2026 Academy Awards Nomination Prediction

BEST PICTURE
1. One Battle After Another
2. Sinners
3. Marty Supreme
4. Hamnet
5. Sentimental Value
6. The Secret Agent
7. Frankenstein
8. It Was Just an Accident
9. F1
10. Train Dreams
Alternates: Bugonia, Wicked: For Good
No Gut, No Glory!: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
2. Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
3. Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
4. Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent
5. Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Alternates: Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams, Dwayne Johnson, The Smashing Machine
No Gut, No Glory!: Lee Byung-hun, No Other Choice

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
2. Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
3. Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
4. Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
5. Emma Stone, Bugonia
Alternates: Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another, Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee
No Gut, No Glory!: Cynthia Erivo, Wicked: For Good

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
2. Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
3. Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
4. Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
5. Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Alternates: Delroy Lindo, Sinners, Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly
No Gut, No Glory!: Alexander Skarsgård, Pillion

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Amy Madigan, Weapons
2. Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
3. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
4. Ariana Grande, Wicked: For Good
5. Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Alternates: Odessa A'zion, Marty Supreme, Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
No Gut, No Glory!: Nina Hoss, Hedda

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
1. KPop Demon Hunters
2. Zootopia 2
3. Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
4. Arco
5. Elio
Alternates: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle, In Your Dreams
No Gut, No Glory!: The Bad Guys 2

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
1. Snow Bear
2. Playing God
3. Retirement Plan
4. Éiru
5. Forevergreen
Alternates: The Girl Who Cried Pearls, Butterfly
No Gut, No Glory!: The Night Boots

BEST CASTING
1. Sinners
2. One Battle After Another
3. Marty Supreme
4. Sentimental Value
5. Hamnet
Alternates: Wicked: For Good, Weapons
No Gut, No Glory!: Sirât

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Sinners
2. One Battle After Another
3. Hamnet
4. Train Dreams
5. Frankenstein
Alternates: F1, Sirât
No Gut, No Glory!: Ballad of a Small Player

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Wicked: For Good
2. Frankenstein
3. Hamnet
4. Sinners
5. Hedda
Alternates: The Testament of Ann Lee, One Battle After Another
No Gut, No Glory!: Kiss of the Spider Woman

BEST DIRECTING
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
Alternates: Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein, Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
No Gut, No Glory!: Park Chan-wook, No Other Choice

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
1. The Perfect Neighbor
2. 2000 Meters to Andriivka
3. Come See Me in the Good Light
4. The Alabama Solution
5. Cover-Up
Alternates: Cutting through Rocks, Mr. Nobody against Putin
No Gut, No Glory!: Mistress Dispeller

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
1. All the Empty Rooms
2. Bad Hostage
3. The Devil is Busy
4. Perfectly a Strangeness
5. We Were the Scenery
Alternates: All the Walls Came Down, Classroom 4
No Gut, No Glory!: Cashing Out

BEST FILM EDITING
1. One Battle After Another
2. Sinners
3. Marty Supreme
4. F1
5. Hamnet
Alternates: Frankenstein, Sentimental Value
No Gut, No Glory!: No Other Choice

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
1. Sentimental Value (Norway)
2. It Was Just an Accident (France)
3. The Secret Agent (Brazil)
4. Sirât (Spain)
5. No Other Choice (South Korea)
Alternates: The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia), Left-Handed Girl (Taiwan)
No Gut, No Glory!: Homebound (India)

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
1. A Friend of Dorothy
2. Two People Exchanging Saliva
3. Rock, Paper, Scissors
4. The Pearl Comb
5. The Singers
Alternates: Amarela, The Boy with White Skin
No Gut, No Glory!: Butterfly on a Wheel

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
1. Frankenstein
2. Wicked: For Good
3. The Smashing Machine
4. Sinners
5. One Battle After Another
Alternates: Marty Supreme, The Ugly Stepsister
No Gut, No Glory!: Kokuho

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
1. Sinners
2. One Battle After Another
3. Hamnet
4. Frankenstein
5. Marty Supreme
Alternates: Wicked: For Good, Sirât
No Gut, No Glory!: Truth and Treason

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
1. "Golden", KPop Demon Hunters
2. "I Lied to You", Sinners
3. "The Girl in the Bubble", Wicked: For Good
4. "Dear Me", Diane Warren: Relentless
5. "Last Time I Seen the Sun", Sinners
Alternates: "Train Dreams", Train Dreams, "Dream as One", Avatar: Fire and Ash
No Gut, No Glory!: "Salt Then Sour Then Sweet", Come See Me in the Good Light

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Frankenstein
2. Sinners
3. Wicked: For Good
4. Hamnet
5. Avatar: Fire and Ash
Alternates: Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another
No Gut, No Glory!: Tron: Ares

BEST SOUND
1. F1
2. Sinners
3. One Battle After Another
4. Avatar: Fire and Ash
5. Wicked: For Good
Alternates: Sirât, Frankenstein
No Gut, No Glory!: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Avatar: Fire and Ash
2. F1
3. Frankenstein
4. Tron: Ares
5. Wicked: For Good
Alternates: Superman, Sinners
No Gut, No Glory!: Jurassic World: Rebirth

BEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
1. One Battle After Another
2. Hamnet
3. Train Dreams
4. Bugonia
5. No Other Choice
Alternates: Frankenstein, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
No Gut, No Glory!: Wicked: For Good

BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
1. Sinners
2. Marty Supreme
3. Sentimental Value
4. It Was Just an Accident
5. The Secret Agent
Alternates: Weapons, Sorry, Baby
No Gut, No Glory!: Jay Kelly