Predictions & Picks - Late January 2026
Post-Oscar Nominations
Best Picture
1
Bugonia
Focus Features
2
F1
Warner Bros.
3
Frankenstien
Netflix
4
Hamnet
Focus Features
5
Marty Supreme
A24
6
One Battle After Another
Warner Bros.
PREDICTION
PERSONAL PICK
7
The Secret Agent
Neon
8
Sentimental Value
Neon
9
Sinners
Warner Bros.
10
Train Dreams
Netflix
Best Director
1
Chloe Zhao
Hamnet
2
Josh Safdie
Marty Supreme
3
Paul Thomas Anderson
One Battle After Another
PREDICTION
PERSONAL PICK
4
Joachim Trier
Sentimental Value
5
Ryan Coogler
Sinners
Best Actress
1
Jessie Buckley
Hamnet
PREDICTION
2
Rose Byrne
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
3
Renate Reinsve
Sentimental Value
PERSONAL PICK
4
Emma Stone
Bugonia
5
Kate Hudson
Song Sung Blue
Best Actor
1
Timothée Chalamet
Marty Supreme
PREDICTION
2
Leonardo DiCaprio
One Battle After Another
3
Ethan Hawke
Blue Moon
4
Michael B. Jordan
Sinners
5
Wagner Moura
The Secret Agent
PERSONAL PICK
Best Supporting Actress
1
Elle Fanning
Sentimental Value
2
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas
Sentimental Value
3
Amy Madigan
Weapons
4
Wunmi Mosaku
Sinners
5
Teyana Taylor
One Battle After Another
PREDICTION
PERSONAL PICK
Best Supporting Actor
1
Benicio del Toro
One Battle After Another
2
Jacob Elordi
Frankenstein
3
Delroy Lindo
Sinners
PERSONAL PICK
4
Sean Penn
One Battle After Another
5
Stellan Skarsgård
Sentimental Value
PREDICTION
Best Original Screenplay
1
Blue Moon
Robert Kaplow
2
It Was Just an Accident
Jafar Panahi and co.
PERSONAL PICK
3
Marty Supreme
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
4
Sentimental Value
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
5
Sinners
Ryan Coogler
PREDICTION
Best Adapted Screenplay
1
Bugonia
Will Tracy
2
Frankenstein
Guillermo del Toro
3
Hamnet
Chloé Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell
4
One Battle After Another
Paul Thomas Anderson
PREDICTION
PERSONAL PICK
5
Train Dreams
Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
Best Animated Feature
1
Arco
2
Elio
3
KPop Demon Hunters
PREDICTION
PERSONAL PICK
4
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
5
Zootopia 2
Best International Feature
1
It Was Just an Accident
France
PERSONAL PICK
2
The Secret Agent
Brazil
PREDICTION
3
Sentimental Value
Norway
4
Sirat
Spain
5
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Tunisia
Best Documentary Feature
1
The Alabama Solution
2
Come and See Me in the Good Light
3
Cutting Through Rocks
4
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
5
The Perfect Neighbor
PREDICTION
Best Documentary Short
1
All the Empty Rooms
2
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
3
Children No More: "Were and Are Gone"
4
The Devil is Busy
5
Perfectly a Strangeness
Best Live-Action Short
1
Butcher's Stain
2
A Friend of Dorothy
3
Jane Austen's Period Drama
4
The Singers
5
Two People Exchanging Saliva
Best Animated Short
1
Butterfly
2
Forevergreen
3
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
4
Retirement Plan
5
The Three Sisters
Best Original Score
1
Bugonia
Jerskin Fendrix
PERSONAL PICK
2
Frankenstein
Alexandre Desplat
3
Hamnet
Max Ritcher
4
One Battle After Another
Jonny Greenwood
5
Sinners
Ludwig Göransson
PREDICTION
Best Original Song
1
"Dear Me"
Diane Warren: Relentless
2
"Golden"
KPop Demon Hunters
PREDICTION
PERSONAL PICK
3
"I Lied to You"
Sinners
4
"Sweet Dreams of Joy"
Viva Verdi!
5
"Train Dreams"
Train Dreams
Best Casting
1
Hamnet
2
Marty Supreme
PREDICTION
PERSONAL PICK
3
One Battle After Another
4
The Secret Agent
5
Sinners
Best Sound
1
F1
PREDICTION
2
Frankenstein
3
One Battle After Another
4
Sinners
PERSONAL PICK
5
Sirat
Best Production Design
1
Frankenstein
PREDICTION
PERSONAL PICK
2
Hamnet
3
Marty Supreme
4
One Battle After Another
5
Sinners
Best Cinematography
1
Frankenstein
Dan Lausten
2
Marty Supreme
Darius Khondji
3
One Battle After Another
Michael Bauman
4
Sinners
Autumn Durald Arkapaw
PREDICTION
PERSONAL PICK
5
Train Dreams
Adolpho Veloso
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
1
Frankenstein
PREDICTION
PERSONAL PICK
2
Kokuho
3
Sinners
4
The Smashing Machine
5
The Ugly Stepsister
Best Costume Design
1
Avatar: Fire & Ash
2
Frankenstein
PREDICTION
3
Hamnet
4
Marty Supreme
PERSONAL PICK
5
Sinners
Best Film Editing
1
F1
PREDICTION
2
Marty Supreme
3
One Battle After Another
PERSONAL PICK
4
Sentimental Value
5
Sinners
Best Visual Effects
1
Avatar: Fire & Ash
PREDICTION
PERSONAL PICK
2
F1
3
Jurassic World Rebirth
4
The Lost Bus
5
Sinners