oscar predictions 2026

these are not the things that i necessarily would want to win, but what i think will happen. (i’ve got nothing better to do.)

best picture: Hamnet

best actress: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

best actor: Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme

best supporting actress: Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value

best supporting actor: Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another

best director: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

best original song: “Golden” from Kpop Demon Hunters

best original score: Hamnet, Max Richter

best animated film: KPop Demon Hunters

best international film: Sentimental Value, Norway

best documentary feature: Mr. Nobody Against Putin

best casting: Marty Supreme

best sound: F1

best cinematography: Train Dreams

best original screenplay: Sinners, Ryan Coogler

best adapted screenplay: Bugonia, Will Tracy

best live action short film: Butcher’s Stain

best animated short film: The Girl Who Cried Pearls

best documentary short film: Children No More: Were and Are Gone

best visual effects: Jurassic World Rebirth

best production design: Sinners

best film editing: F1

best makeup and hairstyling: Frankenstein

best costume design: Frankenstein