Oscars Preview 2026

Best Picture:

Nominees:

• Bugonia (Focus Features)

• F1 (Apple)

• Frankenstein (Netflix)

• Hamnet (Focus Features)

• Marty Supreme (A24)

• One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

• The Secret Agent (Neon)

• Sentimental Value (Neon)

• Sinners (Warner Bros.)

• Train Dreams (Netflix)

Will Win: Sinners (Tom)/One Battle After Another (Dana)

Tom Rankings:

1. Hamnet

2. F1

3. Train Dreams

4. Frankenstein

5. Bugonia

6. One Battle After Another

7. Sentimental Value

8. Sinners

9. Marty Supreme

10. The Secret Agent

    
    

Dana Rankings:

1. Hamnet

2. One Battle After Another

3. Sentimental Value

4. Train Dreams

5. Sinners

6. F1

7. Bugonia

8. Marty Supreme

9. Frankenstein

10. The Secret Agent

Best Actress:

Nominees:

• Jessie Buckley in Hamnet

• Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

• Kate Hudson in Song Sung Blue

• Renate Reinsve in Sentimental Value

• Emma Stone in Bugonia

Will Win: Jessie Buckley (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Jessie Buckley (Tom/Dana)

Best Director:

Nominees:

• Hamnet, Chloé Zhao

• Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie

• One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson

• Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier

• Sinners, Ryan Coogler

Will Win: Paul Thomas Anderson (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Ryan Coogler (Tom)/Paul Thomas Anderson (Dana)

Best Actor:

Nominees:

• Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme

• Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another

• Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon

• Michael B. Jordan in Sinners

• Wagner Moura in The Secret Agent

Will Win: Michael B. Jordan (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Michael B. Jordan (Tom)/Ethan Hawke (Dana)

Best Score:

Nominees:

• Bugonia; Jerskin Fendrix

• Frankenstein; Alexandre Desplat

• Hamnet; Max Richter

• One Battle After Another; Jonny Greenwood

• Sinners; Ludwig Goransson

Will Win: Sinners (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Sinners (Tom/Dana)

Best International Film:

Nominees:

• Brazil, The Secret Agent

• France, It Was Just an Accident

• Norway, Sentimental Value

• Spain, Sirat

• Tunisia, The Voice of Hind Rajab

Will Win: Sentimental Value (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: It Was Just an Accident (Tom/Dana)

Best Cinematography:

Nominees:

• Frankenstein, Dan Laustsen

• Marty Supreme, Darius Khondji

• One Battle After Another, Michael Bauman

• Sinners, Autumn Durald Arkapaw

• Train Dreams, Adolpho Veloso

Will Win: One Battle After Another (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Train Dreams (Tom/Dana)

In Memoriam Tiebreaker:

• Tom: Robert Duvall

• Dana: Robert Redford

Best Live Action Short:

Nominees:

• Butcher’s Stain (Tel Aviv University Steve Tisch School of Film and Television); Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi

• A Friend of Dorothy; Lee Knight and James Dean

• Jane Austen’s Period Drama; Julia Aks and Steve Pinder

• The Singers; Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt

• Two People Exchanging Saliva; Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata

Will Win: Two People Exchanging Saliva (Tom)/Butcher's Stain (Dana)

Should Win: A Friend of Dorothy (Tom/Dana)

Best Visual Effects:

Nominees:

• Avatar: Fire and Ash; Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett

• F1; Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson

• Jurassic World Rebirth; David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould

• The Lost Bus; Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin

• Sinners; Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean

Will Win: Avatar: Fire and Ash (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: F1 (Tom/Dana)

Best Sound:

Nominees:

• F1; Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta

• Frankenstein; Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern

• One Battle After Another; José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor

• Sinners; Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker

• Sirat; Amanda Vil

Will Win: F1 (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: F1 (Tom/Dana)

Best Documentary Feature:

Nominees:

• The Alabama Solution (HBO Documentary Films); Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman

• Come See Me in the Good Light (Apple); Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen

• Cutting Through Rocks; Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni

• Mr. Nobody Against Putin (PINK); Nominees to be determined

• The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix); Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee

Will Win: The Perfect Neighbor (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: The Perfect Neighbor (Dana)

Best Documentary Short:

Nominees:

• All the Empty Rooms (Netflix); Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones

• Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud (HBO); Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo

• Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” (Sky); Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins

• The Devil Is Busy (HBO); Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir

• Perfectly a Strangeness (Second Sight Pictures); Alison McAlpine

Will Win: All the Empty Rooms (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud (Tom)/All the Empty Rooms (Dana)

Best Original Song:

Nominees:

• “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

• “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters; Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park

• “I Lied to You” from Sinners; Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson

• “Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi!; Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike

• “Train Dreams” from Train Dreams; Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner, Lyric by Nick Cave

Will Win: "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters (Tom)/"Train Dreams" from Train Dreams (Dana)

Best Production Design:

Nominees:

• Frankenstein (Netflix); Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

• Hamnet (Focus Features); Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton

• Marty Supreme (A24); Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis

• One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino

• Sinners (Warner Bros.); Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne

Will Win: Frankenstein (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Frankenstein (Tom/Dana)

Best Supporting Actress:

Nominees:

• Elle Fanning in Sentimental Value

• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in Sentimental Value

• Amy Madigan in Weapons

• Wunmi Mosaku in Sinners

• Teyana Taylor in One Battle After Another

Will Win: Amy Madigan (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Tom)/Amy Madigan (Dana)

Best Film Editing:

Nominees:

• F1; Stephen Mirrione

• Marty Supreme; Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie

• One Battle After Another; Andy Jurgensen

• Sentimental Value; Olivier Bugge Coutté

• Sinners; Michael P. Shawver

Will Win: One Battle After Another (Tom)/F1 (Dana)

Should Win: F1 (Tom/Dana)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

Nominees:

• Frankenstein; Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey

• Kokuho; Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu

• Sinners; Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry

• The Smashing Machine; Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein

• The Ugly Stepsister; Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg

Will Win: Frankenstein (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Frankenstein (Tom/Dana)

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Nominees:

• Bugonia; Screenplay by Will Tracy

• Frankenstein; Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro

• Hamnet; Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell

• One Battle After Another; Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

• Train Dreams; Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

Will Win: One Battle After Another (Tom)/Train Dreams (Dana)

Should Win: Bugonia (Tom)/Train Dreams (Dana)

Best Original Screenplay:

Nominees:

• Blue Moon; Written by Robert Kaplow

• It Was Just an Accident; Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian

• Marty Supreme; Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie

• Sentimental Value; Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

• Sinners; Written by Ryan Coogler

Will Win: Sinners (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: It Was Just an Accident (Tom)/Blue Moon (Dana)

Best Costume Design:

Nominees:

• Avatar: Fire and Ash; Deborah L. Scott

• Frankenstein; Kate Hawley

• Hamnet; Malgosia Turzanska

• Marty Supreme; Miyako Bellizzi

• Sinners; Ruth E. Carter

Will Win: Frankenstein (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Marty Supreme (Tom)/Hamnet (Dana)

Best Animated Short:

Nominees:

• Butterfly (Sacrebleu Productions); Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens

• Forevergreen; Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears

• The Girl Who Cried Pearls (National Film Board of Canada); Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski

• Retirement Plan; John Kelly and Andrew Freedman

• The Three Sisters (Polydont Films/Rymanco Ventures); Konstantin Bronzit

Will Win: The Girl Who Cried Pearls (Tom)/Butterfly (Dana)

Should Win: Butterfly (Tom)/Forevergreen (Dana)

Best Animated Feature:

Nominees:

• Arco; Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman

• Elio; Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm

• KPop Demon Hunters; Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong

• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain; Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon

• Zootopia 2; Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino

Will Win: KPop Demon Hunters (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Zootopia 2 (Tom/Dana)

Best Supporting Actor:

Nominees:

• Benicio Del Toro in One Battle After Another

• Jacob Elordi in Frankenstein

• Delroy Lindo in Sinners

• Sean Penn in One Battle After Another

• Stellan Skarsgard in Sentimental Value

Will Win: Sean Penn (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Sean Penn (Tom/Dana)

Best Casting:

Nominees:

• Hamnet; Nina Gold

• Marty Supreme; Jennifer Venditti

• One Battle After Another; Cassandra Kulukundis

• The Secret Agent; Gabriel Domingues

• Sinners; Francine Maisler

Will Win: Sinners (Tom/Dana)

Should Win: Sinners (Tom)/Marty Supreme (Dana)