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Early Predictions - 2025/2026 Season

Pre-Fall Festivals

Best Picture

1
Sentimental Value
Neon
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2
Sinners
Warner Bros
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3
Hamnet
Focus Features
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4
Marty Supreme
A24
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5
Rental Family
Searchlight
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6
Wicked: For Good
Universal
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7
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
20th Century Studios
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8
It Was Just an Accident
Neon
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9
Avatar: Fire and Ash
20th Century Studios
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10
Jay Kelly
Netflix
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11
Bugonia
Focus Features
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12
One Battle After Another
Warner Bros.
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13
Frankenstien
Netflix
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14
A House of Dynamite
Netflix
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15
Ballad of a Small Player
Netflix
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16
After the Hunt
Amazon MGM
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17
Anemone
Focus Features
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18
The Testament of Ann Lee
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19
The Smashing Machine
A24
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20
Is This Thing On?
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Best Director

1
Joachim Trier
Sentimental Value
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2
Ryan Coogler
Sinners
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3
Chloe Zhao
Hamnet
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4
Josh Safdie
Marty Supreme
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5
Jafar Panahi
It Was Just an Accident
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6
Yorgos Lanthimos
Bugonia
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7
Park Chan-wook
No Other Choice
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8
Guillermo del Toro
Frankenstien
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9
Kathryn Bigelow
A House of Dynamite
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10
Paul Thomas Anderson
One Battle After Another
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11
James Cameron
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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12
Noah Baumbach
Jay Kelly
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13
Edward Berger
Ballad of a Small Player
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14
Jon M. Chu
Wicked: For Good
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15
Mona Fastvold
The Testament of Ann Lee
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16
Kleber Mendonca Filho
The Secret Agent
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Best Actress

1
Renate Reinsve
Sentimental Value
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2
Jessie Buckley
Hamnet
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3
Cynthia Erivo
Wicked: For Good
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4
Amanda Seyfried
The Testament of Ann Lee
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5
Julia Roberts
After the Hunt
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6
Emma Stone
Bugonia
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7
Rose Byrne
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
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8
Jennifer Lawrence
Die, My Love
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9
Rebecca Ferguson
A House of Dynamite
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10
Eva Victor
Sorry, Baby
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11
Tessa Thompson
Hedda
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Best Actor

1
Timothee Chalamet
Marty Supreme
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2
Jeremy Allen White
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
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3
Daniel Day-Lewis
Anemone
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4
Brendan Fraser
Rental Family
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5
Paul Mescal
Hamnet
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6
Geroge Clooney
Jay Kelly
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7
Michael B. Jordan
Sinners
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8
Wagner Moura
The Secret Agent
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9
Colin Farrell
Ballad of a Small Player
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10
Dwayne Johnson
The Smashing Machine
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11
Leonardo DiCaprio
One Battle After Another
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12
Jesse Plemons
Bugonia
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13
Oscar Isaac
Frankenstien
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14
Will Arnett
Is This Thing On?
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Supporting Actress

1
Ariana Grande
Wicked: For Good
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2
Elle Fanning
Sentimental Value
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3
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas
Sentimental Value
4
Gwyneth Paltrow
Marty Supreme
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5
Laura Dern
Jay Kelly
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6
Emily Blunt
The Smashing Machine
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7
Mari Yamamoto
Rental Family
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8
Wunmi Mosaku
Sinners
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9
Glenn Close
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Story
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10
Jennifer Lopez
Kiss of the Spider Woman
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11
Amy Madigan
Weapons
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12
Regina Hall
One Battle After Another
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13
Teyana Taylor
One Battle After Another
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14
Hailee Steinfeld
Sinners
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Supporting Actor

1
Stellan Skarsgard
Sentimental Value
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2
Adam Sandler
Jay Kelly
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3
Jeremy Strong
Sprigsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
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4
Sean Penn
One Battle After Another
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5
Delroy Lindo
Sinners
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6
Michael Stuhlbarg
After the Hunt
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7
Sean Bean
Anemone
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8
Andrew Garfield
After the Hunt
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9
Miles Caton
Sinners
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10
Akira Emoto
Rental Family
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11
Benicio del Toro
One Battle After Another
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12
Stephen Graham
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
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13
Jonathan Bailey
Wicked: For Good
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Best Original Screenplay

1
Sentimental Value
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
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2
Marty Supreme
Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstien
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3
Rental Family
Stephen Blahut, HIKARI
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4
It Was Just an Accident
Jafar Panahi
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5
Jay Kelly
Emily Mortimer, Noah Baumbach
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6
Sinners
Ryan Coogler
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7
Sorry, Baby
Eva Victor
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8
After the Hunt
Nora Garrett
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9
A House of Dynamite
Noah Oppenheim
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10
The Testament of Ann Lee
Mona Fastvold, Brady Corbet
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11
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Mary Bronstien
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12
Is This Thing On?
Will Arrnett, Mark Chappell, Bradley Cooper
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13
Materialists
Celine Song
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Best Adapted Screenplay

1
One Battle After Another
Paul Thomas Anderson
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2
Hamnet
Chloe Zhao
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3
Bugonia
Will Tracy
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4
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Story
Rian Johnson
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5
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Scott Cooper
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6
Ballad of a Small Player
Rowan Joffe
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7
No Other Choice
Park Chan-wook
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8
Frankenstien
Guillermo del Toro
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9
The Life of Chuck
Mike Flanagan
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10
Highest 2 Lowest
William Alan Fox
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Best Animated Feature

1
KPop Demon Hunters
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2
Zootopia 2
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3
Arco
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4
Elio
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5
Scarlet
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6
In Your Dreams
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7
A Magnificent Life
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8
The Bad Guys 2
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9
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
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10
Ne Zha 2
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Best International Feature

1
Sentimental Value
Norway
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2
No Other Choice
South Korea
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3
The Secret Agent
Brazil
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4
Nouvelle Vague
??
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5
It Was Just an Accident
??
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6
Sound of Falling
??
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7
Sirat
??
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8
Two Prosecutors
??
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9
The Voice of Hind Rajab
??
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10
Resurrection
China
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11
Late Shift
??
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Best Original Score

1
Sinners
Ludwig Goransson
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2
Frankenstien
Alexandre Desplat
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3
Bugonia
Jerskin Fendrix
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4
Hamnet
Max Ritcher
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5
Jay Kelly
Nicholas Britell
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6
Ballad of a Small Player
Volker Bertelmann
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7
Marty Supreme
Daniel Lopatin
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8
One Battle After Another
Jonny Greenwood
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9
The Testament of Ann Lee
Daniel Blumberg
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10
F1
Hans Zimmer
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11
After the Hunt
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
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12
Wicked: For Good
John Powell, Stephen Schwatz
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13
Sentimental Value
Haina Rani
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14
A House of Dynamite
Volker Bertelmann
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Best Sound

1
F1
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2
Sinners
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3
Wicked: For Good
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4
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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5
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
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6
Warfare
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7
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
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8
One Battle After Another
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9
Frankenstien
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10
The Testament of Ann Lee
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11
Marty Supreme
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12
A House of Dynamite
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13
Superman
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Best Production Design

1
Frankenstien
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2
Wicked: For Good
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3
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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4
Hamnet
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5
Sinners
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6
The Testament of Ann Lee
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7
Marty Supreme
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8
Bugonia
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9
Ballad of a Small Player
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10
The Phoenician Scheme
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11
One Battle After Another
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12
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
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Best Cinematography

1
Frankenstien
Dan Lausten
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2
Sinners
Autumn Durald Arkapaw
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3
Marty Supreme
Darius Khondji
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4
Hamnet
Lukasz Zal
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5
Bugonia
Robbie Ryan
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6
Ballad of a Small Player
James Friend
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7
One Battle After Another
Michael Bauman, Paul Thomas Anderson
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8
Sound of Falling
Fabian Gamper
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9
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Russell Carpenter
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10
Nouvelle Vauge
David Chambille
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11
The Testament of Ann Lee
William Rexer
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12
Train Dreams
Adolpho Veloso
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13
F1
Claudio Miranda
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14
Jay Kelly
Linus Sandgren
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15
Wicked: For Good
Alice Brooks
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16
No Other Choice
Kim Woo-hyung
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Best Makeup & Hairstyling

1
Frankenstien
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2
The Smashing Machine
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3
Wicked: For Good
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4
Hamnet
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5
Sinners
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6
28 Years Later
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7
Wolf Man
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8
Bugonia
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9
Marty Supreme
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10
The Wizard of the Kremlin
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11
The Testament of Ann Lee
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12
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
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13
Kiss of the Spider Woman
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Best Costume Design

1
Sinners
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2
Frankenstein
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3
Wicked: For Good
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4
Hamnet
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5
Marty Supreme
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6
The Testament of Ann Lee
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7
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
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8
Kiss of the Spider Woman
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9
Hedda
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10
Bugonia
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11
Ballad of a Small Player
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Best Film Editing

1
No Other Choice
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2
Sentimental Value
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3
Sinners
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4
Marty Supreme
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5
Bugonia
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6
Hamnet
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7
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
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8
One Battle After Another
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9
F1
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10
A House of Dynamite
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11
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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12
It Was Just an Accident
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13
Wicked: For Good
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14
The Testament of Ann Lee
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15
Jay Kelly
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16
After the Hunt
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Best Visual Effects

1
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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2
Superman
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3
Wicked: For Good
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4
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
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5
F1
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6
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
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7
Frankenstein
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8
TRON: Ares
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9
Sinners
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10
A Minecraft Movie
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