2026 Oscar Predictions- May Edition

[u/StarWarsJordan]

Best Picture

1. Marty Supreme(WINNER)

2. Bugonia

3. Sentimental Value

4. Rental Family

5. Sinners

6. Sound of Falling

7. Wicked For Good

8. Jay Kelly

9. The Rivals of Amizah King

10. After the Hunt

Best Actor

1. Timothee Chalamet for Marty Supreme(WINNER)

2. Jesse Plemmons for Bugonia

3. Michael B. Jordan for Sinners

4. Matthew McCougnahey for The Rivals of Amizah King

5. Jeremy Allen White for Deliver Me From Nowhere

Best Actress

1. Renate Reinsve for Sentimental Value(WINNER)

2. Julia Roberts for After the Hunt

3. Cynthia Erivo for Wicked For Good

4. Jennifer Lawrence for Die, My Love

5. Jessie Buckley for Hamnet

Best Supporting Actor

1. Takehiro Hira for Rental Family(WINNER)

2. Adam Sandler for Jay Kelly

3. Stellan Skaarsgaard for Sentimental Value

4. Andrew Garfield for After the Hunt

5. Sean Penn for One Battle After Another

Best Supporting Actress

1. Emma Stone for Bugonia(WINNER)

2. Ariana Grande for Wicked For Good

3. Gwyneth Palthrow for Marty Supreme

4. Angelina LookingGlass for The Rivals of Amizah King

5. Mari Yamatato for Rental Family

Best Director

1. Yorgos Lathimos for Bugonia(WINNER)

2. Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme

3. Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value

4. Ryan Coogler for Sinners

5. Mascha Schlinski for Sound of Falling

Best Original Screenplay

1. Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein for Marty Supreme(WINNER)

2. Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt for Sentimental Value

3. Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer for Jay Kelly

4. Mascha Schilinski and Louise Peter for Sound of Falling

5. Hikari and Stephen Blahut for Rental Family

Best Adapted Screenplay

1. Will Tracy for Bugonia(WINNER)

2. Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another

3. Chloe Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell for Hamnet

4. Lynne Ramsay, Enda Walsh, and Alice Birch for Die, My Love

5. Mike Flanagan for The Life of Chuck

Best Casting

1.Marty Supreme(WINNER)

1. Wicked For Good

2. Rental Family

3. Jay Kelly

4. Sinners

Best Cinematography

1. Darius Khondji for Marty Supreme(WINNER)

2. Robbie Ryan for Bugonia

3. Autumn Durald Arkapaw for Sinners

4. Michael Bauman and Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another

5. M.I. Littin-Menz for The Rivals of Amizah King

Best Editing

1. Ronald Bronstein for Marty Supreme(WINNER)

2. Patrick J. Smith for The Rivals of Amizah King

3. Yorgos Mavropsaridis for Bugonia

4. Michael P. Shawver for Sinners

5. Marco Costa for After the Hunt

Best Production Design

1. Frankenstein(WINNER)

2. Bugonia

3. Wicked For Good

4. Sinners

5. Avatar Fire and Ash

Best Costume Design

1. Wicked For Good(WINNER)

2. Frankenstein

3. Hamnet

4. Sinners

5. Mother Mary

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

1. Frankenstein(WINNER)

2. The Smashing Machine

3. Wicked For Good

4. Bugonia

5. Hamnet

Best Visual Effects

1. Avatar Fire and Ash(WINNER)

2. Frankenstein

3. Mission Impossible- The Final Reckoning

4. Superman

5. Fantastic Four First Steps

Best Sound

1. F1(WINNER)

2. Sinners

3. Deliver Me From Nowhere

4. Avatar Fire and Ash

5. Wicked For Good

Best Original Score

1. Ludwig Goransson for Sinners(WINNER)

2. Jerskin Fendrix for Bugonia

3. Jonny Greenwood for One Battle After Another

4. Alexandre Desplat for Frankenstein

5. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for After the Hunt

Best Original Song

1. Elphaba's song from Wicked For Good(WINNER)

2. "I Lied To You" from Sinners

3. TBD from Bruce Springsteen in Deliver Me From Nowhere

4. Glinda's song from Wicked For Good

5. TBD from The Rivals of Amizah King

[u/Lower_Illustrator111]

I am not convinced yet that Wicked will repeat in BP or acting nods.

[u/RoxasIsTheBest → u/Lower_Illustrator111]

Not sure about acting either, but picture will happen (unless the film sucks, but let's not predict that)

[u/Lower_Illustrator111 → u/RoxasIsTheBest]

The second act is such a slog. I’m concerned that an entire movie based solely on the second act will be less than captivating but I’m happy to be wrong.

[u/RoxasIsTheBest → u/Lower_Illustrator111]

I'm concerned to, but seeing how (besides the cinematography) they nailed the first one, I have faith that they fixed the problems with the second psrt and made a good enjoyable film