| 4. Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie (A24) |
| 5. Sorry, Baby – Eva Victor (A24) |
Spoiler: Blue Moon — Robert Kaplow and Elizabeth Weiland (Sony Pictures Classics)
FILM EDITING
| 1. One Battle After Another — Andy Jurgensen (Warner Bros) |
| 2. Sinners — Michael P. Shawver (Warner Bros) |
| 3. F1— Stephen Mirrione (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros) |
| 4. Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein (A24) |
| 5. Hamnet — Chloé Zhao and Affonso Gonçalves (Focus Features) |
Spoiler: Frankenstein — Evan Schiff (Netflix)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
| 1. Sinners — Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Warner Bros) |
| 2. One Battle After Another — Michael Bauman (Warner Bros) |
| 3. Frankenstein — Dan Laustsen (Netflix) |
| 4. Marty Supreme — Darius Khondji (A24) |
| 5. Train Dreams — Adolpho Veloso (Netflix) |
Spoiler: Hamnet — Łukasz Žal (Focus Features)
PRODUCTION DESIGN
| 1. Frankenstein — Tamara Deverell, set decoration: Shane Vieau (Netflix) |
| 2. Wicked: For Good — Nathan Crowley, set decoration: Lee Sandales (Universal Pictures) |
| 3. Sinners — Hannah Beachler, set decoration: Monique Champagne (Warner Bros) |
| 4. Hamnet — Fiona Crombie, set decoration: Alice Felton (Focus Features) |
| 5. Marty Supreme — Jack Fisk, set decoration: Adam Willis (A24) |
Spoiler: The Fantastic Four: First Steps — Kasra Farahani, set decoration: Jille Azis (Walt Disney)
COSTUME DESIGN
| 1. Frankenstein — Kate Hawley (Netflix) |
| 2. Wicked: For Good — Paul Tazewell (Universal Pictures) |
| 3. Hamnet — Malgosia Turzanska (Focus Features) |
| 4. Sinners — Ruth E. Carter (Warner Bros) |
| 5. Hedda — Lindsay Pugh (Amazon MGM) |
Spoiler: Marty Supreme — Miyako Bellizzi (A24)
ORIGINAL SCORE
| 1. Sinners — Ludwig Göransson (Warner Bros) |
| 2. One Battle After Another — Jonny Greenwood (Warner Bros) |
| 3. Hamnet — Max Richter (Focus Features) |
| 4. Frankenstein — Alexandre Desplat (Netflix) |
| 5. Marty Supreme — Daniel Lopatin (A24) |
Spoiler: Train Dreams — Bryce Dessner (Netflix)
ORIGINAL SONG
| 1. “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix) |
| 2. “I Lied to You” from Sinners (Warner Bros) |
| 3. “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless (Greenwich Entertainment) |
| 4. “Train Dreams” from Train Dreams (Netflix) |
| 5. “The Girl in the Bubble” from Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures) |
Spoiler: “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” from Come See Me in the Good Light (Apple Original Films)
SOUND
| 1. F1 (Warner Bros/Apple Original Films) |
| 2. Sinners (Warner Bros) |
| 3. One Battle After Another (Warner Bros) |
| 4. Frankenstein (Netflix) |
| 5. Sirāt (NEON) |
Spoiler: Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
| 1. Frankenstein (Netflix) Mike Hill, Cliona Furey, Jordan Samuel |
| 2. Sinners (Warner Bros) Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry |
| 3. The Smashing Machine (A24) Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin, Bjoern Rehbein |
| 4. Marty Supreme (A24) Mike Fontaine, Kay Georgiou, Kyra Pachenko |
| 5. Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures) Mark Coulier, Frances Hannon, Laura Blount |
Spoiler: Kokuho — Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino, Tadashi Nishimatsu (GKIDS)
VISUAL EFFECTS
| 1. Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios) |
| 2. F1 (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros) |
| 3. The Lost Bus (Apple Original Films) |
| 4. Superman (Warner Bros) |
| 5. Frankenstein (Netflix) |
Spoiler: Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
ANIMATED FEATURE
| 1. KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix) |
| 2. Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney) |
| 3. Arco (NEON) |
| 4. Little Amélie or the Character of the Rain (GKIDS) |
| 5. Elio (Walt Disney/Pixar) |
Spoiler: In Your Dreams (Netflix)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
| 1. Cover-Up (Netflix) |
| 2. 2000 Meters to Andriivka (Frontline Features / The Associated Press / PBS Distribution) |
| 3. Apocalypse in the Tropics (Netflix) |
| 4. Mr. Nobody Against Putin (Bantam Film) |
| 5. My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow (Argot Pictures) |
Spoiler: The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
| 1. Norway — Sentimental Value (NEON) |
| 2. Brazil — The Secret Agent (NEON) |
| 3. France — It Was Just an Accident (NEON) |
| 4. Spain — Sirāt (NEON) |
| 5. Tunisia — The Voice of Hind Rajab (WILLA) |
Spoiler: Taiwan — Left-Handed Girl (Netflix)
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
| 1. The Girl Who Cried Pearls |
| 2. Cardboard |
| 3. Snow Bear |
| 4. Éiru |
| 5. Autokar |
Spoiler: Butterfly
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
| 1. Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud |
| 2. All the Walls Came Down |
| 3. Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” |
| 4. The Devil is Busy |
| 5. On Healing Land, Birds Perch |
Spoiler: Heartbeat
LIVE ACTION SHORT
| 1. The Singers |
| 2. Two People Exchanging Saliva |
| 3. Ado |
| 4. Rock, Paper, Scissors |
| 5. Jane Austen’s Period Drama |
Spoiler: A Friend of Dorothy
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