2026 OSCARS Nominations | Predictions

Here are the Oscars nominations, that just dropped earlier in the week! Here are my predictions in red & bold.

** Admittedly I haven't seen all the films nominated below.

BEST PICTURE

"Bugonia"

"F1"

"Frankenstein"

"Hamnet"

"Marty Supreme"

"One Battle After Another"

"The Secret Agent"

"Sentimental Value"

"Sinners"

"Train Dreams"

BEST ACTOR

Timothée Chalamet, "Marty Supreme"

Leonardo DiCaprio, "One Battle After Another"

Ethan Hawke, "Blue Moon"

Michael B. Jordan, "Sinners"

Wagner Moura, "The Secret Agent"

BEST ACTRESS

Jessie Buckley, "Hamnet"

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

Kate Hudson, "Song Sung Blue"

Renate Reinsve, "Sentimental Value"

Emma Stone, "Bugonia"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Benicio del Toro, "One Battle After Another"

Jacob Elordi, "Frankenstein"

Delroy Lindo, "Sinners"

Sean Penn, "One Battle After Another"

Stellan Skarsgård, "Sentimental Value"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Elle Fanning, "Sentimental Value"

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, "Sentimental Value"

Amy Madigan, "Weapons"

Wunmi Mosaku, "Sinners"

Teyana Taylor, "One Battle After Another"

BEST DIRECTING

Chloé Zhao, "Hamnet"

Josh Safdie, "Marty Supreme"

Paul Thomas Anderson, "One Battle After Another"

Joachim Trier, "Sentimental Value"

Ryan Coogler, "Sinners"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

"Bugonia"

"Frankenstein"

"Hamnet"

"One Battle After Another"

"Train Dreams"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

"Blue Moon"

"It Was Just an Accident"

"Marty Supreme"

"Sentimental Value"

"Sinners"

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

"Arco"

"Elio"

"KPop Demon Hunters"

"Little Amélie or the Character of Rain"

"Zootopia 2"

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"Dear Me," "Diane Warren: Relentless"

"Golden," "KPop Demon Hunters"

"I Lied to You," "Sinners"

"Sweet Dreams of Joy," "Viva Verdi!"

"Train Dreams," "Train Dreams"

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

"Avatar: Fire and Ash"

"F1"

"Jurassic World Rebirth"

"The Lost Bus"

"Sinners"

If you are keen, the Razzie nominations are here too!